WTF i think i grew shorter

[warrior1]

I am 22 now. When I was 18, i always thought i was 5'9 and when people ask me how tall i was , i say 5'9 b/c thats how tall i thought i was. I do look it though b/c of my hair.

Then next year I went to the doctor and checked up and doctor said I was exactly 5'8. I was shocked and pissed off also. 5'8 isn't that bad.

Right now, 3 years later I just checked my height using a measuring tape and WTF I am like 5'7.5:nervous:


Funny thing is last year one person i know told me hey did you get shorter or something? This was a younger guy like 18 years old when I was 21. Obviously i say no, its b/c you grew and such.


Can you lose height at an early age? I thought i was 5'9 is was okay but was pissed off when I found out i was 5'8 when i was 19. Now at 22, i see that i am 5'7.5. This is all without shoes of course.


I thought you can't lose height until you hit your 40s. Now i feel like a shorty b/c 5'8 is like the minimum height that is characterized as not short. I never been told i looked short before mainly b/c my hair is like 2 inches though.

 

[nightcrawler]

I'll be looking foward to posts abot height-ism in the near future.

As for me, I think I grew a half centimeter! ..I'm a tiny bit over 5'8" I think..or 5'7" depending on how accurate that measuring tape is.

 

[warrior1]

I am so damn pissed off right now.

 

[slaog]

My mother always said my father got shorter. It maybe be natural because of age.

People are taller in the morning too after jumping out of bed because the cushions(I forget the name) between the bones expand and during the day they get squashed a bit.

 

[warrior1]

well what time of day should be your real height?

I just measured my height at 3pm

 

[rain63]

You can actually "shrink" during the day... maybe half an inch or so. Throughout the day, the cartilage in your spine will compress because of weight, gravity etc... and will decompress at night when you're laying down. If you're really tall (yao ming) you can gain an inch or two. Most guys our size will be maybe half an inch. This doesn't explain an inch and a half but, it could explain some of the variance.

 

[warrior1]

does anyone know what height is your real height? Is it 9am, 3pm or 9pm?

I do know your height gets shorter as time goes by during the day.

 

[warrior1]

What height is your normal height?

Morning, day or night?

 

[suavesuave]

dont be insecure.

 

[warrior1]

I felt insecure when i found out i was only 5'8 3 years ago. Then i thought i was still fine. But anything under 5'8 would make me feel like crap and now it is a REALITY.

 

[HandyAndy]

Ahhhhh, the joys of being 6'2"

 

[Zaraza]

go to a chiropractor. Seriously, i went to one yesterday and i felt better and taller. He was like " how do you feel " i said.. I feel so much better and actually feel taller. Then he took a good look at me and said, you know you do seem a little taller than before.

 

[immrtlwun]

Just be proud of how tall you are, whether you're 6' 5" or 5' 6". As long as you are comfortable with your height it won't make a bit of difference. I get a lot more attention about my height for being abnormally tall than my friends do for being a little bit shorter than average, but I'm cool with the attention I get for it.
If it does bother you that much you can always wear athletic shoes more often, they tend to add more height than your typical casual shoe. I measure in right around 6' 5" but when i put on my basketball shoes, I'm definitely over 6' 6" pushing 6' 7".

 

[mrRuckus]

Posture deteriorates as you get older due to lifestyle and laziness. So you appear shorter.

 

[ssj4halo]

whats the average height in this forum?? What is the average height for males in general?

I am 5' 7 and 3/4. Just curious... :]

 

[MrS]

I think my post was deleted!

 

[Rampage1]

you can't 'grow shorter'. but you can shrink

 

[romangod]

whats the average height in this forum?? What is the average height for males in general?

I am 5' 7 and 3/4. Just curious... :]

I'm 5' 10" and 69/100




Cheers!

 

[Charlie Gordon]

The height threads never rest.

Stop driving yourself crazy. I have this insane vision of you setting your alarm clock to 3 AM with a tape measure at arms-length and ready to go.

You probably haven't shrunk and you probably don't shrink appreciably during the day. Shoes, clothing, and hair may create an illusion that a man is taller (or shorter, thinner or fatter, darker or fairer) than he actually is.

Don't go crazy over trying to determine whether you're five seven and three quarter inches or five eight and one eighth inch. You want to know the truth, ask people if you're tall or short. It doesn't matter what you say or what you think the tape-measure says as most men exaggerate every number than pertains to them. Tell everyone you're five eight... five nine! It doesn't make a difference. You'll still appear the same height to everyone. Short of losing weight, wearing black with vertical stripes, styling your hair up, and adorning a pair of platform shoes (I wish you could see the picture in my mind...) there's really not a lot you can or should do.

The older you get, the less this will matter to you.

The more you dwell on specific disadvantages that you cannot do anything about, the less time you have to develop strengths in other areas.

 

[Mandiblard]

Just curious, what are your eating habits? One or two big meals a day or lots of spaced out small / average meals?