When Janet Curry, 38, was told she was ‘too big to date’ by a man she met on the dating website Plenty of Fish, she didn’t let it stop her from looking for love. After going through a divorce and battling a painful abdominal disorder, the professional makeup artist and mum-of-one knew that she could handle anything. But at 22.5st and a size-30, there was just one thing in the way of finding Mr Right. So a determined Janet vowed to shed the pounds to gain a man. She has now dropped 11.5st and an astonishing NINE dress sizes to slim down to a perfect size-12. Plus she’s bagged a hunky fella to boot.
A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .
A woman who starved herself to look like Cheryl Cole has told how she shrunk to just under 5st 13lbs after developing anorexia .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .