Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 6 and week 7- You Got Served!

I was watching Fit Club and taking notes like I do for the preparation on writing my blog, and I felt stuck creatively. I realized that every week on the show it is the same format. The contestants arrive, Harvey yells, they do an impossible feat, there is a dead weight challenge, they blow off some steam with some R & R, Rhonda talks to K Fed and Shar about their issues, and then everyone weighs in. Pepper in some Jay McCarroll quotes, and you got a show.

I am BORED. And I still don't believe the weights they are showing are really real. Reality programming NOT real? Say it ain't so!

I thought I would write a little highlight reel about each episode instead of going in for the full monty.

WEEK 6

The Drama: Bobby Brown arrives at Fit Camp only to tell his team mates and Harvey that he has a show in London the next day. Will he stay or will he go? He stays. What happened to all the folks in London that bought tickets?

The Challenge: The Fit Club Games= Four events that measure endurance, agility, speed, and strength.

• * Tanisha and Jay are clipped to parachutes and have to run against hurricane gale force winds. Tanisha gets lifted off the ground and flies for a second. Then she passes out. WINNER: JAY

* Kevin and Jay have to haul 225-pound sand bags on a sled uphill. WINNER: JAY

* Kaycee and Shar have to capture the flag while Harvey shoots them with tennis balls. WINNER: SHAR

* Sebastian and Bobby have to run uphill and jump over hurdles for one mile. WINNER: SEBASTIAN

Bobby Brown was so slow on the race that the Blue Team ended up winning even though the Red Team won every other event. FAIL. Bobby does the dead weight challenge, which is picking up all the hay bale hurdles and dragging them back down the hill that he just ran up.

R & R: Cross reality show time! So You Think You Can Dance winner Josh shows up at camp to get the contestants involved in a dance off. Maybe Kevin has some flash backs to his movie "You Got Served". Everyone shows their moves, and High School Musical hip hopper Kaycee is crowned the winner.

DRAMA: Nicole and Bobby tell team captain Jay that maybe he needs to worry about himself instead of them. Jay loses weight every week. Bobby and Nicole don't. Judgement call: Jay is the winner.

WEIGH IN:

Kevin: Last week: 215 lbs Today: 212 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Tanisha: Last week: 229 lbs Today: 228 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next Week's Goal: 5 lbs

Shar: Last week: 137 lbs Today: 134 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next Week's Goal: 3 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 211 lbs Today: 210 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next Week's Goal:4 lbs

Bobby: Last week: 191 lbs Today: 191 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 0 Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Kaycee: Last week: 184 lbs Today: 180 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Nicole: Last week: 124 lbs Today: 127 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Gained: 3 lbs Next Week's Goal: 3 lbs

Jay: Last week: 238 lbs Today: 231 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 7 lbs Next Week's Goal: 3 lbs

REALLY? 0 pounds lost and 3 pounds gained? What is going on with these people? I wish they got voted off every week because I AM TIRED of the excuses.

Week 7

The drama: Bobby Brown did a concert in London and in AMSTERDAM. Really? Red Team has kissed and made up after Bobby called Jay a "punk ass snitch".

The challenge: The Fit Club marathon. Marathon= 3.2 mile track that you run on for an hour. So, not a marathon. But for "celebrities", yes, it is.

Even though Sebastian ran the course a few times over, the Red Team still won because Kevin and Tanisha are babies and couldn't do it. Tanisha actually stood at the base of the hill on the course and cried because she didn't want to climb up it. Because of this, she was voted the dead weight and had to scoop horse poop.

R & R: Game night on the Wii fit. Sebastian notes that Kaycee looks like one of the Mii's on the game.

Life Coach Rhonda Time: Rhonda has Googled all of the "stars" bad press and makes them read it out loud. We focus mostly on Kevin and Shar because their drama is real and on going. Kevin looks like an ass. The exercise was meant for the "celebs" to get over themselves. I don't know if it was successful.

PT: The teams have to compete in a brick event like they are training for a triathlon. Tanisha actually beats Bobby. Bobby gets a hernia horse in his knee. It's science.

WEIGH IN

Jay: Last week: 231 lbs Today: 227 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Kevin: Last week: 215 lbs Today: 210 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 2 lb Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Nicole: Last week: 127 lbs Today: 122 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 5 lbs Next Week's Goal: 2 lbs

Kaycee: Last week: 180 lbs Today: 178 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 2 lbs Next Week's Goal:4 lbs

Shar: Last week: 134 lbs Today: 133 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next Week's Goal: 3 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 210 lbs Today: 209 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next Week's Goal: 3 lbs

Bobby: Last week: 191 lbs Today: 189 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 2 lbs Next Week's Goal: 4 lbs

Tanisha: Last week: 228 lbs Today: 223 lbs Goal: 5 lbs Total Loss: 5 lbs Next Week's Goal: 5 lbs

Everyone ACTUALLY lost weight this week. I think there is only one more episode left- maybe two? The only person that has reached their initial goal is the fab Jay. Everyone else has a pound or two. And Bobby has to pay $1,000 to charity for every pound he doesn't lose. We should implement this policy for everyone! If there are real stakes involved, people will hustle and lay off the real steaks.

Koo.

Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 5- The Art of War

The title seems more apt for last week's episode. . .how much more drama could there be this week?

The "celebrities" are greeted by Harvey, who tells them they are half way through boot camp. Taneesha utters a sigh of relief, saying she is "50 percent there! Let's get it over with!", which of course brings up that ever burning question in my mind- are these people for real? Are they here for their careers only or do they really want to get healthy?

Harvey asks the "celebrities" if they have ever read "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu: a handbook of warrior training that helps one to identify others weaknesses for the purposes of exploiting them. Each "celebrity" receives there own copy then go off to change and meet together to plan their attack strategy.

"Those who confront the ill-prepared with preparation will stand victorious."- Sun Tzu

At the blue team meeting, Sebastian suggests taking advantage of Bobby's weakness by giving him a bottle of Grey Goose. At the red team meeting, Jay asks Bobby to wake up because he keeps falling asleep. "It's only 42 hours a week. Wake the f**k up!" begs Jay.

"In war you must avoid what is strong and strike at what is weak."- Sun Tzu

The teams gather for an American Gladiator style challenge: a bridge over a shallow swimming pool where the teams will fight each other with puggle sticks and capture the flag. Taneesha immediately panics because of the water, saying "This is like the Titanic all over again!"

Its guys versus guys and girls versus girls! Round one- the ladies. Nicole is knocked in the water immediately, but Shar is a "brick house" according to Kaycee, and knocks Taneesha and Kaycee in the water to capture the first flag. Taneesha freaks out when she falls in the water, screaming "Help! Help!" Sebastian points out that the pool is only three feet deep. "If you stand up, you're not in the water," he laughs.

Round two- Jay is knocked in right away, but Bobby manages to get around Sebastian and Kevin to get the second flag. Round three- Taneesha gets knocked in the water right away, but Kaycee manages to get through Nicole and "the monster" Shar to capture the first flag for the blue team. Round four- Jay is angry and goes after Kevin, but gets knocked into the pool, then Bobby gets knocked in and Kevin grabs the second flag for the blue team. The teams are tied two to two.

Round five is down to the women. Kaycee and Shar are immediately in the water, and it is down to Taneesha and Nicole. "There is no way that Nicole is going to push me in the water," Taneesha says. Nicole goes in for the kill, and Taneesha says, "Yo son, why you grabbing me?" Nicole and Taneesha wrestle to the ground, and Nicole gives up when it gets "a little to street for my liking" and Taneesha grabs the last flag. BLUE TEAM WINS!

At the dead weight vote, Bobby, Nicole, and Shar all vote for Jay. But during the challenge, Jay messed up his back, and needs someone to help him complete the task. He asks for Bobby's help, and Bobby is PISSED. "It's some bulls**t," he whines.

"If the ranks are uneasy, it means the General's authority is in question."

- Sun Tzu

The dead weight task is to scrub the tents clean from last week's challenge. The medic doesn't want Jay to do it, so he helps the little he can, but Bobby is having to do the bulk of the work. And he won't talk to Jay. The red team is starting to disintegrate and Jay doesn't know what to do about it. After the dead weight he talks to Kaycee about how she has pulled her team together, and apparently the fight that the blue team had last week brought them closer together. Jay is "trying to lead by example, but is ignored".

"To be victorious, you must know when to fight and when not to fight."- Sun Tzu

It's day 30, and for the PT challenge Harvey has brought in a former NFL player turned coach to lead the teams in some football drills. The coach tells the teams that when he yells "What time is it?" the teams need to reply "Game time!"

So he yells, "WHAT TIME IS IT?" The teams respond, "GAME TIME!" and Bobby clutches his butt. I can't tell if he farted or pooped his pants. "Sometimes, s**t happens," he offers. He scoots off the field, presumably to change.

The teams are led through some punishing looking football drills, and when Harvey makes comment to Taneesha about her using her "big ass thunder thighs" to bear crawl across the field, she quits and they get into an altercation. Sebastian states, "I saw this last week." After she huffs and puffs, the coach gets Taneesha to try again and she manages to complete the exercise.

Then it's Life Coach Rhonda time! Today's lesson builds on "The Art of War".

"Anger may in time change to gladness; annoyance may be succeeded by content."- Sun Tzu

Rhonda says anger is often unresolved pain. It is important to express your anger and then to let it go. Each person is to state the number one thing that upsets them, write it on a t-shirt or a pillow case, and then beat up a dummy wearing the shirt or rip up the pillow case.

Jay confronts his high school bully. Sebastian talks about how is father left his family for a student he was teaching. Taneesha was involved in fight clubs when she was 5 years old. Nicole is angry at her step mom for bringing up unresolved issues after her father passed away and there was no way to resolve them.

Kevin? Kevin is mad at the people who cut him off on the freeway and don't use their turn

signal. REALLY? Really.

Shar loathes betrayal, and everyone knows she is probably referencing Kevin but she doesn't say Kevin.

It is an emotional meeting for some, and on that note they leave for the fifth week weigh in.

Kevin: Last week: 218 lbs Today: 215 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Jay: Last week: 240 lbs Today: 238 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 2 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Bobby: Last week: 192 lbs Today: 191 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Kaycee: Last week: 185 lbs Today: 184 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Shar: Last week: 140 lbs Today: 137 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Taneesha: Last week: 229 lbs Today: 229 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 0 Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 214 lbs Today: 229 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Nicole: Last week: 124 lbs Today: 124 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 0 Next week's goal: 3 lbs

It's an emotional weigh in: Big results for Kevin, Shar, and Sebastian, and no weight loss for Taneesha and Nicole. The number one culprit? Alcohol. Apparently no one can say no! And VH1 can't not offer wine at a weight loss boot camp.

The red team is still in the lead, but Kevin from the blue team is the individual leader so far. At the half way mark, some people are succeeding and others are just coasting along. Let's see what next week will hold!

Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 4- Snot Rockets and Ponchos

I'm not kidding. Snot grosses me out beyond belief and somehow it was prominently featured this week.

"I'm waiting until all this is over to pig the f**k out!" crows Sebastian Bach in the opening bus ride on the way to boot camp. Another sign that these "celebrities" are taking this seriously! They are greeted by Harvey who yells that they need to beat the rain, and everyone goes to change into their fatigues.

The drama is already brewing like the storm clouds above: Sebastian had organized a hike for his team outside of the camp, and the day of Taneesha had sent him a text message canceling on him. He was pissed. Ironically, this week's focus was on teamwork. Can we guess that all hell is going to break loose?

The "celebrities" march through the rain for their fourth fit challenge: The teams must carry heavy supplies up a steep hill, build a tent on top of the hill, and then load the supplies into the tent. The team that finishes first wins.

The hill is a pretty steep incline, and Bobby B immediately has issues getting up it. Jay points out that if Bobby quit smoking it would be easier for him- WAIT. Jay was just seen popping a cig in his mouth last episode. . .did he quit in the last week? Or did he think I didn't notice he was smoking while getting on Nicole about drinking? I digress. Taneesha also can't get up the hill, and we see her flailing and struggling as usual.

Bobby and Jay are nitpicking each other as they struggle with the supplies, and Nicole accuses them of not trying harder. The blue team actually makes it to the top of the hill first, even with Taneesh's struggles, but their lead doesn't last for long. The red team is a wiz with setting up the tent, and the blue team can't quite pitch it. Sebastian loses his temper, screams that he wants a poncho, tries to rip one off of a camera man, and then knocks a camera out of another camera guy's hand. He is pitching a fit instead of a tent. When he knocks the camera over, Taneesha starts yelling at Sebastian and it is ON.

The next few minutes are the Sebastian and Taneesha show, which overshadows the red team's victory at completing the task in 2 hours and 3 minutes. Sebastian and Taneesha drop the f-bomb, insult each other's careers and hair, and Sebastian flips off the camera and then blows a snot rocket towards it while threatening swine flu. NICE.

At the dead weight vote, everyone does the usual I vote for myself routine. . .except Sebastian, who decides to vote for Taneesha because he is bored with the game. All hell breaks loose as promised, and Harvey decides in the first time in Fit Club history that the whole team will be dead weight. They will all break the tents down and carry all the supplies back down the hill.

"We defeated ourselves," says Kevin.

At dinner time, Sebastian shares not to vote for a teammate as dead weight "unless you want to get the gun". Kaycee sits down with Taneesha to encourage her to apologize, and surprisingly she decides to take the high road. Taneesha goes to Sebastian, and he admits the reason he was mad was because she didn't go on the hike with him. She apologizes to him, he apologizes to her, and it is all good.

After dinner life coach Rhonda brings the "celebrities" together for a group viewing of family videos from home. She reiterates the teamwork theme and the importance of support from home to inspire and continue their weight loss.

I thought this part was a little odd, as most of the contestants get to be home during the week and see their wives and girlfriends and children on a daily basis- this isn't like the Biggest Loser where the are shipped to the ranch with no outside contact. But what do I know!

Jay gets a video from his family, and they promise to stop eating so much pizza and kettle cooked chips. Bobby B's dad offers words of encouragement, and he has been through it all: quadruple bypass, diabetes, cancer, quitting smoking. Dilyn, Nicole's daughter, wants her mom to feel confident again. Nicole feels alone because she is a single mother and doesn't have a great adult support structure at home. Rhonda doesn't want her to rely too heavily on her daughter, and she needs to reach out and broaden her support structure.

Video after video shows families that love their "celebrities": Kaycee's husband, Sebastian's wife, Taneesha's cousin. Kevin says it's nice to see them as "regular people".

Then it was Kevin's turn and things got a little uncomfortable. His newest girlfriend Victoria shows him pictures that his children had colored for him. His children with Brittney and Shar, not her children. Shar looks sad as she watches on, but then Shar's video is of her daughter, who tells her she wants her to start dating again and to "beat Dad!".

Feeling warm and cuddly, the "celebrities" go back to their bunks and rise early the next rainy morning before even Harvey arrives. Harvey is smiling and motivated to start his "doggone" day. The teams head to a dance studio (A camp that has a dance studio? Where is this place?) where they learn how to step dance. First of all, Jay has some moves! He can dance AND sew? It was cool to watch Kevin and Bobby finding their joy again, and even Sebastian finally got the hang of it. "We were a team and it felt great!" said Taneesha.

Then it was time for the four week weigh in.

Kaycee: Last week: 190 lbs Today: 185 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 5 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Nicole: Last week: 126 lbs Today: 124 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 2 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Taneesha: Last week: 236 lbs Today: 229 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 7 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Jay: Last week: 244 lbs Today: 240 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Kevin: Last week: 222 lbs Today: 218 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

("Koo.")

Shar: Last week: 140 lbs Today: 140 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 0 Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Bobby: Last week: 197 lbs Today: 192 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 5 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 217 lbs Today: 214 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

The blue team is still above the red team, but only by 4 fit factor points. The individual lead is still Kevin, but Jay is sneaking up.

The weight loss seems to be creeping along, but I am still curious how the "celebrities" are working out during the week and if the weight loss is real or reality show. I waited on Wendy "the Snapple Lady" last year at my restaurant, and she was a two time competitor on the show. She was still big, and she still loved to eat. It's like nothing she learned on the show sunk in. Will this be the fate of the others on the show? As Dr. Ian says, "The scale doesn't lie. . ."

Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 3- "I had carrots at the movies!"

I wonder what would happen if The Biggest Loser ranch had a fully stocked bar? It's hard enough to lose weight and to make successful life changes without having to face constant temptations. The "celebrities" at boot camp not only get to go home during the week with relatively little documentation, but they also get to have unhealthy food and drink choices while at the boot camp site. Great for promoting their careers and promoting Dr. Ian's new diet book- but is this show REALLY a benefit for it's participants?

It is week 3 of Fit Club boot camp, and the "celebrities" arrive on the bus, chattering away about their week and the changes that they have been making. Bobby Brown shares he took carrots to the movies instead of popcorn. Jay seems to be the only one really serious about the process, but that's probably how he won Project Runway, too.

Harvey greets the contestants with a Hoo Rah, and they run to their barracks to change for their challenge. Jay decides to get his team together to discuss last week's misadventure with Bobby's getting totally schnockered. Bobby pours the vodka out, and everyone agrees that having just wine and beer is okay, but not hard liquor.

What? These people are crazy! Why are they drinking at all?

