From a google just now, stress from bereavement can cause weight loss.
Has anyone experienced this?
Several people recently have asked me if I lost weight, so just weighed myself and I am down to 10 stone 6 lbs. Last time I can remember weighing myself was probably Nov/Dec 2024, when I was 11 stone 10 lbs.
I have been eating fairly well and not consciously been trying to lose weight, so any weight loss has to be since my wife passed on the 8th March 2025.
Is this normal?
I do have a GPs appointment in a couple of weeks, so will see what my weight is then and mention it.
Yes it’s normal, I lost a stone in two weeks, I was eating less but apparently when you are under a lot of stress following a bereavement your body runs at a faster metabolism so you burn off food much quicker then normal, plus shock also has a negative effect on the body.
I found this explanation online when people started mentioning my weight loss after my husband died, once time had passed I slowly put the weight back on & some
I have lost weight, since i lost Sue. I think that is due to my eating been all over the place. I have gone down 3 notches on my belt. The trouble is it’s probably doing me good as i am a big bloke weight wise.
I can’t go clothes shopping without Sue. Apart from T-shirts. I can hear her now, no no i don’t like that it won’t suite you. I have had Sue next yo me for 33 years when buying clothes.
I’m the same. The last few years, she hasn’t been able to go shopping, so I usually bought online. First time I did, she shouted at me because I bought from Amazon. Told me to use Next or M&S and show them to me before I added to basket.
Yes, I lost a lot of weight fairly quickly, more than a stone. It’s probably the stress of it in combination with how we eat. I’m not fully back to my earlier weight but it isn’t quite as bad now. I’m sorry for your loss.
Completely normal and understandable and nothing to be concerned about.
I was never one to lose weight in a stressful situation. I’d see friends’ weight plummet after a relationship breakdown, or with exam stress. But not me. Then I suddenly and tragically lost one of the dearest people to me, and the person who I depended on most, and I suffered shock and palpitations and visible weight loss.
