ABOUT CATHY MORENZIE
About Cathy Morenzie — Christian Weight Loss Author & Coach
Cathy Morenzie is a Canadian Christian weight loss coach, certified personal trainer, and the author of more than 20 books on faith-based health and weight loss. One of the earliest and most prolific authors in the Christian weight loss space, she has been writing and coaching in this field since 2008. Her books, online programs, and free devotionals have reached over 600,000 people worldwide. She is the founder of Weight Loss, God’s Way and the creator of the Healthy by Design book series — the longest-running Christian weight loss devotional series in publication.
Cathy’s Story
For most of her life, Cathy Morenzie looked like someone who had it all together. A certified personal trainer with over 30,000 coaching hours, she spent decades helping others get healthy — while quietly fighting her own battles with emotional eating, self-doubt, and low self-esteem.
The breakthrough came not in a gym, but in her faith. When Cathy finally brought God into her health journey — truly brought Him in, not as an afterthought but as the foundation — everything changed. The answer to her struggle wasn’t a better diet. It was faith, not food.
That revelation became her mission. Since 2008, Cathy has dedicated her work to helping Christian women make the connection that so many miss: that God doesn’t just want to be part of your spiritual life. He wants to be part of your health journey too.
Over 600,000 people across the world have experienced that connection through Cathy’s books, programs, and teaching. From women who have released 100+ pounds to those simply looking to finally feel at peace in their bodies, her approach meets people exactly where they are — with grace, biblical truth, and practical tools that actually work.
Credentials & Experience
- 35+ years as a certified personal trainer
- 30,000+ coaching hours logged in the health and wellness field
- 20+ books published on Christian weight loss, faith-based nutrition, prayer, emotional healing, and healthy habits
- 600,000+ people reached through books, programs, and free devotionals
- Multiple award-winning titles, including The Breakthrough Method
- Featured on 100 Huntley Street, CBS News, Beliefnet, Planet Africa, Soulful Image, and additional Christian media platforms
- Devotionals on YouVersion Bible App reaching a global Christian audience in multiple languages
- Speaker at churches and women’s events across North America and international online summits
- Books translated into German and Spanish, extending Cathy’s reach to a global Christian audience
- Based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Cathy’s Approach: Why It’s Different
Most weight loss programs start with your plate. Cathy starts with your identity.
After 35 years of coaching, she’s seen brilliant, faith-filled, disciplined people fail diet after diet — not because they lacked willpower, but because they were trying to solve a spiritual problem with a physical solution. Cathy’s methodology, developed through her Healthy by Design series and the Breakthrough Method, is built on four core convictions:
- Good health is your identity, not your destination. (Genesis 1:27)
- Information without revelation will not lead to transformation. (Romans 8:5, 12:2)
- Lasting health requires healing body, soul, and spirit. (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
- Transformation comes through daily submission, not perfection. (2 Corinthians 10:5, Luke 9:23)
This is not a diet plan. It’s a paradigm shift — one that has produced results in people for whom everything else failed.
Books by Cathy Morenzie
Cathy’s full library spans devotionals, workbooks, prayer guides, cookbooks, and planning tools — all rooted in the same core conviction that lasting health begins with faith. Most titles are available in eBook, print, and audio formats.
- Healthy by Design: Weight Loss, God’s Way (2008)
- Weight Loss, God’s Way: Low Carb Cookbook & 21-Day Meal Plan (2015)
- Pray Powerfully, Lose Weight (2017)
- Love God, Lose Weight (2019)
- Get Active, God’s Way (2020)
- Healthy Eating, God’s Way (2021)
- The Word on Weight Loss (2022)
- Spirit-Filled & Sugar-Free (2022)
- The Breakthrough Method: Your Guided Path to Weight Loss, God’s Way (2024)
- The Breakthrough Method: Official Workbook and Journal (2024)
- Stay Steadfast, God’s Way (2024)
- Stress-Free, God’s Way (2024)
- Fit & Fearless, God’s Way (2024)
- Breakthrough with Prayer & Fasting (2024)
- Thankful Heart, Healthy Body (2024)
- 365 Days of Health, Wellness, and Weight Loss Prayers (2024)
- Plan Prayerfully, Lose Weight (2025)
- The Blessings of Boundaries (2025)
- End Emotional Eating, God’s Way (2025)
- Renewed Mind, Restored Body (2025)
- Strong & Faithful: A Christian Woman’s 12-Month Planner (2025)
Browse the full collection at HealthyByDesignBooks.com →
Select titles are also available in German and Spanish.
