Not long after giving birth, Betsy Ayala found out her husband was being unfaithful – and to make things worse, he and his mistress were making cruel jibes about her weight.
Betsy gave birth to her daughter Isabella in 2013 and was 18-and-a-half stone at the time. She’d been working hard to get into shape when she discovered the incriminating messages on her now ex-husband’s phone.
So what did she do? She got herself the ultimate revenge bod and she looks incredible:
The mum-of-one, who’s lost 115lbs, told Honey:
I started in September and was doing okay until two days after Christmas, when I found out my husband was cheating on me with a co-worker.
I had been with him since I was 17 and pretty much devoted my life to our relationship and him. I was devastated.
I found out through some messages I read on his Facebook where they were calling me a cow and fat and just trashing me, and my whole world fell apart.
He would always tell me I looked fine or would try to get me to eat junk all the time, which is why I was so devastated when I read those messages because it was almost like he enabled me or wanted me to stay that way.
Betsy started channelling the breakup into gym sessions and motivation to lose weight.
Initially, she cut out sugary snacks from her diet and began working out with her sister, taking part in Zumba classes on a regular basis.
Betsy has since lost more than seven stone and has become a Herbalife wellness coach to help others to try to lose weight.
She holds no bitterness and says she’s ‘thankful’ for her experience:
Now I honestly feel that what he did was a blessing because otherwise I would have been the way I was forever.
I prayed all the time for my life to change and my prayers were answered just maybe not in the way I envisioned but I got a second shot at a fresh start and I’m grateful for that.
She added:
I’m a completely different person both on the inside and outside because of my outlook on everything.
I was always very negative and had a chip on my shoulder because I was unhappy with me. I’m happier, I’m confident and most of all, I’m positive.
I know that I’m capable of so much and I’m so happy to set a good example for my daughter which is extremely important for me.
As well as a beautifully positive attitude in life, Betsy holds no resentment towards her ex husband.
She said:
My ex-husband and I are actually good now. It took me a while to get to that place of forgiveness but what he did was about him and not me.
My journey has really helped me understand that.
You go girl!
There’s nothing like a loathsome ex-partner to fuel fitness motivation.
Welsh student Shanai Martin dropped from a size 16 to a size 10 in just nine months following a break-up from her cheating ex-boyfriend, and now says she’s feeling more confident and healthier.
Posting her incredible transformation to Twitter, Shanai wrote:
9 months later and 4 stone down. Big thanks to my cheating ex for providing the motivation for a glo up.
She told UNILAD:
I found myself being way more active and the weight just kind of dropped off, a stress thing I think it must have been?
I believe it’s a healer and I never thought I’d get over him, but I’m with someone 10 times better than him now who treats me a lot better and I’m so much happier in myself!
Well done!
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