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chase17
July 23rd, 2008, 09:56 PM
I'm 5 foot 8 inches and I weigh 132 pounds right now. Sometimes I weigh 138 pounds if I decide to eat and drink a lot one day. But If I weigh 138 pounds one day, the next day I will be back to some where around 132 pounds again. I must have a very high metabolism for my age.

Am I under-weight?
0=
July 23rd, 2008, 10:07 PM
Absolutely not. I'm 5'10" and 124 pounds. Technically I'm underweight, but I'm an athlete. You're perfectly fine; you're in the normal range even for someone my height.
Mr. Smithers
July 24th, 2008, 12:28 AM
Is there any way to find out if your underweight or overweight not like a chart or something?
Oblivion
July 24th, 2008, 12:32 AM
Not really, you may be a little on the skinny side, but not unhealthily skinny.
You could ask your doctor next time you see him/her
Or you could just look at yourself, and see if you look normal or underweight.
Its hard to tell for sure, since people have different amounts of muscle, and some people have more 'compact' bodies than others
Zan0ra
July 24th, 2008, 02:56 AM
The wii fit will show that. :) Although it mistakes muscle for fat.
ThatCanadianGuy
July 24th, 2008, 11:07 AM
I think I'm a little underweight myself; being 6'2'' and only 137-140 pounds. But my dad was the same way all through highschool (started to weigh more after highschool, evened out at around 180) so I think my metabolism is just going crazy fast.
Hyper
July 24th, 2008, 11:13 AM
I think I'm a little underweight myself; being 6'2'' and only 137-140 pounds. But my dad was the same way all through highschool (started to weigh more after highschool, evened out at around 180) so I think my metabolism is just going crazy fast.

I'd say that your crazy underweight but body types are different some people are very tall and broad some are tall and have almost no shulders. Some are short and skinny some are short and buff.. Some are just ''slender.

I'm not very tall but I am broad I suppose so I weigh well over 140
theOperaGhost
July 24th, 2008, 12:40 PM
You aren't underweight. You are kind of toward the lower end of normal weight, but you're fine.
Insane0011
July 24th, 2008, 04:42 PM
BAHAHAH

im 5'7" and im 96 lbs :)

im under weight
MoveAlong
July 24th, 2008, 04:45 PM
try a BMI calculator: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnpabmi/Calculator.aspx

but no, chase17, you are not underweight.