A Gary Barlow superfan has lost an incredible 11st after a selfie with the pop star left her horrified by her 22st 9lb figure. Hellen Ellis, 40, from Rowley Regis, West Midlands, once ate 14 packets of cheese and onion crisps per day, but says she never realised how big she was until she took a photograph with the former Take That singer at his ‘Since I saw You Last’ tour in April 2014. Shocked into action by the unflattering selfie, the size 30 supermarket sales assistant underwent a gastric bypass and has dropped an astonishing nine dress sizes to a size 12.
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
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Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
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A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
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