So, is this why most on here are obsessed with actors being the right height?
"Height" is really relative, as Six pointed out. You can feel short at 6' when everyone around you is taller than that. That's why Christian Bale sometimes looked short as Bruce Wayne even though is 6'-6'2", cause his Alfred, Fox, and Ra's were about that height or taller.
It's true that taller guys get more breaks career-wise, but I don't think they necessarily get more women. I know >6' guys who've had trouble dating because they were just "too tall" for most women around here. (I'm in SoCal, so lots of Asians and Hispanics, who tend to be on the shorter side.) They have to stoop to hold hands, and stooping just doesn't look good on anyone. I have a female friend who's 6'3" and THAT'S rough.
She finally married someone who was 6'4". My husband is 5'8" (I'm 5'5") and I find that comfortable. Having to crane my neck to talk to someone tall isn't fun.
okay. i think you may have mentioned that already once in the thread.
when i started college, my weight was around 105-110lb. once i started weightlifting, i got to 120lb, 130lb, eventually 140lb, and now i'm around 145 but i know there's definitely some body fat. this is the most i've every weighed in my entire life.
so it's annoying to me how hard it is to get rid of, but now i know how it feels. i used to never care what i ate, i think it's time to change now.
There's nothing you can do about your absolute height, so you gotta make the most of it. If you have good posture and stand tall, the confidence will show more than the height. Tall guys who slouch and look lazy don't get as many breaks.
Since you were so thin as a college kid (geez, you were smaller than me and I'm a woman and a STICK), you've probably had to do A TON of weightlifting to get up to where you are now. What kind of lifts do you do? I find that it's impossible to slouch after doing low-bar squats and deadlifts. I naturally stand taller and more confident, and I don't even lift that often. Good posture can add a good inch or two to your height.
As for the belly, that's a case of genetics and diet, way more than exercise. I know a bunch of guys who are pretty active and still have a belly, thanks to their fondness for beer.
Some guys can get away with it in their early 20s, but it catches up with you more often than not.
You can't crunch a belly away, that isn't how it works. A strong core will do wonders for your posture, but it also builds up muscle mass, which doesn't exactly make your belly smaller. And not eating that donut is a heck of a lot easier than running the hour(s) it will take to burn it off. And as I mentioned before, beer has that quality of often going right to your belly and never coming off.
If you are performing at a high level even shorter than the elite, you should be proud 
