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would the shrinkage occur without wide feet?

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So some of you have noticed a change after less than a month? Now that would be awesome! I'd love to be able to wear cute little sandals in a half-size or more smaller come Spring. And I can't wait until I lose enough weight that my feel will let me put them in a something that isn't FLAT. :P

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I have not had surgery yet but my foot is a 13. It was that when I was skinny. However now I am a wide. I am hoping I can go back to normal width.

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This gives me hope lol! I am having surgery in just under two weeks and I really hope my feet shrink! It is hard to find cute shoes in an 11w.

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Yes, a full size. On workout shoes ( wider fit) I can go additional 1/2 size smaller. I was lucky to be able to donate a lot of my work shoes so I didn't have to throw them out.

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Did your shoe size change after surgery?

(Countdown update: Surgery in just 15 days!)

@Okiebon

similar question wayyyy back 3+ years ago when i was a newbie :)

i had to hold my hand on my "big" tumm

i was laughing so hard :lol:

how silly to think your shoes might get smaller :D

Then i realized shoe sizes definitely do to happen to many, many people :o

unfortunately i was not one of them :angry:

now i hold my hand on my "little" tummy

still laughing (because i was soooo wrong) :(

now when this subject comes up

i hang my head in shame :(

couple of weeks til gastric bypass surgery :)

good luck

speedy recovery :)

kathy

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I posted on this preop and got a variety of answers. Now that I'm post op I can attest that my shoe size has gone down almost a whole size and I still have 50 lbs to go. But, maybe some people don't have as much fat on their feet? I dunno...

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I have not had surgery yet but my foot is a 13. It was that when I was skinny. However now I am a wide. I am hoping I can go back to normal width.

I soooooo know the feeling! To give you hope...When I was larger I wore a 13. At one point I dropped sizes to an 11.5 after losing quite a bit of weight.

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I lost a half size in length and needed especially new shoes due to the width being stretched out as well. Orthotics or insoles filled in the problem in several pairs of shoes and that was good for my more expensive ones. I was an 8 and on the wide side. Now 7 or 7 1/2 and need them more narrow.

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i have lost 1 1/2 sizes so far! It is exciting! i have never had small feet before!!! :D

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