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Normal weight fluctuation or health problem?

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Im 16 yo and female. Im somewhere around five foot two/three inches tall. Roughly a year ago I weighed just over a hundred pounds (about 102-104 lbs) and then a few months later I suddenly dropped to 92ish lbs. I gained a little weight after that and hung on 97 lbs for a few months, and just recently my weight started dropping again (it was 96 one week, 95 the next, 94, 93, and then today it was 92.8 lbs.) My mother says I lost the weight because I had the flu almost a year ago and that it's dropping now because I'm not eating enough protein. I've been trying to eat more but it's not working. Is there a problem or is my weight just fluctuating/ I have a fast metabolism? (I've been underweight or just shy of it most of my life.)

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