Hey Tina, that is another thing, I moved the weights on my belt somewhat back a little more behind me not on my sides. Just think about weighting yourself more in the back and lower to compensate for your feet. It will help and me personally I see no problem using ankle weights if you need to to get more comfortable so you can do your skills, etc and as you work on finding out how to position your weights so that you no longer need them. I used mine for a couple of months until I got things worked out for me. I can pretty much guarnatee that you are using an aluminum tank as that is common. They tend to be more buoyant when lower on air and that can affect your buoyancy as well. The steel tanks let me drop some weight from my belt and it in effect moved it to my back as it was the tank itself and that also helped. I have also just ordered a new BC with 2 tank straps where I can put some trim weights in the pockets that can be moved to the lower tank strap and that should help as well.irishreefer:
