Lesley Young/Special to The Commercial Appeal

Jennifer Milburn, 40, of Cordova, dropped from a size 14-16 to a size 4 while working with a personal trainer three days a week and working out on the stationary bike and elliptical machine by herself two to three days a week.

"I saw myself, and I was so depressed," Jennifer Milburn says of weighing 190 pounds. She promised her herself she would do something about, and she did.

Jennifer Milburn hated having her picture taken, even on a family trip to Walt Disney World

"I saw myself, and I was so depressed," said Milburn, 40.

When she returned from Florida that March of last year, she promised herself and her husband she would do something about it.

"I sat down with Joe (Solomito) at Results (Personal Enhancement Studio) and told him I would do whatever he told me to do," Milburn said.

Weighing in at 190 pounds, she met with Solomito three days a week at the Cordova gym for weight lifting and 30 minutes of cardio exercise.

"I had a very bad knee, so I used the bike because it strengthens the knee," she said. "I also noticed it strengthened my butt."

On other days, Milburn spent 30 minutes exercising on the elliptical machine and 30 on the stationary bike on her own.

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