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IT WAS ALL GENETICALLY PREDETERMINED
I ACCEPT IT
My growth plates have certainly fused at the end of 8th grade. Somewhere between ages 14 and 6 months to 15-years-old.
This may be seen as odd at first. Considering I at least didn't think I exhibited early bloomer traits and was underweight and low body fat therefore theoretically low estrogen, how could that have been possible, right?
Well, I just had a very fast puberty. I still am experiencing sudden new hair growth in areas I lacked before (e.g. chin hair), but this is normal. Most boys stop growing vertically, but still experience facial hair development years later.
The reason I am only 5'7" at age 16.5 in the afternoon barefoot despite a 5'4" mom and 6'0"+ dad is because of horrible genetic recombination. It just happens, you know! I mean, it had to happen to someone, right? You know, what, I am, saying? Haha! Every single hormone I have has most likely been perfectly normal my entire life.
I was only 100lbs at 5'7" at age 14.5 which is indeed a BMI of 15.7 (categorized as severe anorexia), but I would have to be like 8 lbs to realistically stunt myself and even then, I would have only lost an inch at best from even that!
"By around the second year of life, a child starts to grow along a trend line that more accurately reflects his or her unique genetic growth potential. In healthy children height and weight each increase along a fairly constant growth curve. However, some children grow steadily along with the 25th percentile while other children grow steadily along with the 50th percentile and still others along with the 95th percentile."
"Falling off the growth chart trendline for either height or weight can indicate a potential problem. For example, if a child who has always tracked along the 75thpercentile for either height or weight suddenly starts tracking along the 40th percentile, there is reason for curiosity and likely concern even if they are not technically underweight on a BMI chart. Sometimes children with anorexia fall off their height curves before they fall off their weight curves, which is why it is important to track both."
Huh, was steadily following about the 50th percentile curve then fell off dramatically to the 25th percentile line. @EktoPlasma I read you researched a lot about this stuff, have an idea? It's just genetic, right? XD. I've read studies that conclude that weight gain in anorexic girls are associated with vertical catch up growth, but ultimately the girls fail to reach their mid-parental height and remain shorter than expected for the rest of their lives. Over if my pediatric endocrinologist says my plates are closed. I just realized I only gained 10lbs from 13.0 to 15.5 btw lmfao.
I ACCEPT IT
My growth plates have certainly fused at the end of 8th grade. Somewhere between ages 14 and 6 months to 15-years-old.
This may be seen as odd at first. Considering I at least didn't think I exhibited early bloomer traits and was underweight and low body fat therefore theoretically low estrogen, how could that have been possible, right?
Well, I just had a very fast puberty. I still am experiencing sudden new hair growth in areas I lacked before (e.g. chin hair), but this is normal. Most boys stop growing vertically, but still experience facial hair development years later.
The reason I am only 5'7" at age 16.5 in the afternoon barefoot despite a 5'4" mom and 6'0"+ dad is because of horrible genetic recombination. It just happens, you know! I mean, it had to happen to someone, right? You know, what, I am, saying? Haha! Every single hormone I have has most likely been perfectly normal my entire life.
I was only 100lbs at 5'7" at age 14.5 which is indeed a BMI of 15.7 (categorized as severe anorexia), but I would have to be like 8 lbs to realistically stunt myself and even then, I would have only lost an inch at best from even that!
"By around the second year of life, a child starts to grow along a trend line that more accurately reflects his or her unique genetic growth potential. In healthy children height and weight each increase along a fairly constant growth curve. However, some children grow steadily along with the 25th percentile while other children grow steadily along with the 50th percentile and still others along with the 95th percentile."
"Falling off the growth chart trendline for either height or weight can indicate a potential problem. For example, if a child who has always tracked along the 75thpercentile for either height or weight suddenly starts tracking along the 40th percentile, there is reason for curiosity and likely concern even if they are not technically underweight on a BMI chart. Sometimes children with anorexia fall off their height curves before they fall off their weight curves, which is why it is important to track both."
Huh, was steadily following about the 50th percentile curve then fell off dramatically to the 25th percentile line. @EktoPlasma I read you researched a lot about this stuff, have an idea? It's just genetic, right? XD. I've read studies that conclude that weight gain in anorexic girls are associated with vertical catch up growth, but ultimately the girls fail to reach their mid-parental height and remain shorter than expected for the rest of their lives. Over if my pediatric endocrinologist says my plates are closed. I just realized I only gained 10lbs from 13.0 to 15.5 btw lmfao.
