Tall Women

Join
We are pleased to announce that as of March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor has been introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Height loss from weight gain

UnwrappingCandy
UnwrappingCandy Posts: 418 Member
edited January 25 in Social Groups
Have any of you lost height with weight gain? Have you gained back height with weight loss?

I was 5'10.5'' before I started gaining weight. I am 5'9'' now. I am just curious to know if anyone else has experienced something similar.

Replies

  • binglebandit
    binglebandit Posts: 531 Member
    I'm not sure if I've "lost height" as I always measure with good posture, then go back to slouching. People are always shocked when they hear how tall I am though. I think it has gotten easier to stand up straight and I don't look so hunched now that I've lost weight, but I couldn't give you an accurate measurement.

    My husband has lost height from being in the army and carrying all those heavy packs, I don't think he'll ever get that height back. So I guess it depends on if it's a posture problem, or actual height being lost. I think once you wear away the cartilage and stuff between your vertebrae that you can't get that back.
  • Celeigh12
    Celeigh12 Posts: 763 Member
    I just got told today by several people that I look so much taller now that I'm thinner. I'm still 6 ft tall though.
  • LolaTootsie
    LolaTootsie Posts: 12 Member
    I was 5'9" when I got my driver's license at 16, but then I lost about 40 pounds and was 5'11" when I was measured my senior year of high school.

    Age 28, 5'11" but lost more weight - and my driver's license still says 5'9" because I'm too lazy to get a doctor's note to change it! :tongue:
This discussion has been closed.

Categories