Gwen Shamblin Lara, 66, was the author of "The Weigh Down Diet," "Rise Above: God Can Set You Free from Your Weight Problems Forever," and several other books. She also founded the Remnant Fellowship.

They had planned to travel to Palm Beach. Gwen Shamblin Lara founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood in 1999 and wrote a faith-based weight loss book.

Gwen Shamblin Lara's book "The Weigh Down Diet" (which encourages worship as a replacement for mindless eating) published in 1997. She and her church, founded in 1999, were the subjects of HBO Max ...

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But in a newly obtained recording, Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah — daughter of the late Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara — declares her intention to take her mother's following at Remnant ...

They had planned to travel to Palm Beach. Gwen Shamblin Lara founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood in 1999 and wrote a faith-based weight loss book.

Gwen Shamblin Lara's book "The Weigh Down Diet" (which encourages worship as a replacement for mindless eating) published in 1997. She and her church, founded in 1999, were the subjects of HBO Max ...

They had planned to travel to Palm Beach. Gwen Shamblin Lara founded the Remnant Fellowship Church in Brentwood in 1999 and wrote a faith-based weight loss book.