To the challenge! This weekend's theme is Fight or Flight- fighting against stress and fear and pushing yourself further than you think you can go. The challenge seems like it is chocked full of stress: The teams are shackled together by their feet, have to break through a brick wall with a battering log, climb uphill and crawl through a sewer tunnel, cut through their shackles and a locked fence, and then climb up a ladder to the top of some scaffolding. And they must complete all this in 60 seconds. If not, the hounds are released.

HOUNDS! Trained German Shepherds to be more precise. Never see that on the Biggest Loser- they just release Jillian Michaels.

Bobby Brown doesn't like dogs and dogs don't like him. Harvey has to persuade him not to give up on himself or his team and to overcome his fear. The dogs looked pretty fierce, so it's not a completely irrational fear. I feel the "celebrities" would have felt safer with a pack of chihuahuas. Or some CGI wolves. Bobby decides to suck it up and do it.

Jay, Bobby, Nicole, and Shar are first. They all hold hands and walk slowly as not to trip each other up. Their only plan of action is to get Bobby up the tower first so he doesn't have any interaction with the dogs. The alarm sounds as they clip off their shackles, and they all run like mad as the dogs come bounding over the hills. They almost all make it to the top, but Jay is last and he can't make it up the rope ladder. The dogs tag him and he is captured.

Then it is Sebastian, Kaycee, Taneesha, and Kevin. Sebastian's strategy is to run since the red team walked the whole way. It works for a second before Kevin trips and falls. Taneesha gets the log dropped on her foot. Kaycee is pissed about the shackles. They finally get themselves out of the shackles, and the alarms sound and the dogs are released. Taneesha takes forever to get up the ladder, and Kevin realizes he doesn't have any time to climb up so he decides to make a run for it and take cover in a cage behind the tower. He makes it to the cage, but doesn't shut the door in time and one of the dogs jumps in there with him. He is laughing and petting the dog, but Taneesha starts screaming and wailing, "I didn't save Kevin! NOOOOOOOOOO! I didn't save Kevin!"

In a cut away interview, Sebastian is cracking up and states, "It's a TV show! He's fine!"

Harvey states the results; The red team finished in 10 minutes and 36 seconds, blue team in 10 minutes and 12 seconds. BLUE WINS! It's a big deal since they haven't won a single challenge yet. Harvey chooses Jay as the dead weight since he couldn't get up the rope ladder, and he has to carry punching bags to the PT field as his punishment. Jay focuses on the fact that his father was a brick layer, and if he could do that than he should be able to carry some punching bags.

When he finishes, he is greeted by all of the "celebrities" for a surprise birthday celebration! Instead of cake he gets a banana and two apples shaped like. . .*cough*, a banana and two apples. Taneesha tries to give Jay a lap dance which makes Bobby Brown say, "I don't know. You figure it out." Kaycee shows her freaky side and busts out some sexy moves- not what she showed in High School Musical for sure.

The next morning, the "celebrities" head out for some PT with mixed martial arts champion and black belt Debi Purcell (her picture is the one above). Um, Debi Purcell is a total bad ass. She not only is the first female coach for mixed martial arts, but she has a website for really cute tough girl gear at http://www.fightergirls.com/. She kicks the "celebrities" in the rear, making Taneesha realize at 24 years old she shouldn't be having these type of health problems. Taneesha talks a good game, but it doesn't seem to be working yet.

The best part is Sebastian going against Debi with his Shaolin techniques. She has him on the ground in seconds with a fist to the crotch. HILARIOUS.

After the fighting, the "celebs" are unwinding with a little food and a little drink. Jay gets on to Nicole about drinking wine and wine coolers. She gets really defensive about it, but it's hard to take Jay too seriously when his concerns are punctuated with him popping a cigarette into his mouth. C'MON JAY! During his stint on Project Runway he was rarely seen without a cigarette in his hand, and I remember that memorable episode where he bonds with Wendy Pepper's mother over smoking. I wish that he would quit- or that VH1 would be more responsible in what they are showing on a "fitness" show.

Harvey gets Bobby Brown to face another fear- his fear of heights- by climbing to the top of a rock climbing wall. It was really touching to see him NOT give up. I know that these reality shows want to see people fail because it makes great TV, but it sure is nice when someone who everyone thinks is a joke earns a little respect. Harvey was impressed! And it's not easy to impress Harvey.

Then it is time for the third weigh in! Will the "celebs" falter and get a case of the dreaded week three like Biggest Loser?

Shar: Last week: 143 lbs Today: 140 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Taneesha: Last week: 236 lbs Today: 236 lbs Goal: 5 lbs Total Loss: 0 Next week's goal: 4 lbs

("I had a relapse with some Japanese food at the mall!")

