Is it normal for girls to put on weight between the ages of 16/17 to 20?

[Anonymous]

When I was around 16, perhaps 17, I was about 4 or 5 kilos lighter (I guess that's about 10 pounds) then I am now (at 20). I like to think that you're kind of becoming a woman and it's normal to get curvier around this age, but I might also subconsciously be making excuses for my weight gain :p

[Darkfairie17]

Absolutely, when you are 16 and 17 you are still a teen. You are still developing and filling out. I have friends who have always been naturally skinny, who are now filling out. They are in no way overweight or fat, they just have fuller bums, and bigger boobs now that they are in their early 20's.

It really depends on the person, some people can be 40+ years old and be the same size as they were in high school. While others' change while going into adulthood.

10lbs in 4 years is not a whole lot of weight to gain. It's not something I would worry too much about unless you are noticing it becoming a trend and you are gaining continuously. I know that magazines put numbers on everything, but it's okay to not be the same size you were in high school. In high school you were still a kid, and your body was slimmer, that is natural.

It's natural that as an adult you have more meat on you. Sounds to me like that might have happened to you. I wouldn't worry as long as you are eating right and exercising regularly.

Even I have gained weight since high school, and I was pretty built back then too. I was always bigger, I had big boobs, but my butt wasn't big in high school. Now that I am 22, my butt has filled out. It matches my boobs now :P So I am more balanced.

[Asker]

haha thks for the answer, good to know

[Flippydaydream]

teenagers grow long then wide, this is normal for all people, ever notice lanky teenage boys in particular.? women grow wider hips and more curves at around the end of high school to early 20s. Normal you are fine, we all want to wear those jeans we wore in high school, but it is just not possible most of the time.

[martyfellow]

No, it's not 'normal.' It's because yu start going everywhere in a car and stop working out since you're too busy, often, at 20. When you were 16 or 17 you probably still walked a lot...

[Asker]

lol not true... I work out for an hour a day- more then I ever did before, but I guess whn I was 16 I was strictly dieting (well it wasn't healthy, more like starving myself) and I stopped that. but my boobs sure as hell got bigger, and my butt. but I'm more toned then I was before, so my stomach looks more or less the same. but I looked it up, could be due to muscle gain. also found out it is normal, at around 18 or 19 most women do. before you have the typical teenage up and down figure

[Asker]

but your late teens is the time when you get you "adult" figure, and most women around that ag notice an increase in their hip and bust size, including some weight gain.

[rachiee]

Of course, your body is growing up as well. Do you weigh the same size that you did when you were a toddler? Of course not. That's because your body has grown and developed since then. Of course other factors can play a role in it as well. Its common for people to add pounds on when they go away to school as well.

[kereru]

yes, its normal, not many people have completely finished growing or reached their ideal adult weight at 16.