6kg unintentional weight loss

[lydia7986]

Dd in early twenties has been home from uni since the start of lockdown.

The other day I noticed that she looked like she’d lost weight, so she weighed herself and found she was 62kg.

This was quite surprising as she thought she weighed 68/69kg (she’s been on the chubby side since she was a teenager) - although she doesn’t remember when she last weighed herself.

Since lockdown, she’s been eating far less crap food than she would normally - she’d often go to Pret/Starbucks, drink sugary fruit juice, get chocolate from Sainsbury’s virtually everyday.

With the shops being closed, she’s obviously stopped doing that. She hasn’t been exercising regularly though, and does still eat quite a lot, albeit less crap.

Could the cutting out regular chocolate/crisps/fruit juice etc account for 6kg of weight loss by itself?

Or should she be contacting her GP?

Chocolate/crisps/fruit juice are all really high in calories so yes, if she is no longer consuming these daily, that will explain the weight loss.

I lost 2 stone without exercising at all by cutting out crap. Crap is full of calories.

I hope she’s not very tall cos I’m 68kg and consider myself quite slim not chubby!!
It could definitely be diet related if she buys things from cafes and chocolate daily. Fruit juice is really high in sugar and some of their sandwiches have astonishingly high calories. Exercise makes very little impact on weight loss.

Yes it can. Will make a massive difference!

It does sound like quite a bit to lose unintentionally, but might well be from the changes you've mentioned. Has she had any odd symptoms. e.g. night sweats, unexplained tiredness, aches and pains? If she carries on losing weight, might be worth a GP appointment, just to check for anything untoward.