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If I knew then what I know now, I would........

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  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    If I knew then what I know now regarding weight loss, I would not have let my dispair, postnatal depression, and self-hatred control my life. I would not have let the doctors tell me "I'm so sorry for your loss" when I had eight miscarriages and done something to get my hormones and reproductive system under control. I would not have let others tell me "it's okay to be sad" and pulled myself up to face my struggles. I would have not been so completely de-moralized and unavailable to my inner-self that I let myself be used, abused, and nearly left for dead. I'd be stronger, more self-aware, and less self-hating.
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    please don't let me be the killer of this thread...
  • painauxraisin
    painauxraisin Posts: 299 Member
    ....... have eaten less!
  • Laurej
    Laurej Posts: 227
    If I knew then what I know now regarding weight loss, I would have started exercising and eating right before this dang metabolism of mine started slowing down :)
  • IsisRosa
    IsisRosa Posts: 57 Member
    I would not have allowed myself to stop working out, then start again, then stop, then start over and over again.
  • sukaera
    sukaera Posts: 53 Member
    If I knew then what I know now, I would have educated myself better regarding nutrition because I had a poor role model to look up to as a child... BUT,
    It's up to me now! and I'm learning more and more every day! :D
  • brilaa
    brilaa Posts: 22
    Love and light to you
  • forgtmenot
    forgtmenot Posts: 860 Member
    Stop eating fast food!
  • mhurd76
    mhurd76 Posts: 11 Member
    Would not have eaten Taco Bell and Denny's every week my freshmen year at college...let alone the alcohol! It was a downward spiral ever since then!
  • bulbadoof
    bulbadoof Posts: 1,058 Member
    I would have started losing weight 100 pounds earlier.
  • ILoveTheBrowns
    ILoveTheBrowns Posts: 661 Member
    have just graduated medical school
  • KatLifter
    KatLifter Posts: 1,314 Member
    .....have never taken a desk job.

    Such a good call. Sitting here 8 hours a day definitely doesn't help!
  • Molly_Maguire
    Molly_Maguire Posts: 1,103 Member
    ....not have stuffed so many cheese fries and bacon/guac/cheesebugers in my face during my pregnancy!
  • Determinednoob
    Determinednoob Posts: 2,001 Member
    have started lifting on Allpro's beginner routine (linked below) eating a small calorie deficit until I stalled or lost all fat and then started bulking.

    http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147447933
  • samblanken
    samblanken Posts: 369 Member
    have never stopped working out, and not have let getting divorced throw me into a wicked downward spiral.
  • Angie_1991
    Angie_1991 Posts: 447 Member
    If I knew then what I know now regarding weight loss, I would not have let my dispair, postnatal depression, and self-hatred control my life. I would not have let the doctors tell me "I'm so sorry for your loss" when I had eight miscarriages and done something to get my hormones and reproductive system under control. I would not have let others tell me "it's okay to be sad" and pulled myself up to face my struggles. I would have not been so completely de-moralized and unavailable to my inner-self that I let myself be used, abused, and nearly left for dead. I'd be stronger, more self-aware, and less self-hating.

    you didn't............I'm sorry all those things happened to you.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I don't think I know anything now that I didn't know then. Plain and simple, I just got too comfortable and lazy. I knew it wasn't good, but did it anyway. I constantly worry that I'll do that again.
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