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"Do you feet-watch? Let&amp;amp;#8217;s face it: it&amp;amp;#8217;s almost impossible NOT to in the summer. Thankfully, most people I encounter in New York City go through the trouble of grooming their feet before putting on their favorite flip-flops. And sometimes that&amp;amp;#8217;s all you need: A little pampering, a couple of coats of your favorite nail polish (mine is Essie&amp;amp;#8217;s St. Lucia Lavender!) and you&amp;amp;#8217;re ready to go. But not so with me. I need more than a fresh pedi to feel good about my feet. Sometimes I wish I could swap them with some one else&amp;amp;#8217;s. I have the widest, flattest feet in the world. Sigh. But the most unexpected thing happened when I started losing weight:My feet started shrinking! I won&amp;amp;#8217;t be wearing pointy stilettos anytime soon, (they wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t fit) but I never imagined this would happen. I&amp;amp;#8217;ve gone from a size 9 to a 7.5 in about year and a half&amp;amp;#8217;s time. (I dropped a half-size in the last four months.) Last week, I was doing mountain climbers at the gym and my sneakers (yes, the pair of Asics you helped me pick) practically fell off! Aside from having to fork out money for a new pair of sneaks, I guess that&amp;amp;#8217;s a good thing, right? My feet are still super-wide and flat, (my mom affectionately refers to me as Frodo) and my toes still look like little sausages with tiny nail beds, but alas, they are my feet. I&amp;amp;#8217;m trying to come to terms with them. A friend suggested I be vulnerable with you all, Shape Up! readers, and post a picture. Maybe that&amp;amp;#8217;s the first step toward loving my tootsies a little bit more. This came about spontaneously, so I didn&amp;amp;#8217;t exactly have time to buff or moisturize, but here they are, in a pic taken about an hour ago: How about you? Have you found that as you lost weight, your feet have shrunk too? Or is there another part of your body that unexpectedly got smaller? And is there a part of you that you&amp;#x27;re still having a really hard time loving? Please share! Plus: Do you ever feel that people are staring at the body part you worry about? What do you LOVE about your body? The best fall nail shades from the Girls in the Beauty Dept."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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