Changing shape of women in the UK

Their feet are getting bigger too! The average size shoe is now a size 6.
That used to be considered quite large years ago.

Hey! I take size 6.5 shoes and my feet are not large compared to the rest of me!

Is the rest of you large?

I used to take size 4 but not any more, our feet spread [like our waists.]

No way are you "large" janeainsworth and surely your feet have to be in proportin to your height or you might topple over !

I am a size 5.5 shoe. Would love to have bigger boobs though. Clothes look better with boobs to fill them out. I was blessed with 36 B's . I don't know where DD got her giant Boobygons from Well at least mine are still where they should be.

Yes, my feet have grown over the years from a 5 to 5.5, now mainly a 6.
Or shoes sizes are smaller.
Apparently our noses keep on growing all our lives, unfortunately.

I think what used to be a size 10 is now what they call a size 16. I hope so, anyway.

A 12 used to be 36, 24, 36, didn't it? Can't remember. Now about 36, 29, 38 according to one chart.

I've put on 2" round the bust since I started archery?

Aaaah but that's pure muscle Galen not booby fat !

I have recently lost a bit of weight but still have a wobbly tummy. I can't get rid of it. I didn't have a wobbly jelly belly when I was younger. Why is that?

I think wobbly tummies are a legacy from our child-bearing days Gilly.
I have recently added the Plank exercise to my little daily routine.
www.wikihow.com/Perform-the-Plank-Exercise

It really is best to avert your eyes from your stomach while you're doing it though

I have size 7 feet and I am 5'1" when I went into hospital to have 1st baby I was asked what size my feet were as it was believed to have some relation to pelvis size.

They got that completely wrong with me! Two C sections.

I do a Pilates class every week jane "The plank" is evil !

I know what you mean about averting your eyes !

I walked out of hospital wearing my jeans after I had my two children. The jelly belly came much, much later. Perhaps muscle tone has gone.

Ooops meant to add I have got burns on both my elbows from that bloomin' exercise. Can't remember the last time I had carpet burns?

Gilly

I go in and out in the right places - it's just that the in doesn't go as far in as the out, which goes out too far

I was wondering about feet as I'm now a 4 1/2 but always wore size 4 [wondered if that was why my feet are so bad now?]. Have just had some size 4 shoes repaired [two of the court shoes I've ever owned that don't hurt my feet] and I'm struggling to wear them.

Both my girls really struggle with shoes they take 8 and 9 respectively but are 5'9" and 6' whereas I am 5'3" and take a size 5 but I do think girls feet seem much larger nowadays.

My MIL took a size 9 and always had a struggle to get any shoes to fit. I think there is more choice these days thank goodness.