November 8, 201510 yr I also have wide feet and always have, even before I was heavy. I'd been forced to search out extra-wide shoes at my heaviest, but now I'm 90lbs down and finding that regular wides are fine for me now, and sometimes I can go down 1/2 size in length as well.
November 8, 201510 yr I had to start wearing men's shoes because of my wide feet, so I'm hoping for some weight loss there as well!
November 8, 201510 yr I have been wearing a 7.5 EE for years. I had to shop at specialty shoe stores to find nice work shoes, comfortable vacation shoes and a decent pair of boots. Last week while out with a friend we stopped into a Famous Footwear and against my better judgement I decided to try on some flats, regular width. The first few pairs were a big fat nope but then I found a couple of Sketchers that have some stretch that fit nicely. I was shocked! Yesterday I put on my trusty ol' Propet Mary Jane's that were never "tight" but fit snug. I noticed they were rubbing my heel and needed to be tightened with the straps. I also noticed that my foot appears smaller in them than before surgery.
November 11, 201510 yr Yes! I used to be a 10 wide now I'm a medium with size 9 1/2 or 10 and boots fit my calls! Love the sound of the zipper going up....never gets old
November 30, 201510 yr OMG ! i thought it was just me ! I went from a size 15 @ 378 lbs. to size 12 @ 165 lbs. !!!! Fat ankles and feet spreading out when you're heavy is what I believe is why. My hat size shrunk too !
December 1, 201510 yr Fat knows no boundaries.. Lose enough of it and of course your shoe size will decrease along with your waist size. Notice that your rings are too loose now? Bracelets and watch bands are looser? Notice that the pendant hanging from the chain around your neck now hangs lower? That, when you shopped for new, leather gloves for this winter, you needed a smaller size? OMG ! i thought it was just me !... My hat size shrunk too ! Sorry, you'll have to find another way to be unique. Smaller hat? Surely you've noticed your increased intelligence?
January 11, 201610 yr I went from a 8 1/2 wide to a size 8 medium AND I can wear tall boots, with or without the zipper!!! Necklaces do fit much better and I don't feel like I'm choking.
March 13, 201610 yr So true guys was a nine and a half now I can wear a nine easy Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App
March 13, 201610 yr Yep, I just had to buy new shoes yesterday. 10.5 (or 11, since 10.5 is virtually non-existent) to a 10 so far.
March 14, 201610 yr My feet have gone down a little but nothing too crazy where I haven't had to buy new shoes or anything.
March 14, 201610 yr How soon after surgery did you guys notice your shoe size was going down? After the first 100 lbs. feet were down a size or size and a half, the other size and a half at 200 lbs. down (about 10 months total ).
I have wide feet ....has anyone dropped shoe sizes after surgery?