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.
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
A Kermit the Frog toy made famous by travelling the world is still globehopping, having racked up an incredible 420,000 kilometres to some of the world's furthest flung places .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .
A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .
A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .
A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
A LUXURY baby cot has hit the shelves with a price tag just shy of 10 MILLION POUNDS .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
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 .