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Has your shoe size changed after your weight loss?

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  • EllenTebbits
    EllenTebbits Posts: 37 Member
    I'm technically a 9WW but I always buy 10 regular because a) I don't like saying "double wide" and b) it's hard to find 9ww.

    I had about 30 pairs of 9-9.5 regular width shoes that I got rid of right before I started with MFP.

    I will probably be kicking myself when I get to goal because I know my feet will drop a size. Or at least, they did the last time I lost a significant amount of weight.
  • EllenTebbits
    EllenTebbits Posts: 37 Member
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  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    Nope, exact same size. I never had wide feet though.
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  • LianaG1115
    LianaG1115 Posts: 453 Member
    YES!!! I went from a 9W to an 8-8 1/2!!
  • Iceberg_Simpson
    Iceberg_Simpson Posts: 737 Member
    I actually went down a whole shoe size after losing weight.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    If you have high arches, then carrying around extra weight causes them to collapse. Losing the weight relieves the pressure, and the arch is restored... most of the time.

    Flat-footed people are screwed.
  • Meliikinz
    Meliikinz Posts: 66
    Before I was heavy I wore a 5. Before I started my weight loss I was 6 1/2 Wide.
    And At the moment down to a Normal 6 :]
  • pinkpolkadots25
    pinkpolkadots25 Posts: 101 Member
    Yes! I went from a 7.5 verging on wide, to a 7.0 medium. Totally unexpected and now I have many pairs of shoes that don't fit.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    If you have high arches, then carrying around extra weight causes them to collapse. Losing the weight relieves the pressure, and the arch is restored... most of the time.

    Flat-footed people are screwed.

    I had high arches even at 300 lb. And I was over 220 lb for like 22 years...I guess I am just lucky mine did not collapse :-)
  • cajuntank
    cajuntank Posts: 924 Member
    Weird thing for me was I went from an 11.5 to needing a 12.:huh:
  • MattyFTM
    MattyFTM Posts: 68 Member
    I hope my feet don't shrink. I like my ridiculously sized clownfeet. I'm a UK size 15 (which is US 16 or EU 51)
  • PinUp2014
    PinUp2014 Posts: 79 Member
    I was a solid size 10 forever.

    Then I dropped to a 9-9.5.

    Now the 9.5's are getting to be too big. It was very sad in the beginning because I had so many great shoes....
  • hig17
    hig17 Posts: 159 Member
    I have never heard of this, but I'll take it! More MOTIVATION for me considering I am a size 11, I would LOVE to have smaller feet! Thanks for sharing this post! Here's to smaller body and feet! :drinker: :bigsmile: :smile:
  • SkinnyMel78
    SkinnyMel78 Posts: 434 Member
    Yup, down a full shoe size!!
  • brosis85
    brosis85 Posts: 114 Member
    Definitely went down between a 0.5-1 size depending on the shoe!
  • kiltedchef
    kiltedchef Posts: 6 Member
    I was in a 12 EEEE but after almost 140# I am down to 11.5 and regular width. So I guess you really CAN lose size in your feet as well. Thought I was just an oddity
  • tedrickp
    tedrickp Posts: 1,229 Member
    Down a size here too!

    Related note - down a size on fitted hats as well. Didn't realize I could carry so much fat in my forehead :p
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    At 120ish pounds lost, I'm only midway through my journey and I'm still in the same size shoe (10-11 medium to wide depending on style) My feet are SLIGHTLY narrower now but not a substantial difference at all. Not really surprising since my feet have always been the thinnest part of my body. I have ginormous treetrunk legs and then comparatively weirdly skinny feet that show all my tendons and bones
  • MinMin97
    MinMin97 Posts: 2,674 Member
    I went down 1/2 size, to my normal size, 81/2! I was so happy about this!
  • PinUp2014
    PinUp2014 Posts: 79 Member
    Nope, exact same size. I never had wide feet though.

    I never wore a wide shoe, my feet were always ridiculously narrow.
    I really can't explain it. :huh:
  • LVCeltGirl
    LVCeltGirl Posts: 473
    I'm nowhere near my total weight loss but after 50 pounds down, I've dropped half a shoe size. So from a size 10 to a size 9.5 (US sizing). Hoping by the 100 pound down mark I'll be in a 9 again. It is true that you lose weight everywhere (at least for me).
  • galenofedgewood
    galenofedgewood Posts: 146 Member
    Nope. No real change in size at all. Still 12W (or 12EEE), 44 in Vibram Five Finger Shoes, or 10 Wide in Combat Boots.

    I have no idea why the sizes in civilian foot wear is different than my Combat Boots.
  • TallGlassOfQuirky
    TallGlassOfQuirky Posts: 282 Member
    9.5 Wide to 8-8.5. Three years after losing all the weight, they shrank even more. I am pretty much always an 8 now but can wear 7.5 in strappy or wide shoes.

    I am 5'10", so weight loss has essentially turned me into a Weeble.
  • Meganosborn1988
    Meganosborn1988 Posts: 24 Member
    Stayed the same so far!
  • martineyes26
    martineyes26 Posts: 47 Member
    I've always been a size 10 but recently noticed that 9.5 and sometimes even a 9 fit better depending on the brand. I've lost over 60 lbs to date.
  • kportwood85
    kportwood85 Posts: 151 Member
    I'm down from a 9 to an 8. Previously, if I wanted boots I had to go up to a 10 to fit my calves. Now I can even get boots in an 8!

    I'm very sad for my former awesome shoe collection. Now, I own 5 pair of tennis shoes 2 pair of ballet flats, and that's about it!
  • lambchristie
    lambchristie Posts: 552 Member
    YES!!! I also am back where non-wide shoes! :)
    I was wearing 9.5W or a 10; now wearing a size 9!
    I've lost 60 pounds to date.
    Oh what a feeling!!!
  • inky16
    inky16 Posts: 113 Member
    Same here! Last time I did this (back in high school), I dropped from a 9 to an 8. It's definitely killer on my closet, but worth it all the same. Just an excuse to go shopping, I suppose :)
  • kendallvon
    kendallvon Posts: 170 Member
    I've gone from a size 11 to an 81/2-9M. Crazy, huh?
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