Getting taller after losing a HUGE amount of weight?
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So when I first started trying to lose weight back in January I was 350 lbs, now Im getting close to 300. Ive noticed more and more how terrible my posture is so I was just curious, is their anyway Ill get taller after losing weight a hundred or so more pounds?? I feel as If my spine has been compressed or curved because Ive been obese for a decade or so, and I feel as if all the slouching Ive been doing hasnt helped either. I wouldnt normally think that Ill get taller through stretching and correcting my posture but when I try to stand up as perfectly straight as possible, I think my back is pulling me down in a sense and it can really hurt. But yeah, after doing certain stretches and lifts my height can range from 5'9'' to 5'11'', also depends on self confidence because that can cause me to slouch more. Any one have any insight on this?
Obviously you are going to be taller standing straight than slouching over. But no, there is no physiological reason for you to be taller after losing weight, aside from the aforementioned correction of shit posture.
It's also possible you are still growing if your growth plates haven't sealed yet, which can be anywhere up to ~25 years of age in males.
Well once im done completely losing weight Ill do what ever I can to fix my shit posture more and see what height I end up at. No clue if my growth plates have sealed, Im 18 so Im assuming they have not. I was talking to my dad about my height and he said he did not reach his final height until around 22.
it's because you look slimmer and feel and look taller.
I looked a lot taller at 200lbs then 260, because at 200 i didn't look like a brick
After losing a lot of weight I do feel sorta taller, dont know if thats because my posture has been getting fixed or im just not as wide
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Also, last time I was measured by a doctor I was 5'9'' and almost 5'10'', this was a year ago and since than I hit a huge growth spurt. Just measured myself after my back has been hurting for a week straight and im 5'8''. Either my posture sucks or I cant measure for shit
[B]You cannot get taller by losing weight[/B]. What probably happens is that the stretching and exercised you did on your way their got you taller in a few inches, or gave you the feeling.
There are various other ways to get taller, you can read the guest post I made on [URL="http://reallifeadvices.com/get-taller/"]reallifeadvices[/URL].
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If you're having posture problems, going to a chiropractor and a massage therapist might help.
Regardless of your weight, your weight compresses your spinal disks in your spinal column. Those soft spongey pods between your vertebrae? They shrink and expand on the daily. You aren't growing. What's likely happening is that due to your weight loss, those pads no longer shrink, or compress, nearly as much meaning your overall height is a little taller.
That and being slimmer almost always makes you feel taller.
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