I had few questions SO I went to Live Counseling for help. This is a Copy/Paste from the counseling session.

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Welcome EDITH TAPIA…
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Counselor: Hi! How Can I help you?
Me: I have few questions…
Counselor: Please feel free to ask any question you might have. Our goal is to get you the information you need to reach your goal.

Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable slop.

Q: Is beer or wine bad for me?
A: Look, it goes to the earlier point about fruits and vegetables. As we all know, scientists divide everything in the world into three categories: animal, mineral, and vegetable. We all know that beer and wine are not animal and they are not on the periodic table of elements, so that only leaves one thing, right?
My advice: Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body, and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain… Good.

Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?
A: You’re not listening. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: What’s the secret to healthy eating?
A: Thicker gravy.

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO… Cocoa beans… another vegetable! It’s the best feel good food around!

Me: Well I think those were all the questions I had!
Counselor: I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. Have a cookie… flour is a veggie! One more thing - when life hands you lemons, ask for a bottle of tequila and some salt…

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Now everything makes sense! What would I do without my Nutri Counselor?! ROFLOL…

This is a specially formulated diet designed to help women cope with stress that builds up during the day.

BREAKFAST
1 grapefruit
1 slice whole-wheat toast
1 cup skim milk

LUNCH
A small portion lean, steamed chicken with a cup of spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Hershey kiss

AFTERNOON TEA
the rest of the kisses in the bag
1 tub of Hagen Daas ice cream with choc-chip topping

DINNER
4 bottles of wine (red or white)
2 loaves garlic bread
1 family size supreme pizza
3 Snickers bars

LATE NIGHT SNACK
whole frozen Sarah Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from the freezer)

REMEMBER: STRESSED SPELLED BACKWARDS IS “DESSERTS”
Send this to all the women you know or ever knew, and you will immediately lose 10 pounds.

Hi! My name is Edith and I am hungry…

I have to confess something. And my heart is sinking while I write ’cause I KNOW I AM IN BIG TROUBLE… I’ve been sneaking food and eating it while no one is watching me. *cry* I don’t know what to do to control myself… I just don’t! I thought I had it in control but that was a lie. I was closing my eyes to my sad reality… When I’m alone I feel SO hungry I just can’t control it. I know it is emotional hunger. But it is there the whole freaking day! I try to fight back reading the NSBB, decluttering, and blogging but it doesn’t go away… Sometimes I starve myself the whole day… then I go eat what ever I want. Then I feel betrayed by myself for eating… I’m not happy when I’m hungry… either while I eat… or after eating. =0(… Why I don’t know how to FLY? *sob*

This feels the same like sex in High School… Back then I felt guilty for doing it before getting married because it wasn’t right and it was being in sin… I was always scared to get pregnant. Not to mention: “What if dad knows? … Will he still love me?” I was sad all the time. Nevertheless, I always relapsed on my bad behavior. Sometimes I tried to substitute my affection thirst with other activities but I always ended up on the arms of this guy who didn’t loved me but “took care” of me.

Today I FEEL EMPTY… SAD and LONELY… I need help!!! My overeating problem is out of control! What if DH, DM, other family members, and my nutri friends know this? Will they still love me? I’m hungry… hungry of love. Gosh I need a hug! I need someone to say “I LOVE YOU”… *sob*…

I think I’m depressed. But I don’t want to be on medication again! It numbs my feelings. I want to be able to feel. Even if it hurts!

I’ve been busy lately.
Last Saturday DH and I started to built a hallway closet to try to manage out “clutter issue”… Thanks God we have no children! Just the two of us know how wreck a house in minutes. Since we married four years ago we’ve been trying hard to have and organized house. But there’s always a place to be ashamed about! Hopefully this new closet space will help us to organize our junk. In the meantime the house is a disaster area full of lumber, “construction” equipment and sawdust. The good thing is that it is coming out really nice, and we already feel proud about it. Plus! We haven’t argued not ones!!! That wasn’t possible two years ago. I think we are finally learning to communicate as people. LOL If everything goes as planned we should finish the closet project during this weekend and continue with the baseboards project as planned. (We already pulled out the tile-baseboards from the hallway before starting the closet.) SO that makes two projects in progress from my 101 in 1001 list (number 94 & 97). Isn’t that neat? After we are done I’ll post few pictures of it in my 101 in 1001 blog.

I also started to learn more about HTML, CSS, and JAVA. (number 38 from my 101 in 1001 list). I learned how to create a FavIcon… I’ve been wanting to learn how to do that for a while, SO I’m really happy about it. Don’t you know what a FavIcon is? Just look up to the browser bar. That’s my FavIcon! Isn’t it neat? For more info just go here. It is really easy to do.
I also placed a No-Right-Click JavaScript on this page so no one can “steal” my design. *wink* I don’t remember from who I got that code. SO I have no one to give credit for it. BTW… Tressa you should check your No-Right-Click JavaScript ’cause it isn’t working properly. Yours either Helen. E-mail me if you want the script I’m using. [4:00pm update: Since Right-Click is not allowed on this page, I just added a Code-Stealing-Window LOL... Don't know what to call it so I invented that name. LOL... Go ahead steal it. Link to me!]

As for the project of loosing weight… I’m deadlocked. *sad* I am tire of eating Nutri System… BUT I’m still trying hard to be on program and eat right. I’m not going to Curves though, because I’m spending a lot of time and effort on decluttering. I have SO much to do to this house I don’t know where to start each morning! The good thing is that working keeps me away from the fridge. I guess that’s good. Right?

Just wanted to tell you face to face that I feel really sorry for you. You most be a really lonely person living a really sad life.

You NEED to learn how to FLY (First Love Yourself)…

I’m at peace with myself. I know I am beautiful (inside and outside). And I feel really good about who I am and what I have accomplished in life. Therefore I don’t need to put down other people to feel better about myself.

Hope you can find happiness some day.

Edith

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