Medium-size goal and large-size feet

Tonight's weigh-in saw me lose 3.6lbs. Which is spiffy, and I'm quite
happy with it. But what's even better is, that puts me at an even 52lbs
lost. Hooray!

Friend of mine was going to throw me a party when I hit 50lbs. As luck
would have it, she's just gone home to the UK for 3-4 weeks to do
passport and visa stuff, but she said we'd have the party after she got
back. The bright side of this is, at least I've now got time to plan
food for it

Anyway, that's my news. The only other thing I have to talk about is
shoe shopping. I doubt anybody remembers, but I was gonna go look for
some last weekendish, to celebrate the fact I can actually walk around a
bit now without pain. I had absolutely zero success, because I have
large feet for a girl (11W, US women's). Out of five shops, only three
actually had *any* shoes in my size, and the ones they had were
hideously ugly. I should note that I limited myself to sandals; there
probably would've been a few more had I been looking at all shoes. But
this is Texas, you can wear sandals year-round here, and I generally
prefer them. If I can ever find any.

I've tried looking around online, too: generally shoes that come in my
size can be found a) on stripper clothing websites, and b) only with
high, stiletto-type heels. Which'll be great after I've lost enough
weight that I can wear heels like that easily, but right now I can't.
How hard could it be to find size 11W platform open-toe sandals in
pretty designs and colors? Apparently very.

So, I'm giving up on the shoe thing for now. Perhaps I'll try again in
spring, when hopefully sandals will flood the market in all sizes.

-Tay

415.4/363.4/170 lb (52lbs lost)
188.4/164.8/77.1 kg (23.6kg lost)
29st9lb/25st13lb/12st2lb (3st10lb lost)
BMI's dropped 7 points too

Congratulations on your loss so far.

As another large footed woman, I sympathize with your shoe problem.
Last weekend, I tried on some crocs. They were very comfortable and
surprisingly light. If we weren't about to head into winter, I
probably would have bought some. Take a look at their open toed ones
and see if they fit your specifications:

http://www.crocs.com/consumer/product_details/nile/

Good luck!


Mary

Mary in Rock Island IL wrote:

Congratulations on your loss so far.

Thanks.

As another large footed woman, I sympathize with your shoe problem.
Last weekend, I tried on some crocs. They were very comfortable and
surprisingly light. If we weren't about to head into winter, I
probably would have bought some. Take a look at their open toed ones
and see if they fit your specifications:

http://www.crocs.com/consumer/product_details/nile/

They are my size, but I was looking for something more like this:
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/image...l/p184478b.jpg

Dressier, I guess you could say. I've got everyday Birkenstocks, I just
wanted something nice for wearing around. Those, however, only go up to
size 10. Which sucks, because I *really* like them.

-Tay

Now I don't want to encourage spending, but I saw a pair of open toed
platformlike sketchers, try and look for those, the ones I looked at were
pastel pink I think, Lee, shoe addict
Tayra wrote in message
...
Tonight's weigh-in saw me lose 3.6lbs. Which is spiffy, and I'm quite
happy with it. But what's even better is, that puts me at an even 52lbs
lost. Hooray!

Friend of mine was going to throw me a party when I hit 50lbs. As luck
would have it, she's just gone home to the UK for 3-4 weeks to do
passport and visa stuff, but she said we'd have the party after she got
back. The bright side of this is, at least I've now got time to plan
food for it

Anyway, that's my news. The only other thing I have to talk about is
shoe shopping. I doubt anybody remembers, but I was gonna go look for
some last weekendish, to celebrate the fact I can actually walk around a
bit now without pain. I had absolutely zero success, because I have
large feet for a girl (11W, US women's). Out of five shops, only three
actually had *any* shoes in my size, and the ones they had were
hideously ugly. I should note that I limited myself to sandals; there
probably would've been a few more had I been looking at all shoes. But
this is Texas, you can wear sandals year-round here, and I generally
prefer them. If I can ever find any.

I've tried looking around online, too: generally shoes that come in my
size can be found a) on stripper clothing websites, and b) only with
high, stiletto-type heels. Which'll be great after I've lost enough
weight that I can wear heels like that easily, but right now I can't.
How hard could it be to find size 11W platform open-toe sandals in
pretty designs and colors? Apparently very.

So, I'm giving up on the shoe thing for now. Perhaps I'll try again in
spring, when hopefully sandals will flood the market in all sizes.

