do i NEED to lose anymore weight, really?!

when i started dieting i was 5'2", 15 years old and 174 pounds. i'm now still 15, weighing 107-109 (i'm away from my scale atm so i'm unsure) and i wanna go to 105 but everyone's telling me i looked best at 110-112, and 105 IS kinda borderline underweight (and my ribs and hip bones stick out). so my question (as silly as it may seem) should i STOP and just maintain now?

for a 5'2", small-framed, female.. what sounds like the perfect weight to YOU?

well, how do YOU feel at 107-109?  If you feel good, then maintain. 

You can always maintain at this weight for a little while and then decide if it's worth losing the extra 3-5 pounds. 

well i feel like a fat, ugly piece of crap. so maybe i should lose a few more..

i say this with love erica, but i have to tell you. if you feel fat and ugly now, will 3 lbs really make you feel prettier? i don't think its your weight that is any issue here. your already thin. its your self image. maybe some cute clothes, doing your nails, a new hair cut might make you feel better. also talking to someone you trust about how you feel could help too. if you need someone, im here.

Definitely stop and maintain! I am 5"1" and 125 pounds and want to get to 115.

I am quite sure you probably do look best at about 110. I second the advice of Silveraynebow.  Work on your ideas of your self-worth apart from your weight or your looks. Weight and looks are not going to be constant in your life as you get older and go through different life experiences, but the self-image you form now will be much more important!

well, you definitely don't NEED to lose any more weight. While you may have been in danger for health risks before, you are out of the danger zone for them now. If you lose more weight, though, some of the health effects are even worse than if you're overweight. Ultimately, your weight dictates how well and fully you can live your life. If you're not at a healthy weight, you're at risk for heart attacks, early death and anemia among other things.  Try and think about it as you being good to yourself and caring for your future.

You're at a perfectly healthy weight, Dear. Actually if you feel "fat" the best thing you could probably do is maintain your weight, but try to muscle up a bit. :) Either way you chose, just remember to be healthy about it.

If you are almost at 105, and 105 is slightly underweight, and you still feel "fat and ugly" then it's not your weight that's a problem.  Try maintaining at a healthy weight, and working on your self confidence.  If you can't learn to love yourself, and be proud of who you are, then you will not be happy at any weight, no matter how many bones stick out.  And, personally, I do not think being too skinny is in any way attractive.  Who wants to look boney?

i was very sick when i was your age and weighed about 100 lbs- same height and small frame as you.  i can tell you that when i was finally able to get back up the extra few lbs, everyone around me told me how much healthier it made me look.  i look back at the pictures now and you could see my shoulder bones over my senior prom dress.  maybe you should try toning up or something else to make you feel pretty :o)

If you feel like a fat piece of crap, you obviously need help sugah.

I'm pretty much in the exact same boat. I'm 5'2'' as well and I'm the same weight, and I keep telling my friends I want to lose those last few pounds but they say I look great the way I am now. I disagree and still feel fat, but I think I'm finally starting to accept that being and looking healthy is better than bordering underweight. So my advice to you is lose those last few pounds if it'll make you feel better, but I'm sure you look great now so try to accept it and I will too because I'm definitely still working on that!

I can completely relate to how you are feeling, at 15 I was 6 foot tall (Admitadely a bit taller than you are) and alway soooooo much bigger than everybody else, (At least that is what I thought) I was never happy with my size and I don't think I was ever happy with my size until I became happy within myself, I never really made an effort because I didn't want to stand out anymore than my height already made me, I lost too much weight and by the time I was 18/19 my ribs and hip bones also stuck out, but I still saw a fat girl in the mirror, I am now look back at those pictures and think yuk I didn't look like a woman, I didn't have the right curves in the right places.

I guess what I am trying to say is exactly what some of the other ladies are saying and that is you have to be happy in yourself and I don't think that losing those extra pounds will nessesarily do that, you are a young girl who has achieved an amazing feet by losing the weight you have, I wish I'd had your will power at 15.

I am now 32 with three children and bits that wobble in every which way, but I am happy and that is the difference it is only my vanity that is pushing me to lose the weight this time not acceptance.

I only want to lose a little because give me beyonce's body over Kate Moss's anyday

Amen! To estmarks comment about Beyonce's body over Kate Moss'! :)

Work on changing your feelings, not your body. You've changed your body more than enough - 110-112 might indeed be better. But for now, maintain your weight, work on your self-love and self-esteem, get therapy if you need to, and things will get better.

I know for sure that losing more weight won't make you feel better about yourself - for some reason, going from obese to borderline-underweight didn't!! (If losing 65 lbs and reaching a BMI of 19-ish didn't make you feel thin, then five more pounds certainly won't.)

You need to make your head match your body - trying to make your body match your head could be deadly.

STOP!!!! and stop listening to what other people say about YOUR body. Everyone has a different opinion on how we all should look. i personally think a woman with bones and ribs sticking out is waaaaaay too thin, but like i said it is a matter of opinion.

If you feel good about yourself then that is all that matters, if your happy with your weight then that i all that matters. I do think you should stop though, im 5'3" and my ideal weight isnt much higher than yours and in my opinion you really really are borderline underweight. My ideal weight is around 110-115 pounds and i am only an inch taller than you.

Also...your worrying about your weight too much, your only 15, your body is gonna change a hell of a lot more before you become an adult. Please dont let this rule your life because it will become a problem in your adulthood.

Maxien,

she doesn't feel good about herself. that is the problem.

And losing weight won't make here feel better about herself. that is proven by her experience so far.

she isn't happy with her weight. but she should be.

that's what we are saying... find a way to be happy with your weight. don't change your weight, change your self-esteem.

Silly? Why would it be silly? Of course you should maintain! As long as you feel good about yourself :)