How many CM (inches) of height do you lose from morning to evening (poll)?

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Hello All,

I lose about 1.5 CM of height from the time I wake up until the time I go to sleep. I wake up at 177.25 CM (5' 9.8") and go to sleep at 175.75 (5' 9.2"). This sucks because it means that I have to tell people I'm 5' 10" (rounded up) when I wake up and 5' 9" (rounded down) when I go back to sleep. Also, In some people's minds, I may be short at 5' 9", because this is less than average height in the US, and average at 5' 10", because this is the average height. The "Short Celebrities List" usually has a cutoff at 5' 9" : (, so this number is psychologically embedded in many people's minds.

I think I'm the only one on this forum who just wants a tiny height increase to be 5' 10" (basically my current morning height). I don't need to be tall, I just want to call myself an average height man (5' 10" is average height for Younger Generation in the US)

For this reason, as I've stated many times, I'm most likely going to be doing a very strict inversion table, yoga, and glucosamine routine/experiment over the summer. If I can retain a height of 5' 10", I will be completely satisfied and never worry about height again. There should be very little height discrimination in dating and the real world at 5' 10", and honestly, I would never want to associate with any woman who discriminates against someone who is 5' 10", unless she is a giant and needs a tall guy. I don't NEED to by tall (over 6'), and I feel that the benefits of being tall are exaggerated (but that is a whole other discussion).


Anyway, how much height do you all lose throughout the day? Any other comments are appreciated as well.

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Quote from: ecb1992 on March 22, 2015, 04:02:40 PMI have a stadiometer at home and over the past 8 months it seems to me that i generally lose anywhere from 1.3-2.2 cm. It all depends on how active i was,how well i slept and hydrated i was that day. I measure 168.5 in the morning (standing straight as possible) or 168 with a relaxed posture. By the end of the day i dip to 166.8 sometimes even 167(inactive) but my usual low is always just 166.3-166 (with a relaxed posture). Not sure if im supposed to stand as straight as possible but the difference is only like 0.5.

Wow, that's pretty interesting. Mine height loss is consistently 1.5 CM on dot. If you lose over 2 CM at times, you may stand to gain from taking glucosamine, which was proven to partially retain morning height.