I am absolutely obsessed with Work Out. While my favorite part is watching the trainers do what they do best, train, I find myself sucked into all the drama - lesbian action, the Brian/Jackie feud, etc.

Tonight’s episode focused on the Sky Lab clients and a weekend retreat in Northern California, where the Sky Labbers were pushed to their limits, both emotionally and physically. First, they worked out three times that day. An intense, 5 a.m. beach bootcamp with Jackie, where Deenie (I’ll get to her later), completely wimped out and caused all sorts of problems. Water aerobics with Greg (yea, he’s hot and has an amazing body, but it’s all too much for me), and a combination boxing and yoga class with Agostina (she is an AMAZING trainer and now I really want to pick up boxing).

And just in case the Sky Lab clients weren’t completely exhausted, they had an emotionally draining group therapy session, where tons of tears were shed and Deenie walked out.

What to do about Deenie ? Despite the fact that they are drastically changing their fitness and eating habits, all of the Sky Labbers seems to have a great attitude and be going at this full force. But Deenie, she’s a different story.

Brief disclaimer. As with all reality TV, I’m not there, experiencing everything firsthand. All I have to base my opinions on are the brief clips shown by Bravo.

Anyway, Deenie’s having a really hard time with all this Sky Lab stuff. She’s a smoker, drinker and food addict. As the heaviest, yet youngest, in the group, she’s really struggling with  what I believe to be a lot of emotional pain, and the addictions that mask it. In this new episode, a lot of people attacked her because they thought she wasn’t trying hard enough, whereas all the other clients were doing everything Jackie and the trainers say.

I agree with them. Deenie isn’t giving it 110%, and that might be discouraging or upsetting to the other clients. But I can tell that Deenie is giving it everything she can right now, the 90-95% she stated on the episode. And for a 250+ pound person, 90-95% is pretty damn good.

Deenie has a long way to go, but I’m excited to watch her journey. She needs to be handled differently than they other clients, but with time I think she’ll come around and I think she’ll really improve her health.

Has anyone tried Jackie’s new workout DVD yet? I can’t wait to get my hands on it!