Have you had a change in shoe size from either gaining weight or losing weight by lifting?
Since high school, I have worn 9 1/2 size shoe. All thru high school I weighed 129 lbs. In college I got up to around 135-140. Post college I got up to around 165. This is all without exercising or lifting weights.
I am 29 right now and after lifting weights and upping my protein intake, I have gotten up to around 185 lbs. One thing I have noticed is that my shoes are much tighter now. My left one is still okay, but my right one is so tight that at the end of the day, it is a big relief to have the shoe off. Even after the shoe is off, it still hurts a little...
The thing that I am not happy with is that I have a lot of expensive shoes and dress shoes, some of which have been worn very little or none at all (still new in the box). I don't like the fact that I am going to have to buy new shoes. Do you think there is a way to shrink the size of my feet while still gaining mass (which is my goal)? Tx...
I found that my shoe size went up from improved foot flexibility. I have a high arch and instep and as it has relaxed somewhat and my toes have spread a bit I need bigger shoes.
My feet get bigger if I gain weight. When I was at my heaviest point, about 12 or so years ago, my shoe size went up to a 7. I really think it's just because my feet are wider, so they start 'spreading' and getting big.
Now, they tend to stay around a size 6, though I do wear 6 1/2 in some brands.
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there's not much in the way of able to get longer, unless you had really tight feet or something. Wider can be for many reasons, from increased fat deposits to increased flexibility and spreading.
What about an increase in H2O retention? Do you notice any swelling in your hands/tough to get rings off or indentations where your socks stop? Just a thought.
Well anyway, I went down to the shoe department at Sears and had the girl give me a foot measurement. It came out to 9 1/2, what I have been wearing the past 15 years... I tried 9 1/2 Wide, and 10 sized shoes, and they felt a little too "roomy". However, when I tried on 9 1/2 Regular sized shoes, they seemed a little tight...
So you're in between a "wide" which is usually around like a D width or so, and a "regular" which is usually around something like a B width. Try a store that has varying width shoes and see what works for you. Shoes run something from like A or maybe AA to 3E or F or so.
Do you think it is possible that instead of your foot growing wider or longer, it grows in the vertical direction? Because that is where the tightness really seems...
My husband has "tall" feet. If you measure his foot, he seems like he'd only need a DD width, but in reality he needs more like 4E. So he has to always look for the shoes that are more flexible on top, that the toe box isn't too flat too far up, that the shoe unlaces far enough down to let him play with the width as he needs. It's still mainly considered a width measurement, in a "girth" kind of way.
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