Want to lose weight and help feed the hungry? The Pound for Pound Challenge can help you do both.

It’s a new program from General Mills, NBC’s The Biggest Loser and Feeding America. For every pound you pledge to lose this year, the campaign will deliver a pound of groceries to a local food bank based on your zip code.

There are three ways to join the Pound For Pound Challenge:

• Pledge to lose weight at PFPChallenge.com or BiggestLoser.com

• Mail-in the Pound For Pound lids and seals from specially-marked General Mills products. For every lid or seal you send, General Mills will donate 10 cents to Feeding America. Brands include Cheerios, Fiber One products, and Green Giant Valley Fresh Steamers. Get coupons for some of the products here.

• Donate directly to Feeding America

If you pledge to lose weight, you have until April 27 to record your weight loss. You can mail in lids and seals until December 31, 2009.  The Pound for Pound Challenge hopes to donate up to $775,000 to Feeding America.

And if you’re looking for a healthy breakfast to get you going on your weight loss journey, check out these Mexican Breakfast Wraps from Eat Better America.

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Congrats to the 10 FFTV members who won last week’s Tough Economic Times giveaway. Alissa won the 4-week supply of Nature Made’s new Liquid Softgel Multi Complete vitamins; Linda, Lauren, and Carissa each won a coupon for a free Weight Watchers Smart Ones Morning Express breakfast item; and Marla, Scott, junkrug, Jennefer, Hil’Lesha, and Sharon each one a bottle of the new twist Marionberry flavored water.

If you didn’t win this drawing – no worries, we’ve got some other deals for you – Nature Made is giving away a 14-day sample of several different vitamins while they last… and here’s a coupon for $1.00 off any 5 Weight Watchers Smart Ones products. Enjoy!

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Congrats to the following 5 FFTV members for winning last week’s giveaway – a coupon for a free package of any Boca Meatless Product (up to $3.99) – Yay for tobi1128, Tiff, Carol, zenas, and Nikki!

And if you’re looking for some new ways to eat your veggie burgers, you’ve gotta check out the comments - lots of fun, yummy ideas! I am definitely going to try a few.

Thanks everyone for playing… and thanks, Boca!

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I’m always looking for ways to get more fiber in my diet. So when I saw the new Fiber One Yogurt at the grocery store, it seemed like just the right combo for me.

Since yogurt doesn’t have any fiber on its own, I usually add granola, nuts, or whole-grain cereal to it to help reach my daily goal. Fiber One Yogurt gets its fiber – 5 grams in each 4-ounce serving – from inulin. Inulin? What’s that, you ask? Even if you haven’t heard of it, you’ve probably been eating it for years. It’s a dietary fiber naturally found in lots of common plant foods like artichokes, wheat, and bananas. It’s also in chicory root, which is specifically being used more and more as a source of inulin in processed foods. Check your labels (look for ‘chicory root’ or ‘inulin’) – you might be surprised. I was!

So, how does Fiber One Yogurt taste? I just tried the Strawberry flavor and really liked it. It’s fruity, smooth, and creamy – you wouldn’t even know there was fiber in it. It also comes in Peach, Vanilla, and Key Lime Pie.

Some other things you might want to know: each serving has 80 calories, which kind of seems like a lot to me for just 4-ounces. And it does contain sugar… by way of ‘high fructose corn syrup’, so keep that in mind if added sugar is something you’re trying to avoid. On the plus side, it has 20% of the Daily Value of fiber.

Here’s a look at Fiber One Yogurt’s nutrition label so you know exactly what you’re getting:

If Fiber One Yogurt is something you want to try, click here for a coupon to save $1.25 – it costs $3.29 for a six-pack. Let me know what you think of it!

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