....LENGTHWISE??

There's something awfuwwy scewy going on awound here...

This is the second time in a couple of months that I've bought a new
pair of shoes in my regular size that are too big for me.

Well, actually, the first pair is not..but that's because I bought them
new and I tried on my regular size, discovered they were too big, tried
on the next half size down, still too big, then the next half size down
and they fit.

So I'm thinking, okay, maybe they've changed the shoe sizes so people
with long feet can think they have short feet just like they put size 8
on a skirt in an expensive boutique that is really a size 12 anywhere
else you could buy it, in order for "big gals" to think they're
"petite."

And yesterday I found some stuff at a consignment shop and bought a pair
in my regular size, get them home and try them on and they're like way
too big. If I wear a pair of really thick socks I might could get by
with wearing them in the wintertime or something but otherwise, they'll
just fall off.

Since I quit drinking and smoking I've lost approximately 20
pounds...but I didn't know your feet could shrink!

This has me baffled!

Not that I'm complaining, mind you!

yes.......

some peoples get bigger


some smaller

depends on who makes the shoe too!

Can also be bone density loss.

sp ugh

Hmm...that's pretty significant bone density loss in a very short period
of time. I have no health issues that would have precipitated such a
loss.

I would say that your body is retaining less water than before, now that
you've lost weight and, I suppose, are eating better. Water retention
shows IMMEDIATELY in the feet and legs.

So thats the reason why theres alot of women shoes here

I just thought my 2 women just love to shop



Now i know better

bob






party on...

Sheila, I belive so....yes. I know when I lose weight, I wear a smaller
shoe. When I gain it....bigger. And, I notice that the bottoms of my
feet are puffier? Thicker? Anyway, I think so.
Kat

slendercat, i can see that, in the overall foot and perhaps even in the
width of the shoe...(but just an FYI the weight loss wasn't that
significant...and I wasn't anywhere near fat or obese..just a bit
heavier than I am now.)

I'm talking the length of my foot. I cannot see how losing weight
overall can make a person's foot shorter...to the tune of a whole size
and a half, within about a year's time? (That's the timeframe in which I
lost most of the weight.) but we're talking right at 20 pounds since
winter of '04, so it's not like it's a huge amount.

I've noticed even my old tennis shoes (which is what i usually wear
around here cuz i'm always either gardening or playing with my dogs) are
too big for me and are not as snug as they used to be.

I can put my feet into my shoe and my toes will be at the front and
there's like a good half-inch of room at the back..which never happened
before.

So i don't know..maybe they can ...strange, very strange indeed.

let me ask the penguins

ummm...okayyyy