The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 10 - Fall 2025

Episode Date: September 17, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 10, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2025.In this episode, Gina breaks down what's really going on when the scale won’t budge. She explains how detox is simply the body doing what it’s meant to do—working hard to release fat, not just weight. From restless sleep to cravings and bloating, she shares how these signals often show up before the scale moves. Gina also connects the dots between stress, poor sleep, and nighttime cravings, helping listeners better understand how their daily choices and habits play into hunger and fat loss. It's not just about the food, it's about everything else too.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

10 days into the program, how you doing? How are you feeling? I mean, at this point, you should be feeling pretty good. Unless, of course, that scale is moving for you, then you might not be feeling so hot because it's normal to feel the effects of your body releasing fat. Some people are more sensitive to that than others. I want to remind you of the post that we posted last week on detox,

which is a very, very, very, very, very loose and general term that we use to describe when the scale is moving. Now, the body doesn't need any help detoxing at all, but there are things that you can do to help support the body. You lose fat through the same metabolic process that you do just in general. You release fat when you pee, when you poo, when you breathe and you sweat. And what we're really doing is just piggybacking that. natural detox process. And what we're focused on right now is give the body what it needs so it no longer feels a need to store fat. We're going to try to share as much information as possible about the why and the science behind the things that we're asking you to do. But here's

what I got to say. If you were to take any one week of the program, it's hard to explain how that is going to work for you. So for example, it's not really normal. multi need to eat that often throughout the day. There's a reason why we're doing that. We're spreading those meals and snacks out. It keeps your blood sugar more regulated, your insulin levels lower. It helps you stay more satisfied. It helps you believe that you're going to continue to give your body what it needs. Now, we're going to make changes and adjustments to that as we go. So how you are eating in the beginning is going to look different by the time we roll around to the end of the program. Now, for our returning members, you might be like, well, I already did this.

A few weeks following the living method, a few months, sorry, following the living method, that's nothing for your body. And remember that same systematic nature is going to work just as well for you every time you do the program because the body loves routine. And the more routine you are about the changes you're making physically, the more that allows your body to adjust to the weight that you have lost, and the more it allows for those thoughts and feels to start to bubble up. Now, if you're new to the program, you're just getting a handle on what to eat and when, what's going on in your body, you might be noticing that you're having the best energy. You're sleeping amazing, or if the scale is moving, you might feel a little tired and your

sleep might be interrupted. You might notice your weight is actually up. I talked about this in the live this morning. People are starting to talk about their weight. Obviously, you have signed up for a weight loss program. you want to lose weight normal to see the weight already start to move because we're not messing around the program designed to work, but also really normal for someone not to see movement on the scale. If you're not seeing movement on the scale, your body, you have to trust that your body's

working behind the scenes, repairing, rebuilding, regenerating, rejuvenating. Because how quickly you start at the beginning of the program can depend on the state of your body and can look different. For our returning members, you know, you might have lost right away in your first program and that's your second program, and you're like, what's going on? Last time I already lost by now. So it's going to look a little different each time. There is a post in the group. So there's the need to know information, of course, which is the guidelines. And then there's the nice to know information that we post day to day. I would say the information we posted today, it is nice to know, but I would highly suggest that you take time to review it because I've included real graphs

from our real members. So these are, if you are tracking your weight, in the Libby Method app. And if you're not using the app, you're totally missing out. So you should be, you should be absolutely using the app. It's super cool. You cannot just track your weight every day and your foods, your fluids, but also your mood, your movements, set intentions, end of day reflections. And it guides you through the program. So what you are tracking actually changes as you go. And of course, has all that information. But if you go into the, where you are tracking your weight, I'm going to mark my day complete from yesterday. And I'm going to input my weight from today, for example. Now, you won't see much of a change here because I've been pretty

constant, but if you hit the scale icon beside where you are collecting your weight each day, it'll give you a graph. It'll give you a graph. So those graphs that we included are from real members, the first few weeks of the program. And if you can go and take a look, and we've included a variety of them, every single one of those members were successful at reaching their goals. And that's really important. Every single one of those members was successful in reaching their goals. But this is what the first few weeks of the program looked like for them. And everybody's graph is a little different. Some people were like up, down, up, down, up, up, up, right? And then down. And then some people were like, down, down, down, down, up,

