Did Any Of You Shrink?

[Nicolanz 1,484]

I started at 296 at 5'8.5

I am now 190 at 5'7!

What the?!?!?!

[Threetimesacharm 1,400]

Funny that you mention this: I have always been 5'10" and most recently had my height checked and I was 5' 9 1/2". I thought I shrunk due to my age. Interesting....................

[Ms skinniness 3,003]

Hummm I haven't measured my height since surgery, but I do know that I always thought I was 5'5.5" before starting my orientation and then at my first appt with Kaiser's nurse, they told me I was 5'7". Then at the surgeon's office 3 months later they told me I was 5'6." Now I will have to go get a height measurement done just bc. I would think that since losing all this weight, it would of taken a lot of the pressure off our bodies and we would actually get a bit taller.

[Nicolanz 1,484]

That's right! I have heard of people actually getting taller. Hmmm maybe I measured wrong. I did it myself because my mom said i look shorter lol.

[No game 14,437]

Could it be the extra fat pads on the bottom of our feet that made us taller?

I say this because I noticed a friend of mine that is super morbidly obese sits way taller than me when we are sitting next to each other although she is actually my same height.

[Chimera 644]

I have shrunk an inch in height, went down a shoe size, 4 ring sizes...clothing from 3-5x on top with 22 pants to Medium tops and pants anywhere from a 2 to an 8 and I still have a decent amount left I could lose - crazy.

With the height thing I guess maybe I had a fat head or fat platforms lol - everything else was so it makes sense.

[M2G 1,836]

YES! I used to be 5'6" and when I went to my PCP in Sept they called it 5'5" and a half or a quarter or something. I guess it does make sense, but it means I'm even FURTHER away from that stupid BMI chart saying what I should weigh.

[Nicolanz 1,484]

YES! I used to be 5'6" and when I went to my PCP in Sept they called it 5'5" and a half or a quarter or something. I guess it does make sense, but it means I'm even FURTHER away from that stupid BMI chart saying what I should weigh.

That's my exact concern! NOW I'm further from goal haha!

[Nicolanz 1,484]

Oh crap! Am I obese again?!?!

[No game 14,437]

Oh shit! I hadn't thought about that!!

I will not re measure my height I WILL NOT!!

La la la I don't hear you!!

[LipstickLady 25,682]

I have a friend who is taller than me when sitting but shorter when standing. She has a longer torso than I do so it makes sense. I've not shrunk a bit. Perhaps because I don't have much to lose in the height department?

[M2G 1,836]

Oh ****! I hadn't thought about that!!

I will not re measure my height I WILL NOT!!

La la la I don't hear you!!

I know, right?

When the guy said 5'5"...I turned around and went WHAT? He was like "oh and a quarter, I'll give you that as well" ...thanks dude for the favor. Sheesh. I think it must have been a quarter. I was all ready to DEMAND a recount right then and there!!

[No game 14,437]

Sorry I had to go cancel my yearly physical that was coming up next week.

I DONT WANT TO KNOW!

[sophiepants 489]

At the doctors Thursday she measured me at 5'6.5. I was always that except for the last 5 years I've been 5'6 WEIRD!!

I'm not complaining however. lol

Must've been my weight pulling me down!! Hmmmm

[MichiganChic 3,262]

I am shorter! I started at 5'4", and now I'm 5'3". I'm sticking with 5'4", lol. Otherwise I have even more to lose. I thought maybe it age related, but it wouldn't be typical to lose that much in that short of a time at 51. I don't know where it's from though!