-Tay

415.4/363.4/170 lb (52lbs lost)
188.4/164.8/77.1 kg (23.6kg lost)
29st9lb/25st13lb/12st2lb (3st10lb lost)
BMI's dropped 7 points too

Miss Violette wrote:

Now I don't want to encourage spending, but I saw a pair of open toed
platformlike sketchers, try and look for those, the ones I looked at were
pastel pink I think, Lee, shoe addict

Ooh, I found them. In black, even. But they only go up to size 10. Aagh!

-Tay

now that sucks!!!, write them and see if they can be special ordered, the
shoe clerk told me they could get smaller for me if I wanted to wait, I only
wear a 5 or 6 med in ladies sketchers, Lee
Tayra wrote in message
...
Miss Violette wrote:

Now I don't want to encourage spending, but I saw a pair of open toed
platformlike sketchers, try and look for those, the ones I looked at
were
pastel pink I think, Lee, shoe addict

Ooh, I found them. In black, even. But they only go up to size 10.
Aagh!

-Tay

Miss Violette wrote:

now that sucks!!!, write them and see if they can be special ordered, the
shoe clerk told me they could get smaller for me if I wanted to wait, I only
wear a 5 or 6 med in ladies sketchers, Lee

Yeah, I may. I've tried that with places before, and usually get told
'if we don't list it, we don't have it and can't make it, that's all
there is'. The few places who will make special-size shoes tend to be
the expensive shops, who, since they already charge an arm and a leg,
are already equipped to charge extra for special orders. It may well
end up being cheaper just to wait until spring.

-Tay0

tough choice, Lee
Tayra wrote in message
...
Miss Violette wrote:

now that sucks!!!, write them and see if they can be special ordered,
the
shoe clerk told me they could get smaller for me if I wanted to wait, I
only
wear a 5 or 6 med in ladies sketchers, Lee

Yeah, I may. I've tried that with places before, and usually get told
'if we don't list it, we don't have it and can't make it, that's all
there is'. The few places who will make special-size shoes tend to be
the expensive shops, who, since they already charge an arm and a leg,
are already equipped to charge extra for special orders. It may well
end up being cheaper just to wait until spring.

-Tay0

Tayra,

Congrats on losing over 50 lbs, keep up the great work.

Take at look at this site, it has a bunch of shoes in size 11.

http://auctions.overstock.com/cgi-bi...nline&PERPG=50

Debbie

"Tayra" wrote in message
...
Tonight's weigh-in saw me lose 3.6lbs. Which is spiffy, and I'm quite
happy with it. But what's even better is, that puts me at an even 52lbs
lost. Hooray!

Friend of mine was going to throw me a party when I hit 50lbs. As luck
would have it, she's just gone home to the UK for 3-4 weeks to do passport
and visa stuff, but she said we'd have the party after she got back. The
bright side of this is, at least I've now got time to plan food for it

Anyway, that's my news. The only other thing I have to talk about is shoe
shopping. I doubt anybody remembers, but I was gonna go look for some
last weekendish, to celebrate the fact I can actually walk around a bit
now without pain. I had absolutely zero success, because I have large
feet for a girl (11W, US women's). Out of five shops, only three actually
had *any* shoes in my size, and the ones they had were hideously ugly. I
should note that I limited myself to sandals; there probably would've been
a few more had I been looking at all shoes. But this is Texas, you can
wear sandals year-round here, and I generally prefer them. If I can ever
find any.

I've tried looking around online, too: generally shoes that come in my
size can be found a) on stripper clothing websites, and b) only with high,
stiletto-type heels. Which'll be great after I've lost enough weight that
I can wear heels like that easily, but right now I can't. How hard could
it be to find size 11W platform open-toe sandals in pretty designs and
colors? Apparently very.

So, I'm giving up on the shoe thing for now. Perhaps I'll try again in
spring, when hopefully sandals will flood the market in all sizes.

-Tay

415.4/363.4/170 lb (52lbs lost)
188.4/164.8/77.1 kg (23.6kg lost)
29st9lb/25st13lb/12st2lb (3st10lb lost)
BMI's dropped 7 points too

Deb in Northern California wrote:

Tayra,

Congrats on losing over 50 lbs, keep up the great work.

Yep, here's hoping.

Take at look at this site, it has a bunch of shoes in size 11.

Hm. I saw one pair I liked. For $80. I think I may have to look
elsewhere

-Tay