“I’d been piling it (the weight) on slowly for three years on Geordie Shore,” Vicky has told Now magazine in this week's issue.

“We’d go out, drink, finish the night with a kebab and the next day I’d feel terrible.”

Things got worse after Vicky split with co-star Ricci Guarnaccio and found herself heartbroken and binge-eating. “After we broke up, he went on holiday and got papped with all these bikini-clad women. He was having the best time of his life and I just sat at home shoving pizza in my mouth."

A turning point came when an unflattering pic of her wearing a bikini in Marbella was published. She said seeing the snap was: “Horrendous. Mortifying. Heartbreaking. It was the lowest I’ve ever felt.”

Seeing that picture, though, was what Vicky says she needed to start a healthier way of life.

“I got a personal trainer and sorted my diet out,” explained the reality TV star. “Revenge is best served skinny!”

While she doesn’t know whether ex-fianceRicci has seen her hot new bod (she revealed she hasn’t heard from him for a while), she declared to the mag, “I’m ready for a new man.” Although she’s currently single, she knows what to look out for in her next relationship: “I’m done putting a man’s feeings and needs before mine.”

And in the meantime, she knows she can rely on her Geordie mates. “I couldn’t ask for better support,” she said of the Geordie Shore cast.

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