The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 1 - Fall 2025

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 1, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/...livymethodfall2025In this episode, Gina encourages members—new and returning—to lean into their resources and trust the process. She walks through the importance of using the app for quick answers, joining the Facebook group for personalized support, and revisiting the Prep Week guidelines. Members are reminded that there's no pressure to be perfect and that real progress starts with showing up. Gina also discusses connecting to your “why,” especially for returning members who may need to reframe their intentions. She reassures listeners that The Program is designed to work for every body, regardless of health conditions, and that it’s all about building routines, prioritizing nutrient-rich meals, and letting the food plan evolve over time. The power of community is highlighted as a crucial source of connection and motivation, especially when things get tough. For those using weight loss medications, Gina reinforces that this is a safe, welcoming space where deeper habits are the real focus. Most importantly? It’s about progress, not perfection.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.Registration for the Fall 2025 Program has been extended until September 14th. Sign up HERE before it's too late. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm Gina Livy, and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams for my 91-day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews, and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on ACAST, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Music. Welcome, welcome to the first day of our fall program.
Starting point is 00:00:38 I hope that you're off to a great start. And welcome to our first Facebook Live. Okay, so just a quick heads up on how to find the live. So the quickest way is to pop it in the Facebook support group, go directly to the photo or media section, and that is where you will find the live playing. If you use the main page in the Facebook support group and you're just scrolling, it's going to take you a little bit longer.
Starting point is 00:01:03 Facebook will also give you a notification, but it will be a bit delayed. And then you can also link directly from the app into the Facebook support group as well. Now, the lives are not mandatory. Like I said in the check-in video this morning, you don't have to watch hours of video in order to be successful or know what you need to do. So if you haven't done it yet, you want to make sure you read over those prep week guidelines. The program is so easy to follow, especially. if you are using our Livy Method app, really you want to read over the guidelines each week,
Starting point is 00:01:35 be super clear on what you need to do. Now, in terms of how we organize the information, it's all by the guide section. There are guides in the Facebook support group and also guides in the app as well to make sure it's really easy for you to find the info that you need. Now, you can also ask questions in the app and get answers literally within seconds, or you can pop into our Facebook support group as well, where you will find real people answering any of the questions that you have. And of course, providing support along the way. So the app is really great for quick questions. The Facebook support group is really great for when you need a more personalized response.
Starting point is 00:02:13 Also, before I get into any of your questions today, if you have any administrative needs, you can reach out directly to our support team at weight loss at livy method.com. or if you're looking for tech support when it comes to our app, tech support at livy method.com as well. Now, when it comes to questions being asked during the live, this is more conversational. It's a little bit more relaxed. It's the one place where we don't come in
Starting point is 00:02:39 and answer any questions in a written form. So if I didn't get to your question today, and I probably won't because there will be so many, what I really do is just take talking points and just expand a bit more on that. If you did ask a question and it doesn't get answered, All you need to do is just copy and paste it and post it to the check-in video at the top of the page, and the team will answer it over there. All right, let's get into and start answering some of the questions that you might have.
Starting point is 00:03:08 Welcome to all of our new members. It might take you a few days just to get used to how we do things around here. And, of course, a welcome back to some of our returning members. Now, one of the questions that we get asked a lot about on the first day from our new members is why so many returning members. well the living method is no different than any other diet maybe you've done before you want to start it and keep following it until you reach your goal is just that we break ours down into 91 day digestible chunks of time so you can more personalize it or customize it so you don't have to sign up for a year if all you need is one program so you might reach your goal in one group where someone else perhaps has more weight to lose or for whatever reason it's taking them longer so they will need to do multiple programs here's a pro tip if you're you are new is when you are taking part in the lives, read through some of the comments from our returning members. They know the program inside and out and you'll get a lot of insight from some of the things that they're saying. Hi, Alison, good morning. So fantastic to be back. I had a
Starting point is 00:04:12 busy summer of moving and have gotten off track, but I'm so looking forward to getting back to living the living way. Okay. So no matter where you are, new member, returning member, remember prep week is an opportunity for you to just get back into it or review the information, ask questions, take your time running out, grabbing anything that you need and starting making the changes that you need to make. There's absolutely no pressure for being perfect today or really even the rest of the week. We have a lot of time, 91 days. You absolutely want to take a step back. Think big picture. Ninety one days is a lot of time to make a lot of change. Also, you will notice with the Livy Method and just a reminder to our returning members, it's not just what you're
Starting point is 00:04:55 showing up and doing day to day. It's the things that you are working through and learning that are going to give you the skills to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. So we are absolutely here to help you reach your goal, but we want to do that in a way you're going to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. So there are two things I always suggest at the beginning of each group. One is ask yourself why you are here. So you are motivated to sign up, which is great, but you're not going to be motivated every day. So really having a strong understanding of why you are here is going to help you stick around and follow through and finish, especially on the days where you're not motivated. And you want to make that why as real and tangible as possible.