up, down, up, down, up. Everyone's a little different. If you can go in there and look at them, and really expand them and be like, okay, how frustrating would it have been for this person to have been so low to reach their lowest low? And then they went up and then up and then up again. But then you'll notice that they also went then down, down, down and hit a new, new low. So it's all about that downward trend. But if you can get in that mindset of like, okay, if that was my graph, imagine in the moment I hit my lowest low and next thing I know I'm up three or four pounds. I'm going to be like, what the fuck? I'm going to be stressed out. I'm going to be whatever. And you can imagine maybe what was going on in their lives. Right? Maybe when their

scale is up, they were away for the weekend and, you know, they were a little bit, you know, here, there, everywhere, couldn't get their water in late nights, drinking, you know, sure, their weight was up, but then it came back down again. So, so you're going to have a lot of feels about the scale. And it's also so normal for the scale to be up. So today we've also included information, all the reasons why your scale can and will be up. It's really important the language that you are using because you are, when you talk out loud, you are talking to yourself. So when you say things like, oh, I gain two pounds overnight, that's impossible. There is no way you gain two pounds overnight. What happened is that the scale went up a couple

of pounds overnight has nothing to do with real weight gain or fat gain. Right. So a lot of fields are going to come up. Those fields are really important because your thoughts and your feelings are going to help you recognize your issues and associations and the things that you need to work through. And then again, big picture here, it's not just losing your weight physically and rewiring how your body's come to function. It's your brain and mentally rewire how you've come to think around food, your relationship with food, right? So it's bigger picture, yes, losing the weight in a healthy way, but working through all the things mentally that are going to help you be able to

maintain and sustain your weight at the end. So that when you have lost your weight, focused on actively maintaining your weight, and then you are just living your life and something stressful happens or, you know, you go away on vacation for a week or whatever it is, you may get thrown back into old habits for a bit, but you also know how to pull yourself back, right? Like, you do not gain your weight back without noticing. And usually you're not gaining your weight back without also some of the choices or things that are going on in your life. And sometimes that stress. So for example, for me, able to maintain my weight easily for 30 years. And then I had the, I had just a trifecta

of stress. I had stress from running a company. I had stress from one of my kids in their mental health issues. I had stress from my kids' dad dying. I had stress for menopause. So I was going through all of these things. Now, it took me a little while, a little while to get a handle on that because that was a lot of things all at once happening, but I had the tools and skills to know, okay, this is going on, what are the things I need to do? Now, doing the things I needed to do and knowing are two totally different things. So it took me a while to get back to doing the things I needed to do because I was still like, well, I have to say yes and staying true to all these commitments. And it wasn't until I shut them down and said, I can't do that anymore. I was still using wine to cope and I

wasn't just having a glass of wine. I was drinking like a whole bottle every night because I just needed relief and took me a while to realize that's not really helping me. I'm staying up late for me time, right? Which also means Netflix time, which takes me a while to realize, okay, that's not working for me. Right? And I was just tired all the time. And so I needed to get out. I needed to walk. I need to do those things. So it's about acquiring this. scales and really being in tune with your body so that not only you can trust when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat, so you're very confident in that, is that so you have the awareness to recognize what's going on in your life and how is that affecting you and how

are the choices that you're making come into play and recognize you're falling back into old habits before you gain all of your weight back. Right. So there's so there's a lot. There's a lot to that. We had those hunger posts, for example, yesterday we talked about how to do the program if you're not hungry or what to do if you're really hungry. And really hungry is interesting because you can be really hungry in the evening after eating all your meals and snacks, eating them to satisfaction, making them nutrient rich because your weight is about to drop the next day. Like that's, there are a couple signs that signal your weight is about to drop. One is just kind of feeling bloated and just bleh. I'm following this program. I'm being really healthy. I feel

