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Q: I need help, I am a 15 year old male and I am 5 feet and 8 inches. My weight is 142 lbs.. Is the normal for me or should I have more weight. And if I am underweight how do I start to get muscles.
This is a perfect height and weight. I am 16 yrs. old, 5' 8" and 145 pounds. Basically in the same boat as you and it's fine.
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Thank you... because my family was saying that i was underweight and stuff because i used to weigh 150 lbs. but i weighed so much becasue i ate sweets and junk. And now that i rarely eat chips or sweets or fast food i lost weight and they saying that i was starving myself. But i knew that I felt perfectly healthy