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my name's rebecca. i doubt you're even mildly interested in the irrelevant aspects of my life, so i'll get to the point. i'm not a professional psychologist nor do i pretend to be, yet i'll try to give you advice based on the common sense that, unlike many others on here, i own ;]

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I don't want to brag, I just want to tell the truth. I am thin for my age and height. Every morning, I wake up and go to the bathroom, and my stomach is really sucked in. I like it because I look skinny. Then I eat until it is pushed out to a certain point, then I won't eat for the rest of the day so that my stomach will go back down. I just drink tons of water that just flushes out of my body the next morning, and I eat little things like a box of raisins or a bag of kettle corn, which are only about 100 calories each, so they don't really do anything.

Is this unhealthy or is this normal? Everyone calls me skinny. Half of me says "You are skinny. Don't worry about eating", and the other half says "You are fat and ugly. Look at your stomach. You just ate 2 slices of pizza". I feel guilty after eating large portions.

So is this normal or not, and if it isn't, what advice do you have for me?

Thank you. I'm 17, 5'9", 115 pounds.

I know exactly what you mean. For your age and height, you're certainly not fat, but it's normal to feel how you do. A lot of the time, I'll just think "Okay, I'm skinny, why am I worrying about all these calories?" and other times it's like "Oh god, I can't believe I just ate all that". So don't worry. Barely anyone feels that their body is perfect. As long as you're maintaining your weight healthily-- I mean, no throwing up or starving yourself-- you should be fine. Good luck :)

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