Starting point is 00:05:35 So for example, maybe you signed up because you have a trip and you want to look good or feel good in your bathing suit. Okay, that's great. But what you want to do, and I always like to use the example of don't just see yourself in the bikinis see yourself maybe wearing that bathing suit you know walking across the beach feeling calm feeling confident stopping at the taco stand having a taco following it with a beer and then carrying on your merry way it's how you're going to feel in that bathing suit or perhaps you are all about just getting healthier well what does that mean how is healthy what does healthy look like what does healthy feel feel like. So have a really strong visual of why you are here. It's going to create this roadmap
Starting point is 00:06:24 for you to keep showing up, like I said, especially on days when you're not so motivated. And if you're a returning member, you want to reassess your why. The why that you started with might not be the why that you need to get you through this particular program. So really understanding your why is really big. The other one is if you haven't done it yet, is just kind of understand how you got here today. Many people have a history with dieting. Obviously, we say this, we want this to be the last diet you ever do. And what we mean by that is we want you to lose your weight in a way.
Starting point is 00:06:57 You're going to be able to maintain and sustain so you don't have to diet again. But taking some time to reflect on how you got here. When did your weight issues start? What was your history with diets? What did you do? What worked? What didn't work? What was going on in your life at the time?
Starting point is 00:07:13 Now, the other thing I want to say before I get into answering your questions is we are all here and we're probably all working towards the same goal, but everyone's journey is going to look a little different. So try to really just focus on why you are here and what you need to do. And don't forget, reach out and ask as many questions as you need. All right, starting around three and down 51 pounds, 20 left to go, hi, Debbie. See, this is exactly what I mean. If you kind of read over some of the comments, you'll get an idea of what the program is all about and some of the experiences that our previous members have. Now, when it comes to asking questions, we aren't expecting you to be keeping tabs and all the questions that are being asked. So all you need to do
Starting point is 00:07:56 is literally pop into the group and ask your question. And then Facebook will give you a notification and let you know when we've responded. Now, if you also have to ask a follow-up question, you can do that as well. There's no cap on the number of questions that you can ask day to day. Good morning, good morning, good morning. Okay. Hi, Maureen. How are you? Glad to be back because I was MIA, most of the last group due to health issues, ready to focus on me. So, well, first of all, I'm happy that you are back. I do want to talk about health issues for a second because some of you may be experiencing some. Perhaps you have thyroid issues. There are people asking about thyroid medication and that apple cider vinegar or lemon water this morning. Always a great idea to be
Starting point is 00:08:39 checking in with your own health care providers along the way. Some of you may have diabetes, some of you may be in menopause, some of you may have cholesterol issues, heart issues and whatnot. The program, because we focus on losing weight in a really healthy way, works for everybody. But if you have any questions about that, make sure you reach out. Although you may notice my team will continually say things like, make sure you check in with your own health care provider because we're not here to diagnose or suggest things that you should do, especially if you have any concerns about any medications or whatnot that you take. So just a
Starting point is 00:09:15 heads up on that. Hi, Debbie. Good morning. Returning member here. Round nine for me, a reset for sure. I'm retiring in three weeks. So getting ready for situational change. I've lost 50 pounds over the nine programs. This plan works. Okay, first of all, we love hearing that. So Debbie mentioned situational change. And if you're new around here, you may not know that we also have a maintenance program. So we're all about helping you lose your weight in a way that you're going to be able to maintain and sustain. So we do have a maintenance program that you can join after you have reached your goals. Now, we also tell you everything that you need to do to be able to maintain your weight. There are three reasons why people gain weight back after losing weight with the living
Starting point is 00:09:59 method. One is situational change and not adapting to that. So let's say, for example, you've lost your wait while you were at work and you have this whole routine like Debbie. And then all of a sudden she's no longer working and her routine changes. So whether that's changes in your daily routine, changes in your stress level or something's happening in your life that kind of throws you off. And this is where you go back into maybe old coping mechanisms and habits. We're going to talk a lot about habits, issues and associations tied into food, habits when it comes to, you know, how you live your life, day and day out. You want to lose 60 pounds with the program.
Starting point is 00:10:38 What is that going to look like? How does that change how you show up in your life day to day? Beliefs is a big one as well. And even past traumas, which is why we have a psychologist who's going to be joining us. We have all sorts of medical doctors who are going to be joining us and offering advice along the way. So situational change is one. Not putting time into maintenance.
Starting point is 00:10:58 So after you lose your weight, you want to make sure you help your body adjust to the weight that you've lost. And the other one is mindfulness. And you're going to hear us talk more and more about mindfulness beyond just what you are eating and when every day. We like to approach weight loss from a variety of different angles. So it's not just following the food plan. It's working through some of the issues and associations that pop up when it comes to following the food plan as well. Speaking of the food plan, you want to make sure you know what you need to do when it comes to what to eat and when. If you haven't done it yet, make sure you check out the food plan and the food plan guide. There's a quick overview for our returning members or if you just kind of need
Starting point is 00:11:36 the Coles notes and there's a bunch of other supplemental information. For example, there's a whole breakdown of breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks. We get into things like leafy greens, proteins, carbs, fats. There's also a grocery list. So there's a lot of information there to help you put your meals and snacks together. There's a lot of flexibility in there as well. And if you need to substitute anything. Just make sure you reach out and the team can help you out there. Now, what you eat and when is going to change and evolve as we go. So don't get stuck on any one thing because we're going to be making changes to that food plan each week. And we're going to introduce those changes each week through the guidelines. Does the apple cider
Starting point is 00:12:17 vinegar needs to be in water or can you just do the TLBS and then follow up with the eight ounces of lemon? Okay. So apple cider vinegar, lemon water, great for your daily routine, great way to start the day being hydrated, great way to cleanse the palate. For example, if you go reaching for your coffee first thing in the morning, you are more likely to crave things like carbs and sugar for breakfast. If you have a glass of lemon water, apple cider vinegar, it kind of cleanses the palate. That apple cider vinegar does have that mother in it, that cloudy substance, which is that good bacteria, which you can stimulate your digestive system. And of course, with the lemon water,
Starting point is 00:12:58 just think about having a lemon right now. It gets the saliva glands going also stimulates your digestive system. It doesn't do any miracle things like burned fat or anything like that. It can be really beneficial, especially if you have heartburn, acid reflux in some cases. If you have it, you find it makes it worse, then that might not be the right thing for you. So it does have its benefits, but it's also not make or break as well. I would start out with diluting it quite a bit and then see how you make out. Some people just do a shot. I find if you do a shot of apple cider vinegar, for me, it just burns. It's not pleasant. I'm not a fan of doing that. But if you find that you can do that easy, be easy, then that's fine. Go for it. Some people like just the apple cider
Starting point is 00:13:44 vinegar. Some people just the lemon water. Some people like to mix them. There were some questions, like I mentioned, people who take thyroid medication. It's always a great idea to wait a bit after your medications before you have that. But not only is it beneficial in the morning, it's also beneficial before your larger meals as well. There are some new studies coming out talking about how apple cider vinegar can also help with blood sugar and insulin levels and whatnot. But really, we are suggesting you add it in for that morning routine each day.
Starting point is 00:14:16 Do you have any questions about that? Of course, you can reach out and ask. Good morning. Hi, Linda. We are still traveling, but on our way home from our summer in Atlanta. to Canada. I was most definitely not perfect the last three months during my road trip, and I'm happy to be back here to the wonderful community. And I'm ready to get back into this great living routine. So let's talk about our community. The Facebook support group,
Starting point is 00:14:37 especially. We have a lot of people just using our app and we can tell by the numbers in the group. And if you just want to use our app, I love that for you. But popping into the Facebook support group is a great way to connect with the community, to talk to other members, to take part in live sessions and whatnot. We know that statistically, if you do a program like this or work towards any girl with a friend or a loved one or your family or your work colleagues, like all the people at Mildon watching right now,
Starting point is 00:15:08 we have some companies who are going to be joining us and putting on the program for their employees, or I like to say, team members. We absolutely love that. We know statistically you will do better when you are surrounded by community. So even if you feel really alone and you don't know anyone who's doing the program, at any time, pop into the Facebook support group and connect. It is time to hear from our podcast sponsor today. It is Colgate Parial Guard. Let's have a real conversation about health and wellness because I think talking about our oral health is underrated. I mean, we need to talk about it more. Think about it. Your home is probably ready for any kind of cut or a scrape. You probably have bandages around, sprays, gels to quickly treat it, right? But so often.
