A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica. At her worst, Kirsty Bonnick, 22, was so desperate to lose weight that she consumed just 500 calories a day. Recovered Kirsty from Newbury, Berkshire, would obsessively exercise up to three hours a day and within a year had dropped from 10st 10lbs to 6st. Her obsession with size was worsened by the growing thigh gap trend, a look popularised on Instagram by users including ‘Made in Chelsea’ star Millie Mackintosh.
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A mum who has hid behind the hair loss condition alopecia for the last 20 years has bravely revealed a secret compulsion to tear out her own hair that has tormented her since she was a child .
A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A Canadian woman who is obsessed with all things mythical has had her ears cut and shaped to look like an ELF .
A woman has lost over 13st after beating her addiction to POTATOES .