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Smaller shoe size?

merekins
merekins Posts: 228 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone gone down in shoe size as result of weight-loss? How much had you lost when that happened?

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  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    After losing over 80 pounds I lost 2 shoe sizes and went from wide width to regular.
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I lost close to 2 sizes after losing 80lb
  • apullum
    apullum Posts: 4,838 Member
    I lost 100 pounds and have been in maintenance for over a year and a half. No shoe size change. My foot is short and wide (6.5 4E). I was hoping my feet would get narrower, but no such luck. I'm sure it depends on things like how much of your fat is stored in your feet, and whether/when your body burns that fat.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    I lost about 235 lb and my feet have gone from a UK 7 EEEE+ to a UK 6/6.5 D.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    I've lost 1/2 size losing 40 pounds and can wear normal width for some shoes types now. I hope they don't shrink too much more because I'm already a size 6, lol.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    In a little over 20lbs my feet did get a touch narrower. They were medium, pushing wide before. So sometimes buying the wide shoes was more comfortable. I bought a wide pair of flats at a going out of business sale and stashed them away in my closet. When I pulled them out last year after my weight loss, they didn't fit anymore. More recently, I bought a pair of shoes that were supposed to be medium (That I later read will easily accomodate wides). I had to make modifications so they would fit. They were just a tad sloppy. Length didn' t decrease. I'm still a solid size 8.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    I'm down half a shoe size. I think I noticed it around the 100lb mark. Not entirely sure whether vanity sizing has hit women's footwear (ie, I'm the same size I always was but the 10 I used to wear is now sold as a 9.5), or whether my feet have actually shrunk.
  • COGypsy
    COGypsy Posts: 1,405 Member
    I lost 60 pounds and almost a whole shoe size, depending on the shoes. Walking shoes and athletic shoes I wear an 8, pumps and boots an 8.5. I was a solid size 9 for my entire adult life up until the last couple of years.
  • Crafty_camper123
    Crafty_camper123 Posts: 1,440 Member
    I think shoes is the one place where vanity sizing isn't as prevalent. Perhaps you were really a 9.5 wide but wearing size 10's and are now a 9.5 med, so the 9.5's fit better?

    When I sold shoes, I was required to measure people's feet every time if I was helping them select shoes. I was suprised at the number of people who were wearing the wrong size. Things like wearing half size up instead of wide, or wearing wides when they really needed half size down were very common. One of the most extreme cases I remember was a woman who came in complaining of foot pain, back pain, etc and needed new shoes. She was wearing a 7 4E or something like that. I measured her feet, and she turned out to be like a 9 medium! I have no idea how she fit her feet in 7's! It's no wonder her feet were killing her!
  • zeejane4
    zeejane4 Posts: 230 Member
    Yep, went down a size.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited May 2019
    i somehow went up half a size...probably not linked to weight.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    edited May 2019
    I’ve only lost 45 pounds. I haven’t gone down a shoe size but quite a few pairs of shoes I’ve had a while are now too wide. I stretched them out obviously when I was heavier. They are medium width and I’m still a medium width.
    One change I’m happy about is I can now wear tall boots in a regular calf and western boots —I used to need wide calf.
  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    Crafty_camper123 wrote: »
    I think shoes is the one place where vanity sizing isn't as prevalent. Perhaps you were really a 9.5 wide but wearing size 10's and are now a 9.5 med, so the 9.5's fit better?

    When I sold shoes, I was required to measure people's feet every time if I was helping them select shoes. I was suprised at the number of people who were wearing the wrong size. Things like wearing half size up instead of wide, or wearing wides when they really needed half size down were very common. One of the most extreme cases I remember was a woman who came in complaining of foot pain, back pain, etc and needed new shoes. She was wearing a 7 4E or something like that. I measured her feet, and she turned out to be like a 9 medium! I have no idea how she fit her feet in 7's! It's no wonder her feet were killing her!

    I thought about it, but in the past, any time I wore a 9.5 wide, it seemed to fit okay in the store, but gave me blisters when I got home with them. Never had that issue with 10s. Now my feet slip out of 10s and the 9.5 normal widths are just right.
  • Kathryn247
    Kathryn247 Posts: 570 Member
    Yep, lost 50 pounds and went down a shoe size. It seemed to take a little longer for the loss to take effect in my feet, or maybe I just didn't notice it.
  • Opalescent_Topaz
    Opalescent_Topaz Posts: 132 Member
    My feet got narrow again (like they were when I was a kid) after losing 40 pounds. I really need to buy some new ballet flats with elastic around the ankle. Mine flap around like flip flops.
  • jan110144
    jan110144 Posts: 1,281 Member
    Yes. Down 1/2 size
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    90 pounds and no change in length
  • cindyj49x
    cindyj49x Posts: 1 Member
    I haven't changed size, but the width of my feet has changed going from a UK EEE to a normal width. I can finally wear ballet flats, having lost 77lbs
  • frankiesgirlie
    frankiesgirlie Posts: 669 Member
    estherdragonbat wrote: »
    I'm down half a shoe size. I think I noticed it around the 100lb mark. Not entirely sure whether vanity sizing has hit women's footwear (ie, I'm the same size I always was but the 10 I used to wear is now sold as a 9.5), or whether my feet have actually shrunk.

    Don’t think so, because I have designer shoes from the 80s & 90s that still fit me and my current shoe purchases are the same size. When I was 30 lbs heavier *everything* was tight on me. Including my shoes and jewelry.
  • texasredreb
    texasredreb Posts: 548 Member
    I gained a lot of weight in a short amount of time and my shoes all became too tight. Most I re-homed, but I kept a few faves. Hopefully they'll fit again soon!
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    edited May 2019
    For some reason, I have had small narrow feet always, even when I was at 307 lb. I used to have swelling in my feet and ankles sometimes back then (at heaviest) but still only wore 7.5 shoes. Now I wear 7-7.5 after losing 130 lb...6.5 in sandals because of my short toes.

    I have noticed flip flops (not my fav style of sandal in the first place) don't fit me well anymore. They are hard to keep on my foot & even though I have pretty high arches, I have to kind of arch my foot awkardly to walk in most flip flop styles. I found some North Face boys' flip flops that fit tightly enough to stay on when walking a lot, so those are good for the pool/beach.

    I also wore a size 5 ring at 280 lb...now a 3.5 ring. So I guess I just have weirdly small feet and hands! Especially for a 5'8" broad-hipped woman. I've been a little insecure about that since my teens, honestly. Usually in the shoe aisle, size 7 section most women are several inches shorter than me, and most women around my height seem to wear a 9 or 10.
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