It's normal during your teenage years to worry about your weight. As you say, others say your too skinny, so it's likely that you just have a distorted image of yourself right now! PLEASE don't diet, or do anything to your body that will harm you!

Keep in mind that those super models that we often see would be diagnosed by a doctor as being UNDERWEIGHT. In fact, the magazines show them as being beautiful but most guys would find their skeletal figure very unappealing in person! Not to mention most of them (and you would never hear anyone talking about this in a magazine!) have serious eating disorders! The media tries to tell us that being that skinny is beautiful..but most people KNOW that it isn't.

Like I said before, take a look at Marilyn Monroe. She was considered the most beautiful women of the decade! Yet, nowadays society/media would consider her "fat"! It's a shame that the media has lost touch with what a beautiful woman really is!

And don't even get me started on Barbie dolls: Did you know that her measurements are genetically impossible? If she were a real person her boobs would be disgustingly enormous, and you could wrap YOUR hands around her waist! She would look really deformed in real life!

Your just entering your teenage years, and still have LOTS of growing and changing to do. Now, it NOT the time to go on ANY diets (unless your weight is causing health problems-and in your case I KNOW that this is not so).

Sounds to me like you are perfect the way you are. AND you are very active, that's going to REALLY pay off in a few years when your waistline begins to slim up! (yep, it hasn't happened yet- but it will).

Again, be sure to eat healthy meals, your body will usually tell you what it needs! Trust it. And KNOW that you are a beautiful young girl..and that, as long as you don't develop any eating disorders, will continue to grow into an extremely smart and beautiful young woman!

Right now, you should eat what your body needs (including and especially meat/protein) because you will need it to grow even more beautiful!

Hugs,
Jasmine

ahh thank you! i think u have just bosted my confidence 110%. i am totally sure i won't develop an eating disabilty and i am now trying to eat meat to gain back my protein. i really appreciate ur help. [[maria]]

I'm a 36 year old mom who has too much life experience. I realize that, no matter your age, life throws some crazy curve balls at you when you least expect it. I know in my heart that absolutely no one is perfect..and we all make wrong decisions at one time or another; and sometimes we just need someone to help us out without being judgmental! Furthermore, I think that the only stupid question is the one that you don't ask...knowledge is power.

One of my favorite sayings:
"If you live in a glass house, don't throw stones."

Well folks, we ALL live in glass houses at one time or another!

Never say never,
Jasmine

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