by fandango » Fri May 07, 2004 2:17 pm
I was the same way when I was your age. Through highschool I was even thinner than you, so I also got accused of having an eating disorder by those who didn't know me (I didn't have one, and was eating a lot too). The reason you are probably getting the comments even from friends is because when we feel bad about ourselves the easiest thing to do is to bring others down. I'm not saying your friends are bad people, they may be doing it subconsciously.
I also wanted to say that it's possible around 25-26 your metabolism may slow down. This happened to me, and no one told me it could. You're taught in highschool phys.ed. classes about all the changes a person's body goes through as a teenager, but no one warns you that your body changes later on. It was quite a shock when I realized I had been gaining weight, since I never had to think about that before.
Anyway, just remember that everyone's body is different, not just appearance-wise. Don't deprive yourself of food when you need it - most people cannot tell when their body requires something, so it would be a shame for you to learn to ignore these signals.