Work with Cathy
Beyond her books, Cathy offers several ways to go deeper:
- 5-Day Weight Loss, God’s Way Challenge — The perfect entry point for anyone ready to start their journey. This free, simple 5-day challenge introduces Cathy’s core principles and gives you an immediate taste of what faith-based weight loss looks and feels like.
- Weight Loss, God’s Way Online Program — Cathy’s flagship community and coaching program, helping Christian women achieve lasting weight loss through biblical principles and practical accountability.
- The Breakthrough Method Academy — A live 12-week coaching program built on the principles of Cathy’s award-winning Breakthrough Method book and workbook. For women ready to go all-in with guided support, community, and accountability.
- Personal Coaching — One-on-one and group coaching with Cathy and her certified team.
- Health Coach Certification — For coaches who want to integrate Cathy’s faith-based methodology into their own practice.
- Speaking & Booking — Cathy speaks at churches, women’s events, and online summits across North America.
Connect with Cathy Morenzie
Follow Cathy’s teaching, community updates, and daily encouragement across her platforms:
- Facebook: facebook.com/weightlossgodsway
- Instagram: @cathy.morenzie
- YouTube: Cathy Morenzie — Weight Loss, God’s Way
- Pinterest: pinterest.ca/cathymorenzie
- Private Community: Weight Loss, God’s Way Community — Join thousands of Christian women on the same journey in Cathy’s private online group.
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Common Questions About Cathy's Work
What is Cathy Morenzie known for?
Cathy Morenzie is best known as the author of the Healthy by Design Christian weight loss devotional series and the creator of the Weight Loss, God’s Way online program. She is recognized as one of the earliest and most prolific authors in the Christian weight loss space, having published her first book in 2008 and grown her library to 20+ titles over the following 17 years.
How many books has Cathy Morenzie written?
Cathy Morenzie has written more than 20 books, covering Christian weight loss devotionals, prayer guides, nutrition, emotional eating, sugar detox, exercise, boundaries, gratitude, and faith-based planning. Her most recent titles are exclusive to HealthyByDesignBooks.com. Earlier titles are also available on Amazon and major booksellers.
What is Cathy Morenzie’s approach to weight loss?
Cathy teaches that lasting weight loss begins with spiritual identity, not dietary willpower. Her methodology addresses the root causes of weight struggle — emotional eating, fear, shame, and disconnection from God — through daily devotionals, biblical principles, and practical tools. She does not promote specific diets, but instead helps readers renew their minds and invite God into every aspect of their health journey.
Where is Cathy Morenzie based?
Cathy Morenzie is based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.
Where can I buy Cathy Morenzie’s books?
All of Cathy’s books are available at HealthyByDesignBooks.com in eBook, print, and audio formats. Her earlier titles are also available on Amazon and other major online booksellers.
Where can I start if I’m new to Cathy’s books?
Visit the Where to Start page for a personalized recommendation. If you’re unsure, Healthy by Design: Weight Loss, God’s Way — the book that started it all — is always a strong entry point.
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Motivating
Cathy Morenzie’s wisdom surrounding healthy eating and inviting God as part of my health journey has literally changed my life. Her mix of practical suggestions, insight on psychology and physiology, and scripture are so helpful and motivating. This book has helped me to shift my mindset around the foods I put into my body and actually implement changes. I read this devotion daily and found that I reflected on the message all day and really looked forward to the next day’s lesson. If you’re serious about making physical, emotional, and spiritual changes relating to food, I highly recommend Healthy Eating, God's Way.
