Biggest Loser Pound for Pound Challenge

Friday, February 11, 2011

Daris George, former Oklahoma State University student and Season 9 participant of the NBC show The Biggest Loser, will be on campus February 22 to film a group exercise class at the Colvin Center. Oklahoma State University has been invited to participate in the “Biggest Loser’s” Pound for Pound Challenge.

OSU faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to participate in the program by creating an account at http://www.pfpchallenge.com and joining the Oklahoma State University team. For every pound you pledge to lose, the Stillwater community will receive one pound of food.

The Pound For Pound Challenge is a partnership with The Biggest Loser, General Mills and Feeding America. For every pound you pledge to lose, a pound of groceries will be delivered to a local Feeding America Foodbank.  The foodbank serving Stillwater is Lost Creek United Methodist Church.

The first 50 people who show up to participate will receive an OSU/Biggest Loser/Pound for Pound Challenge t-shirt.  The Feeding America food truck will deliver food to the Lost Creek United Methodist Church at 1:00 pm that same day. Volunteers are needed to help unload the truck and each volunteer will also receive a t-shirt.  To volunteer for this event, please email Mary Talley at mary.talley@okstate.edu.

The OSU community will be featured on a future episode of the Biggest Loser.

Daris says, “I am an Oklahoman and did my best to make my fellow Oklahomans as well as myself proud.  Participating in the Pound for Pound Challenge is a win-win situation because you're not only helping yourself but helping feed America.”  

For additional information, please contact the Seretean Wellness Center at 744.WELL (9355).