I lost four dress sizes in as many months after ditching my worst habit and fad diets, reveals EastEnders’ Letitia Dean
EASTENDERS star Letitia Dean has revealed her incredible weight loss journey, shedding an impressive four dress sizes in just four months.
The actress, famous for her role as Sharon Watts on the popular soap, has had a major weight transformation over the years.
Letitia, 56 credits her success to ditching her worst habit and saying goodbye to fad diets.
The star shared her secret to achieving her stunning transformation.
Rather than relying on quick fixes and trendy diets, she focused on making sustainable lifestyle changes.
She admitted that it was essential for her to break free from her worst habit, junk food, which had been holding her back for years.
The actress went from weighing 10st 4lbs to 8st 3lbs, losing a reported four dress sizes in only four months.
“It was incredible. I found I had so much more energy than when I used to eat junk food,” Letitia told Closer.
Now Letitia has made lasting changes and loves eating “grilled skinless chicken” and “lots of greens.”
She continued: “The main reason I wanted to do something about my figure was that I was so sick of extreme dieting and my weight yo-yoing.
“I just woke up one morning, and I’d had enough. For years and years – as long as I can remember – my weight had yo-yoed up and down. I’d go on fad diets like Atkins or I’d only eat eggs.”
Letitia confessed to trying different diets before, like the ‘yo-yo diet,’ where she claimed to have lost a stone in just a few weeks.
However, she admitted that it wasn’t sustainable and she soon fell back into her old habits.
The BBC star now maintains a well-balanced diet, consuming around 1,300 calories daily.
She also exercises, runs and does boxing to stay fit.
As per the NHS website, the recommended calorie intake is roughly 2,000 calories per day for women and 2,500 calories per day for men.
In July last year, ahead of her decision to lose weight, Letitia revealed she was subjected to cruel trolling over her appearance.
Speaking on EastEnders spin-off show Secrets from the Square, she said: “I had quite a lot of horrible things said about me. ‘She’s too fat, the other actors complain they can’t fit on the same set with her’.”
Since making her debut in 1985, viewers have seen her character Sharon Watts go through marriages, divorces, pregnancies and even attempted murder.