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.
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
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 .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .