Saddleback Holding 'Daniel Plan' Rally With Dr. Oz Saturday

A rally featuring the three doctors who put together the Daniel Plan, the Saddleback Church's fitness program, is Saturday at the megachurch's Lake Forest campus.

Heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, brain-health expert Dr. Daniel Amen and functional medicine specialist Dr. Mark Hyman will join Pastor Rick Warren and former "The Biggest Loser" contestant Austin Andrews for an educational morning rally. First-time Saddleback guests will get preferred seating.

Daniel Plan participants have dropped 250,000 pounds since January. More than 50 of those pounds have been lost by Warren, who promised in January that he would lose 90 pounds by the end of this year.

Sugar, white bread, white rice, pastas, white and wheat flour, hydrogenated fats or oils, caffeine and processed food are verboten under the plan's eating program.

A 52-week customized program, small groups curriculum, an interactive website with a meal menu are among the ways participants are encouraged in their quest for better health. 

The doctors will speak about healthy living, including expert tools, tips and motivation on how to make and maintain healthy changes. Warren's speach will include a demonstration of how to make sugar-free sorbet.

Following the rally, the doctors and Warren will be available for a meet-and-greet.

Free childcare will be available for children from 2 through 11 years of age. 

Andrews will host a fitness program for kids 11 years of age and younger at the event. Earlier this year, Andrews headlined the first annual 

The Daniel Plan rally will take place in the Worship Center building on the Lake Forest campus from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The rally will also be broadcast live online at DanielPlan.com.