[imabehot]

According to my moms doctor. Skinnier people have a tendency to stand up straighter than bigger people who tend to slouch a little. I know it's true for me. I was straight up when I was skinny-not anymore lol. But I'll fix that.

My height went up half an inch in the Dr.'s office. I've lost 64lbs. I feel taller. Can definitely feel better posture. I do think you stand up taller with less weight.

Only natural. You are literally weighed down less. And of course even if that doesn't happen you will look taller to others. Slimmer almost always looks taller.

[Radiojane]

I would really rather NOT get taller. Six feet is about three inches more than I want as it is!

[Dakini]

Originally Posted by zoesmom

I don't remember where I found it, but there was a study on this a few years back. Ultimately, if you lose a large amount of weight, say 50 pounds or more, you tend to "grow" by half an inch to a full inch. After all their sciencing, the real answer was the bones didn't grow but people stopped slouching as they were not weighed down as much and walked taller due to confidence. I'll try to dig up the article, it was a cool read.

That makes a lot of sense. Also, I remember in high school when I started to run, I lost some weight and all my friends kept telling me that they "never noticed how tall [I] was." I think when we're heavy and tall, people who are shorter than us tend to think we are the same height for some weird reason. When we lose weight, however, people start noticing how tall we are rather how wide we are. At least that's what I've observed.

[AwShucks]

I've always said I was 5'5", but I've always been heavy, so maybe I should measure again when I reach goal. Right now, at around 215, I feel very small, shorter, even. I notice it especially when standing next to bigger people - men and a certain 6'+ female coworker. I actually feel petite, when I know I'm not. I'm just so much smaller than I was.

But, funnily, if I look in the mirror, I don't really see much difference from nearly 100lbs ago. I have about decided that my stack of old "fat" photos that I keep handy for motivation is not such a good idea... I might be reinforcing that old image of myself and preventing the mental growth I need to achieve in seeing the "new me."