Mary Kathryn
Amazon Reviewer
Stop Spinning Your Wheels
What are you waiting for? Stop spinning your wheels. Cathy gets to the root of what is holding you up in your search for weight loss in this book and her ongoing teaching. She takes a no nonsense, yet biblically based approach to healthy eating Gods way and provides a daily step by step revelation on why, what you have been doing doesn’t work or only works temporarily. When you truly study healthy eating and what God has intended for you, it removes stress and stops you looking for a the “next fix”. Healthy Eating, God's Way is another great teaching and devotional rolled into one by Cathy.
Tina Rosewell
Amazon Reviewer
30 Comments
I’ve now read your 5-day devotional plan in my Bible app for the second time in a row! I’m inspired and intrigued by the thought-provoking messages in each devotion. I’m a God-girl first and foremost and love Him with all of my heart, and an athlete and mom. However, I have struggled throughout life with emotional eating and it caught up to me after having my last child. I decided to stop making excuses, get focused, and surrender all areas of my life entirely to God. I’m looking forward to your new book and the lessons to be learned to help me along my fitness journey!
Hi Jocelyn,
Good for you. You might also want to check out Cathy’s Love God, Lose Weight book with focuses on emotional eating (if you haven’t discovered them yet, both Love God, Lose Weight and Healthy Eating, God’s Way have 5-Day devotionals on the Bible app as well. Enjoy!
I found you in the plans section of my bible app. I began my weight loss journey (AGAIN) with your 21Day snippet. God began a new work in me. I’ve since purchased 3 of your books and just completed the first. God has walked and continues to walk in me…. My life is changing! I will have to do the work, but God has given me a playbook and road map that is soooo powerful. I am hearing Him more clearly than I ever have. Thank you for listening to his calling on your life. It’s an important part, at this appointed time, in helping me work toward and manifest the calling on my life. Yay God!!!
Hi I have searched the item website and I am looking forward to the challenge but when I enroll, the message I get is ‘oops this page does not exist’. Is it still available?
Hi Anabela, Thanks for letting us know. The link has been fixed so you can enroll properly now.
Hi,
I just joined the Program last Thursday and I am super excited, however I had no clue that I would start the 21 Day Challenge and I was totally not prepared for it. How do I restart the program?
Taylor, Signup on our new website: weightlossgodsway.com. Let us know if you have further issues and welcome.
Hi Cathy,
I am vwry interested in trying out your program. I am looking for the 21 day challenge, but I can not seem to find where to sign up for it.
Marci, Go to weightlossgodsway.com You will find the Challenge there.
Cathy,
Thank you for your testimony and transparency. Please keep me in your prayers as I undertake this 21 day journey.
God Bless you and your family!
Sonya
Hello Cathy,
Thank you for creating this. I struggle with willpower. I someone’s believe that because I work hard, take good care of my family, or still grieving the death of my sister I have a right to not workout or eat something I know I shouldn’t. I am a very busy person so unless I write it into my calendar it won’t happen. In my family women die young. My mom died at 37, both grandmothers died before 70 and my sister was 51. I am determined to live longer than all of them, but I need to lose 20lbs to keep my health numbers headed in the healthy direction. I look forward to this challenge because I want to keep doing God’s work and my daughter needs me.
Hi Cheree, I pray that curse of early morbidity ends with you in the Mighty Name of Jesus. I pray that you shall have life and have it to the full. Know that you can create a new legacy for your family.
Hi CATHY! I’m a newly just started your devotional today “Looking WEIGHT God’s Way” I’m another one that’s started several diet plans and quit or have lost a few got a lil happy and put it back on ?I’ve been going through readjusting,accepting and moving on after losing my JOB of 14 years in April 2017. After realizing through much prayer and my strong faith in God gave me the Undestanding and Strength to get through it. I thought Ide depend on him to help me through THIS JOURNEY!! What I need is to be committed so with much prayer and devoting myself to read and follow your advise in this 21 day devotional I will accomplish what I need to do.. God bless you!!!
