UTC junior Andrew Byrum is competing in a national weight-loss effort.A diet that requires you to eat at a restaurant once a day seems just too good to be true, doesn’t it?
But it’s working for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student Andrew Byrum. In three weeks he’s lost 19 pounds.
Byrum is Chattanooga’s contestant in Genghis Grill’s Health Kwest. The restaurant chain’s weight-loss competition began Feb. 1 and ends March 31.
The restaurant specializes in Asian stir-fry served on a buffet from which diners may “build a bowl” by choosing their own protein, veggies, starch, sauces and seasonings.
Byrum, a junior from Maryville, Tenn., is a computer-science major at UTC. Mocs sports fans may not realize they are already familiar with his work: Byrum runs graphics and sometimes a video camera for Mocs athletic events and fan site GoMocs.com.