What would you say to your past self?

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  • Renegade770
    Renegade770 Posts: 1,058 Member
    It's true you really cant help someone who wont help themselves.
  • mybfisred
    mybfisred Posts: 1,388 Member
    You did things right...dont doubt yourself
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  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    Don’t pick the tuba in band class

    Nooooooo tubas rock!
  • Tigg_er
    Tigg_er Posts: 22,001 Member
    You have got to be kiddin , I mean really
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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    lstrat115 wrote: »
    Don't get married.

    Ever.
  • You are not stupid, you are not worthless, you are not ugly and you should never give someone who has vowed to cherish you forever the power to say these things to you.

    Oh and when you turn 20, you should cut that birthday celebration in half if you ever want to handle the smell of jaegar-bombs again.
  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    I'd say Change your eating habits now. You're not going to be happy as a fat woman. I promise you that.
  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    They’re going to lose in 7, don’t go freeze your *kitten* off in the square.
  • Ralphone
    Ralphone Posts: 1,863 Member
    Go run before you know it you will like it and be 50 lbs lighter.
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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    Focus on who you are and what you have.
    And not on who you wish you were and what you wish you had.
    Focus on character over c@*k.
    Word hard for the satisfaction. That is the ONLY thing worth having.
    Challenge your fears more.
    Learn to publicly speak ASAP.
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    Trust your instincts and move on, you’re worth more than that.

    Stop doing what’s good for everyone else to the detriment of your own happiness.

    Don’t abandon everything you enjoy and are good at.

    Don’t be scared to *kitten* up- everyone does, even if they pretend otherwise. It’s how we learn to grow if we pay attention.

    Also, don’t smoke. Seriously.
  • mybfisred
    mybfisred Posts: 1,388 Member
    I forgot this one thing...dont do it...
  • NewlifeinNW
    NewlifeinNW Posts: 3,866 Member
    I'd say..."1988Me, I just want you to know...I know it seems cool right now, but that mullet has to go. Also, the tight concert shirt and the big glasses, not working for you my man"
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  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    When she invited you to the city and colour concert it’s not a date, she’s trying to set you up with her friend again who you already warned yourself about in a previous post not to take to dinner.
  • mybfisred
    mybfisred Posts: 1,388 Member
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    When she invited you to the city and colour concert it’s not a date, she’s trying to set you up with her friend again who you already warned yourself about in a previous post not to take to dinner.

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    But it was so perfect :'(
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,068 Member
    I'd need to talk to the pre-fattest me. The conversation would go something like this:

    "You look great right now (yes, I know you see flaws, but overall, you look great). Don't lose that. As you progress in life, your jobs are going to get more and more sedentary. You will lose muscle. Your activity will decrease. You will be eating out more often. This is going to cause your body to change and you WILL start putting on weight.

    Start making time for the gym NOW so you're not that 'slightly overweight used to be thin' 40-year-old behind a computer screen."
  • It’s long, I’m sorry. This is actually an exercise I did a while back where I wrote a letter to myself in the future if I didn’t make changes and continued to put on weight. It’s totally brutal, but when I feel like giving up, I have a read, and it helps keep me on track.

    Dear Fat Laura,

    I am writing to you today to tell you to STOP! Stop eating trash and start getting active. You’ve hurt your body long enough, you’ll be lucky if you don’t have any medical conditions! Don’t you want to live a long life and watch your children grow up? Don’t you want to be able to actually play with them for more than just a few minutes? Aren’t you hot under all that fat in the hot Australian sun?

    I bet you’re looking back at me now, and wish you could just get back to your weight then. If you had just had some self-control, you would still be there, but instead you continued to make excuses as to why you should get to eat whatever you want and not exercise. If you’d just done a little bit of work back then, you wouldn’t have this massive mountain to get over now!

    I know you’re ashamed of your body. You have probably been too scared to even step on a set of scales for years. You hide behind your baggy clothes, and hope no one notices you sweating from just walking down the road. You’re lucky you’re a nice person, because without that, you would just be the fat lady no one wants to be friends with. I guess it’s true what they say, fat people have to be nice.

    Aren’t you tired? Aren’t you sick of hiding in the plus size stores? Don’t you want to wear beautiful clothes and feel good in them? Don’t you want to actually get a tan at the beach instead of having to cover up? What the hell are you doing? Wake up and fix this! You’ve got a lot of work ahead of you, but it needs to be done. You’re unhappy, ashamed, uncomfortable, and unhealthy, you need to fix this.

    Do you really want to be the fat girl for the rest of your life?

