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Dropping lbs.: Barbara Prestano Henry

Barbara Prestano Henry, 31, of Shoreham, lost more

Photo credit: Handout/Ken Sawchuk | Barbara Prestano Henry, 31, of Shoreham, lost more than 100 pounds in less that 12 months.

HER STORY "I was always overweight, and it spiraled out of control from age 19 to 20," Barbara Prestano Henry says. "Being in a bakery, we work long hours. I'd never eat breakfast or lunch and then overeat at dinner."

She grew up in the family bakery, tasting and testing everything.

"I just needed to test one cookie but would eat four," says Prestano Henry. "I could eat a whole loaf...

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