like shit. What's going on? right so just feeling like run down bloated just kind of yeah right what's going on with me kind of very similar if you get your menstrual cycle to PMS right remember PMS I haven't had mine in like eight months now I just got my fingers crossed I went like eight months before and then it came back and I'm like and so on my my second spin my second turnaround of the eight months without. I'm like, please do not come back. Please do not come back. Um, but I remember how I felt, right? So I was living my life normal. And then all of a sudden I'm like, what's wrong with me? I like, I feel like I'm cranky. I'm tired. I'm feeling bloated. I'm like, what the fuck, what? And then

my period comes and I'm like, oh, yeah. So very similar. Same detox process that I started this conversation with today. Very similar detox process as when you get your menstrual cycle. So right before the scale is about to drop, you can feel very similar to that. Right? What happens when you get your menstrual cycle, PMS, right? You feel bloated. You feel gross. You feel cranky. You feel tired. You're craving sugar. You're extra hungry. You're not getting great sleep. All weight is up. Right? Same thing. And so your body's retaining, there goes my necklace. Bodies retaining water because it's about to go through this detox process. So a lot of times when we're leading up to the detox, water's not appealing. So we're not drinking as much water as we normally would. And this is what I mean by

supporting the body and detox. And so you can be extra hungry in the evening, even though you've eaten all these meals and snacks, that's another sign. So bloated, just feeling off, um, extra hungry in the evening, waking up in the middle of the night, around that three or four clock time when your body, your circadian rhythm, uh, starts to work through your kidneys and liver. That can wake you up. Um, so those are like three, three signs, well, four signs because I'm going to add your weight up in there. That can be a sign that your weight is about to drop on top of all the other reasons why your weight might be up. Like having a crappy sleep and then drinking alcohol and then working out. So things like even working out. So here you are trying to be healthy, eat healthy.

And then you're like, okay, I'm going to, I'm going to exercise now. So you've added in exercise. Your muscles are sore. And you're expecting your weight to be down because you're doing all of these things. You get on the scale and you're like, why is my weight up? Well, your weight. is up because your muscles are inflamed and your body's retaining water. So a lot of what we talk about is just the reality of what healthy weight loss looks like, or should I say fat loss? So there's a weight loss. And that's what a lot of people are out there talking about. So when people talk about how you need to do this, you need to do that, or you're not getting enough protein or whatever, they are referencing crappy, shitty diets where you're starving and depriving yourself. With the living

method, it's not that. With the living method, you are literally helping your body get healthier. You need to be healthy in order to lose weight. And weight loss is the side effect of that. All right. Let me get into, let me get into, there's Bonnie, cannot sign into the live. Hi, Bonnie, you're watching the live. You're joining us live right now. Let me get into answering some questions. That's me. After dinner, I crave or want toast and peanut butter. is that is that you is it that you crave the crunch it could be now there could be a couple things going on so when you are dehydrated and you saw this cravings post yesterday and if you didn't check it out when you are dehydrated not drinking enough water and you need more water when you're

following the living method for a couple of reasons one processing all those foods throughout the day you need more water your body is actually working harder doing that so that's one And two, you need water for the fat loss process, right? So you need to be having more water. So if you're not drinking enough water, you could be dehydrated when you're dehydrated, not giving your body the water that it needs. It will try to get you to get water somehow. So it gets you to crave high water content foods. High water content foods are sweet. And you think I need something sweet. Right? So you think I need like, and you might, your association, and here's what I mean by issues and associations to food, your association, might be carbs, breads. So it could be that. The peanut butter or nut butter thing. So when you are stressed, you got a lot going on, your brain is revving really high. Your body is looking for more good fats. So if you're not getting enough good fat in your diet, right, those omega-3s and whatnot, you can crave salty foods because your body associates salty foods with high-fat foods. So it could be that you're craving the peanut butter because you're looking for more good fat.

Now, it could also be because you are used to something sweet after dinner. And that's just your habit. You have a habit of having something higher in sugar after dinner. So that's why you're going to look for that because you're looking for the, is it toast? Now, you want to try to break that habit and not continually feed into it. Here's the reason why you don't want to eat at night. If you're looking to lose weight, it'll be an absolute game changer. It's a lot easier said than done.

