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Soooo just curious for all those on the losers bench - did your feet shrink along with the rest of your body? I have my surgery on Monday ( :D :blink: :wacko: :unsure: emotions all over the place lol) and while talking to one of my girlfriends she asked if she could have all of my shoes (I'm a collector ^_^) once I'm at my goal weight. I thought that was weird and asked her why would I give away my shoes - she said that her cousin had lost about 75 pounds and her shoe size went from an 8.5 to a 7. I was totally shocked! Has this happened to anyone else out there??? I knew that my clothes would no longer fit and I was prepared to make monthly donations to the Salvation Army or my local homeless shelter but my shoes??? How true it this????? :o

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A few years ago I lost about 80 lbs and I did go down a shoe size. I think it might depend on how chubby your feet are to begin with. Mine are/were pretty chubby and wide and I often had a hard time finding a pair that would fit me right at my bigger weight. It's not an issue when I'm smaller.

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I've heard of this too. Very interesting. I'd like to know.

I don't have chubby feet so I wonder if mine will change.

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@@Fair_Maidan - Thanks for the info!! I'm very anxious to see what will happen with my feet. They are more wide than chubby so we'll see!!

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My feet didn't necessarily shrink. I had lots of foot swelling, on and off, when I was overweight. I had to buy a 1/2 size bigger to accommodate the temporary swelling. Since losing 170lbs, my feet went back to my high school size of 10 1/2 and have stayed that size for 2 years now.

P.S. My feet are ripped now baby! I have the feet of a bodybuilder! Too bad I don't have the matching six-pack abs! :-(

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My feet shrank a little because they were less swollen. I look at my pre-surgery pictures and my poor ankles and feet were swollen. For the most part I fit into all my old shoes but the ones that I wore a lot are now too big for me. Prior to surgery I was at an 8 and now I'm a 7-7.5, so not a huge difference and I think most of it was just not making my feet carry an extra 100 pounds of weight everyday more so than having had fat feet.

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@@Shamroxx

My shoe size went down two sizes. All I needed was that excuse to buy amazing new shoes. Loving heels. I can walk so much easier in them.

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Yay! New shoes!

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Thanks for the input you guys!!!! Can't wait to see what happens!!! Monday is the big day!!! :)

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Best luck to you on Monday! That's when I have mine, too.

Having lost 100 lbs previously, my feet went from a snug 7.5 to a 6.5/7. I never had chubby feet, either, so I was pretty surprised. When I gained my weight back, I went back to a 7.5.

I'm super glad going into this surgery that I saved all my "skinny shoes" and will be able to wear them again????

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