shopping

Shoe Shopping

by asithi on September 15, 2008 · 4 comments

in Weight Loss & Body Image

Photo by Brandon Baunach.

I went shoe shopping this weekend. Since Sex in the City, I am pretty sure men are aware of the fact that women cannot say no to a really good shoe sale. Are you sitting back, scratching your head, wondering how shoe shopping is related to your weight?

For most women weight gain or weight lose do not change the size of our feet, unless we are obese with fat deposits on our feet or it is swollen from water retention. Our feet are largely bones, cartilage, and tendons. So a pair of size 7 will fit me even if I gain or lose 20 pounds. When have we ever heard of “Does my foot look fat in this?”…………….

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Lisa over at Workout Mommy wrote a post about vanity sizing that resonates with my complaint about women’s clothing. I hate shopping for clothes because it takes too much time. I hate picking something up from the rack, trying it on, only to discover it is either too small or too larger when the size [...]

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