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So, I was talking with my mom while I was driving us to a restraunt earlier this evening. She was saying what she'd done today, and such. She'd gone over to my grandparents to hangout, and then went by the grocery store. And she said that as she walked around, she started to compare the number of fat-to-thin people she saw. She said for every thin person there was atleast 5-6 fat people!

I was a bit surprised by this (not really) but I acted surprised. So I asked her what the criteria for a fat person was. She said anyone who had extra fat hanging off them. Still not sure what she meant, I asked if I constitued as a fat person.

She paused for a moment, then she said yes as she nodded her head. At that, I was fairly surprised (and hurt).

I don't consider myself to fat or skinny. Healthy. I could lose 5 lbs or so, but it's nothing serious. I have some pudgy packs on my stomach, big hips (genetic), good sized thighs, and an ugly flat butt (again, genetic). But considering I have never done any type of sport in my entire life and my metabolism is that of a 28 yr old, I think I doing pretty good. I've been this weight for a good 2 1/2 years, which is when I finally stopped growing.

It's just that my mom did sports (volleyball) all through highschool and college (which lasted 8 freaking yrs. stupid doctor...), so she was uber thin until she had her first kid at 31-ish (my sis).

So now I'm going around the internet looking at american apparell models feeling like I should be anorexic. This sucks. This is gonna totally train wreck my good mojo that's been happening this school year. emo

I DON"T WANT TO BE FAT!!! THIS SUCKS!!! I'm 15, 5" 9', and 140-142 lbs. Should I try to lose weight??? I really don't know.