Hi everyone,

I was reading over some of the posts on this site and some bandsters have stated they lost a shoe size. What's that about?? Come on folks, here we are replacing our clothes and now shoes too? Does this happen to everyone? I tried looking this up on the internet and can't find a reason a person would lose a shoe size.

Not that I am complaining...there's always a good excuse for a new pair of shoes, but I am really curious as to this phenomen.

Since I have lost a lot of weight (61 pounds in 61 days) I am replacing some of my old clothes and can now wear heels for the first time in years! So, here I am happy as a clam buying some new heels and then I read my feet may shrink and I may need new shoes again.

So, my friends, anyone lose a shoe size? Can anyone tell me why this happens? (I could see losing width in your feet due to less weight on the feet, but the actual inches in your feet--why?)

I went from a 9 W to an 8 1/2 M so I guess they can shrink!! Just don't buy any expensive designer shoes yet!

Hi,

I too am amazed by this! I am a witness that when you lose weight...Feet can lose too! I used to be a good 8 1/2M all through college...As I started to gain weight...So did my feet. I moved up to a 9M. When I had my DD in 2003, my feet grew to be a whopping 10M. I was so disappointed because I had to get rid of some of my high dollar shoes and some old favorites. The worst part was I gave some of them to my cousin and had to watch her wear them! :redface: And now, the same thing is happening with my clothes. I am glad I am losing weight. But not happy that my clothes are too big and I feel like I look frumpy! I have not bought more clothes because I know they too will be temporary. I did finally break down and purchase 2 pairs of jeans the other day....My old ones were getting way too big! Wow, skinny jeans from the JR's Department!

I just had another DD in August 2008 and have since lost approx 55lbs. I am now back to wearing a 9 and some 9 1/2's. So, feet gain and lose too! I hope they get back to the solid 9M.

Keep us posted on the incredible shrinking feet......:cursing:

I have lost a shoe size, let me start off by saying that when I got married (24yrs ago) I had a size 6 1/2. Then I had 4 kiddos in 6 years. My foot grew to a size 8! I hated it....anyway, now I am a size 7. Which makes me very happy! I love shoes! And I love buying shoes! So, since my old ones don't fit anymore, I buy more :w00t: The only thing I can figure out is that my foot isnt as wide and not as chubby as they were....

Deanna

i think it has to do with your weight. the more you weigh the more your feet have to carry, so there for your feet can get wider they dont grow longer just wider. im not a doctor or anything but that is what i think.

karen

As a young adult, I wore a size 7. Through the years of weight gains, I moved up to a size 8 1/2 and was fast headed for a size 9. Now my shoes are getting loose, so I guess I'll be down sizing soon. I look forward to a size 7 again. So, in answer to your question, your shoe size does change.

i think it has to do with your weight. the more you weigh the more your feet have to carry, so there for your feet can get wider they dont grow longer just wider. im not a doctor or anything but that is what i think.

karen

I agree. It's actually very logical.

Your feet are at the bottom of your body and they carry the burden of your weight. It's only reasonable to assume that your feet will be more squooshed the heavier you are and then when you lose the weight, they burden is a lot less.

I thought about that when I noticed how much tighter my sneakers were and how much heavier my steps were.

I wouldnt have even said I had fat feet or hands, but I was amazed by how much weight I lost there. I was always a size 10, and I still am, but now I can shove my feet into all sorts of glamorous, terrible for your feet and back shoes, whereas before, I just found things like that way too uncomfortable. And one one foot, I have to put heel grips in everythign or else they slip on the heel. So my feet defintely did shrink.

I have really really wide feet though which still makes them quite difficult.

I was the last normal size of shoe (size 10) until about 5 years ago when my foot grew to an 11 and some of the 11's don't fit well.

I had no idea people were losing shoe sizes and now I can hope that maybe I will someday be back to a 10.

If only I kept some of those shoes.

I started out as a 7 1/2. Sometime during my late 20s to early 30s, I moved up to an 8. I think the loosening ligaments during pregnancy led to that 1/2 jump. After I really started putting on weight, I moved up to an 8 1/2. Now, after loosing 50+ lbs, I'm back to an 8 again.

I used to wear a size 12w and now I wear a size 11w. I never thought I had fat feet but I guess I did! hahaha

This seems to have a similar corrollary with my Wedding Band/Ring. Now that I'm down 40+ pounds my Wedding Ring is always falling off. My guess would be similar that if I retain fat and water in my hands, my feet would follow the same path and become smaller too.

I don't know why it happens, but it does. I was a 7w and now 6m. I actually noticed the weight loss first in my shoes, go figure.

That is so funny. My sister in law thought I was nuts when I told her my feet were shrinking. I went from a 9 1/2 to an 8 and the 8's are getting big.

i went from an 8 1/2 to a 6 1/2 open toe...7 closed toe....it's crazy!

I'm also thinking, as some of the others said, that when you are heavier, your weight presses down more on your feet, perhpas flattening out the arches (in addition to the width of your foot). Then, as you lose, there is less pressure on your arch, therefore it goes back to its normal shape, thus the smaller shoe size.

Sounds like good logic to me!