shrinking in old age

I often think I’m not overweight, just under-tall (currently 5ft 5ins) 🤔

I find this most annoying. I used to be 5ft 5 but now I am 5ft 3 and have difficulty reaching some of the shelves in my kitchen cupboards.

I'm another. I was 5ft 4.5 inches. I am now 5ft 2in. It means instead of being a whisker taller than DD I am now several inches shorter - and she won't let me forget it!

I was always the tallest out of five sisters 5ft 6. The nurse told me last year I was 5ft 4.5. My daughter said last week that I have shrunk even more my whole body height and weight!

My niece says I will soon have to shop in the children's section
my skirts and trousers are getting longer.

I am definitely shorter than the five feet and half an inch I have always been. Any more shrinkage and I’ll be applying for a job with the seven dwarfs. 🎶We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day throooo🎵😁.

Georgesgran

I often think I’m not overweight, just under-tall (currently 5ft 5ins) 🤔

Georgesgran, . Me too

Yes, I'm sure we shrink with the years.

And I wonder if the supermarket CEO's are aware that stacking upper shelves high and even higher puts several lines of items out of reach of the likes of moi - 4ft 11ins.

I know someone will say "well ask staff to reach for it for you!", but can you find a suitably tall member of staff when you need one?

And it's not merely a rare occasion - it's fairly regular. How high can these shelves get?

Greyduster

I am definitely shorter than the five feet and half an inch I have always been. Any more shrinkage and I’ll be applying for a job with the seven dwarfs. 🎶We dig dig dig dig dig dig dig in our mine the whole day throooo🎵😁.

which one of us will be Snowhite ?

Always 5ft6 now 5ft 4 in
Yes we do shrink with age that a biological definite

I certainly hope that I don't/have not shrunk with age as I am only 4ft 11 inches to start off with!

My height has reduced too. It is a real downside that the top level of the healthy weight band is now 9 stone eight, not 10 stone one as before. It ‘a still the same me but I need to lose half a stone to be healthy weight just because my spine is more compact!

I googled it ..it says when you reach 40 years you start to lose 1/2 inch every decade

And I'll need to lose more than a stone...