HI Michelle, Glad you are enjoying Cathy’s Devotional. I hope you can join us on the 21-Day Challenge starting April 9. The first 10 days are free. I started with this program in January 2017 and to date have released more than 100 lbs.
Check out cathymorenzie.com/haven for our programs.
I’m Nigerian and I often find it difficult to follow through with any weight loss plan because most of them are tailored for Caucasian or Non African diets. I hope that when talking about food, I can relate because most of the foodstuff mentioned are not available in my region. I’m also paraplegic and this can be an issue when it comes to exercise. I hope that I’ll be able to achieve my weight loss goals. Thanks for this opportunity. God bless you
Hi Cathy,
I really want to be conscious of how I spend my time, because I think I am short changing myself. I am starting the challenge again. I appreciate your calling to change the lives of so many people. I feel like a failure because I am not God’s best representative in the world as an overweight Christian.
I empathize with how you’re feeling and I pray that one day you will realize that you will never be a failure in God’s eyes.
Hi Cathy. I’m so glad I came across your devotionals on The Bible app. I’ve been in need of health and weight support and accountability and I believe I will find it here in your program. I have faith that God will lead me through the times when I struggle and will celebrate with me with each achievement I reach. He is my Rock. All things are possible with Christ who strengthens me. Thank you, God bless you and I’m looking forward to working with you.
Hi Cathy,
I hope I can do this. I have started and stopped too many things these past 10+ years. I disappoint myself often… but I never give up hope. I want to complete this. I want to stop wasting what God has given me: a strong mind, a faithful heart, and a desire to draw ever closer to His will for my life. I believe how I hold onto weight is a reflection of how I inwardly feel about what I deserve. I desire to move forward and release what is holding me captive. God desires my best and I want to receive it from and for Him. Thank you for offering this program for us all.
Welcome Carolyn, ‘hope’s a good place to start. Don’t worry about finishing. Just take it one day at a time.
I’ve been trying every diet there is and they don’t work because my inner self if full of anger & stress. I finally had a revelations that I need to work on my heart and get right with God to make it work, so here I am!! I’m excited!
Great insight Ann. Have a great challenge.
I love the part you wrote about how God has given us all power to cast out demons but we can’t stop ourselves from eating! I’m so excited for this plan. The Lord knows exactly what I need not what I want. Thank you Mrs. Cathy
I love this! It’s wonderful how God uses our weaknesses to qualify us, and not our strengths. It’s so true that God will use every pain we’ve ever felt and turn it into something good—if we trust in Him. Thank you again for sharing and for the inspiration!
Yes, he does!
I am excited to start with you!?
I really like what you said about “I now understand that every insecurity, challenge and negative emotion that I experiences was equipping me to help other people who faced the same struggles – especially women.” That makes me stop, put perspective into my struggles in life and put my hope back into Jesus that eventually it will all be okay.
Teri
Thanks Teri, we often go through what we do so that we can minister to someone else. I always say that God never wastes a hurt. 🙂
Cathy, I am praying that I will stick with this!!! Pray for me too please!! I have been on so many diets, exercise and pills that I can’t even count them. I lose but I gain it back and then some. I love the Lord and I want to do the right thing with my body so I can do more and live longer. I am 63 years old and a diabetic type 2. I weight right now 193 lbs and I am 5’7″ tall. I have bad knees and may have to have one replaced. I also have arthritis and neurophy in my feet severely and the Plankard Facitis too, severely. I am on insulin but i”m a type 2 .Ive just started to the gym but Im having so much trouble with my feet it is so hurts!!
Blessings to you Carolyn, Give yourself lots of grace and love as you go through this program. Because you’ve been around this mountain so many times, you’ve got an affinity for failure. It will take time to break the habit and form new healthy ones. One of the first steps in your healing is to stop rehearsing your problems and challenges and instead magnify and glorify God. He is bigger than your sore knees, diabetes and every other challenge that you will experience. It will take time Carolyn so be patient and your breakthrough will come.