But if you can catch like three days in a row not eating after dinner and really catch how you feel the next day, you're going to be like, oh my gosh, I had a better sleep. I feel less bloated. Maybe even the scale is down for you. Your body's had time to repair and rebuild and regenerate and rejuvenate. There's a lot of things that your body is doing while it's sleeping and it cannot do them when you have a belly full of food. And so as soon as it gets dark outside, your body starts to pump melatonin through your system to kind of send a message, it's like a hormone, a chemical messenger that says, hey, it's time to wind down. So in the morning when you see the lights, your cortisol levels rise. And throughout the day, as it comes to the evening, your cortisol levels are supposed to lower down unless you're chronically stressed and your melatonin rises. And that says to your body, it's time to shutter down. And as your body starts to shutter down, it starts to go into like, all right, let's get ready for sleep, repair and rebuild mode. And if you have dinner and then you eat something afterwards that elevates your insulin levels or after your body started that

wind down process kind of like breakfast is breaking the fast and you can kind of do a mini version of that after eating at dinner. And so then rather than going through that full wind down process that really helps your body to get into the right mode to repair and rebuild and do all those things, you're kind of waking your body up again and saying, hey, we're eating right now because we're going to be active later. So your body can only assume that the reason why you're eating is because you're going to be active. Otherwise, why would you be eating?

Because you've eaten so much throughout the day. I don't mean so much. I mean, you've eaten enough, given it enough throughout the day that it's like it doesn't need anymore. But we can want more because we're triggered or, you know, out of habits or, you know, whatever that might be. Cravings, whatever that means. And so you can, your body cannot focus.

on fat loss while you are eating. That's really important to understand. Let me say that again. Your body cannot focus on fat loss while you are eating. So on those nights where you are eating after dinner or into the evening, you are really missing out on the opportunity for your body to focus on fat loss. And so that is why I suggest people don't eat after dinner. It's not the calories or anything like that. It's because it could really mess with your sleep. So if you can kind of understand that, no, I know you're just asking about a piece of toast and peanut butter, but bigger picture is, I don't know why you want that. But if you can try to not feed into that and catch the feels of how you're going to feel on the days where you don't

eat that, you also, it also could be that you are not having enough carbohydrates throughout the day. This is not a low carb program. It's right carbs at the right time. So if you're just forcing yourself, for example, to eat salads, thinking, okay, whenever I lost weight before, I'd eat salads, that's the quickest way to lose weight. It's not. The quickest way to lose weight is to give your body what it needs. And so adding some maybe quinoa, if you want to have a salad, great, but quinoa on the salad, some rice, potatoes, something like that. It could be that you're not giving your body that carbohydrates that it needs throughout the day. So maybe it's looking for them in the evening. Right. So a lot of times people look at what's going on at night separately to

what's going on in the day because you can't imagine, well, what would having rice at lunch do for me in terms of being hungry at night? Right. So the reality is it actually takes your body a lot longer to process foods. So for example, vegetables can take about 90 minutes raw for your body to break down, about 60 minutes when they're cooked. Fruits are really quick. This is why we love fruits in the morning. Do you guys see my post on Instagram about medial dates? So medial dates, for example, make for a great morning snack, especially for those of you who have diabetes and want to keep those insulin levels a little bit lower. You can have module dates. They actually very low on the glycemic index. Fruits break down in like a half an hour, which is why they're

really great, really great for replenishing your glycogen stores. So half an hour. Fish can take like 40 minutes, red meat can take like five plus hours. So nuts and seeds take about an hour and a half to break down through your system. So we think that we eat food and our body's getting the energy from it right away. And yes, if it's high in sugar, you get that bit of a, you know, sugar kick from it. But foods take a lot longer than what you think to process and digest through your system. So when you're eating that dinner at like 6 o'clock, right, your body's still processing that at 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock, nine o'clock probably a little bit later. So when you have that something to eat at like nine o'clock, you're thinking 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock, and then some depending on what you

eat. So we're going to get into all of that later on in the program. You don't have to worry about any of that. Do your best to cut out any of your after dinner snacking. It'll be a game changer. Not an easy thing to do, not an easy thing to do, but it can be a game changer before for sure. There's, I, Sharon, I crave peanut butter when I need more healthy fats. going to get really in tune. I had popcorn last night, so hungry and stressed. Okay, so let's talk about that. Now, have you been following along and doing everything your desired to result is to lose the weight? Right. So this is where understanding that it's normal to be extra hungry in the evening, especially if eaten throughout the day, because that can be a sign that your weight is about

