Friday, October 12, 2007

Smarter Susan

Im a Kimins survivor. I joined KK in Dec. 06. Straight from the start I wondered if the calories would put me in starvation mode? My fears were daily, weekly, monthly put to sleep by a Crooked gal named Heidi Diaz. She prompted us to gain our dieting energy by viewing the before/afters...read their stories...read HER story and FitDay. Susan (I) wasnt very smart....I believed her. I lost a great amount of weight, fairly easily too. I was becoming my own before/after. I dreamed of the day MY photos would be posted with the others, what a good day that would be. But in early April....after feeling tiny bouts of dizziness a few times, even falling once and injuring my arm....I went down for the count. My husband and I were at the computer, planning out next vacation when suddenly that little dizziness was BIG dizziness. I made it to the bathroom just in time before forcefully vomiting. I called to my husband who had to guide me to the couch as I couldnt walk a straight line. It was Easter eve so when he insisted we go to the ER, I told him I was certain it would pass. I didnt want to miss Easter! I laid on that couch til the middle of the night, retching every time I moved my head even a little bit. By 6 a.m. my husband decided Susan wasnt so smart and carried me to the car. Within 15 minutes of my ER admission, I was rapidly being set up to check for a stroke or a brain tumor. I was so sick and I simply couldnt believe this was happening. At NO time did I suspect the KK diet. I still feel so stupid. MRI's, Neurologists, CAT scans, IV medication to try to stop the spinning. 5 days of laying on my side with a wet towel over my eyes, they finally got the vertigo under control enough that I could walk slowly. They did find my electrolytes were all out of whack and my liver enzymes a little elevated, eventually saying they thought it might be inner ear. On day 4 I could hold down the diabetic diet they were feeding me. I think that is how I started to feel better, EATING normally...again I was not tying 2 and 2 together. I went home, a little dizzy but able to manage. I wrote on several of the Kimkims forums, Egg White challenge, Shake experiment, over 40s mature chat, that I had been sick but was better now. At last I saw before I was banned, they were still there. From that day on, I simply couldnt get my body to re-start Kimkins. By entire body resisted. I felt like a failure. EACH day I re-started...lose a few pounds only to fall off again. I was humiliated. Finally in mid summer I quit the diet all together and that is the last time I felt a dizzy spell....I was starting to put it all together, Susan was getting smarter. I looked up the symptoms of Anorexia nervosa, or starvation mode. Oh my God. When this whole Kimkin scam hit the Internet...I went from shocked, to mad, to sad and back again. All i can say is I hope to God that crooked, lying, selfish Heidi woman is caught and this idiotic fake diet plan is shut down.

7 comments:

Becky said...

Hi, Susan. I just found your blog! I hope you keep it up.

I am glad you are feeling better.

So many people went to their doctor on Kimkins, but never really confessed how few calories and how little fat they were eating.

I am hearing so many reports of health problems and eating disorders now. It is a shame, really.

A lot of us are sadder but wiser now, I guess.

Admin said...

Thank you for sharing your Kimkins Experience with us.

Thankfully, your body wouldn't let you get back on Kimkins.

Hopefully, your experience and your sharing it with us will help keep others from heading down that dangerous path.

I hope you are feeling much better now.

Have you joined the Kimkins Class Action Lawsuit? If you haven't yet, be sure to visit http://kimkinslawsuit.wordpress.com/ to find out all the information.

I'm so glad that you are a survivor!

OhYeahBabe said...

I'm so sorry for your experience as a victim of Kimmer! I hope that you are doing better. Please post an update.

Please join the Kimkins to join the Kimkins lawsuit!

Unknown said...

Susan you are smarter and wiser now because you would never do that to your body again.
I am so sorry that you suffered some of the dangers from doing the Kimkins diet.
I am just happy to read that you are now aware that Kimkins.com
is a fraud! Please join the lawsuit. It costs you nothing, you don't have to appear in court and it is the only way Kimmer
will answer for the harm she caused.
take care and happy holidays

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Avenue Girl said...

Just know you are not alone.

Even when I think I'm over this whole thing it rears it's ugly head again and again.

I really think I won't rest until the site is shut down.

Thank you for sharing your story, and I wish the best for you.

Please consider joining our efforts if you haven't already.

Unknown said...

I don't understand how you all did not know you were suffering from anorexia. How did you all not know that those calorie counts were unhealthy?

I am sorry you are all having health problems and I hope that woman is shut down, fined and jailed but I honestly don't get why you all believed her. It's like she had you under a spell.

Avenue Girl said...

VI, She used herself as a healthy example, with her claim of 5 years maintenance, and she mixed some truths in her lies to come across as convincing. I was convinced the doctors had it all wrong after believing her stories. That combined with the other fake success stories and pictures. The forum was very friendly and inviting once you got in there, and yes, spells were cast. If everyone else was losing weight so easily, then you felt like something was wrong with you if you couldn't too.