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

Episode Date: January 15, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025In this episode, Gina is tackling everything from why your weight fluctuates (hint: it’s not always fat gain!) to why plateaus are exactly what your body needs. She dives into the power of showing up for yourself, honouring your feelings, and following The Food Plan—because it’s all about working with your body, not against it. Plus, she'll normalize the ups and downs of bowel movements (yes, really!) during detox and weight loss, and discuss habit stacking as a tool for long-term success.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi Method Podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from 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 relisten 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. I wanna stop right here and take a minute to hear from our new sponsor. It's a good one, and they are offering a promo code, so you're gonna wanna listen up.

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for more intense workouts, a fabric that helps you power through every rep. However you choose to move, Joe Fresh has you covered. And here is the promo code. It is LivyMethod25. Just use the code when you check out online at joefresh.com or through the Joe Fresh app. Today, 10 of the program. Today, I was thinking, what were the reasons why you didn't follow through before? I mean, chances are you are catching onto the fact that the diet that you were doing was probably shit.

And probably instinctually knew that that diet that you were doing wasn't probably the healthiest thing for you. But we are 10 days in, how are you feeling? How are you doing? What are some of the thoughts and the feels that you find yourself sitting with? Are you excited? Are you proud of yourself? Are you disappointed? Are you stressed? I know that there are a lot of feels due to the scale, which is why it's perfect timing that our two posts today, what real weight loss really looks like. And it shows all the ups and downs and plateaus.

And it's super fascinating because it's hard to believe because you've probably your entire life been fed that weight loss is just easy peasy and it's a straight line down. And if you plateau, it means it's not working for you. And if it's up, you've actually gained weight. I mean, Weight Watchers did a number on people with those weekly meetings. I can't tell you all the people that I've spoken to they got their lifetime pin,

they go to their meeting once a week, they get on the scale and I think if you're up more than three or four pounds you get your pin taken away from you. And I mean my weight can go up like four or five pounds just from going out for dinner last night and having salty food, not drinking enough water and going to the gym. Going to the gym. Again, I maybe I had a salad, maybe I had something healthy, but it was salty. Right? And then maybe I didn't get a great sleep because I stayed up late and my weight could easily easily easily be up four pounds today. And so you're taught if your weight goes up you've gained weight when the reality your weight fluctuates for so many reasons. If you've only been a once a week kind of wear

or you only weigh in when you feel like okay I've done something you you would have missed all the ups and downs and plateaus on the scale. So you're probably freaking out now. Your feels are valid, right? So you really want to honor your feels, but don't let it take you out. Don't let your frustration with the scale or disappointment with the scale or second guessing about the whole process take you out.

Right? So this is where we say like honor your mood, honor your feels, but follow the plan, keep showing up. So I know you're looking for proof in the pudding. So we're going to try to show you the proof in the pudding. I mean, we have all sorts of science and research behind the living method. It works. It works for everybody. We're going to help you figure out what you need to do if you are having a hard time with

that scale. But right now it's just way too early. I see a lot of people showing up and saying, well, the scale hasn't moved, what am I doing wrong? Like you have to really understand if you truly are following, you're not doing anything wrong. It's just so normal for the scale not to move. The scale can also be up while it's down. So you could have been working away

and your weight is actually down, but maybe you're also working out or you're not drinking enough water or whatever reason. And then your scale is showing the same. So it's actually up and down at the same time. So what you wanna do is look for those patterns of behavior and that's why I showed you examples of the scale. And I love our members who followed it up

also sharing what their graphs look like. So if you're tracking along in the Libby method along with recording your weight each day, if you actually click the scale icon so if you click the scale icon it will take you to your own graph. Now again we're only 10 days in but but if you head over to that post what real weight loss looks like so if you are if you are using the app great we have real people examples there but then go into the group and see some that are real members are sharing and they'll show you It'll make you crazy the ups and the downs and the all-arounds, but that my friends is what real

healthy sustainable fat loss Looks like there's a big difference between weight loss and fat loss weight Weight loss is water weight, weight loss is muscle weight, and you have some fat. We're going for fat loss, which is why we're going to do it in a way that gives the body what it needs. So a lot of feelings that you're probably working through. Some people, again, easy peasy. They just follow the program at the end of the program.

One of the number one pieces of feedback that we get is that was so easy. Thank you. That was so easy. A lot of people struggle not because of the following the food plan. I mean, some people do have a hard time fitting it into their day, which can give you great insight into probably how you gain that weight in the first place if you can't if you go all day long without eating and whatnot. But your feels give you great insight into where you're at and what you need to do and work through.

And so my guest tomorrow, Dr. Beverly David, is a clinical psychologist. She knows the program. She's been with us for a while. She understands what you are trying to do and work towards, right? There's someone day 10 and down seven pounds, right? And so that's really difficult to be in a community where you really want your weight to move and you're seeing other people celebrate. And that's what we do really well here. We are really great at celebrating for people who want to celebrate.

And we're really good at supporting for people who may be feeling ways because they're not seeing that movement on the scale. And so one of the things you want to keep in mind is although yes, we are all doing the program and it will work for everybody if you are human and have a body it will work for you. Some of you may have special needs in the sense that maybe you have health issues, maybe you have diabetes, maybe you have thyroid issues, maybe you have whatever you are dealing with you have restrictions. We're going to teach you how to make it individual to your needs. But what you need to realize too is that people come in different shapes and sizes.

Some people are here to lose five pounds, some people are here to lose 250 pounds. So when you see someone who's lost a lot in the beginning, sometimes that's just because they just have more weight to lose. So it's all about the percentage of your body weight that you are losing, not the numbers. When we are over in the meal plan share pages and you're seeing people post their photos of their meals and you're like, oh my goodness,

I'm eating more than that or I'm not eating that much. You have to keep in mind that person may be taller than you have more weight to lose than you or shorter than you, smaller than you, or maybe they're more active than you. There's all sorts of different circumstances as to why someone's portion is bigger than someone else's. And so it's really hard not to compare yourself. But what I would share about that is if you see someone else losing, let that give you hope that if they're losing, you can lose too. Because they're all following the same basic food plan.

In the live last night, we were freaking out because I was saying we haven't even started if they're losing, you can lose too. Because we're all following the same basic food plan. In the live last night, you know, we were freaking out because I was saying, we haven't even started to lose weight yet. Yes. And if you're catching on, I don't bullshit. I'm not trying to sell you horse shit. I'm not trying to bullshit. I'm not trying to shovel shit down your throats. I am not full of shit. I'm gonna give you the real deal.

I'm gonna go to the ends of the earth trying to help you. Me and my team will be here for you. Whatever you need, we will go to the ends of the earth to try to help you figure out what you need to do in order to be successful. But we will talk about the real deal. And I hope that you find solace in that and comfort in that and that, okay, maybe this is a little different, right?

So we will very much tell you the real deal. And like I said, for some people, the real deal is they find it so easy peasy. That's amazing, thank you so much. Wow, and other people will struggle and have to really work hard and work through a lot of stuff. Some people are gonna struggle with things like trauma in their lives.

Some people have some real issues and associations tied into food, into their relationship with themselves, their relationships with other people. Gina's the real deal. Yeah, I am. My heart's in the right place. I'm going to show up every day. I'm going to have good days, bad days to myself. The good, the bad, the ugly.

We are all here for it. You also might have picked up on the fact that I do swear every now and then. I try to censor myself a few here and there in a few groups. When I'm trying to censor myself, it just, it fucks with my brain. I end up like, it just messes with me. So I prefer just to sit here and talk freely and be passionate and share what I know without having to be worried if I say this or say that so I hope that you can look past that I know some people can't you can reach out

all you want to the team and suggest that I stop swearing it's not gonna happen I love the lives I love talking about this in all of posts, in all of our check-ins, you will not find me swearing. So you can read the book, you can read the posts, you can watch the check-ins, you can use the app, and you will not find me swearing anywhere. But here is my happy place, here is my passionate place, here's where I love to talk about this.

So I will give you the real deal, I will show up for you, I will not judge you, and at the end of the day, I really hope that you don't judge me. And then we're gonna get along. I'm not everyone's cup of tea. And that's okay. That's okay. Right? You don't have to like me in order to be really successful. The program itself stands alone and it's amazing. And I have a lot of super incredible guests, guess. Speaking of shit, a good poop is at least a pound. Right? Now with the Libby Method, you will notice that your bowel movements will be all over the place. You are gonna have bouts of constipation, doesn't necessarily mean

that you're doing anything wrong. Whenever your body's making change, you're going to notice it reflecting in your bowel movements. You'll also have bouts of loose bowel movements, which doesn't mean that you're doing anything wrong. That can be a normal reaction, especially when the scale is moving. So this is what we're talking about. What weight loss looks like and then feels like to you. So what's happening on the scale,

and you're cross-referencing that with the choices that you are making and how you are feeling. So for example, if you've been following along and you woke up today and you're cross referencing that with the choices that you are making and how you are feeling. So for example if you've been following along and you woke up today and you feel bloated and you just feel and your water is not appealing you're gonna look back and your weight is up let's say your weight is up you're gonna look back at yesterday and be like what's that about why would my weight be up and if you can't find any of the reasons why your weight would be up that's a good indication that your weight is about to drop. So you probably have forgotten all about it,

but we have that post called supporting the body and detox. So we talked about detox, and now we wanna talk about supporting the body and detox. What can you do to make sure once that scale starts moving, that it continues to move? In everyone's graphs, you will notice a pattern where there's usually an up before a down

and then sometimes it goes back up and then it'll go down, down, down. So sometimes after you see a low, your weight goes back up again and you think, oh, I must be done losing. And that's the body's continuing to retain water in order to continue to detox. Sometimes what happens when we're in detox and the body's focused on fat loss, water is not all that appealing. That's when we stop drinking our water, when our body really needs the water. And so sometimes your weight will go back up. It doesn't mean that your weight has stopped dropping. So always, always, always assume once you do get that scale moving, that it is moving for about three to five days after. How long is detox in general?

So your body is always detoxing, right? Your body doesn't need help detoxing. It's always detoxing. This is why I'm not such a fan of detox teas and cleanses. The body just doesn't need any of that. What we do is support the body and detox. So we make sure we drink enough water. We make sure that we try to get good quality sleep, we make sure we're eating good nutrient-rich food, so we support the body and detox. And so when I

refer to detox, it's a very loose general term for what's happening when your body is releasing fat. So what fills your fat cells gets released through the metabolic process, when you pee, when you poo, when you breathe, and when you sweat. And so what happens when your body is releasing fat, those toxins that fill your fat cells enter into your bloodstream that can make you feel kind of lousy and kind of just, yeah, some people feel really strong detox symptoms, and some people don't feel any at all. how strong your detox symptoms are or aren't, zero indication. So just because you're not feeling detox

doesn't mean that you're not going to see movement on the scale. It's just more representative of how your body's responding to it. It's gonna happen either way. Some people just tend to feel it a little bit more than other people. And so I would say about, I mean, it depends.

Like I was saying last night in the live, we had the most weight anyone had ever lost, I think was 80, 80 pounds. He was a young gentleman, had quite a bit of weight to lose, and obviously that's a lot. So if you were to look at his scale over 91 days, it would seem like he was down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down. Now I'm gonna tell you, he probably had a really long plateau afterwards. So we're gonna get in and talk about plateaus. And this is why I'm saying your pattern of behavior. Some people drop in little bits,

and then they have little plateaus. And then the little bits, like the point this, point two, point whatever, and then they have little plateaus. Right, and some people love that, some people think that's maddening, right? And then other people will have, they'll go like like a week and then all of a sudden they'll have like a four pound drop overnight And they'll be like wow lost four pounds overnight, which you didn't your weight loss is momentum

So it's you know that weight drop has been happening all week, but chances are the the your weights been dropping But when you get on the scale Maybe it's up because the body's retaining water or the weights been dropping or maybe it's up because you're tired of's been dropping but when you get on the scale maybe it's up because the body's retaining water or the weight's been Dropping or maybe it's up because you're tired or weights been dropping or maybe you had some salty food or weights been dropping up Maybe you did a workout So it's kind of just showing the same the same the same the same and it isn't till everything a line where you see that drop and so some people what they see is bigger drops and then people what they see is bigger drops and then longer plateaus. And so you can have someone who's done a group and little bits is maddening.

I know, right? This is where you can have someone lose 60 pounds in a program and then go to their next program and only lose maybe like 10 pounds, 5 pounds, 10 pounds. Now that is maddening. But what's really important to understand is that you want and you need plateaus so every time you're on a plateau with the living method that is your body adjusting to your new weight which means it it's like getting so we're starting with your set point the way that you started that's where your body feels like it needs to store the fat it feels

like that's where it's comfortable it's not that's where it's happy it's not where you need to be it's just that's where their body's feeling you need to store fat for whatever reasons We give the body what it needs. It releases the fat you see the drop in the scale. Then you have a plateau Plateaus are your body adjusting to your new weight, right? And then you drop again and then you have a plateau now There's a lot of ups and downs between that right then you drop again and then you're on a plateau Why do you need plateaus because when your body stores fat it uses it, it's utilizing it, it factors it into things like your hormones, it factors it into things like

your body temperature, your metabolism, your blood flow, so your your body figures out how to work and and keep you alive at the size that you are even your heart. So your heart will grow to the size of your body. That's why a lot of people have to take blood pressure medication. Your heart is a muscle. You don't want an enlarged heart. Right? So when you lose weight, you lose something like 60, 70 pounds. If you're on blood pressure medications, we have a post this, especially for the men need to pay attention to this

because men will lose weight a lot quicker generally than women can lose weight really fast with the Libby method, still in a very healthy way, just it's just the way their bodies are designed. And so we've had men who go and lose 80 pounds and end up in the hospital thinking they're having a heart attack. And when they go there, they find out what's causing the problem is their blood pressure medication that they no longer need. They no longer need it. And so then they have to get is their blood pressure medication that they no longer need. They no longer need it.

And so then they have to get off the blood pressure medication. We don't think of things like this. We don't think of what does the body have to do when you drop the 20 pounds, the 30 pounds, the 60 pounds, the 100 pounds that you want it to drop. How does your body need to adjust along the way? So this is where you want plateaus and need plateaus. So you take someone who's lost 80 pounds in 91 days, chances are the next round of 91 days,

the body's gonna say, okay, wait a minute, I need some time to adjust to this weight that you have lost. And that is where you will see the body change significantly. And so if you're watching some of the posts that we're gonna share about members journeys, or you are watching some of the posts that we're going to share about members journeys or you are following some of our members over on our LeaveyLoser account or on Instagram, what you are noticing about their weight journey is that healthy weight loss hits different.

And so when your weight is dropping, great, but when it's not dropping, your body's really working really hard to facilitate more weight loss and to adjust to the weight that you've lost. So you will notice your body change like insanely. So your weight should be dropping or your body should be changing. And then if you really are not noticing any difference over the next few weeks, like you really truly are doing all the things and you are not noticing any change. This is where we're going to have that conversation with Dr. Paul for reasons why your weight might be slower to move.

And that can be inflammation, that can be digestive issues, your microbiome hormones and whatnot. But we're going to talk about what you can do obviously. And right now you're laying the foundation. So you still want to keep showing up and working through those things. Okay, let me see if we got any questions. I'm doing my best to follow the program. It's been very difficult as I not only work shift works, but I'm in the process of a very

challenging move. Yeah. Right. So life is smacking you in the face. You got a lot going on right now. You may not be able to do it. I'm going to read the rest of this in a minute. Well without reading it, what I'm going to say is for a variety of reasons, you may not

be able to do all the things that you need to do. I was chatting with someone this morning, can't exercise. Okay, well, if you can't exercise, you can still make sure you're eating good nutrient rich foods. You can still manage your stress. You know, if you maybe if you just had hip surgery, maybe there's something you can do with moving your upper body. And there are things that you can do. Sometimes you are not going to be able to do all of the things we talked to Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer about this yesterday. It is still worth doing some of the things because it's still getting

you one step closer to your goal. My sleep has been severely impacted and my movement has been limited due to a knee injury. Oh, there you go. I didn't even read that. Okay. My stress levels are super high as well as anxiety. And so I'm thinking the scale won't move for a while until things settle out. I'm following the food outline about 80%, but it's really tough. Any suggestions for me? So one where there's a will, there's a way, right?

