I have gotten 3/4 of an inch taller!!

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cinza

Active Member
i dont know exactly when ..but i used to be 5 ft 5 and 1/2inch...
now i am 5'6 and 3/8 inch..
thats a smidge more than 3/4 of an inch taller...


Pilates?
Yoga?

I always use good posture for getting measured...so i am thinking i have done something that actually has created more space between the vertebrae.

we know that women start shrinking as they get older and the spine compresses ...

I'd say this is good news and wonder if anyone else has actually changed their measurement in height with their workouts.
 
all i can guess is that pilates and yoga have worked on making space in the spine and flattening the upper back where it used to be more curved...
Probably all the core work makes it easier for me to stand up straighter than i used to....

I think its pretty important to work on the spine since women tend to shrink as they age.

But what i really want is longer legs!
 
Me too!

We were all measuring ourselves last week (my teenage girls are growing like weeds) and I discovered I was at least 5'8 1/2 " having been 5'8" all my life! My husband says he thinks I am actually 5'9". HAH! So much for aging, but is this really possible?

Joanna
 
RE: Same here

I have always thought I was 5'6" but went to the doctor today, got measured, and was told I was just a hair under 5'7". Go figure. I must have been measured wrong previously or maybe I did grow some since the last time I was really measured way back....

Kim
 
RE: Same here

Are you ladies measuring in the AM or PM?

I read somewhere that you're taller in the morning by as much as 3/4" compared to evening because gravity hasn't had a chance to "shrink" you yet.

I've been meaning to test this on myself, but never remember.
 
RE: Same here

I've gotten taller also. But I've known it since April when I got measured at the doctor's office I was 5 feet and 1/2 inch. Now I'm 5'1"! Hey it's only 1/2 an inch, but I'll take it!! BTW, I measured in the p.m.:)!

Aimee
 
RE: a.m.

I was measured in the a.m. at the doctor's office. My doctor said that one is taller in the morning since the vertebrae compact during the day, however, it is not as vast a difference as 3/4".

The nurse who measured me told me that I was probably not properly measured in the past.

Kim
 
RE: a.m.

i measured my 3/4 of an inch taller late in the day... I cant wait to measure myself in the morning!!
 
RE: a.m.

I was 5'5" for many years, then when I was recently measured I was 5'6". I was so confused I made them do it again, twice!
 
RE: a.m.

The last time I got my height checked it was at a doctor's office that had a scale that was 7 lbs. off, that is, it weighed heavier....and THEY KNEW IT!!!!! I pointed it out to them because I weighed myself on my Y's scale, and it showed much less. They measured me at one inch shorter then I know I am, so it's early in the a.m., so I'm going to run into the kitchen and see how tall I REALLY am!
 
Is there a specific tape or tapes you use, or do you take classes? Now I'm really interested.
 
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