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I am a bit disappointed.. I have worn 11W-WW since I guess I was 12. I normally wear flip flops year round, since they don't discriminate.

For the first time since banding, I went shoe shopping 2 weeks ago. Down over 100lbs, and I heard others mention losing a size or two--or the width, etc.

My feet LOOK skinnier to me, but in the store, 11W is still what I wear. 11's were too tight, and I couldn't get my foot into a 10W.

What a bummer :)

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I've only lost 23 lbs so far and I am down a half size. Started at 10s now I can wear 9 1/2 not a big difference so I only bought a few pair of sandals that were cheap. :) I hope they continue to shrink, especially after I get banded!

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I think it depends on just how big your feet were when you were heavy. I know that sounds like a "duh" statement, but not everyone carries their weight in their feet.

I did. My ankles were swollen a lot, and my feet would puff up on bad days, so I have noticed a difference because neither of those happen anymore. My family refers to my 11/12s as "gunboats." Sadly, they are still part of the fleet. :wink2:

The difference I have noticed, however, is not the size of my shoes but how much better they fit. Strappy shoes, heels, etc. all sit differently now and fit and feel much better.

I know some people who are much heavier than I ever was who's feet just didn't show it. I know very thin people with very fat feet. *shrug*

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My feet and ankles were ALWAYS very swollen and once I hit 20.5 lbs lost my ankles and feet deflated. Now at 23 my shoes are even a little more loose than before.

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I had cankles even when I was in the 170s, and my feet grew with each pregnancy (luckily, I only had two children!) from a not-quite-eight, up to a 10 (and sometimes 10.5).

No chance I'll be fitting into Cinderella's glass slipper any time soon!

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I sincerely hope my feet don't shrink - I have TOO much invested in my shoe collection to start all over again!

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mine have shrunk a tiny like i said i hope they dont shrink too much more length wise...width i can stand cause i can adjust my shoes :Banane37:

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I too am an 11. The only thing I noticed was the shoes aren't as tight now. I tried on some sandles I have owned for a few years and they fit me across the strap much looser.

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I think it just depends on how the shoe is made. I normally wear about a 9 1/2 but the other day I got into a size 8 athletic shoe. I can't wear that size in any other shoe.

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My daughter is six feet and wears a 12, be glad you aren't a 12 as that's a whole new ballgame. Special order, plus she's a partial vegetarian and will not wear leather, it's not a fun day in shoe shop world!

All I know is that I was a size 8 1/2 before children and supposedly you can go up a size with each child, I'm a 10 now and it's definitely the length of the foot as my width has not changed but I'm a barefoot person so they do tend to spread from what I hear. Nancy:smile:

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The same thing happened to me!! Every time I had a child my feet got one size bigger. I know with extra weight though, you are stretching your arches out flat, so your feet are longer. I am hoping that as i lose weight my arches will arch back up a touch!!!

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Hmm I didn't know weight made your feet flatter. I still have pretty high arches...always have

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Laura, sometimes I swear you're my kindred spirit :thumbup:

Honestly, I'm looking forward to being able to wear regular width shoes almost more than I'm looking forward to smaller clothes. I have a serious shoe fetish and it kills me that I can't buy anything! My shoes are all so ugly because I can't fit into the tiny cute ones. I pray pray pray that at least my width shrinks...I wear a 10/11 right now depending on the width of the shoe, I know lengthwise if I'd lose the wide width, I'd wear a 9 or 9.5 (I checked on those little foot measurers they have at shoe stores).

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