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" Dear Jess, I am 15 years old. I have always been small \u2014 I have a small chest and a flat butt, and I&amp;#039;m 5 foot 1 inch tall. I feel self-conscious and skinny in all my clothes! My two best friends are a little bigger than I am, so I always feel uncomfortable when we talk about our bodies \u2014 I feel way too skinny and small! About a year ago, I tried to purposely gain weight in order to not feel so bad about myself. Now my BMI is healthy, but I have a pudgy stomach, and my wrists and legs are bony and thin! I have no idea how to feel comfortable with my body, and I don&amp;#039;t know which workouts would help me define some parts and gain muscle in others. Please help! Blessings, Kelin Hi Kelin, I&amp;#039;m super-happy you wrote in. If there is one thing I&amp;#039;ve learned, it is that the best way to change the way you see yourself is to change the way you act toward yourself.  So I&amp;#039;m wondering: how can you nurture the talents and beauty that you have inside you? What do you love? Are you kind to animals? Are you an awesome sister? Are you outstanding at math? Find these wonderful qualities about yourself and focus on them. Write down one aspect of yourself that you love each day and tape it to your bathroom mirror, or keep it in your notes in your smartphone. Then, you can look at that one great phrase about yourself in the morning before you start your day or when bad feelings arise. Now, if you are trying to gain weight and cannot, you may need to connect with a doctor. You can tell the doctor that you feel too skinny, and he/she may have suggestions to help you with this. Workouts and diet plans are best-decided between you and a physician \u2014 nothing is a cure-all, though. You can&amp;#039;t spot reduce (like abs only) or spot enhance (like legs only). You&amp;#039;ve got to focus on the whole package. And the most beautiful thing about our bodies is their unevenness and their unique qualities. No one&amp;#039;s body is perfectly symmetrical. Don&amp;#039;t forget \u2014 good things come in ALL packages! Self love comes from within, and so loving ourselves is a strong first step in helping us accept ourselves, and with this acceptance, we are more easily able to enjoy the blessed life we are living! Love, Jess "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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