What's some advice you would tell your 16 year old self ?

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  • Bethee101
    Bethee101 Posts: 99 Member
    Dear 16 year old self,

    You are not fat no matter how much you think you are. You want to see fat, look in the mirror when you are 26.

    Ha! I posted pretty much the same thing!! Love it!
  • poopoomonkey1978
    poopoomonkey1978 Posts: 108 Member
    dear 16 year old me,

    I know your brain is telling your body not to eat but you need to and you will get through this, you are strong and although you don't have the best thing in your life anymore you will get someone just like your father and fall in love and have all (okay maybe most) of your dreams come true. Keep pushing as hard as you do.
  • adams4101
    adams4101 Posts: 44 Member
    Doesn't matter, I wouldn't have listened anyway........lol
  • indiedoll
    indiedoll Posts: 29 Member
    Dear 16 year old me,

    Don't let what just happened to you ruin your life. That boy destroyed your innocence but don't let him take away anything else. Keep dancing, and running, and having fun with your friends. Get fit, be happy, try to move on. Focus on school and go straight to a 4 year university after graduation. Study for the SAT's. Don't waste the next five years with D. There are better guys out there, guys who will treat you right and won't break your heart. Your mom is often right, listen to her. Your family will be there for you if you ask. Open up to people. Show your emotions. Don't be so afraid. Listen to Penguin Cafe Orchestra. You'll thank me later.

    <3, a slightly older and wiser version of yourself.
  • love22step
    love22step Posts: 1,103 Member
    It's okay to let nice guys be nice to you. Enjoy their company! Don't reject them because you feel like you owe them something you don't want to give up.
  • jordalyssa94
    jordalyssa94 Posts: 45
    Dear 16 year old Jord,
    You've screwed up alot.. just to be honest, its only been a few years and you will grow, and you will mature, so even when you're the baby of your friends, ignore it. PLEASE don't break up with Ry because you'll end up going with him to prom and being best friends with him anyways, you know he;s a great guy but you won't know how much you cared until he was gone. Also, don't fight with Ky, she's a big girl who can make her own decisions, and if she's addicted to abusive relationships and would rather that then friendship? So be it. DO YOUR HOMEWORK, because you'll stress out about trying to get into university later. BEG mom and dad to let you drive, you need all the practice you can get. AND don't trust your long lost bff because she will drug you and sell you for $20. Also, stay strong and way from your ED, you'd hate to relapse baby and some people really do love you. Have fun.
    <3 the girl who knows you best
  • Skinny_Beans
    Skinny_Beans Posts: 405 Member
    Hey 16 year old me, don't date that guy with the afro. He's super suicidal and controlling and will isolate you from life for the next 3 years. Also, don't switch to nutrition, stay in english. It's what you're good and what you go back to anyway.
  • trishgrace
    trishgrace Posts: 279 Member
    Wow. Some of these are making me cry. Here goes mine.

    Dear 16 year old,

    Don't dump him, you don't hate him . You will get back together in a few months and get married 5 years later and still be happily married 16 years from now. Your mom really does love you even though she will only let you eat diet food while the rest of the family eats what she cooks. Your daddy will be killed on his motorcycle right before you get a chance to tell him you are pregnant. You will be 21 when this happens. The person that hit him on his motorcycle will leave him lying in the highway like he never mattered, cherish EVERY moment you can now, because you will be sad for many years after he dies. Your grandma will pass away too and so will her sister. You will miss them terribly. Your sister will become your best friend be nicer to her, you'll thank yourself later. Your mom will remarry to a complete loser, but she will come to her senses and ditch him and marry Bill. He's cool. You will go back to church. You will forget all of the awful things that happened at the old church and love your new church family. You will gain 145lbs over the next 10 years so please stop eating and exercise more.
    Thanks
    Me.

    PS don't go to college for nursing. You will freak out the first time you have to do post mortem care on someone whose eyes are open and you'll quit anyway. Save the time and money. You'll find a good job doing something else anyway.
  • Meaganandcheese
    Meaganandcheese Posts: 525 Member
    You're not fat. Eat something.
  • ShellyMacchi
    ShellyMacchi Posts: 975 Member
    Good question.. i'd tell me three things:

    1)
    There WILL be more than one guy in the world that finds you attractive... do NOT feel like if you don't stay with him you will always be alone.. ie: you do not have to settle for less than you deserve.
    *small smile*

    2)
    do NOT get lazy about your education!

    3)
    Get and keep your weight under control NOW.. do not waste more than 1/2 of your life 'wishing' you were not fat. Trust me on this, this one simple feat will change your life forever.. and definitely for the better!
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    Dear 16 year old self,

    It's ok to be a dork... people will love you for it. Your hair is beautiful when it's not dyed or shelacked with hairspray. Be natural. Feel free. Stop wearing fake nails and laughing at jokes that you don't find funny. Please stop drinking - people notice, it's killing you, you're better than hiding behind a constant buzz. Don't ever let anyone make you feel expendable. You are worth wanting, needing, loving and having in this world.

