Yeah I know exactly how you feel. I got measured once when I was at the doctors office for a bone scan during ED treatment, and I've always measured at 5'10, but this nurse insisted I was 5'8, which of course made my bmi go up a lot. I was so upset, I couldn't stop crying over it but now I realize how irrational it was because they can easily measure you wrong.

If you've consistently measured as 5'7, go with that.

 

If they measured your ht then they have to be correct! Were you always in bare feet every time? Even flip flops will give a person some ht.

I have a friend that insists she is 5'3. I am 4'9. When i stand face to face I am about to her top of her lips or nose area. There is a big difference between the two. Ppl can get very touchy about ht and wt.

 

If they measured your ht then they have to be correct! Were you always in bare feet every time? Even flip flops will give a person some ht.

I've always been bare feet & my BF measured at 5'6 last time he was measured & is listed as 5'6 on his license. I'm at least an inch taller

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I've always been bare feet & my BF measured at 5'6 last time he was measured & is listed as 5'6 on his license. I'm at least an inch taller

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Well I feel like that gives you your answer

 

I've always been bare feet & my BF measured at 5'6 last time he was measured & is listed as 5'6 on his license. I'm at least an inch taller

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I wouldn't get too upset over an inch!

 

I wouldn't get too upset over an inch!

Well it's 2 inches and changed my bmi from 17.5 to 18.8

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Well I feel like that gives you your answer

I know Its just stressing me out because wtf

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Well it's 2 inches and changed my bmi from 17.5 to 18.8

I am 4'9 and would die just to be 5 feet tall . It really doesn't take much for the bmi to go up or down. Just go by the bmi you are comfortable with or the numbers u get at your Drs office.

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I tend to slouch when I am at the doctor's because I am uncomfortable being there so they typically measure me shorter than I really am. Make sure you stand confidently. I typically am measured as 5'6 but I am actually 5'7.

 

My height was a hot topic at my IOP for awhile, I was consistently measured at different heights, but only about .5-.25" difference. I would ask to get measured again next time you are there, such a drastic difference is odd.

 

I can understand the attachment to numbers for sure. I have chronic kidney disease and my dr keeps an eye on my blood pressure. When i get bp taken in the ER I find nurses are too lazy to take accurate blood pressure. One number for blood pressure is never accurate. Proper blood pressure is a cycle of 6 with a average. Hospitals never bother with that. When i get an average in the drs office I get 120/80. When i just do 1 I can easily get 135/89. So completely inaccurate. I find the nurse at the hospital where I live are super lazy. 2 times I was there with an extremely heavy period. I was there for 3 hrs never once had a nurse check on me. Passed 70 clots in 3 hrs.

 

doctors always measure wrong! when I was 15 I measured 5'5.5" and then grew to a little over 5'6" which I have measured at consistently. then just last month at the SAME doctor I went to when I was 15, I measured 5'5 even. I don't think it's right

 

It's ignorant to think OTHERS are wrong and you are right.

 

They get my height all fucked every time. I'm 5'8" and they always tell me something different either I'm 5'6" or 5'7"

 

I used to have verr bad posture. When I go to get measured I put both my hands up over my head and clasp my hands together.
I was measured at 5'6" in school. Then at doctor's decided I grew to 5'6" snd a half. Its possible I did, I was still young teens.
Then they said I was just shy of 5'7". So I got my fam to measure and I'm truly almost 5'7".

I understand that teens who were malnourished can grow when they recover, even if they are in their in 40's.

So u can get taller for many years with good nourishment later. Plus restore muscle, bones and reproductive capacity.

 

My doc made me a cm taller today. Oo

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ive been told many things by many doctors, 5'5,5'6,5'7,5'9 the list goes on. I just try to average it out, or go with what ive been told the most, but its up to you.

 

I got measured as shorter and the next time I went in I demanded they measured again. I'm only 5ft 2. I need all the height I can get. Lol

 

ya I thought I was 160 cm turns out I was 156 cm
I cried a lot that day

 

Well I asked my relatives to measure me. I also did by myself..

 

During the day everybody became smaller, because the wirle from the spine shrinks together

Right after sleeping you are bigger than in the evening when you moved or sit the whole Day

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They measured me as 5'5 when I'm actually 5'6 and I flipped shit

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It's funny how 1" changes your BMI so much but it's not that big of a difference. So much for the Body Mass Index system.

 

I'm 5ft 1.693 and the doctor measured my height without making me take off my boots so in my medical records I'm 5ft 3

 

Ugh I was so irritated one time when the nurse measured me at 5'5.75" like... no! I'm 5'6"!! I have been since high school!!! I know I slouched a little bit so it was definitely wrong but I didn't know if I could ask her for a re-measure so I had to let it go.