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Just wondering...
I'm 13 years old, about 5 foot 5, and I weigh 107 pounds. That's a normal weight, right? My friends all tell me I'm really skinny, sometimes too skinny and I don't eat enough. (I eat enough! I don't starve myself or skip meals) One time my friend told me I eat a lot...ohh I'm confused. I'm pretty sure I'm a healthy weight, I mean I'm on swim team for 2 hours just about every week day and I eat just less than 2,000 calories a day...
(P.S. I'm not that type of person who is practically incapable of gaining weight, no matter how much they eat.)
(P.S. I'm not that type of person who is practically incapable of gaining weight, no matter how much they eat.)
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Yeah I always wish I wouldn't care about the way I look so much...but then if I try not to I start to worry about if I look bad:-P Oh and I said that I'm NOT one of those types of people who can't gain weight...just sayin' :-) And yeah...I do feel pretty good and healthy so I guess you're right thanks:D
For your height, you are underweight according to most standard height and weight charts, which I don't believe in. In my opinion, you look great and HEALTHY.
I think people, especially women get all caught up in how much we weigh and how we look to others way too often. I absolutely HATE that aspect of being a woman. If YOU feel good and feel YOU look great that is all that matters.
Genetics plays a BIG part in weight; how we gain or how we can't gain. You just happen to be one of those people who doesn't gain weight.
At this point in time, I wish people would be more concerned with someone being healthy than the numbers from a scale.
I think people, especially women get all caught up in how much we weigh and how we look to others way too often. I absolutely HATE that aspect of being a woman. If YOU feel good and feel YOU look great that is all that matters.
Genetics plays a BIG part in weight; how we gain or how we can't gain. You just happen to be one of those people who doesn't gain weight.
At this point in time, I wish people would be more concerned with someone being healthy than the numbers from a scale.
I weighed 99 pounds when I was 16 and may have been a bit shorter than you at that time (a bit taller than you at full height later). I can't tell from your picture, but if you are small boned, don't worry about your weight at all!
by the way...If you look at my photos I'm thinner than that now because I've lost weight from swim team. (I couldn't help losing weight it just happened!)
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