Letitia Dean returned to screens this spring after a few months’ hiatus from Albert Square. The EastEnders actress who has played Sharon Mitchell since 1985 sent fans into a frenzy with her slimmer physique, with many nicknaming her a “skinny Queen”. So how did Letitia drop four dress sizes in just a few months?
Letitia went from 10st 4lb to 8st 3lb - that’s a difference of four UK dress sizes.
Having been one of Britain’s most iconic soaps for over three decades, the actress’ weight has fluctuated.
In a bid to combat weight gain, Letitia has tried many diets.
“The cabbage soup diet, the Atkins and a really disgusting eggs-only diet,” she previously explained.
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Letitia went from 10st 4lb to 8st 3lb - that’s a difference of four UK dress sizes.
Having been one of Britain’s most iconic soaps for over three decades, the actress’ weight has fluctuated.
In a bid to combat weight gain, Letitia has tried many diets.
“The cabbage soup diet, the Atkins and a really disgusting eggs-only diet,” she previously explained.
“I had quite a lot of horrible things said about me,” Letitia said on EastEnders’ spin-off show Secrets from the Square.
“‘She’s too fat, the other actors complain they can’t fit on the same set with her.’”
But more recently, Letitia has begun a new diet plan; reducing her calorie intake to 1,300 a day to lose weight.
A calorie deficit is the energy your body requires to maintain your current weight, minus your dietary calorie intake.
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Weight loss was not the only outcome of eating healthily, Letitia noticed a change in her energy.
“It was incredible,” she said. “I found I had so much more energy than when I used to eat junk food.”
The result of her hard work was dropping two stone in four months.
