My husband and I can’t thank you and Lose It for Life enough for helping me to lose over 70 pounds and go down 8 sizes and keep it off! We appreciate New Life Ministries and we are thankful for the opportunity to partner with you through Club New Life.

I attended the Lose It For Life Workshop in May of 2003. I was already losing weight, but I know that I HAD to get to Lose It For Life because I needed help with the emotional issues dealing with food. In the past, I was able to successfully take weight off, but I would gain it back quickly because I didn’t understand what happened to me emotionally when I was thin.

When I finally started to lose weight again, I was faced with another large challenge that would have been a setback for me before Lose It For Life.  Last year, my dad had a heart aneurysm rupture and many life and death issues. This time in our lives was an especially hard challenge for me because my first husband died of cancer and we were at the same hospital. We are thrilled that my dad is okay now, but during the month that he was in the hospital,  we stayed at a home next to the hospital that had free comfort food available at all times. Rather than eating their food, I made healthy choices. I physically felt better and was a better help to my family through this challenging time.

I can’t thank you enough for the healing that started at Lose It For Life and all that has happened since that time.

I have never looked at food the same since Lose It For Life. It’s now “just food” and nothing more. I did continue to lose weight after retuning home and I continue to grow emotionally and spiritually. I have faced a lot of personal challenges, including a major health challenge that caused me to be on steroids for a long time and gain a lot of weight. Once I was off the medications, it was very difficult to lose the weight, and I struggled for years with many plateaus no matter what I did. If I had not been to Lose It For Life, I would have been so discouraged and ready to give up, but I did find out that losing “it” doesn’t always show up on the scale.