to drop. Now, did you get on the scale? You had popcorn last night. Popcorn can be salty. Yes, it's low in sugar, right? It's high in fiber. It's not the worst thing to have at all. Right? So, think about that. So you were stressed, you had some popcorn. If you were hungry, actually, was your weight the same today? I would love to know that. If your weight was the same today, your weight is probably down because chances are that popcorn and the salt in it has your weight up. So that's how you're going to get to understand what's going on the scale and the choices that you're making. So if I had popcorn last night, for sure, and the salt the way I like it, for sure, my weight is going to be up today. So if I got on the scale today and my,

weight is up. I'm going to go through my day and be like, tick, tick, tick, tick, what did I have? Anything? Did I drink my water? Yes. Did I have salty food? Ah, I had that popcorn last name. That's my weight is up. Now, if my weight is the same and I got on the scale and I had popcorn last night, especially salty popcorn and my weight's the same, I'm going to be like, check how I feel because chances are your scale is actually, actually down, right? But also deal with the stress part. the stress like stress makes you really hungry right stress messes with our sleep when our sleep gets messed we are hungrier the next day we are more sensitive to the foods that we are consuming so could you have done anything now having the popcorn is not a big deal honestly it's not going to stop you from reaching

your goal but let's go deeper than this because it seems like you ate the popcorn as a coping mechanism and that's something you want to work through and that's not to say that i don't still have stress and have wine and drinks, eat some chips. But I also recognize that if it starts to affect how I feel, my weight is going up, or in your case, you want your weight to go down. And this is stopping you from getting a desired result. It could be that you are picking up on that when you are stressed, you eat. How does that working for you? Now, if you woke up today and you're like, yeah, today's a new day, no big deal, great. Right. But if you woke up today, you got on the scale, you were disappointed with the numbers that you saw. And you're like, why did I do that? Then

And you did it, it sounds like, because you are using food as a coping mechanism. So were you actually hungry because you ate all day nutrient rich foods? Or maybe you skip some meals and snacks. And there's a valid reason why you're actually hungry. But if you ate all your meals and snacks yesterday, were you actually hungry? Or were you triggered? Were you triggered because your coping mechanism is stress? Right?

Or how are you feeling? Maybe you're extra hungry because your weight is about to drop. Right? So that's where you want to go a little bit deeper. That's where you want to go a little bit deeper with all of this. I do my apple cider vinegar and lemon every morning. I like to also add some cillium to nine ounce large glass of water in the morning. Is that okay? And should I do the apple cider lemon first or second? I would do that first because it helps to stimulate your digestive system. And if you want to add in cillium, that's brilliant. We do not talk enough about fiber. A lot of people ask about brand buds. Brand buds are just made from cillium. But They also have the added color and flavor and all of that. You can just use regular cillium husk. You can also take cillium pills. You do want to make sure if you are taking cillium,

which can be beneficial that you are getting enough water in your diet. So I'd probably start with a lemon water, apple cider vinegar combo or whatever you're doing. And then I would just wait a little bit. And then you can do the water with the cillium afterwards. I'm tall. I'm drinking most of my water. I'm tall.

I'm drinking the most water I've drank in the past. I'm finding I'm thirsty now more than than the past. Yeah. So you're going to notice some. of you, you're eating more than you ever have or more often and all of a sudden you're hungry. What that? What gives, right? So you're finally listening to your body. You being able to go all day long without eating is not a sign of amazing willpower. That's not it. If you can go all day long without eating, that is because your body has been like, yeah, she don't listen. What's the point in

telling her to eat? So your body actually, the more you ignore your body, the more your body just shuts her down and doesn't bother trying to communicate you and your brain isn't wired to being in tune to your body. So now that you're paying attention, and this is like, this is a little bit like being obsessed, but in all the best ways, because these are the things that you need to do and work through in order to reach this goal that you want to reach and then move on. We want to move on, right, with our lives. And so you're paying attention. You're noticing how you are feeling. You're hyper focused on it. So you might be noticing that you are feeling more high. hungry or hungrier. So louder, more pronounced hunger doesn't necessarily equate to,

