Anorexic? I like food altogether too much

I was sure my mother was going to have a freakout on me today. We had this delcious pesto pasta dish and bread. Well, given my taste for that bread, I had three or more slives of bread, but didn't quite finish the - rather large - helping of my pasta.

Immediatly a surge of questions.

Why didn't you finish your food? You don't seem to eat as much? Are you eating what you take for lunch? On and and on.

I understand the concern I suppose. If a kid goes from a decent diet to less, in these days, its acceptable to wonder why. But this isn't the first time I've been interrogated about my eating.

I've never been a big eater. I like food - God, I like it soooo much. But since I was a kid, I have generally small helpings. Add to that this - I had mono about a month and a half ago and didn't eat much for a week at least. Since then, I've eaten less than normal because I get full faster. So my stomach shrunk....big deal.
I'm not overweight. I don't have any more self-image issues than the average teenage girl. I love food.

I understand the concern I suppose, but isn't it interesting how fast our society jumps to ideas like anorexia or bulemia? One of my best friends is a stick but the girl eats like a horse, she just has a fast metabolism. But all the time she is pummled with questions or even insults about how she "must be starving herself" or something. Sure I guess better safe than sorry, but a warning - don't give teens even more reason to question their self image! If they're skinny, make sure things are ok then lay off. Being too fat hurts self image, but so can being to skinny.

And don't assume just because I can't eat gi-nourmous helpings, doesn't mean I'm starving. Hah...I'm certainly not losing even a pound!

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