kimmer
Exercise or Diet?
Kimmer, the creator of the starvation diet Kimkins, insists that exercise is not helpful for weight loss. “No Exercise” seems to be a good selling point, or at least she thinks so. It is boldly stated in all the newsletters she sends out and frequently repeated on her blog. That Kimmer so strongly opposes exercise [...]
Marketing Diets
A google search for “diet” returns close to 20 million hits. The vast majority of these are web sites and blogs selling something. A diet book, a diet plan or a diet product.
What makes the diet niche so attractive for marketing?
I just received this email with tips of how to find your niche for online [...]
Acai Berry and Kimkins
What do they have in common? Nothing as far as I know. But how come all these Akai Berry blogs and sites use Kimkins as a tag? Is this Heidi Diaz’ new venture? The next internet scam?
Acai Berry is native to Brazil and is presently marketed as the new magic supplement here in the US. [...]
Faster than Kimkins
I have lost 5 pounds the last week. From 128.8 lbs to 123.8 lbs.
My calories were 1600 - 1800 per day. And no, I didn’t exercise a lot. I did go to the gym 4 times but burned no more than perhaps 200 calories per time.
So what did I eat? Pork spareribs, beef stew, egg [...]
Kimkins Maintenance Plan Published
My previous post was about Kimmer’s musings how to create a maintenance plan. So what did she come up with?
MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES
Maintenance is an art requiring experimentation and practice
Begin with a 1200 calorie minimum. Add additional calories depending on your CCE (Carb & Calorie Equilibrium). Older or sedentary people may need to stay around 1200 indefinitely.
Your [...]
Kimkins Maintenance Plan
Is there such a thing? Not to my knowledge. The very few people that have followed Kimkins to goal seem to maintain the weight by still doing Kimkins. Experimenting with adding a few carbs, then cutting back again to take off any weight regain. A typical yo-yo approach that will work as long as you [...]
Dieting Makes You Fat
At least the Kimkins diet seems to. Just look at what it did to Kimmer a.k.a. Heidi Diaz.
She went from this
to this
And that was when she according to herself was an “expert” dieter:
I’ve studied weight loss plans for a lifetime, noting what worked. What didn’t. And, most importantly, why. Not only from personal experience, but [...]
Quick Weight Loss
Isn’t that what we all want?
The fad diet industry is banking on it. Lose 10 pounds in a week! Lose 100 pounds in 5 months! No faster diet, none! Better than gastric bypass!
Sounds good? Apparently, as we keep on paying for new diet fads all the time. Looking for the magic diet/pill/supplement that will take [...]
Returning to Kimkins
The Kimkins Diet website was launched in June 2006 but had a rather obscure existence until an article in Women’s World magazine caused a large influx of customers one year later.
Many people tried the diet but rightly decided that the diet was not sustainable and disappeared. The $59.95 membership fee was written off as yet [...]
Feeding Off Body Fat
Kimmer, the founder of the Kimkins Diet, has always insisted that starvation mode does not exist as long as there is body fat to burn for energy. Her diet suggested a daily calorie limit of 500 or less, later adjusted upwards to 710. The rest of the body’s needs would be taken from body fat.
For [...]