Kevin: Last week: 226 lbs Today: 222 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

("Koo," he says.)

Jay: Last week: 251 lbs Today: 244 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 7 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

("The treadmill at the gym is my friend!")

Nicole: Last week: 127 lbs Today: 126 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Kaycee: Last week: 193 lbs Today: 190 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 219 lbs Today: 217 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 2 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Bobby Last week: 198 lbs Today: 197 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next week's goal: 4 lbs

The biggest losers of the week were Taneesha, Bobby, and Nicole who had really low weight loss and seem to be sabotaging their own success due to lack of control with their diets and their drinking. The weirdest thing is Nicole and her super defensive behavior about her drinking. As Jay points out, "What are you doing when you're not here?"

The Fit Factor winner of the week is Kevin, who seems to be really giving his all. The blue team is finally in the lead over the red team!

Next episode promises videos from home and more Shar and Kevin drama- tune in!

Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 2- "Trust me. I'm a life guard."

The "celebrities" are back on the bus and heading to another exciting weekend at Boot Camp! I think it is interesting that this show chooses to let the participants live their regular lives off the camera during the week and then only tape them for about 48 hours. What's going on the rest of the time? The down time is the naughty time! And judging from some of their behaviors on camera during the "good" time, I can only imagine in horror what's going on at home.

Are you listening Bobby Brown? Bobby B!?!

This weekend's activities start with some water activities, much to Bad Girl Taneesha's dismay. Number 1, she can't swim and number 2, she is wearing a weave and can't get it wet. The challenge is as follows: the teams must paddle across a lake to a wooden raft. The raft has a military guy that is preventing the teams from rescuing a dummy that is attached to a chair. They have to get the dummy into the raft and get back to the shore. Then they have to drag the raft across the beach while drill Sergeant Harvey blasts them with a high power water cannon.

Sounds easy enough.

Sebastian pulled his groin during last week's gut checker and Shar is still suffering from falling on her back during the obstacle course, so they get to sit out. Since the red team won last week, team captain Jay decides that their team will go second so they can strategize during the blue team's turn. Jay is confident that they will rock this challenge because Nicole has a lot of water experience from being on Baywatch. I can't tell if he is kidding or not.

The blue team's Taneesha, Kevin, and Kaycee paddle out to the raft with little issue. Taneesha stays in the raft because she is afraid of the water, and Kevin and Kaycee are left to wrestle with the military guy and the dummy. When they get back to the shore, Harvey turns the water cannon on them and Kevin loses his pants and exposes his butt while Taneesha wails, "I'm from Brooklyn! I'm from Brooklyn!" to try and get Harvey to turn down the juice.

Then the red team's Bobby, Jay, and Nicole race their dingie out to the raft quickly. You think they have the advantage: they conspired to put the entire chair and dummy into the raft and then throw the chair overboard. What they forgot to do was untie the chair from the dummy, and dragged the chair through the water while Jay repeatedly hit Nicole in the head with his oar. When it is their turn to get the water cannon, Bobby's pants fall off instead.

Harvey reveals the results: red team beat the blue team by 25 seconds. Taneesha votes herself the dead weight since she wouldn't get out of the raft, and Harvey puts her to work. She has to build 50 sandbags and then carry them across the beach. The other team members get to sit and relax while she works. It is funny.

That evening, the teams gather round the old bonfire with their life coach Rhonda. She has asked each team member to bring something from their past that they are going to leave behind.

Kevin: size 40 inch Dickies that he bought because it was easier to buy a larger size than to lose the weight.
Nicole: a tabloid that has photos of her being heavy in a bikini. She wants to not give them any more cannon fodder.
Bobby: some crazy sequined "unhealthy" pants. He says they represent the time in his life when he was an addict. "You know I had to be high to buy these." He states that he is three years sober. Really.
Taneesha: a chain that she was wearing when she was arrested. She found out her boyfriend slept with her best friend and got her pregnant. She was arrested for freaking out on them- and to show how unstable she truly is, she starts screaming like a crazy person and running down the beach.
Jay: a really long black scarf. He says this item represents him hiding from life. He is not comfortable being gay, or masculine. He is hiding behind glasses, scarves, and his fat. And he doesn't want to hide anymore.
Kaycee: a pair a gym shorts. They were the shorts she was wearing when she found out she weighed 200 pounds.
Sebastian: a pair of jeans. He calls them his lazy jeans.
Shar: a waist cincher. She says she has been using it for all the stuff she has been holding in- and she doesn't want to hold anything in any more.

