A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach. Hali Jafari, 33, from Bristol once weighed a whopping 22st, but is now a svelte 11st and size 10. The mum-of-three forked out £11k on gastric sleeve surgery after her GP told her she had the cholesterol of a 70-year-old. Hali, a deputy manager for a cosmetic company, said: "My doctor gave me the wake up call I needed. I was slowly eating myself to death. I was in a terrible state.
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
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A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
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