A woman who blew £12k of her student loan on junk food and booze has lost 10st after ditching her unhealthy habits. Nicole Mealey, now 28, was forced to get a part-time job at university to fund her fatty life-style. And, by the time she graduated in March 2013, her weight had ballooned to 23st. Struggling to find flattering clothes for her size 24 figure, Nicole vowed to shed the weight. Now the pretty brunette weighs 12st 10lbs after slimming down to a svelte size 12.
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 .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
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 .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .