I hate my body sometimes

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I'm 5 foot 6, female, and always been the thin sort, and still am. I have quite a small waist, thin legs and arms, small hands and feet, and a small bust and small breasts. But I weighed myself the other day and found I was 10 stone, and I've never weighed that much in my life. I don't feel like I've put any weight on though, my clothes don't feel tight, and I don't wear trousers with elasticated waist either, I wear non-stretchy ones with a zipper.

So now I've got to go on a diet, even though I'm not a big eater anyway. I know it doesn't show but I still don't like being 10 stone. I weighed myself a couple of months ago and I weighed 9 stone 4, which is around what I expected.

The most disturbing thing about this is other girls of around my age and body size weigh less than me - even one who has a bigger curvey waist than me and chunky legs and bigger feet, etc.

And also I hate when people say "oh you weigh more because you're tall". Does a couple of inches difference mean you're supposed to weigh half a stone heavier? Is 5 foot 6 even that "tall"?

What's happening to me? Do you go through a second puberty once you hit mid-20's? Or are the scales teasing me?

10 stone is 140 lbs, as far as I could gather--not too bad for someone 5 foot 6.

Just don't eat too many chips and chicken dinners--and you should be okay!

Maybe those girls are shorter than you so they weight lesser or maybe they have lesser liquid in their body, even organs and bones size determine weight so maybe your bones or organs weight more than theirs, it's not always fat and also muscles, maybe you have more muscles than them or your muscles weight more, this would never stop if I keep going on but the point is: it's not only fat that contributes your weight

Sometimes, the size of your clothing tells you a lot. If you still fit comfortably in your clothing when you weighed less, maybe you built up some muscle, not fat.

I've never had too much of a weight concern, but when I had cancer I really hated my body. I used to run around and slap myself when I was alone. It was a way of trying to dissociate myself from the disease. Still hurt, though. Take care of yourself!

My body is all scarred up. I had open heart surgery (back when they still used to crack your ribs open like a lobster) and I self harmed from adolescence til a year ago. My weight is not bad, but I look rough sometimes.
My back and left shoulder were damaged in separate incidents and never recovered.
These days I'm happy I'm ambulatory.
My advice: take what you got, enjoy it and embrace moderation.

I think the above advice is excellent.

It doesn't sound like you need a diet. You might have more muscle than the other girls do - muscle is much more dense than fat!