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Starting point is 00:16:42 this summer. We do run a summer club, a place that you can join to get more support. But really, we give you the tools and the skills that you need in between groups. So if you're wondering, what you're going to do over the holidays. Don't worry. We're going to make sure you are set up for success. But you will also find that every time you take a break from following the program in between groups, it's an opportunity to kind of test it where you're at and what you have learned and highlight some of the things that you need to focus on each group. So for all of our returning members, I would also suggest on top of checking your why and recognizing how you got here is to use fresh eyes when it comes to doing this program.
Starting point is 00:17:23 Remember that you work through the things that you need to work through last program and now you're coming into this one with a whole new body, mentally, physically. So the program stays the same because the body loves routine and routine is the foundation of change, but you have changed. So maybe take a minute to say, okay, what didn't I do last time that I can do this time to set myself up for success? Or, you know, what were some of the things I had a hard time doing last? time that I need to make sure I pay attention to this time as well. I do not want to look good for
Starting point is 00:17:56 Mexico at Christmas, but I really want to end all destructive patterns. Well, Tanya, Tonya, you're in the right place. Let me tell you, we get into it. Some people are just here and they want the Coles notes and they just want to lose a few pounds that they gain for whatever reason. Some people are here having gone through years and years and years of dieting. And we truly want this to be the last diet that you've ever done. I lost over 100 pounds over 30 years ago and I've been able to maintain it fairly easy ever since until I went through menopause. I dealt with a lot of grief and stress in my life. I, you know, I'm running a company at the size that I've never done before situational change.
Starting point is 00:18:41 You know, that's, I've learned a lot over my 30 years of helping people lose weight. I haven't been sitting in a boardroom trying to figure out how to get more people to buy the program. I have been hands on. And how I would work with personal clients is they would literally tell me everything that they do all day, every day. So they would text me, how they felt in the morning, everything they ate, they drank, how they felt.
Starting point is 00:19:04 And I would work with them very closely to figure out what they'd. they need to do in order to not just see that scale move, but to be able to really work through their issues and associations tied into their weight loss. And that meant a lot of conversations talking very frankly to people about why they were having a hard time. So were we going to be joined by a variety of experts? In fact, this Thursday, you're going to have an opportunity to meet some of them who have been with us for a while and are going to share what they feel is the secret to sustainable weight loss. So we have doctors.
Starting point is 00:19:38 We have medical doctors, menopause specialists, obesity medicine doctors. We have psychologists. So if you can just wonder why we can really benefit from talking to a psychologist because you're going to realize many of you that your history of dieting is very much factoring into your current journey, especially when it comes to issues and associations in and around food. And that's because we use food for so many things. we use food to survive.
Starting point is 00:20:08 We need it to live. We use food to bond over to commune to celebrate, right? Something great happens. We go out for dinner. We celebrate. We use food to show love. I've baked you this. I've made you that.
Starting point is 00:20:26 We also use food for things like coping. I've had a really stressful day. So I'm going to eat a tub of ice cream. And so what we are, trying to do is help you rewire your body physically and how it's come to function. And that's why the whole program is based on set point. And we'll get into that more as we go. But also rewire your brain and how it has associated to food and your relationship with it. And also your relationship with yourself. So we're going to get into a lot of pretty deep conversations. And if you're into that,
Starting point is 00:20:57 you're in the right place. And if you're not into that, then you don't have to pay attention to any of that either. And here's the thing about your why too. And this is why I use the example of like wanting to fit into a bathing suit, you know, that it might be you have a trip or a wedding or something that you want to lose this weight sooner rather than later. But when you run through the living method, you're going to realize it's so much deeper than that. And this is really truly an opportunity to lose your weight in a way. You're going to be able to maintain and sustain. And that's part of the reason and why I set the program up and the structure that I have within 91 days is I worked in gyms for years, right, trying to get you to commit to signing up for a whole year and then
Starting point is 00:21:39 honestly hope you never come because if everybody who signed up for their gym membership showed up, there wouldn't be enough room for everybody. And so I didn't want that. I want to help you lose your weight in a way that you get to move on and live your life and never look back. And yes, we want you to do as many programs as you need to reach your goal in a healthy way. That's also why I created the maintenance program. So we have a team at the University of Ottawa, and Ruth Kane is leading that. She received government funding a few years ago, and she's been researching the liby method ever since.
Starting point is 00:22:09 So she's been studying how people learn to make change through the living method. She's studied the efficacy of the living method, and she's also studied the maintenance part of it and talked to hundreds and thousands of people who've done the program. We also do surveys as well that she has worked through and sorted through while, studying the living method. And we've taken what she's learned about the difference between people who are able to maintain and sustain their weight and the people who have the harder time and created the maintenance program. So yes, we provide a weight loss program and yes, we provide a maintenance program, but we do that to help you get to a place where you can just wake up,
Starting point is 00:22:47 look good, feel good, go about your day and live your life, which includes enjoying all the yummy bites of bits that come with it. And so there may be some things that you're going to want to minimize along the way like breads and prasas that are more your processed carbohydrates they don't cause you to gain weight but definitely minimizing them while you're trying to lose weight can be beneficial but by the end of the program we want you to walk away healthier with a higher metabolism being in tune to when to eat what to eat and how much to eat and that's something that other diets don't do you can't get that by counting and weighing and measuring your food right so we're going to talk through and work through a lot of stuff i do which reminds me want to bring up
Starting point is 00:23:27 the GLP ones, the weight loss medications, you might have noticed in some of our social media posts, we're starting to talk about this. We have had members using Ozempic, for example, to manage their diabetes for years doing the program. That is nothing new. Obviously, people are now using that to help them lose weight. There are all sorts of other weight loss medications on the market now, specifically designed for that. I want to say if you are taking any of those medications, you are absolutely welcomed. And please do not be shy about asking all the questions that you need. There's nothing different that you need to do because taking weight loss medication can help with food noise. It can help with appetite. It can help with a variety of different
Starting point is 00:24:10 things. But it doesn't help you work through your issues and associations that I just mentioned tied into food. It doesn't help you work through your habits. It doesn't help you work through your beliefs, your past traumas, and doesn't teach you what your body needs. to be able to trust and be in tune to when to eat what to eat and how much to eat. So taking medications doesn't mean you have to do anything differently. People who take them have to work just as hard as people who don't take them. And either way the program works. We will be joined by Dr. Sean Wharton and Sandy Van,
Starting point is 00:24:43 who are the top of their fields in obesity medicine, who will be addressing weight loss medications, but also talking about things like gastric bypass, for example. And so over my 30 years of helping people lose weight, I've helped many people who've had gastric bypass, and the same thing goes. Although you've had that medical intervention, it doesn't help them with all those other things that I've mentioned. And in fact, weight loss medications can be a much safer way, although they can be problematic. And we are expecting if you are taking them, you are working hand in hand with your health care providers along the way. But weight loss medications can be a great option to what was only available before, which was really,
Starting point is 00:25:21 weight loss surgeries. So I just want to mention as well that we don't make any judgments around here. And we like this to be a safe space for people to work through their shit. Because Lord knows, life is hard enough. So we want the group to be a place where you can pop in and feel supported and for it to be a safe place to ask any questions. So I just want to say that out loud. We are not promoting weight loss medications at all. It's just that the living method is and always has been a perfect compliment to any medical intervention when it comes to weight loss. All right. Let's see if I can get through a couple more of these questions. I tried GLP 1 and it just killed my stomach or digestion so needed to stop. But what I did learn is that I do not eat
Starting point is 00:26:09 because I am hungry habit because hubby was cravings. Anyway, I'm hoping to work through this program, learn more about this. Well, that was great time. We're going to a great question or comment, Kathy. Yeah. so we're going to talk about hunger right so you're going to start following the basic food plan that's step one this week read over the prep week guidelines really understand what you need to do when it comes to what and eat what to eat and what now understand there's also a rhyme and a reason to everything that we are suggesting and we're going to have for example science posts that we're going to go into the science behind the living method you can of course ask as many questions as you need but the best thing for you to do is just start following and trying to be as consistent as possible when it's it comes to that food plan, and then your body is going to start to adjust. Routine is the foundation of change. So you want to be as routine as possible when it comes to following that food plan. We are not worried about portion sizes yet. So we want you to just eat all your meals and snacks, make them as nutrient rich as possible, and eat enough to feel satisfied. When you are consistently following that food plan, you will notice that your appetite or
Starting point is 00:27:15 your portion sizes will naturally start to adjust. Now, we're going to get into portions. sizes as we go. But right now you just want to focus on eating enough to feel satisfied. And of course, if you're not hungry, you still want to have those small token amounts. But you might also notice after eating all this nutrient rich foods throughout the day that you are still hungry in the evening. If you are used to eating in the evening, that could just be out of habit. So after dinner you have your normal routine maybe you sit down with a tea and a cookie so after dinner tonight even though you've eaten enough throughout the day to feel satisfied you have your dinner you have your tea and you might crave a cookie or if you're used to snacking while watching your favorite
Starting point is 00:28:00 show so sometimes hunger is out of habit so that might take a little while for you to break the habit sometimes hunger is being triggered someone says something to you or you're driving along you see the McDonald's sign or whatnot, then you start thinking about a Big Mac, even though you don't actually want a Big Mac, but you see the sign, you get triggered. So many ways we can get triggered. You have a stressful day. Sometimes our hunger is through coping. You had a stressful day, so you just don't want to think about it.
