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A Very Public Weight Loss Journey

Kimkins Controversy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:33:11 +0000

I was checking out YouTube for anything related to Kimkins just now. There wasn’t anything new on that front. I noticed that the surveillance video of Heidi has surpassed 10,000 views without any fanfare.

A few diet vLoggers have started adding kimkins as a keyword to unrelated videos, which is fine. This is how I discovered YvesMetamorphosis. Her weight loss journey is not a remarkable success or failure. She is not selling anything. What makes her channel worth mentioning is just the fact that it is a very public accounting of her 10 week effort. I wish her well.

Blogging About Kimkins

Kimkins Controversy — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:03:54 +0000

I haven’t been very active with my anti-kimkins blogging efforts lately. I think that giving a nod to the people who are still in the thick of things is the least that I can do to keep those search engine pages fair and balanced.

BamaGal is pretty busy over at Kimkins Scam. If you visit her site, be forewarned that there is a leprechaun shaking his naked butt on one of her March posts.

On a more serious note, Becky has recently published an Official Update on the Kimkins Case from John Tiedt.

Reaching Out

Kimkins Controversy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:27:54 +0000

Blogs serve various purposes for various people. I became a bit upset when I recently saw a blog that was being used by someone with a serious eating disorder, possibly bulimia. Her profile information sounded positive and hopeful with regard to recovering, but her journal style entries were shocking details of an unhealthy relationship with food. The shield of anonymity prevents me from trying to help this person in any substantial way. If any of my readers think they have enough life experience and empathy to reach out to a binge and purge blogger, go to Egocidal.blogspot.com.

Counting Words

Kimkins Controversy — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:05:22 +0000

I like to know how many words I have written. Most serious word processing programs have a built in word counter. I keep telling myself that I should write my blog posts into Word rather than typing them right on my browser, but I never do. When it comes time to count the marvelous words that I have written, I use this handy page for counting words. I think that page must get a lot of traffic. I tried to embed the script ion a more convenient place, but it wouldn’t work for me

Alcohol

Kimkins Controversy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:44:46 +0000

There is anecdotal evidence and some hearsay that Heidi Diaz struggles with alcoholism. Her recent blog post about alcohol speaks volumes by saying almost nothing at all. There are carbs in alcoholic drinks. That is true, but there is also alcohol. Alcohol is a mind altering and addictive substance. If there is one aspect of this woman that gets my unadulterated sympathy it is the drinking.

For people without issues related to alcohol (extending to family members as well), consider drinking 1 glass of red wine several days per week. It has been shown to benefit blood cholesterol ratios.

Time Management

Kimkins Controversy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:08:49 +0000

I mentioned earlier this week that I plan to start working out. This is going to require spending less time on other things. Blogging will be one of those things. There’s a bit of an anti-climax going on with the whole controversy as it is. Or it could be the calm before the storm, who really knows. The last lawsuit that I has a tangential connection with dragged on for a very long time without any resolution. Most civil proceedings that I hear about but have no connection with are usually forgotten about completely before there is an outcome.

A Lawyer’s Blog

Kimkins Controversy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:23:42 +0000

Blogs can serve as a promotional tool for various professionals. Many readers of Kimkins Controversy check with the blog of a certain Los Angeles area PI from time to time. Pictured above is Dmitry Gorin. He maintains a Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney Blog | California Criminal Law Forum. He offers his expert commentary on some high profile cases and he also writes about various defense strategies, citing past cases as examples. Dmitry Gorin is a former Los Angeles Prosecutor, and in addition to his current law practice, he lectures at UCLA.

Have I Mentioned that I Hate SPAM?

Kimkins Controversy — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:58:59 +0000

Back when the Kimkins ebook was released, it was mentioned on Kimkins Exposed that some spam emails were longer than the 2000+ words that Heidi Diaz bestowed upon her loyal subjects. I have been getting really long, really porny comment spam lately. I decided to do a word count on one of them and the tally was over 5000. Thank goodness for moderation. If you ever have an important comment to make about the Kimkins Controversy, make sure it does not include thousands of dirty words, because I get so much spam that I skim through it rather than reading for context.

Where are All the Pro-Kimkins Blogs?

Kimkins Controversy — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 11:03:56 +0000

If you perform a Google Blog Search for the term Kimkins, you see that the only kimkins supporter on the first page is, well, Heidi Diaz. Heidi has more than one blog, but the only item on the front page is form the subdirectory of her website.

I found an article from some LawyersAndSettlements.com a few pages in that looks interesting.

I think that blogs rank higher in this search when there are frequent and recent posts related to the search term. Heidi’s blogspot blog shows up on page six of the search.

Unbiased, a Definition

Kimkins Controversy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:50:50 +0000

Most people with a reasonable amount of education and experienced already know what unbiased means. I am not claiming to be unbiased. If you were to Google the word ‘Kimkins’ you would see the word unbiased, which means free from favoritism or self-interest, describing Kimkins Review, the affiliate that to this date still publishes the fraudulent 198lb weight loss claim made by Heidi Diaz.

I think that affiliates have an undeniable self-interest. I have no problem with the concept of affiliate marketing, but those who do it well don’t lie. The best way to sell something is to actually believe that it is a good product and that your readers will benefit from buying it. I think many of us could name a small handful of people who put their names behind Kimkins when they believed that she was an actual weight loss success and then quickly put Kimkins behind them when they found out (or in some cases strongly suspected) the truth.