The Livy Method Podcast - Eat More. Lose More. Yes, Really.

Episode Date: May 14, 2026

In this episode, Gina Livy breaks down one of the biggest concerns people have during a weight loss journey: “Am I eating enough?” From changing hunger cues and plateaus to the impact of stress, sleep, and ultra-processed foods, she explains why sustainable weight loss has less to do with eating less and more to do with eating nutrient-rich foods that actually support the body. Gina also shares important insights on GLP-1 and weight loss medications, why hunger levels naturally fluctuate, and how learning to trust your body is a key part of long-term success. If you’ve ever worried that not feeling hungry means something is wrong, this conversation will change the way you think about food, metabolism, and healthy weight loss.This episode aligns with day 25 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm going to be honest with you, this podcast is unapologetically a hot mess because that is what midlife feels like sometimes. Why, though? And how do we make it better? Do we all just need facelifts and g-lp-1s? I mean, let's talk about it. No bullshit, no wellness wankery here because we're trying to make real change and change is hard. But we're in this together. Welcome to the Living Method podcast.

I'm sitting in the dark. It's actually, it's a beautiful day out there. I was just actually in the group and going through some of the questions. I spend time reading the questions. Like a lot of these posts, a lot of the conversations that we have with our guest experts, a lot of what I talked about in the live is based on what you are saying or commenting or the questions that you're asking in the group. So a couple of things I want to address today.

Feel free to ask questions. I'll go through as many as I can. One is about plateaus and the other is feeling like you're not eating enough. And we talk a lot about how you don't want to go too. long without eating or your body's going to feel the need to store fat. That's pretty much impossible when it comes to following this program because it's not just about about when you are eating. It's also about what you are eating. And so it can really unnerve people when they're not feeling hungry. But there's a big difference between eating foods or going that cause you to be hungry,

like ultra-processed foods, going long periods of time without eating and then adding high stress and lack of sleep. Lack of sleep can actually have you craving more. carbs and sugar as well. So there's a couple of reasons why you wouldn't be hungry when it comes to following the program. So let me address that right now. Your hunger levels change. And this is why counting calories is not a sustainable way to lose weight because your body's needs actually change. I don't know if you have experienced having children, you will notice as they grow up, there are sometimes that they eat you out of house and home. And then there are weeks that it feels like they're barely eating and you're wondering how they are surviving. So your buddy,

doesn't need the same amount of food every day. The concept of larger breakfast, larger lunch, larger dinner doesn't actually make any sense. Your body doesn't need more food at breakfast or lunch or a dinner than it does at any other time of day. We have just been taught that that is, you know, we need a big breakfast because, you know, we have a big day. We know now that breakfast is not the most important meal of the day. And the concept of a larger lunch and a larger dinner is created out of just really being social. And so this is really about as you follow the program, if you're new, if you're new to the program, this might, you might be having a hard time understanding how we get to a place where you eat according to your body's needs. If you're a returning member, you'll be able to

see how when we personalize the plan at the end, this is to help you get into a place where you are eating when you are actually hungry, right, knowing what you're hungry for and how much. And when we say knowing, like being able to trust when to eat, that's not just at meal times or snack times. That's like really recognizing, okay, I need to eat now. So the body has no natural need to eat at night or in the evening. So we know that. So usually if you're hungry in the evening, it's because of something else. And so when it comes to following the food plan, what we are doing is taking people who either go all day without eating and have them eat more often, which is really important. People who overeat at certain meals, spreading that food out.

throughout the day, eating nutrient-rich foods where you can eat a shit ton of nutrient-rich foods, veggies, fruits, proteins, leafy greens, healthy carbs, you know, and get the same amount of calories as in like a burger with french fries and a pop, right? So that's where like that burger of french fries and a pop at 1,200 calories, no, we're not counting calories, is going to leave you really hungry. Whereas if you're eating your, you know, your protein focused breakfast and your food and your lunch and your snack and your snack and your dinner throughout the day, those are foods that are high in fiber, they're high in protein, they're the right, like lower glycemic carbohydrates that give your body the energy that it needs. So it's not how much you're

eating. It comes down to what you are eating. So this is why we say portions are what they feel like and not about what they look like. So if you are concerned that you are not eating enough. First, I want to address people who are taking weight loss medications. And this is one of the reasons why they work, right? They affect your, they affect your hunger hormones. And so, GLP1 is a hormone that your body produces naturally to let you know when you've had enough. It sits around in your system for about a minute after you're done eating, whereas if you take weight loss medications, it's sitting around in your system for a whole week.

