Bonnie Mechelle weighed almost 300 pounds and she tried almost everything to lose weight: pills, powders, pre-portioned meals, expensive slimming spa treatments, gym memberships and private personal training. All of these things actually worked for her… for about a month, then (like most people) she reverted right back to her old habits of frequent fast food trips and sitting sedentary at her computer at home and at work.

Bonnie wore a bright smile on the outside but deep down inside she was miserable and I hated her body. Her blood pressure was high and her energy was low, she felt really bad all of the time (Can you relate? If so, visit www.victorysteps.net).

One day she sat down and seriously went to God in prayer and asked Him to deliver her from the fat on her obese body. She told God that she was tired of being fat and wanted so desperately to be healthy so that she could play with her children without running out of breath. She desperately wanted to be able to walk up a flight of stairs without running out of breath.

You see, Bonnie was really tired of being “the big girl” where people wouldn’t call her pretty they’d say instead, “you have such a nice smile.” In addition to the social stigma of being overweight (where people think fat people lazy on sight), her knees hurt really badly and so did her back. She was always very fatigued, and this is no way to live when there are certain things that can be done to stop the mental, spiritual and physical torment of being overweight.

Bonnie felt as though God gave her a surge of energy and opportunity to reach her weight loss goal. When you’re truly in need of change, God will send a solution your way, like He did for Bonnie. She received a treadmill as a gift and she started using it everyday for an hour. Then she started to reduce her portion sizes at meal time to one serving (instead of three servings) and eliminating fast food out of her diet, this started an entire series of healthy lifestyle changes one step at a time.

She eventually lost over 100 pounds and later became a certified fitness instructor, life coach and holistic nutritionist. This was a miraculous transformation and Bonnie Mechelle gives 100% of the credit to God, she said she could not have done it without Him. Bonnie also had a supportive network of friends and family to keep her on track with her goals, so her success would not be possible without them too.

Bonnie soon realized that most people fail at weight loss because of three reasons #1 they’re not sure about the right way to lose weight #2 if they find something that works, they can’t stick to it and #3 they do not have the support of loving Christians in their corner to motivate them to continue when times get tough.

Her burning desire to help other Christian women who truly wanted to lose weight like she once did sparked the genesis of Victory Steps Christian Weight Loss Coaching for Women. Victory Steps is a new faith-based program designed to educate, motivate and encourage women to:

Pray effectively

Study the bible

Eat healthfully

Exercise regularly

Manage daily stress from home and work

Lose the extra unwanted mental and physical weight

When you include God in your pursuit to lose weight, then you feel like you’re called to a higher purpose and your conviction to succeed grows stronger. Bonnie Mechelle’s new Christian weight loss coaching program enables women to be paired with a caring Christian coach who is certified and thoroughly trained in the areas of diet, exercise, spiritual growth and stress management.

Victory Steps Coaches have overcome their own personal struggles with weight loss and have a deeper understanding of what many overweight women have to put up with (discrimination, condemnation and harsh judgment).

Bonnie created Victory Steps to be a beacon of light for overweight women to grow in their relationship with God, self-worth, spirituality, compassion and motivation to live a healthier lifestyle. She also co-authored a new faith-based system called Bold Physical Identity to teach both men and women how to run their first 5k 10k and half marathon by overcoming self-sabotage and negative thinking. It's very powerful, so check it out.

If you are a Christian woman who could use a little help with losing weight, growing spiritually stronger and learning to manage life well in these stressful times, then Victory Steps may be the right program for you. Learn more at www.victorysteps.net