A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her. Over a period of three years, Victoria Stean, 24, guzzled on five energy drinks a day - consuming an astonishing 69 teaspoons of sugar. By the time she was 21, her 5ft 7in frame had ballooned to 19st 7lbs. Confronted with a terrifying future after being told she was going blind, Victoria vowed to shed the weight – and save her eyesight. Now the pretty brunette, of Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, weighs 11st 7lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 10.
Lauren Kilgariff, 29, was with husband, Shaun, 31, for four years .
A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
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 .
This is the crazy art project that is going ballistic - placing a huge squishy 15ft red ball into tight spaces .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
DANCE guru Matt Howes leaves crowds in a spin when he gets behind the decks - as the world's only one-armed professional DJ .
Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .
STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .
An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .
SAT happily on the branch of a tree, this little frog appears unfazed by a surprise visitor .