Changing shape of women in the UK

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.

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.

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.

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

Gilly

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?

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.

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 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 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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

Is the rest of you large?

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

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