I have had issues these first few days with a couple things. My feet get cold really easy and by the end of the day my heels really hurt. I have cold tile in my place, but will these go away at some point?
In a word, Yes In two words, Of course In three words, Fuckin’ Ay, pal In four words, Welcome to the club! It’s a whole new world of sensory discovery and stimulation. And it’s a powerful motivator to get out there and walk, walk, walk. Yes, “the C word” is very much operative, but that does not prevent people (individuals, families) going outdoors for a while to get some fresh air and to realize the world is still here. But as the desk sergeant always warned “Let’s be particularly careful out there!” Go barefoot!
Well, depending where you live, it’s still cool to cold (30s and 40s), but some of us like, to use an arcane term of art, “coldfooting” because we have more trouble tolerating the heat. So, as long as you avoid frostbite (or close), cold feet are just that. I really like that feeling, but as barefooters here will tell you, there’s a difference between feeling and reality, so pay educated attention. Everything will hurt (skin, muscles) for the first several days to a couple of months because, without shoes, your body (just a mechanism) is adjusting its stride (forefoot, not heel strikes) and your skin is making contact with the ground (“Hey, what’s all this stuff???”). Going barefoot routinely is genuinely like a sport: you have to practice it little by little, steadily, to get really good at it. Like playing an instrument. Practice, practice, practice...and one day, YOU TOO will be able to go barefoot all the way to Carnegie Hall! If you would like to DM me, I’m happy to help. I’m a full-time footer so I know what’s involved, physically and socially and emotionally and...
You have gotten to enjoy being barefoot, keep it up. That was the first step. Gradually go out barefoot more often and soon you’ll build up the callous on your soles. Congratulations and welcome to the barefoot world.
Yay well done, you. Maybe, just maybe, more people will try it whilst they're cooped up at home and will continue once we're free again. Every cloud etc.
I was foot shy so I always wore Shoes in the house and out. My feet were made for shoes and socks they were soft as a girls lol. For you’re question It does go away. It has too. You’re body adapts to anything. When I got serious I started in the winter and my toes were cold but I still took my socks off as much as possible so Even in my cold my feet I got use to going barefoot and having socks on starting feeling like hell on my feet and felt like my feet were exploding of heat, something I thought I’ll never experience so when the summer rolled in. My feet didn’t let me wear shoes or socks anymore but I was secretly You unconsciously take them off because it’s getting more. Give us a update!
Amazing how if you get through that first week barefoot it becomes the new normal, a better normal. That feeling of missing something goes away. Same with me for such a long time I had the belief I "needed" shoes on for almost every activity. Anyway watch your feet get Healthier looking. Take Before and after pictures. This example from online happened with me , went from like the middle footprint to the one on the right. Foot shape and foot print changes for the better . Toes spread and straighten too. I should have taken before and after pictures to help bust the great you 'need' shoes scam !!
Articles all over the internet on how barefooting increases the feeling of well-being, If I didn't try it myself and just read it I would have just called it BS hype, ya sure just go barefoot and get all these benefits. Would have called it to good to be true bunch of BS if I had not tried and experienced it myself.
Going barefoot is just amazingly wonderfully incredibly uninhibitedly sensationally fabulously...something I forgot my point.
A massive, massive congrats for starting off in it right now! It'll be uncomfortable in the beginning with how tender your feet are but eventually you'll see huge benefits. Less knee pains, less random aches, etc. Bring along your sandals since you never know if it's too much for you in the beginning.
