Originally posted by petlover
I am very happy with myself being thin.. I wouldn't be able to stand being fat, not with all that I do.. Or just period.
Hmmm... I seem to remember my daughter saying those same exact words just two years ago when she was 14 too. An amazing thing happens when those hormones start revving up! Ash swims at least a mile a day and eats properly, but she's still 5'1" tall and weighing in at well... the shorts she bought the other day are size 9/11. She's got rather ample bottom and thighs.

My other daughter is 14 now and she swims, runs and plays soccer for three different teams (soon to be 4) Needless to say, the girl is active. Yet, she knows that within the next few years her sister's bottom will have been cloned on her. Its simple genetics. She sees it starting already.

As Denyce said, don't think you're above gaining weight. My girls' birth mother was always pettie and perfectly flat tummy (with ample bottom) and is now sporting clothing from the "Women's Section" of the mall. I don't want to make you think its hopeless. Just understand that you aren't the number on the scale or the size on the label. and if you think you are, then your self esteem is tied up in the wrong part of you. Focus on your intelligence, humor, creativity, intensity, but not on your waist size.