What do you wish you could tell your teenage self?

AliceNov2011
AliceNov2011 Posts: 471 Member
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What would you tell your teen self if you could?

"Stay on your path. Don't follow somebody else onto theirs."
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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    "Put down the cigarettes and pick up something heavy. That way you won't be a pathetic sack of **** when you're almost 30, whilst trying to get into the iron game."
  • kodijhill
    kodijhill Posts: 116 Member
    put down that cake and love yourself for who you are and get active in sports and not care what others think
  • Larisonlj
    Larisonlj Posts: 426 Member
    Sometimes you just have to do what is right for you, no matter the effect on someone else's feelings. Stay strong and don't be manipulated.
  • All_is_well_1959
    All_is_well_1959 Posts: 77
    I'd like to go back and hug the teenage me.
  • monkeefun
    monkeefun Posts: 271 Member
    Exercise! Learn to enjoy it now. Go into nursing now - you are smart enough and capable of it; don't wait a few years and then be behind the curve!
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    I would tell myself to HTFU!

    I was the nice kid, the friend, the funny guy... the chubby kid.

    I would school myself on fitness and nutrition, and kick my own *kitten* in to shape!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
    To learn to love herself, differences and all, and to not follow her friend onto a diet that could lead to decades of wasted years.
  • acuratlsd
    acuratlsd Posts: 228
    Don't go for those Sallie Mae Student Loans
  • MotorCityFemmeFatale
    MotorCityFemmeFatale Posts: 222 Member
    I would not know where to start!
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I am not saying this because its a fitness site, but I wish I knew I had physical potentional. I would tell myself to do anything, start with sports, start running, anything.
    I used to think I was totally inept at sports, I wish I had started earlier to see where I could have been. Back then I associated sports with ability or losing weight. Since I didn't have to worry about either, I didn't do anything.
  • mjhedgehog
    mjhedgehog Posts: 249 Member
    quit eating so much pizza and chocolate! and get off your fat butt and start movin'. jeez lol :laugh:
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    You're not the one who's f-cked up. The people around you are ignorant, selfish, small-minded *kitten*.

    You will be just fine -- better yet, you will shine -- when you get out of this craphole.

    Life is good out there in the world, you just have to be patient and stay the course.
  • pucenavel
    pucenavel Posts: 972 Member
    Alcohol is a poison.

    Stay out of the foodservice industry.

    Go to college - max out the loans - finish in 4 years and start a career. After a few years of busting your *kitten*, you'll have time and money to have all the fun you want.
  • afropoodle
    afropoodle Posts: 9
    Put down that cookie and go lift.
  • marie_25m
    marie_25m Posts: 64 Member
    You eat a lot now and don't gain weight...well, darling, things may change...
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
    Buy gold and apple.
  • rishonb
    rishonb Posts: 232
    Whatever you do make sure your credit score is perfect!!!!!
  • linusr
    linusr Posts: 38 Member
    Stop talking; you'll confirm what people suspect. Start running. And your dad is right, your hair looks awful.
  • fg8585
    fg8585 Posts: 110 Member
    Spaghetti might be cheap but it's not worth the weight. Although do buy the elliptical and work out daily!
  • ritoosh
    ritoosh Posts: 190
    dont eat out everyday. stay in dance. and dont work at coldstones lol
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    You eat a lot now and don't gain weight...well, darling, things may change...

    I used to say I didn't care if I gained weight. Back when I could eat a lot and not gain weight...
  • karenwill2
    karenwill2 Posts: 604 Member
    you are NOT fat!
  • shammxo
    shammxo Posts: 1,432 Member
    take advantage of your free gym membership, and get ahead while you still have a nice body.
  • kimosabe1
    kimosabe1 Posts: 2,467 Member
    Don't start smoking and don't eat so much fattening cheese while you are pregnant. hahahaha....
  • Tennessee2019
    Tennessee2019 Posts: 676 Member
    It's a toss up. I would tell myself not to get married the first time - but then I wouldn't have my wonderful daughter if I had not.
  • Stella_Leigh
    Stella_Leigh Posts: 189 Member
    You are not a victim and you are not what happened to you, you are who you choose to be. To hell with what everybody else thinks about you or your choices in life, it's your journey and you've learned from every mistake. Most importantly, don't choose to get clean and healthy for anybody else....do it for you because you are worth it.
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    You are beautiful and valuable.
    Don't question that. Live it!
  • NaturallyOlivia
    NaturallyOlivia Posts: 496 Member
    When i was a sophmore i got really into weight loss and fitness and lost about 70 lbs overall. i was a size or two smaller than now and i wish i could have told myself "keep plugging, don't give up, you're over halfway there." seriously, if you do senior year is going to be miserable because you'll have gained all the weight back by then!
  • gbbhey
    gbbhey Posts: 188
    "In a few years, this kid is going to show up on youtube named Justin Bieber. What's youtube, you ask? It's a website where people can upload videos onto the internet, and then they can get famous. He is boy version of Britney Spears. Jared, you can NOT let him upload that video."
  • Stompp
    Stompp Posts: 216
    1. Don't stick your d*ck in crazy.

    2. Pick up something heavy, a lot.

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