Mirror, mirror on the wall...who’s the fittest one of all?

For many, the start of 2006 kicks off the start of that infamous resolution to lose weight. You know how it goes – eat right and exercise more. The drill itself really doesn’t change too much from year to year. But you know what does?

The cast of VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club.

Yes, it’s back for a third season of fit club fun. And who can resist cheering on the newest crop of C-list celebrities who have packed on, oh, just a few pounds over the last few years? Along with Dr. Ian Smith, psychologist Dr. Linda Papadapolous and Drill Sergeant Harvey Walden, I watched the cast get weighed in and listened to some inspiring thoughts from the Fit Club panel of experts. I’ve provided team rosters and current statistics below so we can all track their progress week by week.

Team Jeff Conaway
Celebrity: Jeff Conaway
You remember him as: Bobby from Taxi or Kenickie from Grease
You don’t remember him as: Stu Stocker in the movie “Bikini Summer II or as Digger’s dad in the movie Y.M.I.
Current weight: 205 pounds
Target weight loss for next weigh in: 5 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 35 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Smith to Jeff: “Do you have problems with your kidney? You go to the bathroom so often – why do you go to the bathroom so often?”

Celebrity: Bizarre
You remember him as: A member of the band D12 or as one of the basketball-playing convicts in the remake of the movie The Longest Yard
You don’t remember him as: Nothing – the only things Bizarre has really done are be a member of the band D12 and play basketball in the remake of The Longest Yard
Current weight: 321 pounds
Target weight loss for next weigh in: 6 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 45 pounds
Best quote, from himself to the audience: “My goal for the show is to lose two pounds…and a half”

Celebrity: Tempestt Bledsoe
You remember her as: Vanessa Huxtable on The Cosby Show
You don’t remember her as: Tanika in the movie The Expendables or as Janey in the movie Bachelor Man
Current weight: 181 pounds
Target weight loss for next weight in: 5 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 30 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Papadapolous to Tempestt: “Is that hard, Tempestt, feeling that ‘you know what? I like who I am, but I feel for other people to accept me, I need to look different?’”

Celebrity: Kelly LeBrock
You remember her as: Lisa in the movie Weird Science and as Charlotte as The Woman in Red
You don’t remember her as: Donnie in the movie Hard Bounty or as Alexa in the movie Zerophilia
Current weight: 175 pounds
Target weight loss for next weigh in: 6 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 35 pounds
Best quote, from Kelly to Dr. Smith: “I didn’t realize how heavy I was until you guys called me. I thought ‘oh, so you think I’m fat?’”

Team Chastity Bono
Celebrity: Chastity Bono
You remember her as: Sonny and Cher’s daughter and as a spokesperson for GLADD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)
You don’t remember her as: Scorp from the movie Bar Girls
Current weight: 215 pounds
Target weight loss for next weigh in: 5 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 40 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Papadapolous to Chastity: “Being the daughter of someone so famous, who’s famous for her body and for her sexuality, you know, I’m sure there’s a lot going on there with trying to distance yourself from that.”

Celebrity: Countess Vaughn
You remember her as: Kim Parker on the television shows Moesha and The Parkers
You don’t remember her as: The office administrative assistant in the movie Max Keeble’s Big Move or as Annetta Jones in the movie Trippin’
Current weight: 130 pounds. This doesn’t sound like a lot, but Countess is only 4 feet, 11 inches tall.
Target weight loss for next weigh in: 4 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 25 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Papadapolous to Countess (after learning that Countess recently has plastic surgery to make her butt rounder): “And that made you feel more positive about the way you look?”

Celebrity: Young MC
You remember him as: The rapper who sang Bust a Move
You don’t remember him as: The rapper who sang Whoop de Whoop – or anything else from the album Engage the Enzyme
Current weight: 278 pounds
Target weight loss for next weight in: 5 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 40 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Smith to Young MC on his weight gain over the years: “That’s alotta weight, brother.”

Celebrity: Bruce Vilanich
You remember him as: Edna Turnblad in the Broadway musical Hairspray
You don’t remember him as: The hippie priest on the soap opera Santa Barbara or as the flower salesman in the movie Fourth Story
Current weight: 315 pounds
Target weight loss for next week: 6 pounds
Target weight loss for the entire season: 45 pounds
Best quote, from Dr. Smith: “Well Bruce, I’m just gonna say, you are in trouble.”

Combined weight for Team Jeff Conaway: 882 pounds
Combined weight for Team Chastity Bono: 938 pounds

Best of luck to you.