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A divorcee has revealed how she lost 30kg and learned to love herself after being sucked into a vortex of self-loathing when her husband left her.<br>Kyla Cox, 34, from  thought she would be married with babies at 32, instead she was moving back in with her parents 'feeling like an absolute failure'.<br>'I looked at myself in the mirror and for the first time noticed how much weight I had put on, I felt disgusting and unappealing,' she told FEMAIL.<br>              Kyla Cox, 32, pictured here before (right) and after her 30kg weightloss has revealed how she found herself after divorce<br>        Kyla, left, said she weighed 96kg at her heaviest and hated the ways she looked and felt<br>'I told myself it was no wonder he didn't want to be married to me anymore, that I wasn't pretty enough to be loved, I hated myself and I lost all my confidence.'<br>Kyla didn't want to leave the house and hated her appearance so much it made going out too difficult - especially if she had to go shopping for an outfit.<br>'I was a size 20, the clothes were expensive and I hated them all because I hated how I looked in them, so I would only wear them once,' she said.<br>  RELATED ARTICLES                <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>192 shares<br><br><br>But just two and a half years later Kyla is 'feeling better than ever' and has gone from weighing 96kg to 65kg, comfortably fitting into size ten clothes.<br>'I go to the shops and head for the large, then medium before telling myself I am a small,' she said.  <br>Kyla's weight loss journey started with Lite n' Easy.<br>'I knew I ate too much, Friday nights we would eat a pizza and have a six pack, but I didn't know what a serving size looked like,' she said.<br>        Kyla, right, says she now knows what a healthy portion size looks like and no longer overeats<br>        She said she hated going out and the way she looked - now she leads the social scene<br>So she jumped in the deep end and hasn't looked back - but it wasn't easy.<br>'The first two weeks were the hardest, I was starving,' she said.<br>'But it taught me how much pasta I can have, what it looks like on a plate, then my stomach shrunk and it was fine.'<br>'I don't miss out on any food now - I just know when to stop.<br><br>I know I can have a few pieces of chocolate where before I would smash a whole block.'<br>Kyla coupled the meal plan with some light exercise before eventually joining a 'crossfit mixed with F45' style gym. <br>        Kyla works out six times a week and says she gets excited to go and exercise now<br>        Kyla says she is happier than ever, has bought her own house and excelled at work <br>This helped to keep her accountable and also increased her self confidence.<br>She has moved back out on her own, after buying a home, and [https://incitasecurity.com/why-is-crossfit-so-hated/ incitasecurity.com] says she is the happiest she has ever been.<br>'I wake up excited to start my day and I never need coffee or energy drinks to get me gong in the morning,' she said. <br>And the new feeling of calm inside her shows. <br>'My friends and colleagues keep talking about how I am a completely different person now,' she said.<br>Kyla is now a team leader with AGL and says she is 'performing better at work than ever'.<br>        Now Kyla helps her friends and family kickstart their fitness journeys<br>She has also realised she doesn't need to meet the expectations of her younger self to be happy.<br>'I am single now, but it doesn't matter to me like it used to.<br>'And I would love to have kids one day but I don't have to have them.' <br>Kyla has encouraged friends and family members through their own weight loss journeys.<br>'I tell people they just have to get through the first two weeks of being tired and hungry,' she said.<br>'And I tell them I have failed and taken backwards steps too.<br><br>It isn't easy but it is worth it.  <br>Now Kyla  is the one dragging her friends out, leading the group's social scene.<br>She is working on 'toning up' and plans to have skin-removal surgery next year.<br><br>adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

A divorcee has revealed how she lost 30kg and learned to love herself after being sucked into a vortex of self-loathing when her husband left her.<br>Kyla Cox, 34, from  thought she would be married with babies at 32, instead she was moving back in with her parents 'feeling like an absolute failure'.<br>'I looked at myself in the mirror and for the first time noticed how much weight I had put on, I felt disgusting and unappealing,' she told FEMAIL.<br>              Kyla Cox, 32, pictured here before (right) and after her 30kg weightloss has revealed how she found herself after divorce<br>        Kyla, left, said she weighed 96kg at her heaviest and hated the ways she looked and felt<br>'I told myself it was no wonder he didn't want to be married to me anymore, that I wasn't pretty enough to be loved, I hated myself and I lost all my confidence.'<br>Kyla didn't want to leave the house and hated her appearance so much it made going out too difficult - especially if she had to go shopping for an outfit.<br>'I was a size 20, the clothes were expensive and I hated them all because I hated how I looked in them, so I would only wear them once,' she said.<br>  RELATED ARTICLES                <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br>192 shares<br><br><br>But just two and a half years later Kyla is 'feeling better than ever' and [https://incitasecurity.com/why-is-crossfit-so-hated/ https://incitasecurity.com/why-is-crossfit-so-hated/] has gone from weighing 96kg to 65kg, comfortably fitting into size ten clothes.<br>'I go to the shops and head for the large, then medium before telling myself I am a small,' she said.  <br>Kyla's weight loss journey started with Lite n' Easy.<br>'I knew I ate too much, Friday nights we would eat a pizza and have a six pack, but I didn't know what a serving size looked like,' she said.<br>        Kyla, right, says she now knows what a healthy portion size looks like and no longer overeats<br>        She said she hated going out and the way she looked - now she leads the social scene<br>So she jumped in the deep end and hasn't looked back - but it wasn't easy.<br>'The first two weeks were the hardest, I was starving,' she said.<br>'But it taught me how much pasta I can have, what it looks like on a plate, then my stomach shrunk and it was fine.'<br>'I don't miss out on any food now - I just know when to stop.<br><br>I know I can have a few pieces of chocolate where before I would smash a whole block.'<br>Kyla coupled the meal plan with some light exercise before eventually joining a 'crossfit mixed with F45' style gym. <br>        Kyla works out six times a week and says she gets excited to go and exercise now<br>        Kyla says she is happier than ever, has bought her own house and excelled at work <br>This helped to keep her accountable and also increased her self confidence.<br>She has moved back out on her own, after buying a home, and says she is the happiest she has ever been.<br>'I wake up excited to start my day and I never need coffee or energy drinks to get me gong in the morning,' she said. <br>And the new feeling of calm inside her shows. <br>'My friends and colleagues keep talking about how I am a completely different person now,' she said.<br>Kyla is now a team leader with AGL and says she is 'performing better at work than ever'.<br>        Now Kyla helps her friends and family kickstart their fitness journeys<br>She has also realised she doesn't need to meet the expectations of her younger self to be happy.<br>'I am single now, but it doesn't matter to me like it used to.<br>'And I would love to have kids one day but I don't have to have them.' <br>Kyla has encouraged friends and family members through their own weight loss journeys.<br>'I tell people they just have to get through the first two weeks of being tired and hungry,' she said.<br>'And I tell them I have failed and taken backwards steps too.<br><br>It isn't easy but it is worth it.  <br>Now Kyla  is the one dragging her friends out, leading the group's social scene.<br>She is working on 'toning up' and plans to have skin-removal surgery next year.<br><br>adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement