That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind.

Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!

Name: Julie Rigby

Age: 40

Occupation: Wife and Mom

How often do you exercise? Six times a week

What type of exercise do you do? Cardio mixed with yoga and strength training

What gets you to workout, even when you're feeling lazy? Looking at my "before" pictures

Keep reading to find out how Julie lost 50 pounds!

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If you're counting calories, you're probably just concerned about the number. If you are keeping a meal under 250 calories, it doesn't matter whether you get those 250 calories from a big bowl of steamed veggies or a sliver of cheesecake (other than the fact that getting your nutrition from cheesecake isn't good for your overall health), right? Not necessarily.

According to Diet Blog, some researchers are saying that's not the case, and some calories are more likely to become fat than others. Basically, sugary treats cause your blood glucose levels to spike, which makes your body release more insulin. And, some experts say that "controlling insulin secretion is the key to losing weight."

I know -- this means that substituting Christmas cookies for a nutritious dinner, even if the calories are equal, is a bad idea. And for that, I'm sorry. But hey, anything I can do to help you avoid a little seasonal weight gain is a good thing, right? So make sure you're not just counting calories, but counting the right calories.

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That's Fit Club is our feature devoted to you, the reader! We have all learned so much on our paths to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! That's Fit Club members are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect; some are not. But all have health on the mind. Besides showing you off, we want to reward you for all of your hard work! Everlast and Everlast Woman are giving gorgeous workout T-shirts to each featured member! To join, please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!

Name: Janeen Glenn

Age: 35

Occupation: Retail Management and Mom

How often do you exercise? Five times a week.

What type of exercise do you do? Running and working out with exercise DVDs.

To see how Janeen's fitness level landed her a spot in televsion production read on!

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By this point, most of us have accepted the fact that dessert is out of the question most nights of the week. Well, if we want to maintain our weight, that is. But we can't help the occasional indulgences, right? After all, what fun is life if you can't eat something you enjoy every now and then? And for some of us, what we enjoy is a sweet, delicious serving of dessert.

And who doesn't love a good slice of New York-style Cheesecake every now and then? I know I can't resist -- I love sweet, rich things. And though cheesecake can't been good for you by any stretch of the imagination, it might not be all the bad. What do you think?

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If you are what you eat, then on every Saturday I'm a chocolate frosted Krispy Kreme donut. But only on Saturdays. I have found that allowing myself one "Reward Day" per week helps me eat clean for the rest of the week. On this One Day, I enjoy snacks, buckets full of pasta, movie popcorn, cake -- you name it. If I want it, I eat it.

The key, as you probably figured, is to make sure that my reward day does not become reward days. That being said, I feel that by employing a reward day-type tacitc, the urge to carry over the poor eating habits of that one day into the next seldom becomes problematic. As a matter of fact, most times I am so sick of desert and pizza by the end of my reward day that I have almost no desire for those foods until the end of the following week. Now, in no way am I suggesting that eating like a glutton once a week is in any way healthy. I mean, what the heck could possibly be healthy about eating a piece of cheesecake?

But, let's face it, we're human. We are not machines, capable of resisting every temptation that may come our way. With that being the case, eating well on a regular basis can sometimes become a very difficult thing, especially when you may be pressed for time and a delicious Whopper is just so quick and easy. It is at this point where most diets fail; when people deprive themselves of the foods they enjoy for so long that they simply throw in the towel.

Do any of you guys follow a strategy of this kind? And if so, do you take a full reward day or just endulge in a reward meal or two throughout the week?