Well, I am thirteen years old, and I am 4'8.

WHAT ?!? How can this BE ?!? I am actually UNDERWEIGHT ?
But that's IMPOSSIBLE ! How can I be UNDERWEIGHT ? If anything, I should be OVERWEIGHT! But then again, the charts are most probably right... But I still don't understand! Wow, this is SHOCKING!

So, you really think I SHOULDN'T lose weight ? If I do, what would happen, other than vomiting, diarrhea, eating disorders, ect ? Would I DIE if I went down to fifty pounds ?
I think I'd die if I went up to seventy pounds! But would I die ?

subway1 wrote:

WHAT ?!? How can this BE ?!? I am actually UNDERWEIGHT ?
But that's IMPOSSIBLE ! How can I be UNDERWEIGHT ? If anything, I should be OVERWEIGHT! But then again, the charts are most probably right... But I still don't understand! Wow, this is SHOCKING!

So, you really think I SHOULDN'T lose weight ? If I do, what would happen, other than vomiting, diarrhea, eating disorders, ect ? Would I DIE if I went down to fifty pounds ?
I think I'd die if I went up to seventy pounds! But would I die ?

I don't think you'd have a lot of energy to do anything if you lose weight, and your muscles can deteriorate if you're malnourished.

Really, the only way you can die from being over-weight is if you plan on weighing 300 pounds or more.

I'm not an expert, but as an aspiring doctor, I've learned a thig or two about weight, and I really don't think 60 pounds is healthy. How are you feeling? Like, do you feel fine, or hungry, or anything? I'm 12, and I'm over 100 pounds, and I know I'm very healthy.
I think you're lucky you're underweight, because you can eat more. Lucky duckling.

subway1 wrote:

Thanks for your help, girls! I just have one more question. If I burn a lot of calories during the day, will that affect anything ? I mean, I'm very active, and I'm pretty much always dancing, jumping, running around, or doing something active. Will I have to stop being active to stop losing weight ? Or can I stay active just the same ?

as you burn calories, your body will demand you to ingest more calories. maybe you just need to eat a few more caloric things. maybe a meat sandwich from time to time.
when i'm idle, i don't eat a lot either(i even got gastritis from not eating often enough) but i'd eat WAY more if i'd do some kind of activity(usualy, martial arts)
i'd not recomend you to be less active, only to eat something that will help you recover weight.

i don't know how to calculate the feet/pound mesure system(would someone be so kind and do some conversions here?), but my height is 1,5m and my weight is 39kg (age: 19)
last i checked i was underwight.
(i use meter/kilogram)

also, when people in growth stage do not eat enough, they don't grow very tall.
and it's HORRIBLE to be short. specialy knowing you could be taller if you had eaten more as a kid(my story).

Everyone has different body shapes and sizes, especially at that age everyone grows at different speeds.  Out of me and two of my friends, 2 of us were about 5 feet, weighed around 95 pounds, we're having to wear bras.. our other friend was probably 80 pounds and just a little bit shorter, she hadn't started developing at all and was just smaller boned than we were.  No one ever seemed concerned about any of us being too thin or overweight. 

It would be hard for us to say your underweight, since we don't know how your built although 60 pounds does seem to be thin, we can certainly say you aren't overweight! :)

I say give yourself a few years to finish growing, eat healthy, keep staying active like you say you do, your weight should stay in check with the shape of your body.

SIXTY POUNDS IS NOT FAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

At 5", 97 pounds would still be considered thin. Seeing as you're only 2 inches smaller but a whole 37 pounds lighter, I'd say, you're pretty thin and maybe even leaning towards underweight.