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They weren't blogs.. They were her official bios..

I just never picked up anything said or implied that indicates she ever had a weight issue.. Sure everyone has body image issues at one time or another.. One thing I saw on one of her sites is that she was self conscious about her chest size..

I believe she is actually a body builder and is married to one from what I gathered in my findings.. Not that that matters..But it definitely takes a certain mindset and discipline to pursue that aspect of health and fitness.. I think she carries over that mindset into her coaching...

This link says she was Miss Galaxy in 2000...
http://www.kimlyons.com/competition.html

Check out her bio...especially the last paragraph..
http://www.kimlyons.com/bio.html

and then check out this link of photos of magazine covers and gallery shots.
http://www.kimlyons.com/photogallery.html

ON her website she says she has always been involved in sports...gymnastics, dance, track, cheerleading. I don't know many overweight children who are that active in that many sports, but maybe she was fat. After reading the sites that KPW listed here, I can see why if she was fat at one time, why she would not want anyone to know. She is too full of herself. God forbid that Ms. Perfection should ever be thought of as fat.

Please read her description of herself on the 2nd site listed in the above post. GOOD GRIEF! Hard work and dedication to nutrition and exercise is great. I applaud her for that, but, she is a joke.
It is obvious that she is not well suited to coach overweight people. Maybe she can motivate a person who wants to loose 10 pounds to get going, but, to deal with people who suffer serious obesity, NO WAY.

She can shame them into feeling bad about themself I guess. There is a way to strongly motivate that does not involve name calling and insulting the person's appearance.

I still say she doesn't get it. I don't like the red team either, but she she's getting paid to help those folks and she should do it with repect.

You know it's funny, after watching the show so far, I never think of how great she looks or how bad the contestants might look. All I think about is what an ugly person she comes across as from the inside.<br><br>Post edited by: Debby, at: 2006/10/18 13:12

Kim's comments to the Red Team last week suggest that she was a fat kid. Maybe she exaggerated, thying to motivate them. It's funny she never mentioned any past weight problem on her websites. Wouldn't that be an inspiration to anyone who thinks they're &quot;too fat&quot; to get in shape?

Yep... And I think she was just yanking their chains.. But hey, I'm sure she was willing to resort to anything to get her team back on track... It was falling apart rapidly...

I find the last paragraph in her bio a bit funny. She says people think she is a goody 2 shoes... because she won't do the sexy poses... and she even refers to them as 'T &amp; A shots'.. Just using the term T &amp; A... is rather silly euphemism. Unless per chance I am wrongly thinking of what T &amp; A refers to.

Maybe someone could enlighten me if it means something other than what I think it does... (boob and butt ?). I just think it is rather tacky to even throw that into your official bio. Rather unprofessional! But like I said I might have just read that wrong and just piled on with the negative perception. I sure thought some of her professional picts could have been considered rather sexy! The magazine covers were fitting for their intended audience..

I just get the impression she's conceited.. either that or she hasn't updated her website in a few years!

Unless she does a major shift in style and attitude, I doubt that she'd return for another season to TBL.

Looking forward to tonight's show! Kim and all! I think they'll be doing some sort of workout in a stadium setting instead of the gym..

I do hope Kim mellows a bit!

Well, I feel a bit silly after dissing Kim so badly and then her team proceeds to win another weighin. Oh, well. I still don't like her, but if she brings them victory, who am I to complain?

I taped the show and watched it later rather quickly. Why was the girl who lost the least amount of weight on the blue team complaining that she got the boot? Why did she think she was a strong player for the team?

Why are those people who have a large amount of weight to lose only having modest weight lost? Something seems odd there.

I think her percentages had been up there pretty consistently. That was how the weigh in's are calculated. She'd lost 44 lbs. at that point.. The heaviest guy Eric had only lost a couple more lbs. than her.. (if I recall right.)

Who knows.. It could be strategy too... They may be trying to slow their weight loss and pour more effort into it later when it will matter the most. I remember one weigh in last season that Matt gained a couple lbs.. He wound up being the winner...and had won immunity numerous times..

It was great to see how well Amy had done on her own.. I was pulling for her since she is from the D.C. area...(Maryland) The contestant from Va. is doing well in the 36 at home though.. Hopefully she'll rise to the top and be back to compete with the finalists.