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Are you getting plenty of protein and calcium, and are you exercising?

Losing significant muscle and bone is not a necessary side effect of this. I lost less than 10 lbs lean mass of the 147.6 lbs I've lost so far. But it does take high protein, calcium and exercise.

I haven't shrunk - just the opposite. I got back an inch I had lost over the years (due to my posture or the weight weighing my spine down or both, who knows). In an informal survey from a post on this a couple days ago, regaining lost inches is not common but not rare - I found 4 other people who had done so.

If you've lost significant height, that's reason for concern.

Usually we all lose height as we get older, but generally when we are in the 60's and above or if you suffer from bone debilitating issues like osteoperosis or something. Our limbs usually stay the same length, the height difference occurs in the spine. I think when we are heavier, especially in the super morbidly obese category, we give a larger than life appearance. Some people who lose weight look shorter but most look taller because their posture improves. I would just have someone measure my height to see if there is legitimate height loss or if it is just an optical illusion. Good luck!

I've lost half an inch, as that now makes me 5ft even I am not particularly impressed...but wouldn't trade it back for the weight.

I was just thinking - sound like you had fat heels, lol!

Everyone keeps telling me I look taller, I don't see it but who knows... Half of the time I don't see a difference with my weight until I look at pictures so I know I'm a bad judge.

My feet however, have shrunk about two sizes. Considering the sizable collection of VERY expensive shoes I own, I was not excited.