The next day the "celebrities" get to work out with Sensei Peter, a samurai expert who teaches them how to cut up watermelons with swords instead of smashing them like Gallager.

That night at dinner, Bobby Brown starts drinking and gets SMASHED. Like Gallager? Not sure. But apparently sober means sober from crack. Not from alcohol.

Then it is time for the week 2 weigh in. How have these "celebs" been doing? Dr. Ian has instructed the "celebrities" to keep a food journal during their time away. Some followed it to the letter and the results show that. And others?

Bobby: Last week: 199 lbs Today: 198 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 1 lb Next week's goal: 5 lbs

Kaycee: Last week: 196 lbs Today: 193 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 3 Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Nicole: Last week: 130 lbs Today: 127 lbs Goal: 3 lbs Total Loss: 3 lbs Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Taneesha: Last week: 240 lbs Today: 236 lbs Goal: 5 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next week's goal: 5 lbs

Jay: Last week: 258 lbs Today: 251 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 7 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

Sebastian: Last week: 223 lbs Today: 219 lbs Goal: 4 lbs Total Loss: 4 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs
Shar: Last week: 146 lbs Today: 143 lbs Goal: 3 lbs. Total Loss: 3 lbs. Next week's goal: 3 lbs

Kevin: Last week: 232 lbs Today: 226 lbs Goal: 5 lbs Total Loss: 6 lbs Next week's goal: 4 lbs

This week's winners were Jay, Taneesha, Shar, and Kevin. They kept excellent food journals and were making some positive break throughs. Bobby, Sebastian, and Nicole were all admonished for drinking too much. Kaycee was coached on not trying to lose weight the unhealthy way- she had weighed 165 when she got married and gained 50 pounds in 9 months. Bobby isn't keeping a food journal and is in clear denial about his alcohol abuse.

Team Jay wins again! Will the blue team kick it into high gear? Next week promises more melt downs, malt liquor, and madness! Let's tune in!

Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp- week 1- Meet the "Celebrities"!

I love love love reality television. And if you combine reality television with weight loss? YOU OWN ME. I will be your watchful slave. My DVR is aimed and ready for this new season of Celebrity Fit Club Boot Camp. VH1 had me at Kevin Federline.

Weight loss is hard for everyone, but when you are a "celebrity" there are people watching you and waiting for you to fail. Look at Kirstie Alley and Carnie Wilson! The fact that these "celebrities" are willing to put themselves on national television to get healthy makes me respect them a little more. The contestants on The Biggest Loser are just regular folks that have chosen to come out of obscurity to get healthy. The contestants on Fit Club are people that everyone (well, mostly everyone) knows and have faded into obscurity.

Let's meet them!

Sebastian Bach was the lead singer of Skid Row, a pretty awesome 80's hair metal band. He also played Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde on Broadway. Yeah. That really happened.

Kaycee Stroh was the chubby dancing girl from High School Musical.

Bobby Brown is BOBBY BROWN. New Edition, it's my prerogative, Whitney Houston's ex. Also Star of Being Bobby Brown, another reality show gem.

Nicole Eggert, who dated Scott Baio, was on Charles in Charge, and was a life guard on Baywatch. And she still looks great- I am a little confused. . .

Jay McCarroll, season one winner of Project Runway and my favorite! He is HILARIOUS. And he knows how to accessorize. He was also my favorite on Project Runway. I love it when reality shows collide.

Taneesha Thomas. She was on Bad Girls Club. That's a reality show on Oxygen. I've never watched it, but I have seen clips on The Soup and it looks like a hot mess. And she is a hot mess.

Kevin Federline was a dancer and was in the movie You Got Served. And he was married to one Brittney Spears and is the father of her two children. He also was in that commercial for Brittney's perfume. And he was with. . .

Shar Jackson, who is the mother of two of Kevin Federline's children. She was with Kevin when he met Brittney Spears. She was on the show Moesha. I never saw it, but apparently it was popular.

And no one mentioned to Shar that Kevin was going to be on this show with her. I have a feeling that this could be an issue.

The celebrities arrive at the Fit Camp, and are greeted by every one's favorite drill Sergeant, Harvey Walden IV. He yells at them, they yell back, and then they get to change and it's time for the first challenge.

The challenge is an intense looking obstacle course. The contestants are competing against each other two at a time and as a team.

The first duo is Jay vs. Kevin- you would think that Kevin would have this in the bag, being a dancer and all, but because he is a smoker and has gained so much weight, he actually quits a few feet from the top of the course. Jay, the gay fashion designer, pulled everything he had out of himself and won!

Then it's Nicole vs. Taneesha, which seems a little unfair as Nicole is not in terrible shape. Nicole also says she loves working out, and she breezes through the course. Taneesha did try as hard as she could, though, which was impressive.

The musicians pair up next, and it's Bobby Brown vs. Sebastian Bach. I would have thought that Sebastian would smoked him, but Bobby s diligent and he tries to overcome his fear of heights. Sebastian actually wimps out, in his own words.

Kaycee vs. Shar seems like a fair pair. They are both about the same size and shape. Shar was in the lead, and then she falls on her back off the monkey bars. She really messed up her back, but she kept going until she couldn't go any more. Kaycee ends up winning the challenge. Jay and Nicole came to help Shar and she is touched by their outpouring of help.

Harvey lines up the teams to announce the winners: The red team of Nicole, Jay, Bobby and Shar, whose combined total of time was 2 hours, 3 minutes, and 11 seconds. The blue team of Sebastian, Kevin, Kaycee and Taneesha came in at 2 hours, 14 minutes, and 55 seconds. The blue team has to elect who was the dead weight, and they each nominate themselves. Harvey chooses Kevin to dig holes and bury stumps. He can't even dig one hole!

The teams retire to the mess hall for a little dinner action. There is a good table (grilled chicken)and their is a bad table (fried chicken). Dr. Ian Smith (author of the Fat Smash diet book) comes in to talk to the contestants about their eating habits, and Bobby Brown fails miserably. Not only did he eat the fried chicken and drank a couple of beers (wasn't he in rehab?) but he also ate the grilled chicken, too. Why does the show even offer fried chicken and beer in the first place? Sigh. Not even an Extra sugar free gum plug or a Bob Harper in sight.

Dr. Ian brings in a cake with Harvey's face frosted on it to show that a thin sliver of cake was equal to the amount of calories they burned during the obstacle course. Jay says hell on earth equals one piece of cake? Taneesha has to use some serious control to stay away from the cake- you can see her salivating over it.

After dinner life coach Rhonda Britten comes in to talk to the "celebrities" about their personal issues. She takes them outside to talk to drummer Rick Allen from Def Leopard and his wife who have started a drum group that acts as therapy called the Raven Drum Foundation. Drumming changes your blood pressure and your breathing and helps you get out your frustration and the things that are in your subconscious. They all have a therapeutic bongo session, and then it's off to bed.

The next morning, Harvey wakes the "celebrities" with a loud speaker and lots of screaming. They embark on a gut checker, which a series of super tough boot camp style exercises: crunches, burpees, push ups, running sprints. They will perform this series again at the end of the eight weeks to see how far they have progressed.

Shar talks to Rhonda about all the issues that are going on with her and the fallout from being with Kevin. She feels like her life has been robbed, and she wants it back. It looks like losing the weight will put her back in control.

So. . .to the weigh in. They will get their initial weight to see where they need to progress to over the next eight weeks.

Bobby: 199 lbs, 26% body fat Total Goal: 20 lbs, 21% body fat Next week's goal: 3 lbs.

Kaycee: 196 lbs, 41% body fat Total Goal: 30 lbs, 32% body fat Next week's goal: 4 lbs.

Nicole: 130 lbs, 27% body fat Total Goal: 20 lbs, 22% body fat Next week's goal: 3 lbs.

Taneesha: 240 lbs, 47% body fat Total Goal: 35 lbs, 37% body fat Next week's goal: 5 lbs.

Jay: 258 lbs, 25% body fat Total Goal: 30 lbs, 20% body fat Next week's goal: 4 lbs.

Sebastian: 223 lbs, 28% body fat Total Goal: 30 lbs, 24% body fat Next week's goal: 4 lbs.

Shar: 146 lbs, 34% body fat Total Goal: 20 lbs, 27% body fat Next week's goal: 3 lbs.

Kevin: 232 lbs, 33% body fat Total Goal: 30 lbs, 26% body fat Next week's goal: 5 lbs.

Red teams total weight: 733 pounds

Blue teams total weight: 891 pounds

Jay is named team captain of the red team and Kaycee is named captain of the blue team.

It is amazing that people with these numbers are considered overweightand obese in Hollywood. Especially when dealing with the numbers I see with The Biggest Loser. I am so interested in seeing what these "celebrities" do to lose weight and get healthy- and will it actually stick?