Anonymous wrote:There is not necessarily a "plateau" in weight the way there is in height, OP. But there is no point in comparing her to a girl who is 5'8 and 110 pounds because that is clearly not her body type. I never paid attention to my DD's weight but she was probably at her heaviest in 8th grade and sort of naturally slimmed down a bit in HS. She got her period at 12 but seemed ravenous throughout middle school.
I was around 5'4 and 120 when I got my period at 12, maintained that weight through HS, and now I'm over 50 and I'm at 120. As a teen, I ate a lot of junk and was not active at all. Now, I eat better and I'm moderately active. I do not have the same metabolism or body type as my DD. She's shorter and curvier, eats way less than I do and is just as active.
My mother is my height and thought I should weigh 100 or less because that's what she weighed as a teen - she did a lot of damage (I dropped to under 90 pounds in college). She also liked to compare me to my sister who was 5'9 and 110 pounds. Fun!
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My mom and my sister are/were tallish and slender (5’7”ish, 115-120) but I took more after my dad’s side. I was 5’5” 130-135ish in high school & college. Probably a little heavier than most girls at that time. Probably not as much the case today. I was not into sports or exercise but neither was my sister. Our diet was fine/average. Just different builds.
I became more interested in diet and exercise after college and was about 10lbs lighter in my 20s and 30s (even after having babies). Have regained that in my 40s so similar to what I was in HS, but am by no means overweight.
My mom never discussed weight with me or really at all, and always complemented me and built me up.