Measuring height wrong?

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Quote from: Alu on January 26, 2016, 09:03:18 PMNot really. Considering the additional height most people have in the morning is all spine, sitting in itself can compress the spine and make you lose that extra height. Also, for me honestly I don't worry about 1 CM difference. I find an inch difference between two people to be hard to spot since people have different postures here and there; so a CM isn't much. Unless you really want to hit that 170 CM value (which in truth I want to)

Quote from: Alu on January 26, 2016, 09:03:18 PMNot really. Considering the additional height most people have in the morning is all spine, sitting in itself can compress the spine and make you lose that extra height. Also, for me honestly I don't worry about 1 CM difference. I find an inch difference between two people to be hard to spot since people have different postures here and there; so a CM isn't much. Unless you really want to hit that 170 CM value (which in truth I want to)

I completely agree.. It's just about me being attached to a number. The idea of getting to 5"9 in one surgery without having to lengthen some ridiculous amount like 8cm was my dream and I was only 1-2cm off of that dream.. Now I can officially hit the 5"9 status with just 6cm. Which for me, on my femurs looks completely normal.

Mockups in order; Original > 5cm > 6cm > 7cm

http://i.imgur.com/0ZiGAG1.jpg

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Quote from: Deads on January 26, 2016, 09:21:19 PMI completely agree.. It's just about me being attached to a number. The idea of getting to 5"9 in one surgery without having to lengthen some ridiculous amount like 8cm was my dream and I was only 1-2cm off of that dream.. Now I can officially hit the 5"9 status with just 6cm. Which for me, on my femurs looks completely normal.

Mockups in order; Original > 5cm > 6cm > 7cm

http://i.imgur.com/0ZiGAG1.jpg

If risks werent included, I personally think that you look the best with the 7cm gain

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Quote from: Deads on January 26, 2016, 09:21:19 PMI completely agree.. It's just about me being attached to a number. The idea of getting to 5"9 in one surgery without having to lengthen some ridiculous amount like 8cm was my dream and I was only 1-2cm off of that dream.. Now I can officially hit the 5"9 status with just 6cm. Which for me, on my femurs looks completely normal.

Mockups in order; Original > 5cm > 6cm > 7cm

http://i.imgur.com/0ZiGAG1.jpg

I'm sort of attached to the 5'9" number too. To me, it's the lowest height where you can sort of "blend in" with a lot of guys (but you still might look short, depending on who is around at any given time).

Yeah, weekdays, if I'm out of bed at 6am, I usually count my height at around 8 or 9pm as my height (and it's almost always around 173 on the nose). Sometimes I'll go as low as 172.7, but that's very very rare (and usually after I've worked out my shoulders or back at the gym). Sometimes I was above 173. But...I've also stopped measuring myself nearly as much as I used to. Because it is what it is (unless I do more LL).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 26, 2016, 11:02:33 PMI'm sort of attached to the 5'9" number too. To me, it's the lowest height where you can sort of "blend in" with a lot of guys (but you still might look short, depending on who is around at any given time).

Yeah, weekdays, if I'm out of bed at 6am, I usually count my height at around 8 or 9pm as my height (and it's almost always around 173 on the nose). Sometimes I'll go as low as 172.7, but that's very very rare (and usually after I've worked out my shoulders or back at the gym). Sometimes I was above 173. But...I've also stopped measuring myself nearly as much as I used to. Because it is what it is (unless I do more LL).

175-176 is short yellowspyke? I think you are exageratting

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 26, 2016, 11:06:04 PM175-176 is short yellowspyke? I think you are exageratting

Didn't say it was short. I meant you might look or feel short if you are around a lot of tall guys. 5'9"-5'10" to me are sort of "situational" heights where it really depends on who you're around, but for the most part, guys 5'9" and up have little to worry about height-wise.

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You will also feel short around alot of 6'1-6'2 guys being 5'11 or even 6. There will always be people highier than you... But The important thing is that there will also be alot of people shorter than you... Percepssion in the key... Also, you can always put a 1.5-2cm lift in your shoe if you feel bad.

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So today I measured myself about an hour after I woke up. I measured 171cm.... So, morning height is 171cm, 8 hours into the day I drop to 170, at 12 hours I drop to a little over 169cm... Definitely not 168cm haha.

Measured my gf's height immediatly after mine.... 177cm's!! So she's actually 6cm taller than me and this whole time I was thinking we were both shorter than we actually are.. so 5-6cm on femurs will definitely get me to 5"9 and that's all I give a s**t about.. Amazing how much we can get attached to a number haha.

I'm going to say I'm 169cm to be completely realistic.

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I have always lived with the impression that I am 178 until I was professionally measured and my afternoon height turned out to be not 178 but 175. Doctor said its really close to 176 but I should say 175 because its always better to undervalue than to overvalue your height. With that being said, I believe if I do 4.5 cm even considering potential 1-2 mm compression, that would still I believe qualify me to say I am 180. With any sort of formal shoes / I would be a solic 5'11. Before the 2nd surgery where I will add 4 - 4.5 more. I will post mock-up tonight or tomorrow

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on January 26, 2016, 11:12:14 PMYou will also feel short around alot of 6'1-6'2 guys being 5'11 or even 6. There will always be people highier than you... But The important thing is that there will also be alot of people shorter than you... Percepssion in the key... Also, you can always put a 1.5-2cm lift in your shoe if you feel bad.

Nope. I refuse to wear lifts, however subtle/small they might be. Lifts make you feel that much worse about your height in my personal experience. Lifts are a good part of what drove me to LL in the first place.

And yeah ,I know there will always be someone taller in the room. My personal goal is someday to be at least 5'9" at night. To me that is the shortest a guy can be and still somewhat blend in. And if I have to accept bad proportions for a faster recovery and also for less money, then so be it. Tibias just take way too long (even though I'm well aware they are the better solution for the long term and for proportions). Dr. G is someone I trust, and he's really scaring me off from tibias (even if others have done them and ended up ok).

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Quote from: YellowSpike on January 27, 2016, 02:15:45 PMNope. I refuse to wear lifts, however subtle/small they might be. Lifts make you feel that much worse about your height in my personal experience. Lifts are a good part of what drove me to LL in the first place.

And yeah ,I know there will always be someone taller in the room. My personal goal is someday to be at least 5'9" at night. To me that is the shortest a guy can be and still somewhat blend in. And if I have to accept bad proportions for a faster recovery and also for less money, then so be it. Tibias just take way too long (even though I'm well aware they are the better solution for the long term and for proportions). Dr. G is someone I trust, and he's really scaring me off from tibias (even if others have done them and ended up ok).

The mans mind is made!