I need more food. And on the back end of that, your body just doesn't pick and choose what it tells you. So if you're noticing that you are hungrier, you will also notice you get fuller, I hate using that word, but more satisfied quicker, right? So I've been like really hungry. Then you go to eat and you're like, what? I'm not full. I'm satisfied. So it's happening all around those signs and signals. This is about our body is on our side. It wants you to feel your best. It wants you to be as healthy as possible. People feel like their body hates them. And if it was left up to you to make choices, you would just eat donuts. But you wouldn't. If your body was getting what it needs, your body doesn't want the donut. It doesn't want the wine. It doesn't

want the chips. It doesn't want any of those things. Right. It's that you are leading away rather than getting in tune with what the body actually needs. So the same is happening with thirst. And so if you are, if you're the kind of person you just live off a diet Coke or never drank anything, and then all of a sudden you're starting to drink your water, your body's like, stuff. She, she listening to us? This is amazing. All right, see if she can drink more. And so you're in tune, right? And then you're, so the more that you drink, the more in the more you give your body what it needs and all the other ways that you're going to do that, the more in tune that you are, and you start to notice that your lips are dry, that you're actually thirsty. So

there are certain cues that your body gives you to help you with these things, right? And you may be noticing that you are thirstier as well because you are eating, comes back to what I just said, eating more often throughout the day, which requires more water. So a person who goes all day long without eating is not going to require the same amount of water that someone who is eating more often would require. Also things like your taste buds. So people will notice that their taste buds are changing. And so your taste buds are there to help you know when food is off, but also to help you with your satisfaction cues. And so you'll notice if you ever done this where you eat a piece of chocolate and it tastes really good and delicious, that first bite, any food. And the next thing,

you know, you take the next bite and it's okay, but not as good. The next bite is kind of just good. It's to the point where you're just eating the chocolate, you're eating the popcorn, you're eating the whatever and you're not even really tasting it. It's because your taste buds shut off. And they're like, we're done. But for other reasons, we keep eating. So, so your body is really there on your side. And this is where when we talk about trusting when to eat, okay, I'm actually hungry. I can tell what it feels like when I'm actually hungry, which is like a slow, uh, hungry. Not usually a rah, bra, because that's usually your, that's usually your migrating motor complex. Um, I'm actually hungry versus I'm pissed and I need to take my mind off something,

give me a coping mechanism. Or I'm driving. I see McDonald's. Ding, ding, ding, or dairy queen. Oh, I want a dairy queen, a trigger, right? You actually can trust, I'm, I'm legit hungry. Okay, what am I hungry for? Oh, I want a salad. I need, I need a steak, right? Because like, when you want a steak and red meat, like you will run out and find a cow and rip its ass off, right? Because you're that hungry for it. You're like, ah, we're having steak tonight, burgers tonight. Because that's that, that you can still be in tune to that, right? Because there's something that, and this is not to say that you can't get what you need through not eating red meat, but there's something in it that, you know, when you are low in that, your body's like, I need this. It's like your body knows what it

needs, Dr. Cravings, right? And how much to eat. So when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat. I want you to get to a point, like, I don't have to eat my food to know how much I need. I can tell when the waiter is coming to me and that plate lands in front of me, that is way too much food. I can also tell the opposite. If someone was to hand me something and I'm hungry, that's not going to be enough food. So that's where you're trying to really. get in tune. And so you're being thirsty when you normally aren't or hungry when you're not. And so many people are afraid of that. So many people are afraid that if they're, if they, if they start listening to their body, they're just going to be out of control and eat all these

things, right? So, so that's a great sign. That's a great sign. That's a great sign. That's a really great sign. Gina, I take the pit out of the dates and put the peanut butter inside. Yeah. It's a great tip. Remember for your fruit snack. It's just fruit on its own. And there's a reason for that right now. But you're going to have more flexibility. in that and all the snacks moving forward right now it's really establishing that routine and that's what we mean by consistently not doing all the things but trying to be as consistent as possible and really create that routine so that it's almost like so boring like you are bored in fact week three of the program um you'll probably get to a point some of you some of our new

members you're like okay like I'm feeling bored and if when I'm bored I'm not motivated and if I'm bored, I'm going to make the wrong choices. Well, you want to be bored because what you're going to notice is how you used to eat out of boredom. So being, just just doing what you need to do is a lot easier said than done. You'll feel great, but you'll be mentally bored because this is where you're going to start to notice where you use food for other things. This also will allow us to really start to dig into those portions and hunger cues and all of that. We are going to get into that as we go, as we go. Let me see here. Will there be any more Monday night lives?

