28F. I asked this on r/scoliosis, but the community is larger here, so I feel like there's more of a chance someone here might know.
I'm trying to lose weight (obviously) but I've run into something of a calorie/goal snag. I don't know my actual height because my spine has been severely curved since puberty started.
Right before I had surgery for it at age 15, I was 5'7. The day of my surgery, I grew to 5'11. 13 years later, I've shrunk back down to 5'7.
So which is it?
I'm doing 1500 calories a day right now, which is working fine; I've lost 25lbs in 3 months. I'm worried more about the future:
My mom says I'm "supposed" to be 5'11, which is also her height, and she says 150 lbs is unreasonably thin for that height. We do share a shoe size, so I may be "actually" that tall, for all I know.
HOWEVER... 150lbs looks very different on a 5'11 frame than on a 5'7 one. I'd rather be 125 lbs if I'm naturally shorter. I'm not totally convinced I'm "supposed" to be that tall, because the height went away.. could it be that the vertebrae just compressed to their natural state??
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/qckfp2/help_determining_height_with_scoliosis/
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