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It's that time of year of again: The holidays are over, but all those holiday cookies have taken their toll.

Lifetime is embracing that post-holiday season rut with DietTribe, a new lifestyle reality show that promises to offer inspiration to even the workout-averse. The new series, premiering Monday at 10 pm/Et, features five overweight friends who decide to pursue healthier lifestyles in time for their friend Anna's wedding.

DietTribe follows their efforts to try to lose weight and change their lives with the help of Stacy Kaiser, a psychotherapist, and Jessie Pavelka, a model and personal trainer. TVGuide.com caught up with Pavelka to get the skinny on the series, find out his fitness philosophy — and how the rest of us can stay motivated to get in shape, long after the holidays have passed.

TVGuide.com: Can you tell us about DietTribe and your role on the series?

Jessie Pavelka:...

We all know it's difficult to lose weight, and that experience will soon be chronicled in a new Lifetime reality series called "DietTribe." The show will chart the journey of five best friends who have made a commitment to lose their unwanted pounds together.

Celebrity News Service thinks fans will enjoy the journey of the five ladies who will receive help from professional fitness trainer Jessie Pavelka and psychotherapist Stacy Kaiser. Each woman will attempt to change her eating and exercise habits over the course of 3 months and confront the issues that caused her to gain weight initially.

Over the course of 90 days, Anna, Lydia, Megan, Shawna and Morgan will try to turn their poor habits into healthy choices by attempting to lose 30 pounds or more. Through the course of the series, cameras follow the tight-knit group as they deal with real life temptations, struggle to stay on track through...