A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses. While Georgina Crook had always been overweight, she was never bullied at school, never heard a cruel comment in passing and enjoyed a loving relationship with her husband.She had always been popular with her friends and, while she admits clothes shopping was a "nightmare", her ever-increasing weight not once posed a problem.But when her eight-year-old son Daniel begged her to join her on a bike ride after receiving a cycle for Christmas, Georgina had a sudden wake-up call.At 21st she was simply too big to physically fit on a bicycle seat and she knew then that she needed to do something about her size
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .