Barbara’s weight drastically increased from emotional eating while tending to her mother’s declining health. She also became diagnosed with pre-diabetes. As her weight climbed to the heaviest of 236lbs, Barbara was no longer able to enjoy her favorite activities: long distance running. On November 2017, Dr. Scarborough performed the sleeve gastrectomy on Barbara. 7months later, at 158lbs, she is back to running half marathons with a faster “personal best” time! Here she is at the Canton Balloon Half Marathon, and feeling happy, healthy, and 78lbs lighter! And her t-shirt says: Sitting gets you NOWHERE!