Starting point is 00:28:29 You just want to chill out. So you go for that bag of chips. These are things you're not going to work through on the first day of the program. So be patient with yourself if you didn't follow perfectly today. We're more about a progress over perfection approach. We're going to talk about and work through all of that. But the best thing that you can do is to start being as consistent as possible when it comes to following that food plan.
Starting point is 00:28:51 Now, like I said, what you eat and when is going to change and evolve as you go. There's a rhyme and a reason to that high protein breakfast. You can have the protein, of course, but you can also have fruit. You can also have, you know, your carbohydrates in there as well. But you want to focus on protein being your main source. Now, you can also choose to skip breakfast. if you are not hungry for it. But you absolutely want to make sure you have that morning fruit snack.
Starting point is 00:29:17 That morning fruit snack will replenish your glycogen or energy stores after your high protein breakfast or especially if you chose to skip breakfast. For lunch, you want to focus on those vegetables, right? So those are your main energy source. Vegetables also add your protein, leafy greens, healthy fats. And lunch is a better place to add in any of those heavier carbs like rice and kinoas so that you are utilizing those throughout your day. There are two afternoon snacks, and yes, ideally you want to have both vegetables,
Starting point is 00:29:47 but you can also add something like a dip in there. You can put some guacamole or hummus, for example. You could also add a boiled egg if you're looking to bump up that protein. So it doesn't just have to be vegetables. If you're having a hard time with your vegetables raw, you can also have them cooked. Afternoon snacks is nuts and seeds. You cannot beat nuts and seeds, but if you are allergic to nuts and seeds, we do have alternatives listed.
Starting point is 00:30:09 And of course, for dinner, that's where you want to focus on your protein, your vegetables, leafy greens, healthy fats, and minimize any heavier carbs because you just won't eat them at the end of the day after eating all that food throughout the day. If you have any questions about the food plan at all, an easy way to get them answered is by going into the AI section of the app or the ask section of the app, ask a question, and it will provide a response within seconds and then also pull up supplemental information as well. Of course, you can pop into the group. So read over those guidelines, make sure that you are clear on what you need to do in terms of what to eat and when, recognizing that what you eat and when is going to change and evolve and everything we do, there was a rhyme and a reason and science behind the ask. When it comes to the lives, again, I want to remind you that these are not mandatory. I'm going to get into answering more and more questions. They're also going to be joined by live guest experts. to, if you can't watch them live, we repost them in the guide section of the app and the Facebook
Starting point is 00:31:07 support group so you can watch them at any time. You will also be able to download and listen to them by way of podcast as well. So if you find the Living Method podcast on any podcast platform, you can download and listen. And just a reminder that this is the one place that we don't provide a written response. So if you asked a question today and I didn't get to get to answering it, because I'm never going to be able to answer all of them, but don't want to. let that stop you from taking part. All you need to do is copy and paste it to the post pinned to the top of the page. Okay, that's enough for today. I want to thank everyone for joining me for the live. It's always exciting on the first day of the program. I hope you have a
Starting point is 00:31:46 great first day and I will see you tomorrow. I got to remember how to get out of here. It's been a while. And together we do the Tony and Ryan podcast and people right across Canada, they listen to our show. Now, Stacey and Marley, you guys are sisters and pretty competitive. Can you tell us who listens more? Oh, it's definitely me. No. We will text each other through the day saying, hey, have you listened to the pod yet? So it's something that even we talk about as sisters, what was talked about on the pod.
Starting point is 00:32:24 So when you're finished listening to this legendary podcast, check out us, Tony and Ryan.

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