Woman’s World Magazine issues retraction!

I agree with totheworld. Anyone who believes that eating 300 calories a day is opening themselves up for all of these medical problems. While Kimmer seems to be portraying herself as someone she is not, the fact that she is making money from other people’s desires to lose weight is not new. All of the drugstores sell pills to dissolve weight overnight, speed up your metabolism, etc. And, at the very least,we all are warned not to start any diet and exercise program without our doctor’s approval.

It is our own responsibility to manage our health and weight with our doctor. And, yes, anorexia and food issues are experienced by people with food issues. We just trade one issue for another – overeating to obsessive eating. It is still all about our own minds and issues, not “a diet”. What about the crazy “Hollywood Diet” or the “cabbage soup diet”? Why aren’t there class action suits against all of those? I know several people who have dieted on Kimkins, Atkins and South Beach successfully with their doctor’s supervision. It is about working with a diet/food plan, not obsessing over it.

I have had hair loss from medications, hormone imbalances, and stress. For all of the other problems, talk to any doctor about anorexia… it affects the heart. So, please, if you have eating disorders, tell your doctor and see a counselor. That is the advice here, not blaming it on a “diet”.

Often we blame someone or something for our problems. (Example: Convenient fast foods made me obese; smoking gave me cancer, ‘fill in any name’ diet made me unhealthy, my parents ruined my life, etc.) As obese people, past or present, we are generally obsessive and unhealthy about food, and that obsession can go either way. In the end, we are the ones that are responsible for our health, when it comes to what we put in our mouth.

Long before Kimkins, people have experienced many of the problems she is having post weight loss. Another side affect of weight loss: people gain back their weight, dieters/gastric bypass patients often develop other obsessions (spending, drinking, promiscuity, etc.). I have been where she is, afraid to eat off plan while following Weight Watchers, Atkins, Nutri System, South Beach, or whatever the diet flavor of the month was. None of those diets were to blame. It was the way I was thinking and obsessing about food. I’ve never found dieting to be fun, as eating food that is good for my body is not as fun as eating bad food. Whoever said ‘nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ is a liar. I’ll always love food, and I’ll always struggle with it. Eating healthy is hard work. For anyone who finds themselves afraid to eat or eating less than 1200 calories a day, they should seek professional help from a physician, clergy, or a counselor. I’m currently eating foods on the Kimkin’s plan. I’m not obsessed with loosing 100 lbs in 5 months, and I’m averaging a loss of 9 to 10 lbs a month. Could I do this on another diet? Sure. However, because of the low carbs, I’m not as hungry, and it helps me choose the good foods, like salad, vegetables and meat daily. I do not skip meals, I eat snacks, and I eat 1200 – 1500 calories every day. I’ve never missed a period, my hair isn’t falling out, no heart palpitations, absolutely NO laxatives of ANY kind for me!!, and I’m experiencing no light headed feelings. With age, experiencing past failures such as Christin is going through now, and common sense, I am taking one day at a time with my journey to health and wellness.

Please take responsibility for yourself, and know when you point the finger at something or someone, 3 more fingers are pointing back at you. I wish Christin and everyone out there in diet and cyber land good health and success