high heels vs flats

Susan, I've been wondering who could teach this, it's obvious it has to be you! How do you walk properly in high heels? Every time I put a pair on, I still feel so wobbly, like that 330 pound woman who is fixing to fall in front of everyone. Also, I still hear my mother saying, "you walk like a horse plowing a field" so I feel like I'm just clomp clomping along and that's not girlie at all! HELP!

Honey, you don't "walk" in heels...you STRUT!! LOL

HIJACK: Pam, your mother's comment reminds me of what my father used to tell me when I would run while in a hurry as a teenager. "Quit that running, you're too big for that. When a girl your size falls, she'll break something, now quit that running!" That has stayed with me my whole life. I can still hear it anytime I get in a hurry which is often while catching the shuttle at work. LOL!

Isn't it sad how those comments continue to haunt us? I remember those shuttle days too. ugh.

I make lots of noise when I walk...  clompity clomp clomp!  I've always been a heavy walker.  Losing weight didn't help a whole lot. One reason I think is because of the neuropathy in my legs and feet.  Sometimes they are just numb and tingly, worse than at other times.  I notice I clomp louder during those occasions.

I really miss heels.  I wear heeled boots and wide toed shoes, but I have a problem with my right foot (small toe).  It is entrapped somehow and shoes hurt it pretty bad.  When its feeling good, sometimes I can wear a heel but try to stay away from the real pointed ones.  boo hoo.  That is one thing that I looked forward to when I lost my weight.  I miss doing it every day.

I did it! I wore heels in to work today. I feel petite and dainty. Do you have any suggestions for shoe shopping? Where are the best deals?

Ooooh girl, I haven't worn heels in 20 years (telling my age now LOL). I have 2 pr in the top of my closet, carefully wrapped in their boxes which I plan to bust out as soon as I think I can walk in them without breaking an ankle. Both black, of course. Suede pumps with a small platform and a pair of patent leather FMP's with toe cleavage. Yowza! I so plan to be a total shoe *****again.

NOT heels!    LOL   

Before I was a nurse, I was in the music industry and a lot of people thought I was so weird because I couldn't stand to wear heels.   I even told people I was going to nursing school so I could wear jammies (scrubs) to work and nobody would complain about my comfortable shoes.  

A friend of mine is a vocalist and I was singing backup for him and I just couldn't put on the heels.   He was thinking about calling his backup group "Women in sensible shoes."   LOL

What I wish I could wear?   A plain old swimming suit.   Not one with a skirt or shorts, just the suit.   That will never happen.   The thighs are a national menace.  Probably even uglier now than before I lost the weight!  Oh, and I've seen some really cute "military" jackets - like French revolution military.   I'm way too old to get away with that, either.

Dennie