I have heard of losing the inches, but come on!?

kdzmom
kdzmom Posts: 31 Member
edited October 2024 in Chit-Chat
Ok, so I went to the doctor today. It's the first time I have been since I started this journey back in August. The nurse asked me to get on the scale so she could get my weight and height. She was pleasantly surprised that I was down 20+ pounds since a year ago. :drinker: :bigsmile: She turned me around and checked my height. Now for the last, oh 15+ years I have been 5 feet 4.5 inches without shoes. When she checked today, I was 5 feet 4 inches!:huh: I know you lose inches when you lose weight but I always thought is was horizontal inches not vertical inches!:laugh: Oh well, Hope I don't lose anymore vertically!!! Anyone else ever notice this? Maybe she measured wrong. Just had to share my laugh for the day! Have a great one!! :flowerforyou:

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  • kdzmom
    kdzmom Posts: 31 Member
    Ok, so I went to the doctor today. It's the first time I have been since I started this journey back in August. The nurse asked me to get on the scale so she could get my weight and height. She was pleasantly surprised that I was down 20+ pounds since a year ago. :drinker: :bigsmile: She turned me around and checked my height. Now for the last, oh 15+ years I have been 5 feet 4.5 inches without shoes. When she checked today, I was 5 feet 4 inches!:huh: I know you lose inches when you lose weight but I always thought is was horizontal inches not vertical inches!:laugh: Oh well, Hope I don't lose anymore vertically!!! Anyone else ever notice this? Maybe she measured wrong. Just had to share my laugh for the day! Have a great one!! :flowerforyou:
  • Phoenix_Rising
    Phoenix_Rising Posts: 11,417 Member
    I started losing height by centimeters in college. I feel your pain! I once was 5'5 and 3/4". I am hovering around 5'4'' or 5'4.5''
  • Jackie_W
    Jackie_W Posts: 1,676 Member
    Oh great!:noway:
    I'm already known as the midget of my family - my DH being 6ft 4", my 17 yr old being 6ft 2" and my 11 yr old being 5ft 6", I really must go out and buy a few [pairs of 3"+ stilleto heals - and probably never be able to walk in a straight line ever again, but hey, at least I won't get any smaller - vertically! :laugh:
  • yellow_pepper
    yellow_pepper Posts: 708 Member
    It's unlikely that weight loss itself caused you to lose height.

    It could be measurement error - either the nurse's reading or the scale she used, today AND on all the previous occasions that your height has been taken. Which one is really correct? Who knows?

    Or it could be your posture. That's something I have to work on all the time. Perhaps consider adding some spine-lengthening yoga to your workout routine. And maybe your next reading will be taller.
  • frithir
    frithir Posts: 179 Member
    Every time I think of height, I think of my ex husband's family. The ex is 6'8" and his mother is the midget in the bunch at ONLY 6'0", with one sister being 6'1", the other sister being 6'2" and 4 brothers ranging from 6'2" to 6'5" and his father (rest him) was also 6'8". I'm 5'2" if I stand realllyyy straight so I have to say nothing else for the years I was part of that family ~ I looked up to them........literally :wink:
  • wildkat318
    wildkat318 Posts: 326 Member
    Hi Karen,

    I've had that same problem. I used to be 5'10" and now I'm 5'8" on a good day. I think you lose height with age. The worst part is as you shrink in height your weight needs to be less too. Great, like I don't already have enough problems!

    Kat
  • GTOgirl1969
    GTOgirl1969 Posts: 2,527 Member
    I've actually gotten an inch taller since both of my pregnancies. I was 5'6", now I'm 5'7".....my feet grew by 2 1/2 sizes too.
  • MollySue30
    MollySue30 Posts: 288 Member
    I have had the same problem, I have been 5'7 in high school and I got my height done a while ago and I am down to 5'6 and i was almost the tallest in my family I don't want to get any shorter :sad:

    Oh well, hope everyone has a better day than me, It has been a rough day on me today,
  • jamerz3294
    jamerz3294 Posts: 1,824 Member
    :laugh: It's really not fair, is it? Once you get to your "adult" height, then you become the Incredible Shrinking Person?! :noway: My mom lost .75 inches in one year, yikes!
  • jojo52610
    jojo52610 Posts: 692 Member
    I dont't know how old you are I'm 46 and a Cancer Survivor Xsmoker for many years - from the Chemo and the Smoking I now have osteoperosis - and with that disease you cqan shrink -in height
    I used to be 5'10" I've lost an inch and a 1/2 so

    I never imagined in a million years I' d be diagnosed with something like this I got sent for a bone density scan and that's how they found it - I have level 4 in my back -
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?
  • GreenGoddess22
    GreenGoddess22 Posts: 3,818 Member
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?


    Hahahahahaha!!!!
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?

    Hey-yo!
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lya292wdpo
  • WarDamnJay
    WarDamnJay Posts: 1,916 Member
    edited October 2015
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?

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  • jmule24
    jmule24 Posts: 1,382 Member
    _incogNEATo_ wrote: »
    HawleyGriffin wrote: »
    I gained an inch when I lost weight ;)

    So it doubled?

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  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    Height can diminish as you age. There are many reasons for it but most don't have to do with diet.

    http://uamshealth.com/healthlibrary2/medicalmyths/dopeopleshrinkastheyage/
  • mattyc772014
    mattyc772014 Posts: 3,543 Member
    https://youtu.be/pa9YUDNHobE
  • 1320GO
    1320GO Posts: 150 Member
    jojo52610 wrote: »
    I dont't know how old you are I'm 46 and a Cancer Survivor Xsmoker for many years - from the Chemo and the Smoking I now have osteoperosis - and with that disease you cqan shrink -in height
    I used to be 5'10" I've lost an inch and a 1/2 so

    I never imagined in a million years I' d be diagnosed with something like this I got sent for a bone density scan and that's how they found it - I have level 4 in my back -

    I hear you - I have be 5'10" all my life only to be measured at 5'8" a month ago. WTF? They have checked for non-secreting Multiple Myloma, did bone density scans for fractures, a thoracic MRI and more other tests than I care to post. I am throwing blood clots spontaneously and they still can't find the root cause. I swear I must glow in the dark when I go out at night. We have come so far in medicine yet still so much we don't know about our bodies. Hope you are getting good care.
  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    People also shrink slightly as the day goes on...gravity takes its toll. Most people are taller in the morning than they are at bedtime, shrinking as much as half an inch due to the compression of the fluid in the space between the bones of the spine.
  • Determined_ella_89
    Determined_ella_89 Posts: 1,710 Member
    Couldn't it be possible for the fat we gained around the belly area lift our rib cages slightly thus adjusting our spine and height a little? I found when I was pregnant I had gained an inch and a half in height.. She said most likely the baby pushing my organs up and my rib Cage.. I have hypermobility syndrome so it isn't unusual for my muscles to stretch more than usual. But no idea otherwise.. Unless like the above said.. Gravity! Or spinal issues.. Slouching etc.
  • for_ever_young66
    for_ever_young66 Posts: 2,877 Member
    you seem a little young for osteoporosis. My guess is that it was probably a measurement error. In my physicals, I've gone from 6'1" to 6'2" and vice versa for about 15 years or so now.
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