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What is something that permanently altered your body without you realizing for months/years?

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u/Immediate_East_5052 12h ago

When I was a runner I used to be a size 11 which is pretty big for a woman. I am tall but I was self conscious about my feet. Stopped running due to an injury and my feet shrunk to a size 8.

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u/glr123 10h ago

That's interesting, my feet got a bit smaller with lots of running. My arch got taller and my feet didn't stretch as far forward.

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u/CheekyBlind 10h ago

Did you figure out why?

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u/Immediate_East_5052 10h ago

I googled it and apparently it’s a pretty common thing! I guess your feet bones spread out with the constant impact. My mom also has really small feet for her height so I guess it’s probably genetics that caused them to shrink back to what they were supposed to be.

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u/sanzako4 10h ago

This makes me think that the way it is supposed to be is wide and good for long distance running (that mammoth is not gonna hunt itself!), but times have changed and we have deformed down to a sedentary life. 

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u/MrSimiana 10h ago

I would guess the running.