Tall now? The more you age, the more you will shrink

[Ted51]

I am tall. I like being tall. I don't want to shrink. I will just go into denial, and avoid being near tape measures..

 

[Paco Dennis]

Have you lost weight due to illness .. are you trying to gain it back? 30 lbs. in 3 months is a lot to lose.

Illness plus aging. I am doing the remodeling with few restrictions which is good. Adjusting to our body changing has been with us the whole journey. It is aah natural.

 

[JustDave]

I am tall. I like being tall. I don't want to shrink. I will just go into denial, and avoid being near tape measures..

I was 6ft. Now it's 5ft 10in. It's probably not that important in the aging process, but the shrinkage annoys me psychologically. I seem to accept the aches and pains with more grace.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Gravity, our bodies grows, then everything goes south

 

[againstthegrain]

Why doesn't the same pattern apply to girth? It seems like it's the exact opposite!

 

[Twostep]

Why doesn't the same pattern apply to girth? It seems like it's the exact opposite!

It seems to push everything together. Think of jelly filled donut.

 

[moviequeen1]

I've been tall for most of my adult life,5 ft 11 inch, now I'm at 5ft 10 inch

 

[RadishRose]

5'2" was my adult height. The last time I measured, I was barely a few hairs over 5'.

 

[Paco Dennis]

5'2" was my adult height. The last time I measured, I was barely a few hairs over 5'.

I didn't know goat ladies get taller the 4' 5".

 

[Dave03]

For years 5'6". Slender. Now, 5' 3/4". "Pleasantly" plump, imo. ha

Any plans for Saturday? LOL.

 

[Topoff]

I haven't measured in a while, but I was 6'-7" the last time I did, so I'm not too worried about it.

 

[David777]

At age 76 tomorrow, carefully measured barefoot, am now 65.5 inches short. So have shrunk about 0.5 inch.

 

[Della]

I've gone from 5'6" to 5"5." I can't tell where it came from.

 

[Remy]

I've always been short, just over 5', not sure what I am now.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Who you tellin' ?! I've shrunk at least 2 inches over the past few years. My coats and hoodies sleeves are now below my hands. My dresses and skirts have gotten too long such that I've had to alter some of them. When one of my doctor's nurses made me aware I'd shrunk a few years back, it was just by 1-1/4 inch. I used to be 5' 3-1/4".

 

[Trade]

I'm 5-11 down 2 inches from 6-1. But my waist is up 4 inches from 34 to 38, so I have a net overall gain of 2 inches.

 

[Olivia]

I'm 5-11 down 2 inches from 6-1. But my waist is up 4 inches from 34 to 38, so I have a net overall gain of 2 inches.

That's how to do it. Confuse everyone. But it's' probably just me.

 

[Mr. Ed]

If we lived in an area with less gravitational pull, we would shrink less over time. True or false

 

[Topoff]

If we lived in an area with less gravitational pull, we would shrink less over time. True or false

Some say that we age less in space, so I suppose that would include the shrinkage factor.

 

[Alizerine]

Some say that we age less in space, so I suppose that would include the shrinkage factor.

Gravity is at least partially to blame.

 

[Blessed]

Well, I might be shorter but it is also making me wider. I just prefer to think I am the same size, just in a different configuration.

 

[wcwbf]

was one of shorter kids in my class until about 9th grade. then growth spurt to 5'8". never thought about my height until a few years ago. any trip to the Dr meant a trip on the scale... which I did grudgingly. then one time was asked my height and they checked it. that 5'8" is now 5'6". guess still relatively tall for someone 3/4 of a CENTURY old.

 

[WheatenLover]

I've lost an inch. I was 5' 5.5".

However, I've always thought of myself as being tall. I had 2 women friends - one was 6' tall, the other 6'1". I'd say something about "tall people like us", perfectly seriously. And that was when each of them (in different decades in my life) hauled me to a full-length mirror to prove to me that I was significantly shorter than them.

I always thought of my husband and I as being close to the same height; he was 6'2".

One time I planted some flowers in a tiny flower bed. I measured it and was 6' long. Yup, 6' is not long at all.

Aside from being delusional about my height, I do wonder how that could happen. As in, what is wrong with my perception? I still feel tall, I just don't talk about it. One time at work, a woman was complaining about how she hated being short. I asked her how tall she was and we were the same height. I was flabbergasted that she would think that was short! I told her that was complete BS since we are the same height and I am TALL!

 

[Lavinia]

I'm not sure if I'm shrinking or people are getting taller. It must be the spine which shrinks as my legs are the same length.

 

[Imogene]

yep and those of us with arthritis in our spines will definitely lose inches

Boy isn’t that the gospel truth. I started out being 5’5”. I am now a tch over 5’2”