Ok this is probably a strange question but it's something I've been wondering...

Do you "feel" shorter now that you've lost a lot of weight? I was sitting in a chair at work yesterday that I don't normally sit in. We were all in a training class away from our cubicles. The chair was a typical desk chair with arms and when I bent my arms to rest them on the arm rests the arm rests were too low for my arms! And I thought "Maybe it's the chair." Then I looked around at the "normal" sized ppl and they were resting their arms comfortably on their arm rests. And I checked to see if the arm rest height was adjustable and it wasn't. So I was thinking...does all the extra padding on my butt make me "taller" when I'm sitting down? And I notice that table tops seem lower than they should be when I'm sitting down in front of them and I'm not a tall girl at all. I'm 5'5".

Is it just me? Or do I have getting "shorter" to look forward to?

I"m 5'8 and I feel shorter. My kitchen sink & counters seem taller. And I've had to move my car seat closer because I feel so far away from the wheel.

This is going to sound strange, but I feel shorter and taller at different times. I feel shorter in the car and at my desk. In fact, I finally started wearing shoes with a small heel. I always wore flats because my feet hurt.

I feel taller because I can reach things. Once my stomach started disappearing, I could reach the bottom of the grocery cart and the top shelf in my kitchen. The other thing that's weird is that people tell me I look taller. I guess it's because I'm not as round. I love it. I've always been the short girl (5'6") in a really tall family.

Cindy

I sometimes feel a little shorter when sitting, but my legs feel longer since my thighs have trimmed down.

When I stand or walk I feel taller .... I feel a "lanky" kind of thing. (I'm 5'7")