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A year and a half ago, Colli Bounds decided to "just do it." She started eating less, began to exercise and lost 138 pounds. Lesley Young Special to The Commercial Appeal

Colli Bounds' decision to lose weight may have come suddenly, but her method was one of slow deliberation.

"It was in April of 2011. I don't know why I started; I just one day didn't eat as much," Bounds, 34, of Memphis, said. "That led to the next day, which led to the next. It was a day-by-day process, much like any addiction."

After a few months of eating less, Bounds and a co-worker, Sonia Taylor, decided they would try their luck at the gym, and the two Church Health Center employees used the organization's Wellness Center.

"One day after work, we just got on the elliptical for 30 minutes," Bounds said. "I was dying by the time I got out of there. We both realized how bad of shape we were in."

Not giving in, Bounds used her colleague's determination to maintain her own drive.

"I'd be looking at her and she at me, and if the other one was still breathing, we'd keep going," she said.

Having a workout buddy not only kept Bounds on track, but it also inspired her to bump up her workout.

"I looked over one day, and she was jogging," Bounds said. "I'm a very competitive person, and we were in this together, so I was like, 'If you run, I'm going to run.' I started jogging very slowly," Bounds said.

Bounds experienced a few roadblocks along the way, including an exercise-induced asthma diagnosis and knee and ankle problems, but she managed to get back on track and maintain her workout and lose more than 100 pounds.

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Success Story: Road to fitness paved with determination, and help from workout buddy

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