LYNN, Mass. —

Gabriela Beltre lost 140 pounds, an accomplishment that will now take her over a finish line she has been dreaming of crossing for years: that of her first marathon.

"I feel like a whole new person," the Lynn mom said. "I feel alive." Latest Forecast

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But that was not always the case. Beltre said she has struggled with her weight most of her life, which made her desire to be a runner incredibly difficult.

"It was very uncomfortable because I was double my weight, my size," she said. "So, I would like doing it, but I wouldn't enjoy it."

Beltre said she tried everything to lose weight, but nothing seemed to work. So, after doing research, she turned to weight loss surgery.

"I recognized that I really needed to get some

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