My hips are 37 inches, my waist is 28.5, and the widest part of my thighs is 22. I'm 13 and a girl. Am I fat?

Question

I'm 5'5 and I"m extremely into sports. My thighs and calves have a ton of muscle in them and I HATE IT because my thighs make me look big.

I'm so afraid I look fat.

http://gymnasticscoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/team-USA.jpg

i look like the last girl there.

i seriously want to have a stick figure!! HELP!!

Answer 1

If you look anything like that girl then you are as far away from fat as you can get.

Answer 2

Honey, I'm so sorry you are feeling this way, especially at age 13.  You're asking, "am i fat?"  According to who??? Everyone is different. No one has a perfect figure!!! Believe me, I'm a 38 year old Wife and Mom of 2 gorgeous kids age 11 and 5.  When I was 13, I never thought if I was fat or not. Society now has put so much pressure on young girls to look "perfect" or "super thin."  By the way, I looked at the picture and NONE of the girls look FAT!!!  As you get older you'll understand that a man doesn't want to have a girl who has the body of a super skinny girl.....I'm not speaking for every man, but most of them out there perfer a girl with some meat on the bone.  :)

Keep your head up and be proud of who you are, what your body looks like. You mentioned you are extremely into sports. That's GREAT! :)  Keep up the sports life and focus on your studies and you'll go far.

((hugs))  :)

Answer 3

You asked, so my answer is yes you probably do look fat.

Answer 4

None of the girls in that picture look fat to me.  

Muscle is wonderful.  To be strong and young and active is wonderful.  It much better than being super skinny and sickly.

If you are unhappy with the way your leg muscles look, try adding some stretching/ exercises meant to lengthen the muscles.....but don't make yourself crazy over it.  You are far better off being active and strong!