I understand that as we lose weight our shoe size may change. Im not banded yet but I have serious shoe buying issues. I LOVE them! I dont want to buy an expensive pair of shoes if my size will change. i dont have wide feet so width isnt likely to change much but i do wear a size 11.

I know everybody is different, Id just like to hear of your experiences. And yes possibly help me understand the probability.

I knew I saw another shoe thread around here, so I used the good old search function and found a few:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/question-feet-t31564.html?t=31564

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shrinking-feet-t25228.html?t=25228

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shrinking-feet-t24522.html?t=24522

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/lets-talk-feet-t17225.html?t=17225

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shoesize-t15670.html?t=15670

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shoe-size-shrinking-t13220.html?t=13220

Great idea to make it a poll!

Yup, from an 8.5 to a 6 (Aussie sizes)

I knew I saw another shoe thread around here, so I used the good old search function and found a few:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/question-feet-t31564.html?t=31564

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shrinking-feet-t25228.html?t=25228

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shrinking-feet-t24522.html?t=24522

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/lets-talk-feet-t17225.html?t=17225

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shoesize-t15670.html?t=15670

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/shoe-size-shrinking-t13220.html?t=13220

Great idea to make it a poll!

Thanx! I thought that since this is a question Ive had for so long, others must also wonder. And what better way to satisfiy everyone's curiousity than by setting up a poll. I really hope a lot of people vote.

I hope lots vote, too! I'd love to think I could possibly actually wear something smaller than a US women's 11W.

I have gone from a size 7 1/2 or 8 to a 6 1/2 or 7 (US womens sizes). I just bought new gym shoes and they were 7's my old ones were 8's. ~Mandy

I want to know if its possible, or rather if anyone has ever gone down to a shoe size they never had since before puberty?

I've been wearing size 12 since the fifth grade... (always did have big feet and hands, and then later on, boobs) I would love to be able to shop in stores for shoes other than payless. I doubt it would happen as back then I was shorter and thinner, but...

I went from a 10W to a 9M. I can wear much cuter shoes now!

Kyethra, I'm guessing you likely wonuldn't be able to go that low, after all, it was puberty and a growth spurt that caused that size change. Though I could be totally wrong! (And kind of hope I am, I'd love to be in a 9 again.)

My feet have gotten thinner but not shorter, yet. I am hoping to go down a full size sometime soon. I have lots of very cute shoes from college that I'd love to be able to wear again. I am a total shoe hound.

I went from a 10M to a 9.5M. Found that I started walking out of my shoes, so now I have been buying new shoes along with new clothes.

I went down a full size and no longer need wide width. It certainly has made shoes more comfortable. Before, not only were my feet so wide....but I was getting edema in my feet and ankles which made it even worse. I can also wear heels all day at work without my knees, back, and feet killing me!

I went from a 9 1/2 wide to a 9 M. I'm happy, there is no nice youthful selection of wide width shoes.

Yes, but not a full size.

I was a 9W and can now wear an 8 to 8 1/2 normal width. One of the many benefits of the lapband, cuter shoes!

My shoe size has decreased a bit. I'm not sure it's a lenght thing as much as a width thing. I think I ended up wearing size 11's so that my fat feet could fit inside; however, I'm comfortably back into a 10 regular width. I couldn't think it would be possible to change shoe sizes by very much because I'd think your bones stay the same length regardless of how much you weigh.