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From Lilly, Age 14

Ht. 5' 6", Wt. I though I was 198 - Hey everyone. TODAY SUCKED. this organization promoting healthy kids csme to my school and gave everyone in the 8th grade a physical test and some equipment tests. It was really hard to run 3 miles do 20 pushups and 50 situps but the worst part came at the end. They made us stand and weigh ourselves (with clothes) and all my normal *not thin* friends were about 105 pounds. I thought because they were not thin but looked normal they would be about 120-130 but they were only 105. So thats just a message to everyone that 105 for a 14 year old girl that is 5'5 is NOT SKINNY. Trust me, after what you told me about ideal weight on this site I was very surprised. Then it was my turn and I though that I was about 190 and then I saw the horrific number 247. I almost cried. I had always told everyone I was 160 and they were like "wow youre like my dad's weight' and they teased me and call me fat-ass and cow until the end of the day. Then the body fat % of all my friends was only like 15-18 % which is perfect and healthy for girls their age but for me it was 38%. Even my friends giggled at how fat I relly was. Just now, they called my parents and said that I needed to lose until I was 100-110 pouns and my parents are like 'yeah that sounds right' so now I have to go down from 247 to 105, just to be normal. If I want to be skinny I gotta go even lower. Just a note: I think that many people on this site are saying that they should just be in a a 'healthy weight range' all that means is that if you weigh this much you wont be at high risk for disease. They actually told me that my absulte perfect weight (not skinny) was 108 pounds and 15% body fat.