Move over, “Biggest Loser!”

“Fiona’s 12-Week Weight-Loss Challenge” is creating quite a buzz in Santa Monica.

Lose some weight, gain some cash! That’s how it works and 27 people are vying to become the winning loser. Each participant paid $39.99 to enter the challenge, with $10 of that amount being donated to the Foundation for Prevention of Childhood Obesity (www.gofitkids.org). The remainder went into a jackpot that will be paid to the biggest losers — of pounds and inches!

Fiona Angus, interim director, Women’s and Children’s Services at SMUCLA, created the challenge to help her co-workers and other hospital employees lose weight and get healthy. She provides participants with weekly talks on nutritional and wellness topics, body-composition evaluations and group support to help them overcome obstacles to weight loss. So far, the results are impressive. One nurse lost almost nine pounds in one week. Another weighed in six pounds lighter.

Who will win by losing? You’ll have to weight and see.