    Good Luck.
  • I like this one more though, it's a letter I wrote to my past self when I was fit.

    Dear Past Fit Laura,

    It’s been a while since we’ve seen each other, and although nothing happened suddenly to separate us, there’s no denying that over the last 8 years, we’ve slowly drifted further and further apart. I still think about you all the time though, I look at pictures of you, and even kept all your old clothes.

    I know now that you never really appreciated how great you were then. I know you were self-conscious, and wanted to be thinner. I know that you felt you needed to wear shorts with your bathing suit to hide your thighs. It’s really a shame that you couldn’t be happy with how you were then, and enjoy yourself and your body before it was too late.

    We’re both at fault for letting us drift so far apart. You discovered how yummy plain pasta and cheese is, and had movie marathons with lots of chips, chocolate, and ice cream nearly weekly. You stopped swimming when you finished Cadets, and didn’t replace that exercise with anything else. This is when it all began, the drifting I mean. Your body slowly got bigger and bigger, but instead of stopping, you just wore looser clothes.

    I’m at fault because even after I realized how far we had drifted, I didn’t do anything about it. I just kept eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, and did absolutely no exercise. Yea, I missed you, but I was being lazy. I didn’t want to put in the effort to fix things.

    Well, today I’m writing to you to tell you that I will do anything, whatever it takes, to see you again. We shared some amazing years together, and I want that back. And I know that our reunion will be better than ever, because together, we will be unstoppable.

    I’ll see you soon, I promise.
  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?
  • eccomi_qui wrote: »
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?

    haha I can try. I don't really know anything about you though haha
  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?

    haha I can try. I don't really know anything about you though haha

    Just assume I am a terrible person with very few redeeming qualities but I am funny sometimes. Is that enough?
  • Eelkov
    Eelkov Posts: 88 Member
    Hey past me... you are fat.
  • eccomi_qui wrote: »
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?

    haha I can try. I don't really know anything about you though haha

    Just assume I am a terrible person with very few redeeming qualities but I am funny sometimes. Is that enough?

    Hahaha okay, this was hard…. And again, it’s brutal haha, but I went off what you said and improvised a little. Hope you get a laugh out of it!

    Dear He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named,

    Perhaps if you stopped obsessing over your socks so much, you could focus of becoming a better person. Seriously, put the socks down and go do something. Learn how to build something, or how to cook, then maybe you could be useful for once. I get it, you’re a little funny on occasion, but that doesn’t make up for you stealing peoples’ snacks, or taking advantage during Pokémon card trades.

    So man up, set some goals to better yourself, and make them happen! And for the love of god, STOP putting pineapple on your pizza!
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
    Stop smokin that *kitten* and use the money to get a gym membership dummy
  • eccomi_qui
    eccomi_qui Posts: 1,831 Member
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?

    haha I can try. I don't really know anything about you though haha

    Just assume I am a terrible person with very few redeeming qualities but I am funny sometimes. Is that enough?

    Hahaha okay, this was hard…. And again, it’s brutal haha, but I went off what you said and improvised a little. Hope you get a laugh out of it!

    Dear He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named,

    Perhaps if you stopped obsessing over your socks so much, you could focus of becoming a better person. Seriously, put the socks down and go do something. Learn how to build something, or how to cook, then maybe you could be useful for once. I get it, you’re a little funny on occasion, but that doesn’t make up for you stealing peoples’ snacks, or taking advantage during Pokémon card trades.

    So man up, set some goals to better yourself, and make them happen! And for the love of god, STOP putting pineapple on your pizza!

    You destroyed a man today I hope you’re happy
  • eccomi_qui wrote: »
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    eccomi_qui wrote: »
    @becomingbeautifultoday can you write me a letter too?

    haha I can try. I don't really know anything about you though haha

    Just assume I am a terrible person with very few redeeming qualities but I am funny sometimes. Is that enough?

    Hahaha okay, this was hard…. And again, it’s brutal haha, but I went off what you said and improvised a little. Hope you get a laugh out of it!

    Dear He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named,

    Perhaps if you stopped obsessing over your socks so much, you could focus of becoming a better person. Seriously, put the socks down and go do something. Learn how to build something, or how to cook, then maybe you could be useful for once. I get it, you’re a little funny on occasion, but that doesn’t make up for you stealing peoples’ snacks, or taking advantage during Pokémon card trades.

    So man up, set some goals to better yourself, and make them happen! And for the love of god, STOP putting pineapple on your pizza!

    You destroyed a man today I hope you’re happy

    hahaha sorry man, you asked for it :wink: