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. And to reward you for your efforts, Everlast and Everlast Woman have provided gorgeous T-shirts to bestow on our featured members.

Name: Candice Miser

Age: 22

Occupation: Student/ PCA

How often do you exercise? Not enough!

What type of exercise do you do? Yoga and ab training.

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Country singer Monty Lane Allen has accomplished many things. He's recorded albums and has performed with Country greats like Alan Jackson and Brad Paisley, while on stages in front of big wigs like .... the President of the United States. But beyond his beautiful voice and great talent on the guitar, this country star is an amazing athlete!

Monty Lane Allen is half performer and half jock. Not to say that Country folks can't be athletic, because of course they can be and are. But this guy is serious. He runs marathons on a regular basis and doesn't even feel satisfied with that. He's branching out in to triathlons too.

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Curious to know how celebrities squeeze fitness into their daily lives? Want to know the secrets of the stars? Bi-weekly our That's Fit fitness expert Fitz sits down with the celebs we want to know more about, and digs out their great and not-so-great methods to staying healthy.

Kellie Pickler has gone through a wicked physical transition of the past few years. When she auditioned to appear on American Idol, at five feet tall, she weighed in as a featherweight 100 pounds. But by the time the competition and Idol tour was over, she had packed on 28 pounds in less than a year. That's a lot of weight on a very little person. The weight gain made Kellie feel bad, but one fellow celebrity (whom most people love and adore) helped her see the light and lose the weight. Read on to hear her story.

Fitz: Your body has changed a ton since you landed in the spotlight. Tell me about that.

Kellie: Oh my goodness! My body has made a big transformation. When I auditioned for Idol I was only 100 pounds and kind of riding on "the young card." Although I exercised a ton, I think I stayed thin because I was ... young! But my eating habits on Idol and the during the tour became terrible. We were always eating fast food on the road and having late night munchies. I gained 28 pounds in less than a year!

Fitz: How'd you take it off?

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I love it when my kids are active -- when they swim like crazy, run circles around the back yard, wrestle with their dad. Not only does it prime them for a good night's sleep, it allows them to log precious exercise time. I'm all about great sleep and great fitness -- which is why we're headed to Sun Country Sports Center for five-year-old Danny's birthday party today.

Eleven kids will join Danny for his birthday celebration, which will go something like this: They will run and jump and climb on a big play structure for about 30 minutes. Then they'll line up and follow a birthday coordinator who will guide them through a warm-up, all sorts of race events, and an obstacle course. Another 30 minutes here. Then they'll head into a party room for some cake before getting a few more minutes on the the play structure. Danny will open his gifts at home, because no one really wants to watch him tear them all open. It's so much more fun to get back to running, jumping, and climbing.

Ninety minutes of high-level activity awaits my birthday boy and his pals. I predict an easy bedtime tonight -- and I'm already beaming about the exercise my guy is about to get.

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Country singer LeAnn Rimes, now secure with her fit, bikini-ready body, says she once turned to food for love. This eating habit, and the sedentary ways she adopted on her bus while touring, came to an end once she got herself a husband -- who happens to double as her workout partner.

"We both push each other to be better," says the 25-year-old.

Her diet doesn't hurt either.

"I usually eat a bowl of oatmeal with agave nectar, dried cherries and walnuts in the morning," Rimes reports. "I have a protein shake after the gym, then grilled chicken, a whole-wheat pita and humus for lunch." For dinner, Rimes might have trout with spinach sautéed in garlic and olive oil. For dessert: A piece of dark chocolate.

Rimes appears on the cover of Fitness magazine's March issue, in her bikini.

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Fitzness Fiends is a section devoted to you, the reader! We all have learned so much on our path to becoming more fit, and now it's time to learn from and inspire each other! Fitzness Fiends are constantly working to better themselves. Some are perfect, some are not. All have health on the mind. Please send Fitz your answers to these questions with a photo of yourself. Time for you to be the motivator!

Name: Jodi Bennett

Age: 30

Occupation: Gymnastics school owner

How often do you exercise? Five - Six days a week.

What type of exercise do you do? I run, kickbox and lift weights.

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Last week First lady Laura Bush toured through several different nations in Africa in an attempt to draw more attention to the $2.5 million dollar Global Business Coalition and its programs that are helping to fight HIV and AIDS, along with other ailments like malaria. 50% funded by U.S. corporations like Coca Cola, Johnson & Johnson, and the NBA it's just a small part of what the U.S. is doing to help. Congress has allocated as much as $15 billion dollars for fighting diseases abroad, and may as much as double that in upcoming years.

Education and awareness is key, and Americans seem more than willing to help. Laura Bush was quoted as saying "I think all of the programs we'll see that are supported by U.S. taxpayers are a good example of what Americans are really like."

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Looking to burn a ton of calories? Lose some weight without much wait? Run, don't stroll to try out these workouts. Weight loss comes from a caloric deficit which means.....you burn more than you consume. If you're eager to move up the pace of weight loss or just get in incredible shape, schedule some of these workouts into your week. You'll be shopping for smaller jeans in no time.

Calories listed are for a 155 pound person exercising for one hour*

Cross Country Skiing max effort: 1161

Boxing with partner/opponent: 844

Running Stairs: 1056

Cycling @ 20 mph: 1126

Jump Roping Fast: 844

Yes, yes, we all know that Americans are getting fatter and fatter all the time. But wanna hear some good news? In a ranking of the most obese countries, the U.S. is not #1!

Sadly, however, we are in the top 10.

This is a pretty depressing article if you ask me -- over 74% of our adult population is overweight? I guess that shouldn't surprise me, since the issue is in the news so often, but it kinda does anyway. That's a really big number.

But back to the positive, at least we're doing better than the list topper, Nauru. At the #1 spot, 94.5% of their population is overweight. For the complete list of countries ranked from fattest to thinnest, click here.

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