Question:
How do I know if I need my rings resized?

I've lost like 27 pounds and the rings slide around but I would feel stupid if I went to get them adjusted and they said "These don't need to be resized." How do you know? How much space should there be between your ring and your finger? One time the ring flew off when I flung my hand quickly. Or is there some kind of online sizer thing?    — M. B. (posted on October 2, 2002)

October 1, 2002
You can purchase little rubber rings that fit around the ring to make it smaller. I found them at walmart. I used these until I was ready to get all my rings sized. My jeweler charges $12 each for sizing. I did mine from a size 9 to a size 7 1/2 and now need to do them again.
   — MARSHA D.

October 1, 2002
Jen just had hers resized again. I had my wedding band done too. Only lost a couple sizes, I would of expected more. Maybe I hhave muscular fingers from repairing machines? Jen made good use of those temporary ring bands.
   — bob-haller

October 1, 2002
I wouldn't wait too long. If they start to feel loose go in and have them check you and use the sizers in the interm. I waited and waited and procrastinated and almost LOST my rings this weekend. I was at a football game and it was VERY cold. I moved my foot and felt something under my shoes. Low and behold it was my ENGAGEMENT RING AND WEDDING RING!!! They had fallen off and I did't even know it! Luckily they didn't fall down (I was at the top of the bleachers) I almost cried. The morale here is GET THE SIZERS!!!
   — Lucky Gal U.

October 1, 2002
As my wedding ring got looser and looser, I just took it off and put it somewhere safe in the house. I would just buy cheapo CZ rings as I went down sizes. I actually ended up going from a size 11.5 to a size 7.5. In the last few months, I have stopped losing, and I finally had my wedding bands officially resized. I love it!! It's so nice to wear real diamonds again. I really wouldn't bother resizing all your jewelry as you go down in sizes. It's expensive, and it weakens the metal. Just stop wearing jewelry for a few months. (Just my opinion.)
   — Terissa R.

October 2, 2002
I waited until I was down about 50 lbs before I had something done about my engagement ring. I didn't actually have it resized yet because I'm still anticpating losing another 40-50. My ring is pretty thick platinum so it woud have been horrendous to resize and resize again. Luckily, my cousin is a jeweler so he was able to help. He placed a smaller sized platinum band inside the ring, which is adjustable, he also gave me the option of placing these small platinum "balls" in the ring to prevent it from slipping and sliding around.
   — Rosario T.

October 2, 2002
I am 5 weeks post-op and my rings are starting to turn and tarting to come off. I am going to go and get some of those clear sizers from wal-mart or something. It is $25 for me to get my rings sized and I am going to wait until I have lost all my weight. The sizers go around your ring and make them moer snug. It's up to you. If they are falling off, then chances are, they need to be sized. If you can afford to, have them sized whenever you need to. But in my case, I don't want to have to pay now only to have to pay to do it again later. Just something to think about. The sizers work great!
   — sammygirlwpc

October 2, 2002
You can go to a jeweler and have them put an adustable band on your rings. I did that, they can even do just one that joins your engagement ring and your wedding band together. The adjusters only cost about $5 each and can be easily put on/taken off/ and readjusted as you continue to lose. Once you have lost the bulk of the weight you want to lose, you can then have your rings resized permanently. Resizing your rings often ends up weakening the bands.
   — nehdeh

October 2, 2002
I knew it was time to resize my wedding band when my wife found my ring in her glass of ice tea after she finished drinking it. It had fallen off when I handed it to her and I never even knew it fell off! Better to be safe than sorry. - Mike
   — Michael N.

October 2, 2002
I would advise to wait till your close to goal weight to resize your rings. I resized them half way thru my weight loss and now I'm at goal and I need to resize them again. Its not good for the rings to be manipulatied so many times.
   — MONMIT

October 2, 2002
I wasn't as lucky as the other people who responded to your question. My engagement ring fell off when I flushed the toilet back in April. Yes, it went down the toilet and was gone. I was devastated. My darling husband took my wedding band away from me and the next day took me to have it cut down. Had to go from a size 9.5 to a 7. He also bought me a new engagement ring. Bigger diamond! Told this technigue for getting a bigger stone wouldn't work again so for me not to try it. I have now had to stop wearing my rings again...I need them cut down again. I'm finally at a stable weight, down a total of 135 lbs. but I'm going to wait a couple months to be sure before I have them resized. But I'm not wearing them...not worth the pain of losing one. Be careful...my advice is to try the temporary solutions mentioned by others until you feel ready to have them permanently resized then get them resized.
   — Teri D.

October 2, 2002
I don't wear rings but I had a link taken out of my watch. I wish I hadn't waited so long as the face is scratched up from moving around on my wrist.
   — Connie M.

October 2, 2002
I was at my son's football game and was clapping when all of a sudden my ring popped off my finger. I knew it was 'starting' to get loose, but I had no idea it would just come off. I took it to the jeweler to be sized along with my diamond tennis bracelet. It didn't cost anything for my bracelet to be sized because it was still under a 2 year warrenty...but get this...they told me it would cost $185 for my wedding ring /engagement ring set to be sized! They said it was because it is soldered together and is actually 3 bands...they have to take them all apart and then resize and then put them back together. But still....$185 sounds crazy to me. So, I decided to wait it out just to be sure that I won't have to have them sized again!
   — A. S.

October 2, 2002
You can get a 'sizing bar' put on the ring as a temporary fix. It slips onto the ring and is adjustable and will make the ring tighter. Most jewelers will do this for nothing while sizing costs money. I've had my ring size one time already and it's loose again. So, I got a bar put on it until I'm ready to have it resized.
   — Kris T.

October 3, 2002
When I first started out my ring size was 9 1/2. After losing 75lbs when I was 5 months out, I had my rings resized to a 7. Got tired of using tape. Now at 9 months out and losing 130 lbs my rings are lose again. I am 25lbs from my goal weight. It costs very little to have a ring re-sized or enlarged and its worth the money if your rings mean alot to you!!! Take Care!!
   — Laura G.

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