Question:
What did you do about resizing your wedding bands?

Hi everyone! I am just over 2 months post op and I haven't been able to wear my wedding ring and I am missing it horribly. My plan was to take it off once it started feeling loose and then wait to get it resized once I have lost the majority of my weight. I have realized this isn't a realistic plan as I am already really wanting to wear it and finding myself to be very impatient. I am just wondering what everyone else did??? Do you just keep getting it resized or what?    — Shannen B. (posted on March 27, 2008)

March 27, 2008
I was able to wear mine and then five months out I had to get them resized smaller because they were literally falling off my fingers. You want to be careful and not keep having them resized and resized. I had to change them two sizes.
   — tlsdc1972

March 27, 2008
A ring can only be cut down so many times and then the band gets weak. For now get some white surgical tape from the drug store and wrap around the band on the back side of the ring. This works as many years ago it is what we did to our boy friends class rings when we wore them...I am giving my age away, LOL!
   — Gena L.

March 27, 2008
You can buy little rubber ring guards that are very inexpensive I've found them in wal mart.
   — bridgetann1961

March 27, 2008
Wear them on a chain around your neck until you get them resized.
   — Pamela S.

March 27, 2008
Shannen, hold off on getting the rings resized. You'll want to do that when you've stopped shrinking. You're only 2 months post-op. You've got a lot more shrinking to do. I hated not wearing mine so I switched to middle finger and now they're on my index finger. lol Resizing weakens the metal on the band so you only want to do it once. I bought the little rubber ring sizers at Walmart but it felt like straws to me. So, I just moved them to other fingers. I'm 10 months post-op and my fingers are still shrinking. :)
   — lv2beasahm

March 27, 2008
My rings became loose about 2 months out and then totally unwearable about 6 months out. I had them sized from a 7 1/2 to a 5 and when I picked them up from the jeweler they questioned if they were really a 5 or not because in that short amount of time I was in a 4 1/2. I'm okay with a 5 though and will not get them sized again.
   — itsjust4me

March 27, 2008
I bought a fake ring and have been wearing that until I get mine re-sized. I actually get comments on it and when I tell people it is fake they don't believe me. I would wait until your weight has stabalized before you re-size it or you will probably just have to do it again and it could alter the integrity of the ring.
   — classite

March 27, 2008
Hi, Not worth the risk of loosing your ring, I lost mine and thank goodness I found it, even had a ring guard on it! I went on ebay and got a few different fake ones, real sparklers! They look nice, very cheap and will do for now until I reach my goal and finally get my rings re-sized. I found the plastic tube ring guards can fall off and the metal ones can scratch your ring, so put it away and get a pretty fake one, it will be a treat when you wear them again when your a slim jim!!! Take care and good luck.
   — noboat4u

March 27, 2008
My friend told me she took hers to a jeweler and he put a gold piece in the bottom that wraps around the bottom of the rings. Hers looked good, so I took mine to the place I bought it at and they did mine for free. She only paid $5 for it, but it's gold, so it doesn't look tacky.
   — Teresa V.

March 27, 2008
I took my wedding band to the jeweler and had them put a temporary ring sizer on them. No one will even know it's on there and it's really in expensive. I would wait until you've lost all your weight before you start resizing your rings. Best of luck to you! Tania
   — Tania_B.

March 27, 2008
My husband bought me a cheapy solid gold band wedding band that we could keep sizing and he said once I lost all the weight I wanted we would put the diamonds in a new setting and get a new bridal set and sell the gold or have it melt down to make a charm for me that would relate to my weight loss.
   — Karen M.

March 27, 2008
you can go to any jeweler and get a ring guard which will allow you to wear your rings with out geting them sized yet. I will be one year out in may and will then be getting mine sized. I have lost 130 pounds to date.
   — Alvernlaw

March 27, 2008
My jewler added a inside band that is plastic that wraps the edges of the ring and allows it to fit my finger until I am ready to have it cut down. He has modified it twice, as he has my watch band by removing links. There is a lot of option in ring liners. If you are in a major city go to one of the top jewlers and they will have inexpensive options. Just let them know that you are still loosing as they first want to cut the band down until they knew that I was a WLS patient.
   — William (Bill) wmil

March 28, 2008
I'm not able to wear mine either, haven't been for awhile, what I did is got a pretty toe ring, one that has an opening in the back and I can adjust as I go. I'm waiting until my goals met before I get my ring resized, Good Luck! Nikki
   — Nikkijo30

March 28, 2008
Hi Shannen, thanks for writing. You can do a few things. You are just two months post op, so that makes it hard to know what size your finger will be. You can wrap string around the back of it like people used to do in high school when their rings were too big. You can buy a different ring that fits now and keep a cheap band on until you know your size, or you can size it and then do it again if you need to. I would not want to size my ring purposely twice. I have been married for 27 years, and we bought new bands at 10 years married, so I had a 2nd set. I wore the 1st set because it was smaller. We had different rings on but we both wore rings. When I lost all my weight, I had my 2nd set sized and now I wear it. You have to be patient with weight loss. That is part of the problem with being obese. It is like that commercial that says "I want it all and I want it now!". Be patient in losing and be patient in your decisions along the way. Even if you can afford to spend the money to re-size your rings each time, I wouldn't want to manipulate the metal so much. My rings mean more to me than that. You decide, and I wish you well. Take care. Patricia P.
   — Patricia P

March 28, 2008
I went to Claires Botiquet and they have sizers there.. My ring size was 10 I am now down to 7.5 and these resizers just slip on they are plastic and come in various sizes.. :) Hope this helps.. paula
   — japaad

March 29, 2008
I have lost to below my goal weight and am about ready to have my wedding ring resized. I have been wearing my ring on my middle finger for months now waiting until the weight was gone before having it fixed. I did not want to have it sized more then once! Another suggestion is to just buy an inexpensive ring to wear on your wedding ring finger until you are at goal and ready to resize your 'real' ring.
   — Michelle D.

March 30, 2008
just keep getting it resized it did. If you go where you bought it and tell them what your going through they may do it free.. mine was done free... they were really happy for me. I was a ring size 10 now 8
   — JULIAP

April 3, 2008
Hi Shannen, I had the same problem with my rings and I am using a ring guard. its kind of hard to get use to but it was better than loosing my ring and I also have thought of trying to get a smaller wrap to wear with my diamond I was thinking it might help keep my rings on. Good luck with your weight loss and I hope this helps with your problem.
   — sunshineal68

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