Is it bad to be athletic as a teenage girl?!


Question: BEFORE you say stop being stupid...read the details....


I'm a swimmer. I swim 4x a week(unless its a holiday or i'm sick) for 2hrs a day. i also walk to the pool and back(about a mile round trip).

Like most of the girls on my team, i'm slight. UNLIKE most of them, i'm also very tall for a 14-and-under. I'm about 5'7-5'8 and maybe 140lb(give or take).

I don't stop going unless i'm really sick or hurt...so i'll show up when i've got an annoying cold or if my arm hurts a little.

I am NOT anarexoic! I do have trouble eating more than a small meal in a sitting, so i generally eat 4-5x a day to compensate for that.

Am i paticulary at risk for getting sick? I've read of something that can happen to female athleats that makes u really sick....

Sorry so long


Answers: BEFORE you say stop being stupid...read the details....


I'm a swimmer. I swim 4x a week(unless its a holiday or i'm sick) for 2hrs a day. i also walk to the pool and back(about a mile round trip).

Like most of the girls on my team, i'm slight. UNLIKE most of them, i'm also very tall for a 14-and-under. I'm about 5'7-5'8 and maybe 140lb(give or take).

I don't stop going unless i'm really sick or hurt...so i'll show up when i've got an annoying cold or if my arm hurts a little.

I am NOT anarexoic! I do have trouble eating more than a small meal in a sitting, so i generally eat 4-5x a day to compensate for that.

Am i paticulary at risk for getting sick? I've read of something that can happen to female athleats that makes u really sick....

Sorry so long

no its a good thing to be an athlete..it keeps u in shape. u can get colds and stuff when u go from hot to cold or visa versa and u do that 4x a week in swim...so i think that will just happen alot

if you swim a lot then this could make you ill BUT DON'T STOP because it is good for you. it will only make you ill if you don't dry your hair when you get out of the pool things like that.

if you are feeling sick when in the pool this could be because you are working heard and the food that you have eating in the day has stopped being digestive as the blood that works the digestive system is need in your arms and in you muscles. so work out when you eat before training and change it to see if it makes a different.

don't worry about it but if you still feel like this go and see your doctor

Honey, accept who you are. If you have a passion for swimming and you are skinny, then embrace it. There are several studies that have shown that female athletes are more prone to eating disorders, knee injuries, ACL injuries, and weaker bones. However, I haven't read anything about female athletes more prone to illness.

Best of luck





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