Yeah. So, so yes and no. So with the program this time, I'm taking a look at making the information more digestible. Listen, for at the end of the day, the value that you get is insanely through the roof. And I love doing the evening lives, but also I'm just going to be honest. It's getting to the point that it was too much for me to sometimes I was going live three, four times a day. Nobody needs that. Nobody needs me going live that.

many times. But here's what you might have noticed. So we started a new post in the group called community connection and reflection. I'm very cognizant that community is really, really important. See, the people who watched the morning live also felt like they had to watch the evening live. And the people who couldn't watch the morning and the evening live still thought they needed to watch both lives. And no one needs to watch that much lives, right? Like everything I cover in the morning is what I cover. But I do understand. there is magic. So for me, the evening lives weren't about what I was saying. It was not about me. In fact, half the time no one would ask me any questions. It was about the community. It was about

having an opportunity to come together with other people and connect. And so that is really, really important to me. How can I create that without it having to be me to facilitate that? So if I go live Monday morning, I'm also over in the maintenance program, then I'm usually doing something, a podcast or something in the afternoon and then I'm in the evening, which means I'm working from like five in the morning to like eight o'clock at night. And I don't want to get burnout. I want to give you my best self. So we created that community connection and reflection. And so I want space, whether it's on the morning check-in video or it's on that evening post for our members to come together. Now, what I am doing, and I know this isn't

accessible to everybody, because we're all over the world at this point, is I am going to be doing a couple pop-ups, community pop-ups. So you'll see a notice over on social media. So there's this great company called Revolution Her, and they have a couple of stores and a couple of the malls, one in Vaughn and one, I think, in Burlington. And they're all women entrepreneur products. And they also have this great space for our community to get together. So you're going to see a notice about that. So I'm going to be doing that for a couple Monday nights where you can actually come hang out with me in real time. But I cannot commit to those Monday night time slots, but what I thought I would do is do some online pop-ups.

And so what I'm going to do is let you know in the morning check-in if I'm going to be going live that evening. And I think what I might do is do something where I can invite members on with me and have a chat. I'm thinking kind of like, you know, you know how Weight Watchers, the one thing that people miss about Weight Watchers is they miss the meetings. They miss the community, the connection, the opportunity to like learn from each other, feel supportive. And so that's on my mind right now. And if you have any suggestions at all about how to foster that beyond these, because not everyone can make the 9 a.m. live. I am totally open to that. So I love the evening lives. My guard is down. It's just a whole other vibe. And I'm going to do some here and there. But they have to be sort of based on what I got going on, what kind of energy I have to give. And I want to be strategic about it. So I will let you know in the morning. lives if I'm going to be able to go live in the evening. And so we'll do, we'll kind of like experiment with some pop-ups and whatnot. I don't want people to feel like they have to do so much. But I also really understand the importance of that community connection, if that makes

sense. I got to go. Thank you for joining me today. I know I didn't get to a lot of your questions. As we progress in the program, there's going to be some days where I'm just going to bang off all the answers because we are just starting, because we have so many new members, with us. I'm trying to think of the bigger conversation, giving the minimal amount of time that I have to go live and cover these things. So if I didn't get to your question today, just pop it on the pinpost at the top. And how you can find that is just go right to the featured section or the check-in and just pop it there. And the team will answer it for you over there. Tomorrow, Dr. Beverly David is going to join us to help us start working through some of those fields and issues and

associations that can be tied into our past history. A lot of us have a real torrid history with dieting. We have a lot of feels based on that. She's going to help us work through some of that tomorrow. So I hope you can join me tomorrow. Have a super fantastic rest of your day, everyone. And I will see you then. Bye.