And that's really affecting your appetite. So if you're not hungry, you eat less. And we know, we know studies show that people who take weight loss medications just eat less of the same food that actually change their eating habits. And this is why it's really important that you change your eating habits so that when you get off your medication or after it stops working, you don't gain that way back. So if you're taking weight loss medication, you might not be hungry for your meals and snacks. It is still really important that you eat at least a token amount, stimulate your digestive system, just because you are not. hungry when taking weight loss medications doesn't mean your body doesn't need food. That's really, really important to understand. And that's why you still want to have those token amounts and make

sure you're getting enough protein and nutrient-rich foods. So your body can not only focus on fat loss, but can also repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate, and maintain and sustain, also build muscle mass if you're working out on top of that. So it's normal to not feel hungry when you're taking weight loss medications. You absolutely still have to eat, which follow the program. don't skip any meals and snacks and eat a token amount. Even with that, you're still getting more than enough food throughout the day. If you are not taking weight loss medications, it is normal to not feel hungry when you're eating breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, snack, dinner.

Hunger doesn't signal an immediate need for food. Hunger is, hey, based on our glycogen stores, or the stores we use for energy, They're getting low. Ding, ding, ding. You need to think about eating. Your body knows it's going to take you time to find food. Back in the day, we would have had to forage for food, right? We just couldn't go to the cupboard, open up the fridge, whatever. So your body's like, hey, you're going to start thinking about being, like, eating something. It's going to take your time to prepare the food, to eat the food. And then it can still take hours for your body to process and digest the food before it is stored into, glycogen that your body can use for energy. And so there really is no immediate, this way no one is starving when following the liby method. You don't have to worry about not eating enough as long as you are eating all your meals and snacks, even a token amount. So people can eat a lot of food is what I'm saying, and it doesn't have the nutrient value that your body needs. Or you can eat a smaller amount of food that has the nutrient values that your body needs. So this is why portions aren't something you can

look at and determine they're what they feel like, right? So, so there is a censor as an association when you look like, there is a certain like you're on a buffet, you're putting food on your plate and you're like, okay, that's way too much food for me. Like you just, you know, right? You don't have to eat that to know you're going to feel like you ate too much. So there is that like kind of like, you can kind of eyeball that. And then sometimes you can be really hungry. And then you, you all of a you start eating and you actually get satisfied on a small amount. So really strong hunger cues are also not an emergency need for food. They are your body being very clear that you need food. So food is not, hunger is not an emergency situation. Even if you're eating all the males and snacks,

you're still eating probably more than enough food. You don't have to worry about overeating because we're eating good nutrient rich foods. But if you keep walking, away feeling like your stuff or you've eaten too much then that's a sign that your body's saying hey we've eaten too much here I want to talk specifically because this person who is concerned about not eating enough said that they were not hungry um that they were getting headaches all week long and their blood pressure was was high um so blood pressure high would not happen from eating good nutrient rich foods um like i i guarantee you're probably eating healthier than you've ever eaten in your entire life sometimes we associate what is how

with this diet that we're following, there is no negative to following the living method. If you don't think you're eating enough and because you are purposely trying to starve yourself and eat as little as possible, then that is probably true. But if you are preparing nutrient-rich foods, you are asking the four questions, you are eating in the moment enough to feel satisfied, then you can trust that. You can also trust if your body, if you're not taking weight loss medications, you can also trust that you're not hungry. Why would you be? You just had breakfast. Then you had a snack. Then you had lunch. Then you had your other snack. And then your other snack, it's normal to feel content. And your body shouldn't have to let you know it's hungry because you are eating every few

hours. So it's normal to not feel hungry. The headaches could sign detox. Like we talk about what detox when your weight starts to drop what that can feel like. If you are feeling like shit, It could, and the scale is moving, that could be why. And then the other, the last comment was, I drink, the water keeps me full. No, it doesn't. Water does not keep you full. Water, starving people everywhere would tell you to fuck off. That's not true.

I'm not telling you to fuck off. But I just really want you to understand that when you are legitimately hungry, like you actually need food, all the water in the world does absolutely nothing to satisfy your appetite. comes from an old kind of wives tale of drink a glass of water before you eat and it'll satisfy your appetite it does not if you drink a glass of water before you eat and it satisfies your appetite you were never hungry to begin with you were just thirsty and when you are thirsty not giving your body what it needs it gets you to crave high water content foods which are fruits we think sweet we need carbs we need to eat when what you really needed was water in the first place so so a lot of people

don't trust the process, right? They don't trust, you know, just not feeling like you're starving every five minutes because you've done other diets and that's what it felt like. They don't trust hunger cues because if you've spent your entire life thinking or feeling like you were legitimately hungry because you probably were starving yourself, a lot of people don't know what that feels like to not feel hungry. And so as long as you're eating your, you know, token amount of nutrient rich foods it's good nutrient rich foods you're good you're good it's when you purposely know you're gonna know you're gonna know are you purposely trying to eat less thinking that you know less is more than then then you know then that's a whole other other question why are you not

trusting giving your body the nutrients it needs no one's going to gain weight well following the program right i'm just gonna grab i'm just gonna log into my um question so i can see you so the other one i want talk about as plateaus. So plateaus are normal. You want plateaus. You need plateaus. You will never be able to sustain and maintain your weight without plateaus. Platoes are part of the process. You've been told that a plateau means that things aren't working could not be further from the truth. And even if you're an old Weight Watchers member where you had to like weigh yourself and keep your lifetime membership and you know, you gained what seemed like, you know, like weight when you didn't. It's just because it's normal for your weight to fluctuate. And being on a

plateau doesn't mean that your efforts didn't add up that week either. And some people are really messed up because of that. Even if you go and you listen to Weight Watchers now, they really change their tune. You cannot lose weight and not have your body adjust to your new weight. So a plateau isn't your body doing nothing or that what you're doing isn't working. If you are giving your body nutrient foods and you're moving your body and managing stress and trying to get better sleep and your weight isn't dropping, your body should be changing and you should be noticing changes in other areas like non-scale victories. That's why you've got to track non-scale victories. When they say one to two pounds a week, on average, that is not one to two pounds every week.

That is if you have a weight loss goal and you're working towards it and you know, like you can continuously work towards it and life doesn't interrupt you. And you reach your goal in six months, you take the weight that you were able to lose and divided by the six months. And on average, that should show up to about one to two pounds per week is healthy weight loss. Now, you can absolutely lose more than that and lose weight in a healthy way. In fact, a lot of people do with the living method because it's a system and it's a method for fast-tracking weight loss in the healthiest way as possible. It's not chaotic. Think about other diets that you did, right? You think about other diets. It's chaotic. You're doing this, you're doing that,

changing this, changing that, just eating less, exercising more, like it's just so fucking chaotic. And the reason why people are able to lose more weight while following the living method is there's a whole system. There's a rhyme and a reason. A system, there's science. It works with your body, not fighting your body. That's why people are able to lose weight, quite a bit of weight. Also, you'll notice the difference between weight loss and fat loss. And we're going after fat loss. So you lose 10 pounds on another diet. It looks like 20 pounds on the living method, right? Because your healthy sustainable weight loss, it hits different, it looks different as well. Okay, let me get into my groups and see where you're at. So plateaus are normal. It does mean that

you want to sit there and be like, oh, I'm on a plateau. Like, this is where you're on a plateau and depending on, like, it's equal and opposite reaction. You lose 20 pounds in the first three weeks of the program, four weeks of the program. That's a considerable amount of weight. You will probably hit a three week something plateau. Like equal, you can have someone who's like dropped drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop, drop. When you look at their graph and seem like they're constantly dropping, I mean, there's a lot of ups and downs and little mini plateaus. But it wouldn't be unusual for someone to lose 60 pounds doing the first 91 day round.

And then their next 91 day round, hardly lose any at all. And that would be totally normal because their bodies need time to adjust. So you cannot have your body release that much fat and not need it to adjust. So your set point is homeostasis. That's where your body has decided this is the way that we need to function, uncomfortable functioning at. And after years of dieting, it feels comfortable storing a lot of fat because you keep starving it.

So it needs to store more. So your set point gets really high. It is not where your body is happy. It's where you told your body it needs to function out because it goes through starvation periods, right? That's that kind of like play on starvation mode. And so you give the body what it needs. It's like, oh, I guess we don't need this fat.

And so your body releases fat, then it needs to adjust to that. So it is adjusting your hormones need to adjust. Like your body factors fat into everything that it does. So your hormones need to be adjusted. Your body temperature, your blood flow, your metabolism. Your heart needs to adjust to the new size of your body. And then you release more fat and then you hit a plateau. Some people lose like a lot and then have big plateaus.

Some people lose little bits, little bits, little bits, little plateau, little plateau, little plateau. Some people lose a bit, plateau, a bit plateau. Some people like lose one week, plateau the next, everybody is a little different. And this is if you're tracking your weight, you will come to see the pattern in that. That's why you want to use the app and track your weights. Not just while we're doing a program in between programs as well because we're assuming that you're going to continue to use the app and continue to work towards your goals. Just because we have the 91 day sessions doesn't mean it stops, right?

So you want plateaus, you need plateaus. Plateaus are your body adjusting to your new weight. So you want that. you need that. How do you break a plateau is by not eating less and exercising more. And that's a lot of people's inclination to do that. Oh, oh, I need to eat less exercise more. It could be get better sleep, move your body, manage your stress, drink more water, right? Get back on those leafy greens. Get back to taking those supplements. Like that's where you take everything that you're doing and you're like, I'm going to be really consistent. Right? That's what the body needs. Routine.

consistency, resources to make change and focused on making change above all else, right? So you want plateaus and you need plateaus. They are parts of the process. I noticed today that the setting intentions versus to-do list hit you guys today, right? Some of you were making a to-do list, a to-do list rather than setting your intentions. intentions are things that you can reflect on at the end of the day. A to-do list is the things that you either check off or you add to your list the next day, like two totally different things. So I love that. Also noticing the conversation on grief today is hitting with many of you too, right? And I know I mentioned this, but you know, grief doesn't have to just be lost of a loved one. It can be so many things, loss of a job, loss of a life you thought. It could be loss of my youthful glow and skin. loss of, you know, feeling fit. Like grief can hit us in so many ways.

So I'm glad that's really resonating with you. And we're going to have more conversations on that as well. Also, yesterday I did a shout out on if you had any guest experts or conversations and things that you would love for us to talk about. I appreciate that. So if you want to, we're always open to ideas. We want to know what can we do to best help you. So thanks for adding that.

You guys are welcome to add that anytime in the check and video. Okay, let's go into your question. question see where you're at today. I've learned to embrace mild headaches. This is definitely a sign for me that I'm in detox. That's when the scale moves for me. Yeah, and we would never blow off. I love that reassurance. I love that you shared that. I would never blow something off as detox. But some people do, like even I, when I've been eating like shit and I try to like clean things up and get back to following. And when I did that a couple weeks ago, I just was like, what is wrong with me and I was like oh yeah yeah so your fat cells you do when you gain weight you do not you do not

gain fat cells right and when you lose weight you don't lose fat cells it's what fills the fat cells and all of your toxins and I know this sounds a little woo-hoo crazy pants but it's not I'm just really simplifying it all your toxins are stored in your fats one of the things that fat does it stores toxins from artificial flavors colors, shampoos, plastics, all of those things are stored in your fat. And so when your body goes through the metabolic process of releasing fat, it does that when you breathe,

when you pee, when you pee, and when you sweat. So it's the process of releasing. And those, what fills your fat cells, it can make you feel kind of la. This is where when you do those crash diet, and you lose weight real quickly, this is where people get into issues with their gallbladder, and you need to get your gallbladder removed because it's like those toxins get in, gunk up your gallbladder, and then you end up having your gallbladder removes.

This is why this is such a much healthier way to lose weight. Of course, I'm oversimplifying this. If you want to know more details in the science behind it, we have all of that in the science guide. And yeah, beyond just the weekly science guides that we roll out tied into this week, there are more extensive science guides. You really want to go down the whole of the science behind it. that's there for you. And so that can make you feel really lousy. But you'll get to understand what that feels like. So this is one of the reasons why you're tracking in the app, right? Your weight, what what it

looks like on the scale? What's normal for you? Little bits, bigger chunks, plateaus. What does it go up before it goes down? Does it go back up? Before it settles down on a new low, like what's your pattern? And then along with that is how are you feeling? Also, remember, it's normal to feel extra hungry in the evening right before your weight drops the next day, right? We need to keep that in mind, especially next week when we start to downsize. So next week, we actually start to adjust portions and really dig into those portions there. So a detox is different for everybody. Some people, really, if you don't have any detox, it doesn't mean things aren't working for you. Some people just notice it more than others, but you never want to blow it off. Off topic,

is CV okay to use on a daily basis? Use it in my morning mantra. If your weight is moving just fine, the thing with stevia is that it does it doesn't it does have a chemical reaction in the brain it's different than the old um sweeteners so it's much better stevia and monk fruit much better than the old artificial sweetners um like the spenda and and all of that so they are the better forms of it in your brain though you're still feeding into like that dopamine like it still has the same sweet it's not sugar but it does have the same sweet dopamine response that you get when it comes to consuming sweet foods. So in that sense, it's not any different. Obviously, it doesn't affect your insulin levels. You're okay to have it. I just, I can't personally stand the stuff. I'd rather have real sugar in my, in my coffee. But listen, if the scale is moving for you, you feel fine on it, then I don't see any reason why you can't keep in it. I used to be really hardcore about that. Just because I read, I've done a lot of reading in my, in my creating the Libyan method. There was a time where I was eating like organic foods and I just went crazy with all of that because I started

learning about the food additives and at the time they didn't have monk fruit and Splenda. The artificial sweeteners that they had were just horrible for you. So there's a lot of literature on that. There's a lot of the fake sugars won't help when you're trying to learn to get away from sugar. Yeah. Right. So in that sense it's the same dopamine. It's feeding into sugar. But it steps. It steps too. Right. If you're not ready to have less sugar. your coffee or you just like that's your vice and you're not giving it up like some people still continue to drink diet coke diet coke as we know can be quite detrimental to your health and your weight journey as well for for kind of similar reasons but pick your vices there's a lot of other things you can

focus on and still move the dial on the scale you might be able to lose your weight and be able to keep that in just fine right so just sort of see i can't yeah i can't handle artificial sweeteners out but teach us own right um teach us own it's just all about this would be like the scale wasn't moving for you, what can I do? Does have it does have something, sorry, I'm just going to someone trying to call me. I'm always like terrified of hitting the wrong button. Not because like, I want to interrupt my lie. I don't want to talk to him now. So there's different levels. I would see like if everything is working for you, you know, you're keeping it and fine. And if not, then this might be like, okay, what more can I do here to be a little bit more proactive?

Yeah. The science behind detox is a whole. whole area I was working on for years, the living method takes it to a whole new level. Yeah, and we're not like, this is why I don't believe in like detox teas or cleanses or anything like that. I know there might be something into heavy metals or like, you know, people a lot of like can get metals in their system. I know there's variations to that. Really only extreme circumstances does someone's body need help in the detox. What really helps the detox is drinking water, nutrient rich foods, exercising so you're sweating. Saunas are also really beneficial. beneficial, sonnas, steam rooms, also really beneficial. We know that there's more and more

science talking about how when people are saunaing, it can really make a difference in your health and wellness. And what we're doing is really supporting the body. I lost 20 pounds last program and now just bounce up and down two pounds, but I know this is normal. I also notice that even without the scale moving clothes fit better and I look different. Yeah. So, 20 pounds is quite a bit lost in a healthy way and you will notice after you after you're done like even let's say this was your goal then you're going to notice your body like working on like adjusting to the weight that you've lost and you can you can not lose any more weight and all of a sudden have people saying to you oh my gosh you you've lost a lot more weight when in reality you haven't lost any more weight it's really just your body adjusting to the weight that you've lost right um i love that pat said to you hear about um what's going on i also notice that even without the the scale moving close fit better. So you did last program and now bouncing up to body taking time to adjust. You should absolutely be expecting the scale to move and figuring out why. So that would be completely normal. But also the thing that I would say to you is don't get stuck on what you did last

time because your body is different this time. And so that's where you might need to adjust your water. You might need to eat more food with your metabolism being higher. Let's say your metabolism is higher. You are exercising. You're more active. There's things. that you've noticed that actually changed losing 20 pounds is significant. And so a lot of times people get stuck on exactly what worked for them last time and not adjusting to what they need to do this time. So I would just pay attention to those small little adjustments. And then that would be how you can break that plateau. How you can break that plateau. Is red light therapy good to use? Yeah. Yeah, it is. There is actually some research. But you know what I want? One of the things I want

to talk about is yeah, let me talk about your question. But this was on my mind today. Maybe you guys can relate. There is some research to suggest. Like I have those red light masks. Shark Ninja is going to be one of, we're doing like a new podcast for Roku and Shark Ninja is one of the sponsors, which is really great. We just got them on as a sponsor. And they have like, they have coffee machines and vacuums with they're used, but technology and they have like a red light mask. But before that I've been using, I actually brought it with me. And I find it's great. Like not that I notice much, much of a difference because I don't use it often enough. I promise myself I'm going to use it consistently.

But they also have red light mats, red light saunas. And so there are a different kind of benefit for you as opposed to like the hot saunas or the ones that are really beneficial. But the red light sonnas are there is science behind that. And you know, to me here's what I got to say. Because I find like maybe it's my algorithm. But there's a lot of like and I know we need to science. You know, I know we need to science. And, you know, like people coming out, like, there are people who are angry that there are people trying to sell you wellness products out there on social media. And I get that, right? We don't want to be lied to. Like weight of vests, for example, when they first came out, people said that they're great for bone density and it's great for building muscle. And yeah, I mean, in a sense, to the extent that it's going to make a huge difference, probably not. But you are putting, it's like walking with weights.

If you did squats, obviously there's a resistance there. I love my weighted best. It makes my workouts feel a lot harder because it is harder because I'm lugging around 20 pounds. The shaky, but you know, the wellness people out there are like, yeah, we did this. The shaky, shaky board, right? Like, yes, it's great for your lymphatic system to an extent that it's going to like change your life, probably not. But does it add a little like something different to your routine? Right. Like I just, I find that there's so many people out there who assume that women are just dumb-dums and don't know enough to figure it out on our own. And yes, we want to look to people. And I think this is what's so great about the program is we tell you

the real deal, right? Like, I think it's really important because a lot of people don't. I'm not trying to sell you anything outside of the program. Right. And within the program, I'm not trying to sell you anything. We're having real conversations about shit. So that's why I'm like, I love that we can have real conversations. But I think if there's something that you can do and even if it's not the biggest impact on your life. I think there's a luxury. There's luxury in being able to try something new. You know, and if trying the thing motivates you or reignites hope in you or motivates you in any kind of way, I don't know. Like if you have the luxury of being able to do, you have money to do it or you don't have the money to do it, right? I just think that sometimes the diet

industry, when you're trying to get healthy and make change, is now putting the wellness industry, putting all this pressure on you. You can't do that. I can't do this. Can't when it's not good. That's not good. And I'm just like, oh my God,

you can find fault in anything, right? Oh, there's Susan. Find fault in anything. But yeah, so how much the red light actually adds up? I don't know, but I know there is. We've talked to Dr. Paul about this.

There is benefit in that. This is my second time around. I've lost the same three pounds, three or four times, up and down like a yo-yo. I'm not sure why. I can't stick with the program. Okay.

That was really interesting. because I thought you were going to say, I've gone up and down and you don't know what's going on, which that would be normal. Can't stick with the program is like these are two totally different things that you're talking about. So let's talk about that. Let's break it down for you. What the fuck is wrong with you? The fuck is wrong with you.

Right? Why not? You signed up? What's wrong with you? Nothing is wrong with you. What is going on with you? That is the word. What is going on with you?

So I see that because sometimes like, what's wrong with me? Why can't I do this? What's my problem? That's not it. What is going on with you? So the first thing I would do is look at your environments, what's happening in your life, and what version is following the program? Like, does that mean you can't do all of the, you're here today?

And that is something. To me, that's huge. You're here. You're following the program. You're doing the program. Right? Like, you're here today. You are doing this program.

The three or four pounds, sometimes it's not about losing. Sometimes it's about not gaining. Or it's just maintaining. So you haven't been gaining and losing, getting. Your weight is just fluctuating because you're paying attention. So even if you just maintain the weight, that's going to work for you. You're doing the program. So look at your environment, like what's going on in your life, like work life.

Like what's going on with work, right? Are you really stressed at work? Are you unhappy at work? You got a situation at work. You're not working and that's a situation. What is it? What's happening? there that's stopping you from putting the time in here. What's happening in your personal life? What is going on

with your home life with you personally? Are you happy, sad? Are you finding joy? That was a great conversation. Maybe your mission this group, this round of 91 days is to find joy. And that would be something. It has nothing to do with losing weight and all those things. Finding your joy is going to help you lose your weight. That's, that's an end. What else? So your personal life, like what's happening? What's going on with your health? Have you been battling allergies, battling a cold, just feeling like crap? Like is there something going on that's obvious like allergies? Is there something maybe that going on that you might want to talk to your health care provider about? What are your pain points with the program? Drinking water is hard. Okay, so can we get a water

bottle? Like I try all sorts of water bottles. I like this one, but it's not cheap. It's like 50 bucks. And I was like, I don't want to spend $50 on a fucking water bottle. But I got it. And it's amazing. I drink 10 times more water with the right water bottle than with not having it. And because I lost it and I'm, you know, I guess I was punishing myself for losing it. So I'm just putting an investment in a good one. Game changer.

What's another pain point with you? Snacks. Okay, maybe you can't make them all nutrient rich, but maybe you can make them really simple for yourself. How can you make them simple for yourself? Cut up, cut up a couple baggies. couple days, simple fruits, simple, don't even care if it's enough, not enough, just get something, right? Like what can you do to keep things following the program? Use the app, set timers and alarms. Maybe you don't want to be checking in every five minutes with the app. That's okay. Maybe you check

your weight each day and maybe you just click it off at the end of the day after reading the post. Like sometimes we put all of this, I got to do everything. And so if I'm not doing everything, I feel like I'm doing nothing. Right. So that's break that down and maybe get a pen and a paper and be like, okay, what's my deal here? Like I really, I want to be able to do this. Why am I not doing it? And it could be how we're framing it.

Like I know our way in is, you know what else I want this got me thinking about? Is that what are we doing here? What are we doing? Right? Same, Susan. I just can't get my shit together. But you're here. Yeah, the single use I know.

Those are brutal. I want to say this. There are all sorts of groups. there's business women groups women in business there's lots of support groups um conferences things that you can go to women in business there's all sorts of stuff for moms right there's all sorts of stuff for moms i think this is why people miss wait watchers meetings whenever i see people talk about they miss weight watchers meetings because where is the community where is though we are trying to get our shit together where's the we are trying to lose weight while we're trying

to get our shit together place that's this place that's this place that's this is the membership. This is the community. This is that yes, I got you here because I sold you on weight loss, but that's such a small part of it. You have to be healthy in order to lose weight. This is the place for when you're struggling to just drink the water, to figure what can I do? What can I put one step in front of the other dealing with grief? I'm dealing with this. I'm like, this is the place. This is our community. This is our community for us to have these conversations and figure it out, right? So just coming on here, I just want to say,

just being part of the conversation today and taking the time to comment or ask a question, that is you doing it. That's the program. And then just, you know, being invested in yourself. And maybe one time it's just watching guest experts, not even following the program. Like even if you didn't follow the program,

it's still worth it for the guest experts. And if you didn't watch the guest experts, but you just talked your food. That's worth it. Right? If you just use it as a journal, that's worth it. So just use AI to ask questions. That's worth it.

So yeah, it's like, why do you need this session, this season, this session? Can you describe maintenance and what is there? Let me see what that is. Can you describe maintenance and what is after maintenance? Do we still use the app? So maintenance is its own program. So just like we have a 91 day maintenance weight loss. Well, we have the living method weight loss program.

Right? So it's all day, every day, all year round. that's why we created the app to be able to track all year round and then we have these 91 day sessions that keep you motivated in the summer it's obviously not going to be 91 days we're going to do like a seven week summer club but we run live motivational sessions in real time in the in the fall in the winter in the spring and then also in the summer so basically we're trying to keep you as motivated as possible year round there are times in that where we take a few breaks but essentially year round we break it down into seasons and these kind of like lots

motivational. So you can kind of reset in the summer, reset in the fall or reset and whatever. The maintenance program does the same. The maintenance program is very similar in the steps, but all of the language and everything we do is geared towards maintenance. So after you've lost your weight, I would suggest you do at least one round of the maintenance program proper, one round of the 91 day sessions. And then after that, you continue to track, stay in the support group, and you can continue to work because you can be done losing your weight but not done working through the things you need to work through to be able to solidify your weight. And then we teach you how to just live your life, which is just wake up, look, good, feel good,

trust when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat and go about your life. When you are ready to do that, you move on to just living, living. And you can continue to use the app and track things if you want. We're actually working on like a third kind of program, which is life. So we're also adding in GLP1 information and maintenance information into the app as well. So there's going to be a maintenance guide and a GLP1 guide for people who are interested. We might also one day at a men's program specifically, since this one tends to really be geared towards women, obviously. But yeah, we want to get you to a point.

So in the maintenance support group, for example, we have people who've been, I think we're going on our fourth or 50 year of the maintenance group who've been maintaining their weight for four or five years. they pop in every now and then, hey, how's it going? Going through something stressful, just reminding themselves. So it's basically continuing to learn the skills of being able to maintain and sustain your weight. So it's a whole other thing. You absolutely want to do the maintenance program after you have done the weight loss. If you have the app, you can actually go in there. So if you're on the app, so I'm on my phone right now. So if you, if you had the membership, you can see the click at the top. You can click the top line that tells you're in the weight loss program, you can click that, go into the maintenance like app. And you have to ask to join the

maintenance group though. So you just use your membership that you got into this spring support group and join the maintenance. There's only one maintenance group. Just one maintenance group. You can join and then you can take part and listen to the conversations if you want. Hi, Alfie. I was asked recently by a close friend who is traveling in the fall with the weight loss program I was on. They want to lose weight before their trip. I said the Libby and he went to describe it and they said no, the food deprobation one, where you were in that you lost the weight on. No, people don't know what they don't know. I said, yeah, but it's not, I said, oh wait, okay, let me read this again. I was asked recently by a close friend who was traveling in the fall and what the weight loss program I was on. They want

to lose weight before their trip. I said Livy and want to describe it and they said, no, the food deprivation you were in that you lost all the weight. I said, oh yeah, but it's not sustainable. They said his wife doesn't care. Oh, so the other one you'd lost weight before a deprivation diet got it. Then said his wife doesn't care. I was promoting the living method and he said counting calories and went on about how it's like weight watchers. And I said, no, it's nothing like it. It was pointless conversation with people who are not wanting to change their life. We're all in the right place. People who get it. And then you know what? Yeah, I love that you said that because That's what this program is for.

It's for everyone who's already tried the other stuff and knows it doesn't work. It just doesn't work. Like, I'm not trying to sell you anything. If I was, I'd be charging you a lot more money. I'm trying to sell you everything that I learned, share with you, right? And there's one thing that I think it's interesting because I was writing, I'm writing a book. And Ruth Kane is helping me. She's the one who studied the living method and talked to thousands of our members.

and really getting into like why I wrote this book. And one of the things is because I didn't have a weight issue when I'm younger. I just, I'm like a problem solver and I like to figure it out. And part of my story is watching Oprah over the years. And constantly, every week, it was a different diet. And I couldn't understand for the life of me why people couldn't come together and figure this shit out. And if you see in my new book and it's not, it's not going to be out for a really long time.

Because it's a book about the diet industry. it talks like if people knew the origin story of calories in versus calories out which was never for weight loss which is why it doesn't work for weight loss um it's insane and you realize how deep like this like it did the the oversimplification um calories in versus calories out it's so stupid like it is like and that's why i love jason fung because you know he's a doctor and he's credible and he's just like it's stupid and no one is saying that you know yes of course your body is calories is an important part of the equation but that's not the only thing and it's just it's never sustainable and it just causes we all know this causes more of a problem so yeah this this program was created

for people who kind of were at that point and ready to do okay I'm done I'm done with that I just I get it I don't want to spend the rest of my life doing that thing losing gain losing gain losing gain losing gain losing gain losing gain and here's what it's going to happen with all the people taking gLP ones and not making sustainable lifestyle choices that they're going to realize it's just another quick fix diet in which they will lose and gain even more plus more right so yeah uh i love that you're all here when is the book out so the book i'm here writing now is called live lighter it's going to be out in september 8th and it's all it's like a recipe book for lifestyle your inner life your outer life your everyday life

your home life your travel life so that's going to be out september 8th The other book that I'm writing about the diet industry, I've been writing for two years now, and the freaking diet industry keeps changing on me. So I'm hoping to wrap it up in the next six weeks or so, and then that's going to be out whenever the publishers or whatever decide to get that out. There are points of my weight loss journey where I feel like, let me read that before I go. Let me read what you were saying now before I go. There are points of my weight loss journey where I feel I need to step back and take time for myself to listen to my body.

and say my weight is none of my business. Is this appropriate to put that to the side and focus on my emotional needs, Gina? Finding joy and small things right now seems to bring back that disconnect and connect. Yeah, it can't always be about the skill, the skill, the skill, the skill, because that's not the sustainability part. It doesn't mean. So, Lynette, it doesn't mean you say, fuck it and you eat whatever you want. It just means the thing that you're focusing on right now, it's you got to, you got to

follow through, you got to finish. What is your motivating factor? And sometimes it's, yeah, it's about the scale. Other times it's just survival. Other times it's like, what do I, I need to just reconnect. I need this. I need that. It's all part of your weight journey. This is what I'm saying. This is all part of it. If you make it about the scale every day, and yes, you can want the scale to move every day. You can do the things you need to do to get the scale moving. Finding your joy, it's going to help you reach your goal. Trying to reconfigure. connect with yourself, going to reach your goal. Figuring out what works for you in life doesn't, going to reach your goal. Not following the food plan because you just need to like give your mind

a break and maybe just absorb the information with guest experts. Like I don't understand why you can't still eat healthy, but you don't have to be all or nothing. This way it's all worth doing. We put all this pressure on ourselves to do everything we can when that's just not sustainable in life. Sometimes it's just doing some of the things. just showing up just watching the lives and i think because of the money situation too like the $20 is like how quickly can you blow through $20 you're paying $20 a month if you just listen to the guest experts or if you just use the app if you just use the AI if you just ate a good breakfast every day just drank your water like that's it's just connected with the community that's enough

that's enough right so so yeah what what do you need over the next like this is about you. This isn't about 91 days to lose weight. This is about 91 days of what does Lynn that need in her life right now. And yes, everything you do is going to feed into the weight loss journey. But what do you need right? That's what this is about. This is our place to do this. This is that community. Great conversation. Yeah. Talk finding joy. What was that? Joy. Joyful anyways by by Kate Bauer. We're going to start a book club. Okay. You could eat that. $20. I'm going to go. You guys, thanks so much for joining me. It's been, it's been so fun, going live from a different location so far removed from my life. I feel like I'm living some

storybook reality right now, but thanks for coming with me on the ride. Thanks for being here. I appreciate you. I think, you know, moments like this when I, ABLE away, really helps me to see things differently, which I'm really enjoying right now, especially our in the moment conversations with our guests. So thanks for being here. Have a great rest of your day. I will be not going left tomorrow, but I'll check in, and I'm on my way home tomorrow. So see you guys on Saturday. If you want to come hang out with me on Saturday, it's a long weekend this weekend, I think.

Yeah, I think. Yeah, me 14, 15th, yeah, I think it is. Is it or is it next weekend? I don't know. I'm going to go. Have a great rest of your day. Everyone. I'll see you tomorrow.

Bye.