This fitness blogger says she owes her career to the ex who fat-shamed her Imagine being told by your partner that you needed to slim down. You’d be mortified. You’d probably lock yourself in the bathroom for a good two hours. But one fitness blogger says that her ex-boyfriend’s comments are responsible for the successful business she has today. Britney Vest, 29, had struggled with her weight from a young age, having had high cholesterol levels since she was just two years old. ‘Since I was born, I was in the overweight area on all the charts,’ she says. ‘I was the oldest of four kids and my mum would make us pasta with cheese, peas and chicken almost four nights a week. The other nights were filled with fast food.’ She was overweight by the time she was eight and, by the time she left university, she weighed 17st 8lbs. Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/09/15/this-fitness-blogger-says-she-owes-her-career-to-the-ex-who-fat-shamed-her-6127446/#ixzz4KJlX1eXe