So i'm 22 years old and weigh less than some 12 year olds (Read 430 times)

Stats: 22 years old, 5'6"-5'8", somewhere in there, 100-114 lbs ish, though I've been as high as 145 in the past 5 years. Have been running / biking / active since i was 14, with multiple periods of no running for months at a time. The web says i am skinnier than 99% of my peer group in the United States. Currently running only around 18-35 mpw but have been up as high as 56 mpw.

Health: ex-smoker (best decision i ever made), low blood pressure, low resting heart rate, low blood sugar. My Doc says i have the health of a 14 year old on the inside still. I feel amazing but mostly spend my days being told by people who weigh more than me that I need to gain weight.

Conclusions?

If your body performs for you as you want it to, you are not deliberately depriving yourself of nutrition, you are eating a balanced diet of foods you enjoy, and if you like the way you feel, then don't worry about how you compare to others.  The sooner you stop comparing yourself to others, and stop allowing other people to have an opinion on how your body looks, the happier you will be.  I'm going to be 40 in a month.  I'm in the same height and weight range as you are so I hear the same kinds of things.  No one has the right to critique my body, so I don't let them.

Conclusions?

People come in various shapes and sizes.

I stumped too, not sure what to conclude, maybe eat a lil' more? who knows. I out weigh alla you so far 160 at 5'8", but I'm only running @15 miles a week, hiking and climbing  the rest of the time.

My conclusion is that you are moderately to severely underweight.  Only a tiny, tiny percentage of the population will be able to maintain that weight at that height without actively restricting/starving and without malnutrition issues, or without an underlying medical condition.

Is that what you wanted to hear?  Because if you feel fine, have no medical issues, and have enough energy to run and get through your day, then maybe you're an anomaly and there's no issue.

My Doc says i have the health of a 14 year old on the inside still. I feel amazing but mostly spend my days being told by people who weigh more than me that I need to gain weight.

 

Conclusions?

As long as you feel good, you're fine.  Don't worry about what other people think, especially if you are active and you feel good.

I weigh less than some 12 year olds too. Sugabetes, and what not.

My astrologer tells me that I have the inner composition of a 23 year old Jamaican woman, which explains almost nothing. But, imma go on being me...it feels ah-MAZ-ing.

I conclude that God is Love and Love is Blind. Also too, Ray Charles is blind. Ergo...

I also weigh less than some 12 year olds, but my DW is more concerned about my mental age being that young.