Am I too fat? I'm afraid to use diet pills?

[francklee]

I am 14 and nine months, technically 15, and weigh around 115lbs. I feel like my thighs are beyond huge and when I flex I have abs but if I don't I look Awful in my opinion. Seeing myself from a side I feel like Mars.. do I need to lost weight?

[kheserthorpe]

If you have visible abs, almost certainly no, you don't need to lose weight.

You also shouldn't remotely consider any diet pills at your age (and diet pills are a minor supplement to dieting, they don't do the work, they are an assistant).

Weighing yourself is useful for tracking fluctuations in your body, but not good for long term targets. Most of us want to be thin, not light, and scales measure how light we are.

If you have visible abs, your body fat cannot be very high. Relax. Your legs are almost certainly thickened through muscle, and many, many men like thicker-than-model toned legs and glutes on women.

Focus on being healthy, enjoy rowing.

I can pretty much guarantee that in 20 years you will look back and realize 'wow, my body was fantastic!'. Hopefully it will be in similar shape. Enjoy your body.

[torken]

So.. your age doesn't have much to do with whether 115 is heavy or not. Its more your height.

115 is underweight for someone like 5'6 or taller. Average for someone less.

I feel like you'd have to be SUPER short for that to be considered fat.

Diet pills are a scam, they don't work and often cause harm to your body. Don't take them.

[torken]

Look at this,
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../bmicalc.htm

BMI is VERY misleading, but according to this, you'd have to be 4 foot 8 or shorter for 115 to be considered overweight haha. You're fine.

[DandelionSeed]

You are not fat at all. Don't listen to a certain male "Guru", he thinks girls your height should weigh 100 lbs, which is underweight. Listen to ther other guys and girls instead, they have more common sense.
You said you don't look awful. Then that should be enough. Don't worry about the numbers, what matters is how do you feel in your own skin. Are you comfortable and happy in your own skin? Are you able to do anything you want to do? Wear anything you want to wear and it all looks good on you? If the answer is yes, then there's nothing you should change, no matter what people or the numbers say. You're beautiful when you're happy and content with yourself. OK? :)

[DandelionSeed]

Thanks! :)

[Willow4]

I don't think you have a weight problem at all but I do think you have a body image problem. You're very athletic so I assume your thighs are somewhat muscular or toned which makes you think they look huge. You're just healthy and fit and if you eat right and work out you don't look like a stick, you look healthy :)
Never resort to diet pills or crash dieting, once you start it's just a downward spiral. I used to be anorexic and I can tell when I'm starting to relapse because I keep thinking I look huge when logically I'm not. Don't spend too much time looking in the mirror and flexing, you don't want to become obsessive and lose all sight of logic and normality :)

[BertMacklinFBI]

ok well you look fine in the picture but its not the greatest pic to go off of. too much angle shot.

[RBT-RS]

At 5'4, you should be alright with that weight. In your pic, you look in shape to me, however, that's only from what I can see. The contrast is so low on that picture it would be hard to tell if someone had built a sandcastle, and that you're wearing baggy clothing. But either way, that should be perfectly normal for your height, so you shouldn't worry!

[xHoneyxBeex]

You are way too young to be this concerned about your weight. I'm sure you're fine as 115 pounds is not even that much. Stop worrying about your weight, I would hate for you to develop an eating disorder from being so focused on losing weight. Young girls shouldn't be so concerned with that unless they are just obese or massively overweight and you only weigh 115 pounds. Don't worry about it.

[icantwait]

Hard to tell with you picture. 115 sounds good but what is your height? Build/bone structure makes a difference too

[francklee]

I do crew, rowing, because I'm very athletic but only 5'4

[francklee]

I'm 5'4

[icantwait]

5'4 @ 115, sounds perfect. Most of the weight sounds like its from muscle and not fat because of athletics. Honestly your build and weight sounds fantastic, bet you have a great waist. Guys like that (;

Thanks for the updated pic, helps a ton. You've got nothing to worry about for sure

[ajay143]

You are not looking fat, Its just your Hallucination that u r fat. no need to use diet, just do yoga. its keeps u in good body language and face will come more glow without facials.

[HappyToBeAlive]

you're young. I knew this girl that was what you call fat in middle school. But in the beginning of high school its like all her fat disappeared. So wait it out. Also it helps to be active. Go to the gym and stuff.

[strawberrycupcakes]

that's not fat at all! diet pills have scary side effects too

[rthomas43]

You're just fine. Don't worry about trying to lose weight, because you honestly don't need to.

[rthomas43]

Your updated pic just confirms what I first said. You don't need to lose a pound.

[Bluemax]

No, I don't think so. Your thighs are probably muscle.

[lordAlex818]

You're not fat... but it might not be a bad idea to lose weight. Few teenage guys like chubby girls, most prefer toned and sexy ones.

[yaddayaddayadda02]

you are kidding, right?

[genericname85]

you are totally normal... not fat at all

[NoblesseOblige]

Ya kinda. Just exercise and eat less.

[Anonymous]

U have issues u aren't fat at all

[Annymous8]

How tall are you?

[francklee]

5'4 and very athletic

[Annymous8]

That's not fat, sweetheart.