After my salvation and after I offered myself completely to God, little by little my healing started, a process that amazed my doctors. I have been able to lose 80 pounds. I realized that if I didn’t change my lifestyle and model it after God’s Word, my life would be headed in a dangerous direction, negatively impacting all my loved ones. So what helped me lose weight? The answer is the Losing to Live Weight Loss Competition. I have read Bod4God: Twelve Weeks To Lasting Weight Loss with passion a few times. Here I learned to take small steps to life.

God began to renew my thinking because of the Bible-centered keys to weight loss: dedication, inspiration, eat, exercise, and team in Bod4God. I have been able to shed nearly 50 pounds by being a part of the Losing To Live Weight-Loss Program. I love to show people a pair of my favorite pants from before I lost all of my weight. They are a size 16, and I remember how I thought I looked fit and good in them. I am now a 6, 10 sizes smaller! I attribute this transformation to the Losing To Live program and the principles I learned in it.

For most of my life, I was labeled the “big guy.” At 355 pounds, my weight was becoming something I could no longer ignore. Through a lot of hard work, I have been able to lose 115 pounds. Pastor Steve’s book Bod4God is a must-have for me. I have marked it from cover to cover and refer to it often. I also mentor others on their health journey and recommend the book and pull advice from it all the time. I am so thankful for Pastor Steve’s wisdom and that he shared his story with me and the world.