Your love-your-changing-proportions guide.

teens_change_body_perception.jpgAdolescence sends your emotions sky-high and your body morphing in and out of different shapes and sizes. Not exactly the easiest time to try and keep posi about your shapely new self. You must remember you're not the only one with wonky body parts and warpy growth spurts. Even the class hottie has her own woes -- her designer jeans are just good at hiding them. Your booty will catch up to your newly long legs, but until then, don't banish yourself to your bedroom. It's hard (at ANY age) to keep your chin up about your figure, but it's possible to rock your "imperfections" until you see them for what they are: the things that make you perfect.

Balanced Beauty
A few extra ounces during "that time of the month" may make you want to fast for days, but that will only make you sick and feel gross when you do finally decide to feed yourself. Instead, eat healthy. Solid meals all day will give you extra energy and will let you feel free to dig into those uber-comforting milk and cookies at the end of the night.

Pump Up the Volume
Not only will exercise quell your "jiggly" worries, it will also get your blood pumping and make you feel better naturally. But don't overdo it -- too much of anything can be a bad thing and exhaust you. Instead, think about things you do regularly that actually can qualify as exercise. Consider how many laps you do around the mall on any given day!

Dress to Impress
The aggravation you feel from having to buy a size larger pants stings mightily -- but it's temporary. The compliments you'll get from working your well-dressed stuff in some made-for-you pants lasts all day. Dress to fit your size and help flatter your figure. One you're strutting it in a fierce outfit, you'll start to feel amazing -- and all the jaws dropping won't hurt either!


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Hey Tyra! Really love your show. I am in a really great relationship but I am very insecure and very jealous. My boyfriend tells me that he does not care about other girls for example seeing another girl naked and stuff, should I believe him? It is hard for me to since I have been cheated on with every single boyfriend until now. Please help me. Love, Deyanira
 
Hi tyra! My name is Itzel, I just turned 14 and i weight 125. I like my body except my stomach, it looks as if i was pregnant (but im not). I want to go on a diet but i dont know what to start with, I try to excercise but i dont hav much time only in school at gym, i've also been trying to eat less but i doesn't seem to work. what can i do?
 
It saddens me to see such young girls hate their bodies. I've been through it, of course. I wish in my early teens I would have chosen not to be so superficial and embrace how beautiful I truely am. For the fact that I am different. Please know how blessed you girls are, and stop worrying so much about physical stuff.
 
Hi there I'm 16 years old and the last time i went on a scale i was 150 i love every thing about my face, bu from the neck down i wanna cry. i wear a 46DD bra and i have a big stomach i have thick thighs which result in stretch marks i cant wear the shirts that i wanna wear because of either my stomach or my rack. I'm a virgin right now but i am really afraid of having sexual intercourse because of my body. i tried all forms of excising but my stomach never moves. i cant buy spanx to help me feel better about my self cuz i cant afford it. i LOVE my a@@ though. or my brothers will make fun of me.
 
I think beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Real beauty is on the inside and eventually reflects the outside. Everyone has different body shapes and types and that's what makes us all unique!!
 
well, i'm 5'11'' and i weigh about 125 but my thighs are huge and i hate it. im only 15, and i don't think anyone should weigh as much as me because it seems like everyone else is so much smaller.
 
Hi Tyra, i love your show my name is Jeylin well i'm 16 going on 17 next month and i feel like i'm just really fta the last time i checked i was 150 ibs. and i'm kind of a tall girl i think i'm around 5'7 but everyone says i'm fat including my own parents i just shrug it off but it still hurts inside you know. i've tried losing weight it just never works for me and my skin i hate it i've tried many products to clear it but it never seams to work so i feel like when people look at me they just stare at how my skin is you know i look at other girls that have really good body's and a pretty face and it makes me feel so bad that i can't look like that it would really help if you gave me some advice i woud really appreciate it Tyra thanx(:
 
Hi Tyra, i love watchin ur show.I feel that i am to little for my age and that i dont have enough body size.I hate that all my friends look so much older than i do.it kind of makes me feel bad about myself.even though i love myself anyway.Thanks
 
Hi Tyra I just feel like I need to get this out. I feel really insecure about my body. Im 5'2'' 126 pounds and I am honestly big everywhere else except my chest. It's the worst thing in the world to go to a party and look like You have a chest that looks like it belongs to someone that is very small. Looking for bathing suits is hell because I'm buying an large bottom and an extra small top. I don't like to go out in a bathing suit but when I do I wear shorts. If I over eat I feel guilty and its just...annoying.
 
hi tyra, well im 16yrs old im 5'8 and weigh 167, and well im not to happy with my body because i feel like im to tall and i need to loose weight and i also hate being tall cuz u kno tyra that tall girls have bigger feet and well i wear a size 9 but i wish i had a smaller foot. i just wish i could love my body, and i also hate having really big breast cuz thats all guys like but i really wish i could just be a size c cup cuz i wear a size d 36 and dont like it cuz i see that smaller brested girls can wet away frm wearing shirts that show a little and it doesnt look bad or skimmpy but when girls with bigger breast use shirts like that it looks to reavealing. well pls get back tyra u are my inperation and ur the best ever and i love you sooo much. saray ruiz
 
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i can relate to onikeh because i have dark skin and i hate it sooooo muchh it feels like everyone is just looking at my dark skin, but i think my body is okay im 13 and i weigh from 116 to 118 lbs but im very short 4, 11'' to be exact and my life constantly feels twisted like a guy likes me buht then he dont because darkkk I JUST CANT STAND ITTT. but no one knows that i actually dont like being dark skinned because i have such high self esteem
 
i hate my body. for the simple reasons like: my breasts are to small, my butt is too big, i dont have curves, and i have jelly arms! i hate it so much! all my friends have great bodies, the guys drooling, and the numbers flowing, but then whenever i go to parties with them, im always left out. the guys hardly EVER notice me, and they always call me fat. I know im supposed to love myself for who i am, but how can i when my own family think im fat!? i dont go shopping anymore, coz im so afraid of the looks il get wen the lady at the counter (who is a size 0) sees my size! i feel awful, wen my friends think its funny wen the guys insult me. i havent gotten a compliment from a guy about my body EVER! and im suppose to love my body co it make me, me? well, then i hate to be me!
 
Hey Tyra! Usually, i dont feel good about my body. like sometimes ill be talking to my friends and theyll be like, oh, ur butt's 2 big but other wise ur alright. That makes me mad. i used 2 be overweight when i was little. and no matter what people say about me, i still see myself as a fat girl. cause my parents say i look good now. but i dont believe them. cause they used 2 call me fat. so i guess over all, i hate my body
 
hi tyra. im 15 years old and weigh about 120. i hate it though. it seems like every girl at my school is so thin and soo pretty. everyone tells me that im beautiful and stuff but i dont see it. i truthfully hate the way i look. i cant stand it. i hate feeling this way, but i cant except the fact that, this is me...



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