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.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .