A former obese woman has told how she lost 19st, but was so terrified of gaining weight that she ended up developing an eating disorder. 32-year-old Lisa Milburn, who once weighed a whopping 29st 7lbs became obsessed with losing weight after a three year mission to get slim. At her worst, the admin worker, from Edinburgh, weighed herself eight times a day. After surviving on just 300 calories a day, Lisa dropped to just 7st 10lbs and was diagnosed with atypical anorexia.
A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .
Pinning a purple flower into her bleach blonde hair, pretty Ava admired herself in the mirror .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BEAUTY QUEEN ACID SCARE: Miss England finalist, Karla Fitzpatrick, 19, at the Miss England contest .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .