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Willie Aames is on this season’s version of celebrity fit club. You may remember Willie was one of the stars from the successful show of the 70’s, “Eight is Enough”  He was a teen heart throb for quite awhile.  Well I had never seen or heard from him after the show until he appeared on the second season of Celebrity Fit Club, nearly 30 years after the height of his fame.   In that show Willie had become the prototypical middle aged American.  He was overworked, stressed out, as well as being fat and dumpy.  Many times during the show he would snap and lash out at various cast members.  He just seemed like a very uptight and unhappy guy.  You can almost get that vibe from looking at this picture of him from the show. He was very unwilling to change and very lack luster with his commitment to losing weight.

 Well Willie has come back for this season’s version  of the show which features several ”celebrities” from prior seasons that still have some weight to lose squaring off against other celebrities that are virgins to the CFC experience.  Well sometime in the past three years Willie has totally transformed.   

Take a look at the picture of him today below. He has turned from an uptight, boring, angry, guy into a laid back, likable and funny person.  Gone is the boring hair, boring clothes and boring appearance.  Willie has let his hair grow out and looks to have gone crazy with “Sun In” in the process.  He looks like he just walked off the beach instead of just walking out of a PTA meeting.  Along with the physical transformation, a complete mental change seems to have taken hold as well.  The guy is just laid back.  Very few things seem to bother him.  He laughs easily now.  Not coincidentally, he also is one of the top two performers on the show where the vast majority of the stars are too lazy or don’t care enough to obtain serious weight loss, Willie has been kicking ass and has lost nearly 25 pounds on the show and looks great.  He is now a fun guy to be with.  It’s hard to believe I am viewing the same person I saw 3 years ago. My hat is off to the guy.  He appears to have traded in the typical definition of success and instead has found a way to truly be happy. I should take a few notes.