Advice you had to learn the hard way :-?

Weight loss has taught me that no good thing comes without sacrifice, dedication, but above all, desire. If you want something bad enough, you'll do what it takes to get there. Otherwise, you succumb to failure.

Always trust your gut...even if your heart says something different.

That boy is no good.

Don't drink all of that.

No one is going to give you the kind of life you want except you.

Finish college when you're young. Its harder to do it when you have house, children, etc... (It IS)

Ego is the cause of most injuries (and not just physical).

Don't keep secrets from your wife

Ego is the cause of most injuries (and not just physical).

I literally just read Eggo, like as in Eggo waffles. It sounded both intriguing and delicious. You make a good point with ego, but I am actually disappointed it wasn't Eggo. That would make for an interesting story.

Everything happens for a reason (I don't believe this is true. I used to try to believe it was)

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger (some things are just *kitten* and getting past it doesn't make you stronger, there are a whole range of different outcomes after tough times, not just strength)

Never rush things out especially in love & marriage. I had a secret marriage with my ex & that was my one big mistake that I still regret up to this day, not to mention that I live in a country where there is no divorce & I need millions just to file an annulment whose process can take many many years or even forever. Now I need to get out of this country just to get married :sad:

The definition of insanity (doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result).

Oh yea....use sunscreen :laugh:

Stupid people are everywhere. And they don't even know they are stupid!

"Nobody said it would be easy. They only said it would be worth it."

You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only option.

The lyrics to Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen, by Mary Schmich:

Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

The pull-out method doesn't work.

ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!

A few things I have either experienced or observed.

Good decisions don`t always lead to good outcomes,bad decisions almost always have bad outcomes.

Never spend a moments time envious of what someone else has,it is the most pointless thing to do and is self destructive.

Barring a very small number of life altering events people are who they are by the late teens and will never change much from that point,don`t bother trying to or thinking they will.

Never have I seen a problem(s) in a relationship fixed by marriage.

Fairness is a human concept,it does not exist naturally...do your best to be that way but never expect it nor chase after it.

There are and will be things which we never get an answer as to why it happened,nor is there a promised evening of the score (see above about fairness).

Never consider yourself to know so much that you lose the capacity to learn.

Some people simply cannot be nor wish to be helped no matter how much they claim,understand this and be aware trying will do nothing but drain you to their level.

No matter what life serves up good or bad at some point one must accept,adapt and move on and even though it seems heartless that does apply to even the most horrific events that can happen as well as the happiest.

When trying to figure out why something happened the first place to look for answers is in yourself.