ilovesunshine
12-09-2002, 03:29 PM
OK this may sound a little weird. I work with this one girl and she told me the other day that she used to be very skinny and gained weight which made her shrink 2 inches. I mean literally shrunk 2 inches shorter. I never heard of that before. Can gaining weight really make you shrink? Can that happen? I always thought that once you grow to be a certain height you stay that way. Has anyone heard of this? Please let me know thanks.
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Absinthe
12-09-2002, 09:57 PM
You're kidding, right?
I don't believe it is possible to shrink unless your spine gets compressed somehow. Highly unlikely with a few extra pounds of weight.
I don't believe it is possible to shrink unless your spine gets compressed somehow. Highly unlikely with a few extra pounds of weight.
rhody
12-09-2002, 09:58 PM
I heard years ago the opposite.... Gaining weight can make you a little taller (a small amount in general). And visa versa...losing weight can make you a little shorter.
I remember it being something like a person weighed 300 pounds and lost 120 pounds, and found themselves an inch or two shorter. I'm sure some people here may be able to give you exact measurements and case histories based on their own experience or of people they know.
I remember it being something like a person weighed 300 pounds and lost 120 pounds, and found themselves an inch or two shorter. I'm sure some people here may be able to give you exact measurements and case histories based on their own experience or of people they know.
ilovesunshine
12-10-2002, 02:26 PM
No I'm not kidding. She really did tell me that she got 2 inches shorter. I was very surprised when she told me this.
With me it was the opposite. I looked much taller when I lost weight since I'm tall to begin with.
With me it was the opposite. I looked much taller when I lost weight since I'm tall to begin with.
ilovesunshine
12-12-2002, 01:48 PM
How can your spine get compressed??
justanotherday
12-14-2002, 04:24 AM
i think her weight gain just gives off the illusion of being shorter its all psychological. For example when you see a person wearing a shirt with horizontal stripes compared to the person wearing vertical stripes the vertical guy is gonna look taller.
ilovesunshine
12-14-2002, 11:32 AM
That's what I'm thinking too.
penguin chick
12-14-2002, 06:31 PM
I have always thought I was 5'8" and believe I was even measured out to be before I lost weight. I lost about 38 pounds (wow, I never wrote that) and now I'm 5'7 with sneakers on which makes me pretty much 5'7." So this is the reversal of your friend's experience, but I do not think it is possible to "shrink" when you gain weight under NORMAL circumstances.
ilovesunshine
12-18-2002, 08:42 PM
No I didn't think it is possible either to shrink when gaining weight. Just look shorter. With me I look much taller when I'm skinnier.