Does being overweight effect your own personal gravity?

[LadyIvy 159]

Okay, so I have seen this mentioned on the side in a couple of places around the forum and am starting to put 2 and 2 together. Just 10 years ago, I was clearly and no doubt 5'7". A little over exactly. I was measured for my BMI the other day (and in a couple of different places) and I am 5'5". I am wondering if being heavy long term makes our "gravity" stronger and pulls us closer to the ground. This could sure account for the joint pain overweight people get. My husband is shorter from years of jumping out of aircraft. The constant impact compresses your joints and drops your arches if you do it enough. I wonder if it is the same for us?

[thinoneday 445]

Great question! Would make sense huh? Unfortunately for me, I've been 6' tall every since I've been a teenager and have never gotten any shorter. . . ugh. . maybe i should start jumping out of aircraft too! hehehe. . .

[Rootman 1,101]

I think that it actually made a mysterious ANTI-GRAVITY field around me - people would avoid me and give me wide berth when they saw me coming, it was proportionate to how attractive the other person was too