Funny I only remember the good advice I never took.

I remember going on a diet and loosing about 3-4 kilos and then going into my Bank to deposit a cheque, only to be asked by the teller "have you gained weight lately?". Even though I said, "No, actually I have lost a bit" she went on to tell me that exercise was the key and I needed to increase my exercise! This was despite the fact that I was training for a half marathon at the time!

Luckily that Teller doesn't work there anymore (she got made redundant, I wonder why?).

"Bullies are cowards who will run away if you stand up to them" No they won't, they're just as likely to punch you, hard.

Urgh. The biggest lectures come from people 'trying to help' i find. Yes im short, yes im on the smaller side. But thats no excuse for people tell me to eat a pie. I eat what i want, and exercise when i find the motivation. Its not about staying skinny for me, its about finding a happy medium.

One of the more annoying things, is turning up offers of certain foods, because i know they make my reflux act up something chronic. This in turn usually makes people ask if im on a diet/anorexic. Its not because i dont want to eat your horrible meal dripping in fat, its because i want to be able to move without having acid burn its way up my chest thanks!

The other thing, is i have had to relearn things i should and shouldnt eat, and when. My blood sugar tends to drop rapidly if i dont eat properly, and thus i end up sick. No explanation from any doctor, just 'eat more' yea, thats so the answer...

The worst advice I have been given is you must put other people first before yourself! Might sound a good idea but in reality not so good! Also told that if you are on a benefit you must not have contact or socalise with people who are working! Slightly difficult! A friends mother told me this. Funny but this lady is dead and I am working but still feel guilty!

I think the worse advice I've been given about diets is being told that I should try any form of deprivation diet. I think for me that's just a set up for failure. I have friends who have gone on extreme diets and some have had success and some have failed miserably. I think it just depends on your personality and willpower as to how well you cope with not being able to have any of a specific group of foods, or for that matter more than one group of foods. I go a little crazy when I have been deprived of such simple things as bread (which I don't eat much of to start with) or milk in my coffee and that just leads me to an all out binge which just leads to me feeling worse about the whole situation.

I quite like the everything in moderation method. However, I'm yet to figure out what moderation is, so until then I'll keep up the lunch time walks!

The juice diets.... the lemon detox diets... You just end up turning into an intolerable b*tch for the week, your body shuts down leaving you incapable of dealing with anything, and two weeks later it's all back on again! We all know the truth, it's a moderation between diet and exercise, and there are no quick fixes.

I remember ringing my now ex boyfriend (who loved to give advice!) after getting back from a tai box class and he said "What you need is a good hot shower". As I hate getting stupid bits of advice like this, the next time I rung I tried to beat him to it, saying "just been to the gym, am heading for a nice hot shower" He said, "No! That's the worst thing you could do, you should head for a cool shower to cool your body down...." I thought this was so amusing that I played on it for the next few weeks, and lo and behold, every time I told him I'd do one he'd "advise" me to do the other. One of the reasons we broke up is because he thought that what he had to say was always so much more important than my opinion.

This is a good topic! I have got in to a really bad eating/non exercising rut over the last 6-8 months. I am starting to get myself out of it and make some good decisions and I have a few friends who are exercise/health nuts. They are so over bearing with their advice i avoid the whole topic when I am around them. The silly thing is I want to do stuff with them (go tot he gym etc) and learn from them but they are just so over the top they are pushing me away!

Worst advice ever "get involved in a land war in Asia"