Polls: Health & Fitness

I heard many times that as soon as we get our periods, our height slows down suddenly. I guess the 2 inch or 1 plays some truth to it.

Personally, I grew 3 inches after getting my period at the age of 13 (from 5'3 to 5'6). I have a much younger female that's right now concern if she's going to grow. She's 12, recently started her period and is at 5'1.

I'm 5'1ft./145lbs. I'm very self conscious to the point that I don't like leaving the house, even though I do. All my life I cared about my weight. I stayed skinny, sometimes too skinny, because I did it in a very unhealthy way at times. I know I have a pretty face. I just always had a problem with my body. I'm never happy with it. I got help for my anorexia and over a few years I gained a lot of weight. I've never worked out to lose weight. I have lost 20lbs by dieting but that isn't working anymore. So I joined a gym. But when I walked in I see all these perfect bodies. Women where toned and skinny even sweating they looked good. The guys were ripped or at least defined to the point of drool worthy. Are they looking at me as I work out and will they be amused by me? I noticed when the woman took me around, that when I walked by them they did watch what we were talking about. So that makes me think that they aren't so lost in their workout that they won't notice me. I won't be able to workout as hard as them. I want to workout in a dark room because I guarantee I won't look remotely pretty sweating my ass off. I need a place where someone can show me how to workout so I need the gym.
What do people think when they see someone over weight working out?
I'm sorry this might not seem like a big deal but I'm freaking out over it.

I eat about 5 meals per day

I still can't explain how I got to 5'7 as an adult. I supposedly started my period at that age as shown there and then had to wait many months later for my next period.

I wasn't even my mother's height (and she's 5'4) and definitely not size 9 shoes. When I found this picture not so long ago, I was actually surprised that I was even shorter than I thought.

I'm currently 5ft6. My mother is 5ft 8 and my father is 6ft2. My bday us in March. Soooo is there hope? I really wanna do high fashion modeling.