oz talking at rick warren's saddleback church. he's an impressive guy. >> he is. >> you've lost 60 pounds with this diet program -- >> i have 40 more to go, though. >> it's interesting. it's called the daniel plan. >> yeah. >> you and the church have been doing this together. 15,000 people have signed up. participants have shed a combined total of 250,000 pounds. how do you combine diet with prayer? >> it's funny how this thing started. about a year ago -- first place, i've never cared about how i looked. i didn't care how i looked. i was blessed with enormous energy. so i never really paid attention. we baptize in our church after every service. once a month, i baptize. and about a year ago, i was doing a baptism and we do it the old-fashion way. we put people under the water. on this day i had 857 people to baptize. took me a few hours. on about number 500, i had a thought, and it wasn't a very spiritual thought. it wasn't a pastor thought. it was, man, we're all overweight. we're all fat. i thought, but i'm fat. and i can't exp

most people don't understand that saddleback is not the sunday service.ime a journalist comes to the saddleback, they come to service, they come on the weekend and see 20,000 people they tnk that's it. no, no, that's the tip of the iceberg the real church happens during the week in 6,000 small groups. we're the only church in america at that has more people in bible study than on sunday. 20,000 come on sunday, 32,000 in small groups. these 6,000 small groups go from santa monica to carlsbad. every one of them we ask has a health champion and they are the encourager of the daniel plan. >> what have you stopped eating? >> it was real simple. i cut out all white carbohydrates. >> no bread, no pasta -- >> which was hard because they don't call me pasta rick for nothing. i personally cut out dairy. i eat a lean protein, vegetables and a little bit of fruit. >> you drink alcohol in. >> no. i never have so. >> never had a crafty nip? not even at christmas? >> never had. never smoked either. >> just when i thought we had so much in common. let's take a final brea

oz talking at rick warren's saddleback church.ave lost 60 pounds with this diet program -- >> i have 40 more to go, though. >> it's obviously working very well. it's called the daniel plan. you and the church have been doing this together. 15,000 people have signed up. they have shed a combined total of 250,000 pounds. how do you combine diet with prayer? >> it's funny how it started. first place, i never cared about how i looked. i didn't care how i looked. i was blessed with enormous energy, so i never paid attention. we baptize after every service. about a year ago, i was doing the baptism, and we do it the old fashioned way. i lift people under water and lift them out. on this day, i had 867 people to baptize. it took me about four hours. on about number 500 that i had lowered into the water and pulled up, i had a thought. it wasn't a very spiritual thought. it wasn't a pastor thought. man, we're all overweight. we're all fat. and then i thought, but i'm fat, and i can't expect other people to get in shape if i'm out of shape.

and -- at saddleback we do it the old-fashioned way, we put people in the water.he next sunday i got up i said, folks, i can't ask you to get in shape unless i do. and i said, i've only gained two or three pounds a year but i've been your paster 32 years. i need to lost 90 pounds. i brought in three doctors, we started a thing called the daniel plan. in the last year our church has lost 267,000 pounds. >> there's support in numbers. >> yeah. yeah. in fact, several national organizations -- we want to study you. your test group. >> you know what kudos to you and your parishioners for doing that and being a leader in that regard. and thank you, rick warren, for being here. >> thank you. >> such a great way to phrase a question -- did you win for those people who are always struggling with weight as i am, to say have you won the battle against the weight? that allows them to say, yeah, i'm fine, or no, i have more to do. >> it's not really a win/lose is it? it's a continuous main -- >> maintenance is just as hard as losing. just as hard. >> 90 pounds. he's halfway th