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Has anyone lost a shoe size on their journey?

hazedot
hazedot Posts: 111 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I seem to have gone from squeezing my foot into a UK size 8 shoe (sometimes a 9!) to being very comfy in a size 7. Am I just odd or is this something that happens sometimes? Did I just have fat feet before?

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  • songofserenity81
    songofserenity81 Posts: 138 Member
    I have gone from a UK 6 to a 5 and if its a eee width fitting I can even get into a 4, so no its not just you:smile:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    My shoe size increased both times that I was preganant. I don't know about decreasing with weight loss. That would be nice.
  • chadam1015
    chadam1015 Posts: 58 Member
    I have! All my shoes feel like they are going to fall off. Its amazing how you lose everywhere.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    lol weird! i grew an inch and gained a foot size haha but no
  • mrsgrumpypants
    mrsgrumpypants Posts: 19 Member
    It happens, extra weight makes your feet spread - I went up a shoe size when I was expecting my children, but went back to my original size once I'd got back to my usual shape. Nothing to worry about!
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
    I wish that would happen to me!! I have a hard time finding shoes to fit my duck feet. :laugh:
  • Melis25Fit
    Melis25Fit Posts: 811 Member
    Went down a little over a size! I can wear 8.5's now! I used to wear 10-11 depending on the brand. Normally 9's are perfect for me, and before I lost 121lbs, 9's were way to tiight. Lost fat on my foot too, perhaps! :o)
  • Angel1066
    Angel1066 Posts: 816 Member
    Yep from an UK 8 to 7
  • PandaPop87
    PandaPop87 Posts: 131
    You know, I was thinking this today while I was going to buy shoes today, I used to be a size 7 only; but now I can fit into a 6 too!
  • Apryl546
    Apryl546 Posts: 909 Member
    I would love to lose half a size! Haha.
    These one gorgeous shoes I own would fit so much better since they don't come in an 8.5 :P
  • sertcelik
    sertcelik Posts: 22
    Hello!! Yes I did !! I lost 30lbs and a closet full of clothes that used to fit. To my shock, many of my shoes didnt fit as well and I went from a size 8 to a 7 1/2.
  • sertcelik
    sertcelik Posts: 22
    Also, I wanted to say that I was VERY uncomfortable in heels and NEVER wore them. Losing 30 lbs put me in 4" heels for HOURS with no issues. Another lovely suprised aside from losing 1/2 a size
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Well if the weight loss journey makes my size 11 wides get smaller, I will be in heaven!! Thanks for the new bout of motivation!! My big feet is the whole reason I don't like shoes!! I can't wait to wear cute shoes!!!
  • hazedot
    hazedot Posts: 111 Member
    I wish that would happen to me!! I have a hard time finding shoes to fit my duck feet. :laugh:

    i have really wide feet too (or at least I thought I did. My fiance tells me I have hobbit feet minus the hair!) This is why I was so shocked when I bought a pair of size 7 trainers today. Do you have long feet as well as wide?
  • jazzydebs
    jazzydebs Posts: 7 Member
    Same here,I didn't believe it could happen but yeah I went from a size uk 8 to a 7.

    Odd thing is I remember when I changed up from a 7 to an 8, I convinced myself sizes had magiclly shrunk! Denial or what :-)

    Debs
  • hazedot
    hazedot Posts: 111 Member
    I just resided to wearing trainers for most of my life as I always had big feet, even as a child and my mum used to have to buy me clarkes extra wide feet shoes.
    I've had a few pairs of heels over the years but always move back to my trainers. Now, however in a size 7 I might be more inclined to try heels again!
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I was a UK 10 at my highest weight, now a 9. I anticipate being back in UK 8s by the time I hit goal.

    If you're in the UK, try vivaladiva (or their 'older ladies' version, the shoetailor). They have lovely shoes in bigger sizes and wide fittings.
  • gunnroadapartments
    gunnroadapartments Posts: 42 Member
    well i'll tell you when i was petite, i was a shoe size 7...now im close to an 8 1/2 sometimes 9...with this extra weight... I can't wait to find out if my cute shoes will fit my feet once again :D
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    I would love to lose half a size! Haha.
    These one gorgeous shoes I own would fit so much better since they don't come in an 8.5 :P

    haha try being a size 10.5 ;)
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
    I wish that would happen to me!! I have a hard time finding shoes to fit my duck feet. :laugh:

    i have really wide feet too (or at least I thought I did. My fiance tells me I have hobbit feet minus the hair!) This is why I was so shocked when I bought a pair of size 7 trainers today. Do you have long feet as well as wide?

    Hehe @ hobbit feet! I think mine are pretty long for my height (5'5") -- I usually wear a size 10 or 11 US/Canada, or around 41-43 Euro, but I can sometimes get away with smaller if they are really wide with a boxy toe. I call them my "flipper feet" when I swim. :laugh: Problem is that most shoe stores here stock only size 9 or 10 at max. :cry:

    I'm afraid of what will happen when I get pregnant one day. :frown: I'll have to start wearing shoeboxes.
  • kunibob
    kunibob Posts: 608 Member
    I would love to lose half a size! Haha.
    These one gorgeous shoes I own would fit so much better since they don't come in an 8.5 :P

    haha try being a size 10.5 ;)
    If that's US/Canada sizes, then I feel your pain...because most manufacturers seem to stop at 9.5 or 10. Anything above 10 is the "we don't even care anymore" section, with styles five years out of date and gaudy colours, at least around here! :cry:
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    I would love to lose half a size! Haha.
    These one gorgeous shoes I own would fit so much better since they don't come in an 8.5 :P

    haha try being a size 10.5 ;)
    If that's US/Canada sizes, then I feel your pain...because most manufacturers seem to stop at 9.5 or 10. Anything above 10 is the "we don't even care anymore" section, with styles five years out of date and gaudy colours, at least around here! :cry:

    I honestly cannot tell you how many times they have been like... "oh, we don't order past a size 9 sorry!" I literally HATE shopping for shoes =[ !!!!! and my feet look huge all the time I feel like. Ezpecially in skinny jeans... oh gosh... haha but i guess i'm 5'9', so it's porpotional i guess? lol
  • meerkat70
    meerkat70 Posts: 4,605 Member
    I would love to lose half a size! Haha.
    These one gorgeous shoes I own would fit so much better since they don't come in an 8.5 :P

    haha try being a size 10.5 ;)

    That is a uk 8.5....
  • Tree72
    Tree72 Posts: 942 Member
    I haven't lost any length (still and 8.5 or 9 US, 40 European) but I've gone from a D width to a B width. That makes me so happy. I will have so many more options since some normal-width shoes should now fit.
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