Aged 27, I was swept off my feet by my gorgeous husband, Lee, now 42. I was 13st and loved my curvy figure. Lee was the perfect gentleman, and we quickly fell in love. We enjoyed nights out at fancy restaurants and cosy evenings in feasting on takeaways. But our romantic nights took its toll on my weight, and I gained four stone in as many years. Lee told me he'd love me at any size, so I wasn't too worried. However, my weight spiralled out of control after falling pregnant in 2003 with my son, Oliver. Three years later, I weighed a whopping 20st. ‘Does my bum look big in this?’ I asked Lee, as I stuffed myself into a pair of size-24 jeans.
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
