Height Shrinkage (Loss) during the Day

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We're taller in the morning than the evening.

This is a typical day for Rob and shows how his height can vary from 8am through till 8pm.
(I never quite hit my usual low this day)

To find your peak morning height make sure you measure within a minute of waking up as we shrink and lose height quite fast within the first couple of hours out of bed.

Nobody really sees me at almost 5ft 9, apart from Jenny and Sookie ;)

By the time I've made myself presentable and stepped out the door, I've already shrunk a large chunk.

This is why I personally wouldn't claim out of bed height. While of course a valid measurement, most people are seeing you after being awake a few hours and you've lost a good chunk of your height from the morning.

At lunchtime, on average, most people won't lose that much more through the evening.

You can see at lunchtime my height loss is nearly complete and by dinner time I'm pretty much at my lowest height. I typically maintain that low through the evening, or at worst shrink another mm if a bit more active.

Sometimes though, I can even creep back up a mm or 2, especially if I've sat down to watch a movie or TV show.

Jobs that involve walking, standing, lifting and rotating can all cause slightly different variations in height throughtout the day - you are far more likely to shrink to your lowest height quicker as the stresses placed on the spine can accelerate the effects of daily height shrinkage (the water content of our discs reduces slightly due to the compressive forces of being upright). You may even reach an absolute low, which could be 2mm less than what you measure on less stressful days.

When we sleep (or even lie own for a period), our discs can recover, rehydrate and when we wake up again we are at our peak morning height (assuming you get 8 hours sleep like I managed in this video).

Remember this stadiometer adds 1/8th inch (2mm), my low this day was really 5ft 8.25! :) I was well hydrated so didn't reach my usual lowest which is 5ft 8.25 on stadiometer (so about 5ft 8 1/8th in reality).

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I feel like I’m tall af when I walk past my Fridge, after work my Fridge mogged me

davidbetancourtof
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In the morning I'm 7"0 tall and during the day till 10pm, I shrink to 4"0 tall.

smashball
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What's up Rob. At age 33 I had compressed my spine so much from weightlifting I had lost a good bit of height. I started hanging upside down and slowly over the course of 6 months or so decompressed my spine and gained back over 1/2 inch of height. Now I just hang for about 10-15 mins halfway through the day which keeps me at full height and better posture. Much of my back pain was also relieved.

jconte
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Morning Height: 183.9cm (6’0.4”)
2hrs later: 183.15cm (6’0.1”)
4hrs later: 182.7cm (5’11.9”)
6hrs later: 182.1cm (5’11.7”)
10hrs later: 181.8cm (5’11.6”)
14hrs later: 181.65cm (5’11.5”) (Sometimes I don’t shrink further from the 10hr mark)

I lose about 2cm-2.2cm of height a day. I start off the day being well over 6ft tall and end the day being slightly under it. I always claim 6ft.

usayeed
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I'm a male and wake up 6'10"
5'5" in the evening.
4'6" before bed
(I'm a female and I'm 5'10")

JesseDumontt
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I think the morning height should be your "official height". Same with your weight. You usually weight yourself in the morning before breakfast and drinking liquids. There are so many factors throughout the day that can affect your height, so morning is best. I am 6.4 in the morning, but I am barely 6.3 after standing and walking all day.

norsemancool
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2:55 it’s been about three hours before my last measurement
Me: hears 3 years

TheeEmperor
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I done this it's nuts morning he8ght I'm 6"2 And night I'm 6"0.7

Bigyin-drgj
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About 10 years ago did lots of types of stretches that were said to help with posture and gain or regain lost height. I actually gained a half inch of height in the morning but would still drop to the same daily low height but once I stopped doing these stretches I lost that half inch.

anomalistic
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Morning height : 173cm
Afternoon height : 170cm
Night height : 170cm

horrendous
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shrinking depends on proportions and body weight, the more your height is dominated by uper body + short legs, the more room you have to srink.. people on the opposite who have very long legs and smaller torso shrink way less.. and so it with weight, heavier bodies shrink way more than slim bodies.

svenradd
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Morning Height - 176.8 CM
Afternoon Height - 175.4 CM
Night Height - 175.0 CM
Lowest Height - 174.85 CM
Can I Claim 5'9"??
Note : All Measurements are Barefoot.

FactCheckTV
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Rob when are you posting a scottish accent tutorial?

GypsyKiller
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6'1 in the morning.
Can stay close to that height if I don't do much, throughout the whole day. If I'm active all day, so if I do a workout, walk to to work, where I'm leaning over all day. I lose easily an inch and half, if not more. Crazy how much height you can lose, I notice it to. Some people I know I've got an inch or two on, can sometimes be the same height as me.

MasterWhimp
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Rob, how much sleep did you get the night before? How well did you stretch out your back? How long were you up before measuring in the morning?

Your morning height is not fixed and neither is your evening height. My morning height is not the same when I sleep 6 hours compared to 9 or 12. Likewise my evening height is not the same when my morning height is taller or when my overall day is shorter. Are you aware of these fluctuating ranges?

BTW, my avg wake-up height is 178 cm
After 1 hour: 177 cm
Late morning/early afternoon: 176.5 cm
Late afternoon/early evening: 176 cm
Bed time: 175.5 cm

But I have woken up at tall as 178.5 cm and gone to bed as short as 175 cm. That is my entire range.

polymathg
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My daily shrinkage:
Morning: 173 cm/ 5'8" 1/8
Afternoon: 172, 1 cm/ 5'7" 3/4
Night: 171, 5 cm/ 5'7" 1/2
All measurements are barefoot

andreibujoreanu
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Morning height
185’5 cm
2 hours after 185 cm

Afternoon 184’5 cm
Evening 184 cm
Bedtime 183’5 cm

Barefoot measurement

Yellaboyy
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My measurements, did not lie down whatsoever during the whole day
Out of bed(9am):182.4cm
11am: 181.4cm
1pm: 180.8cm
3pm: 180.5cm
5pm: 180.4cm
7pm: 180.3cm
9pm(after a jog): 180.0cm
12pm before bed: 179.9cm
I shrank the same amount as you during the first few hours, but after that I continue shrinking whilst you maintained your height.

subie
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Rob ive tried this today. I woke up around 174.8-175cm I didnt get up til 11:30 and its nearly 3 o clock and im already down to 173.2cm and ive done barely anything other than sit down. I then never seem to go much below 173 for the rest of the day even if im active. I drink plenty of water. Whats the reason im losing so much so quickly?

jakeroden
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I'm 6'5 in morning, 5'2 at night

andrewvaughan