When you put on a couple of pounds, it's easy to ignore it. But eventually, if you keep putting on weight, there will come a point at which you know things just have to change. Maybe it's a depressing shopping trip, or a photograph. Or, if you're Kevin Smith, it's when you break a toilet.

The director/writer/actor has been conscious of his size for some time now -- his doctor called him morbidly obese, which is sure to get anyone's mind on losing weight, but it was after breaking a toilet that he really realized that he needed to do something.

"I'm going away for a while to concentrate on myself," said Smith, "to save my life." Once he's done doing press for Zack and Miri Make a Porno, he plans to get away and focus on counting calories and losing a bunch of pounds. It sounds like he's in a bad place, but he's got a plan, and I hope he's got plenty of friends to help him through it -- we all know support makes a big difference!

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Meet Carla Birnberg, a self-described writer, babymama, and wife. Also known as "MizFit," this self-starter once owned a boutique personal training studio where she worked with clients from all walks of life and learned that the key to lifelong fitness is a healthy helping of education, motivation, and humor.

Educational, motivational, and humorous this woman is. Now a health and fitness columnist -- see her column in Austin's The Good Life (click on "Fitness" under "Gusto Departments" on the right) -- this cool gal authors her own blog where daily posts feature recipes, tips and trends, viewer mail, freebies, and for the purpose of this post: Monday Facetime. Yep, every Monday, you get to see MizFit via video as she teaches something related to fitness.

Wondering about flax seeds? See what MizFit had to say on February 18 about the nutty treat that is oh so good for you in an Omega-3 kind of way. Want to perfect your crunch technique? MizFit got down on the floor on February 25 and to show you how. On March 3, this spunky girl talked about weight training in preparation for some specific instruction that will begin next Monday.

I recommend you pay MizFit a visit when you get a free moment. I think you'll love what she has to offer. You just might learn a thing or two. Click here to meet my friend.

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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: Carla Birnberg

Age: 38 - age in head..20

Occupation: Full time writer, and full time toddler chaser.

How often do you exercise? Daily. Be it lifting weights or going down the slides with my tornado.

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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: Kristen Seymour

Age: 27

Occupation: Writer

How often do you exercise? I try to do something at least four or five times a week. Sometimes that means I'm at the gym for seven days in a row, and sometimes it means I take the dogs for a lot of walks. I just try to make sure I work SOMETHING into my schedule.

What type of exercise do you do? You name it! I like to play team sports like basketball and volleyball, run, swim, go to classes at the gym, use weights and resistance training, and, of course, kickbox!

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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: Jacki Donaldson

Age: 37

Occupation: Freelance writer & Mommy

How often do you exercise? Every day, although I occasionally force myself to take a day off to allow my body some "silence" -- this is what the folks at my gym say for the word "rest."

What type of exercise do you do? I run and walk, lift some weights, hover in the plank position, make attempts at push-ups, and most recently: Play on my new BOSU toy!

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