    Love,
    Someone who's been there
  • SugarNtheRaw
    SugarNtheRaw Posts: 191 Member
    1) Put down the cookies!
    2) Kick Jo-El in the taint, NOW!
    3) Tell Denise to GTF over herself, and DO NOT HELP HER. EVER!
    4) Get everything in writing!!!
    5) Don't buy the Cabrio
    6) Life experiences are great, even though they suck at the time, they DO happen for a reason, and in a few years, you'll have a steely gaze and metaphorical balls of solid effing rock. You'll be able to handle damn near anything, from being a fire-fighter, to a wife, and you will be totally ok after you move a few thousand miles away. If anything, you'll be better for it.
  • atjays
    atjays Posts: 797 Member
    Nail every girl that offered it up, because looking back on it now I wish I would have!
  • lgtahoe
    lgtahoe Posts: 96
    Dear 16 year old me:

    You are smoking hot -- let the boys chase YOU! But maybe get your eyebrows waxed : /
    Your hormones are raging, enjoy it, safely, but stay away from Stuart, Jason, and Ty.
    You have a fabulous metabolism now, enjoy it, but know it doesn't last forever. When it starts to wane in your 20's, get a grip on your appetite and learn about portion control. And stay in the gym consistently. You CANNOT eat whatever you want the way you used to!
    Cry less over the boys, save more money, don't get credit cards, major in something useful like business.
    Oh, and when Chris sends you a drink that night in college, get up and go thank him. Maybe you'll both learn about your mutual crushes on each other, rather than months later when you're both dating other people. Who knows what might happen.
  • Fitnthin101
    Fitnthin101 Posts: 25 Member
    Dear 16 year old me,

    Your high school boyfriend is not the one! Don't stay with him for the next 6 YEARS! Have fun and date! When you go to college have the chance to be single! Then, eventually you'll find the one. ( I did find the one by the way. But with a huge heartbreak previously from that 6 year relationship).
  • WhittRak
    WhittRak Posts: 567 Member
    Dear 16 year old me:

    Stop hanging out with such weirdos who do drugs all day, they are making you look bad. Oh, and stop being such a little *kitten* to your parents, you are acting like an ungrateful heathen! And put down those cigs, you do not look cool smoking them and they make you smell like @ss. If you would just apply yourself more in school, you would have better than average grades! Oh, and that skater guy, has an eating disorder...that is why all he eats is cantaloupe and is turning orange (stop dating him). Straighten the hell up and stop being such a friggin brat all the time, not everything can be your way 24/7.
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    you must ALL read the book, 'what I would have known then" letters to my former self.
  • Aperture_Science
    Aperture_Science Posts: 840 Member
    It doesn't make you blind.
  • skinnieminniemouse
    skinnieminniemouse Posts: 118
    Things are about to get real bad, but keep your head up and you will get through it a better person :)
  • Jen32285
    Jen32285 Posts: 281 Member
    Quit caring about partying and work harder at school. Go to college... yep i'm 27 and haven't gone yet. Be wiser with your money. I would love to go back and redo things. Oh well... live and learn.
  • mrsnathanandrew
    mrsnathanandrew Posts: 631 Member
    Dear 16 year old me,

    What he did to you wasn't your fault, and it isn't worth trying to kill yourself over. I promise it does get better, and in just 6 short years, you'll be marrying the man of your dreams.

    Love,
    Me
  • Bahet
    Bahet Posts: 1,254 Member
    Buy stock in Apple.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'd tell my 16 year old self to buy more clothes that are a bit too big on me... they'll be back in style in another 24 years. :laugh: But there's no way I'll be under 110 pounds again.
  • amberpaigee
    amberpaigee Posts: 74
    Boys LIE. ALL OF THEM.
    Keep going to the gym.
    Your friends are right! Spend loads of time with them when you go to college!
    Most importantly - wear your retainer for the love of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Memster1
    Memster1 Posts: 13
    16 year old self......

    Do NOT date that girl your Senior Year in High School. She is not the girl for you, and you will lose 2 years of your young life.

    Stay in college and go out for the Cross Country team - you would have been good!

    Buy that stock in NIKE. A few bucks now will allow you early retirement.
  • StarvingDiva
    StarvingDiva Posts: 1,107 Member
    Life gets better after high school, learn to love yourself as once you love you, everything else falls into place and don't marry your first boyfriend.
  • bangersnmash90
    bangersnmash90 Posts: 78 Member
    Dear 16 year old self,

    Stop skipping PE classes, you'll regret it when you STILL can't do a proper push up 6 years later!

    P.s You're not fat! Eat more and bloody exercise!

    Yours, older self (still working on that push up)
  • Lasityttö
    Lasityttö Posts: 79 Member
    Don't teach yourself how to deliberately throw up. And always clear web browser history.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    DON'T DO THAT!
  • princessruthiebelle
    princessruthiebelle Posts: 165 Member
    prepare for even more heartache! but your hard work will pay off in the end!

    don't be such a scardy cat

    dont find comfort in food, it will bite you on the *kitten*!

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