Figure out, take a look at your life. So break it down, shift work, okay? So we do have that shift work post. You can post your hours. The team can help you figure it out. You know, and how, I don't know what you do as a profession, health care workers are the worst, right?

They're going long shifts without eating. When they do eat, they grab a bag of chips or something junky. Hospitals make me crazy with the with not being accessible to good, healthy, nutrient rich foods. So you have to be an advocate for yourself and be like, okay, so maybe it's popping a boiled egg in your mouth, you know, and some carrot sticks on the way to the bathroom You know packing stuff not over not not food prepping and all of that But trying to think how can I make this as easy as possible for me?

If you love to cook great, but if you want to keep it super simple You can keep it so super simple, right? So an apple or banana taken to work You know just much much much much much got it in right some carrot sticks much much much much much So an apple or a banana taken to work, you know, just munch, munch, munch, munch, munch, got it in, right? Some carrot sticks, munch, munch, munch, munch, munch, munch, you know, nuts and seeds, right? If you can't do nuts and seeds, there are alternatives. So try to be as consistent as you possibly can with the food plan. So 80% is okay, right?

Like 80% is great. Some people can only do 60%. We had a member, and I know I mentioned this the other day, it was just a really phenomenal eye-opening conversation. She joined us in our last group. We have these real people, real conversations. She had cerebral palsy. She was in a wheelchair. She couldn't go to the bathroom by herself. She couldn't make any of her food. Had to teach her whole family how to make it. Sometimes her family wasn't home. So if they weren't home and didn't have the food for her

She didn't get to eat it and even still with all of that She was still able to be successful. And so I set the bar so high so high that there was a lot of wiggle room Right. There's a lot of wig room. So do the best you can maybe when you aren't working That's when you can really dig your heels in and be really consistent You know if you need help with this shift check out the shift worker post and then ask for questions. I want to stop right here and take a minute to hear from our new sponsor it's a good one and they are offering a promo code so you're gonna want to listen up it's Joe Fresh known for great value so you

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The sleep. So we're gonna have a whole sleep series. So Dr. Beverly David, who's our clinical psychologist, also a sleep researcher. So we're gonna talk about the psychology of sleep, cognitive behavioral therapy, how you can really make a difference in your sleep and how not getting sleep really impacts your brain

and the choices that you're making. We also are gonna have Alana McGinn, who is a sleep expert, who's gonna talk about sleep hygiene, the importance of your morning routine, how it's not necessarily about going to bed early, how important it is to have a really good sleep routine and sleep hygiene.

And then we're going to talk to Dr. Alinka, is going to talk about the impact on your body physically, especially with your hormones, if you're not getting sleep. So you might not be able to, and then we haven't even got into stress, right? People say, well, my stress is my stress is not going to go away.

But there are things you can do to manage your stress. And then people are like, I'm doing everything. And I will say to them, have you taken time today to do some deep breathing exercises? Deep breathing can be a game changer. It calms your vagus nerve. You have to breathe anyway. And so if you just do some deep breathing,

you don't have to do box breathing or in seven, out six or anything like that. Just take some time to take some deep breaths. It can do wonders for your stress. So there are always things that you can do. We call it maximizing. So on the weekend, we're going to introduce one, a really good, interesting Science Saturday post

called the Psychology of Effort. How you think that you're trying so hard because you're thinking about it, but really are you putting into play actionable steps? Sometimes we also think, oh, I'm trying to lose this weight for 20 years. This isn't happening fast enough. Meanwhile, it's only been, you know, 10 days here. But we're also going to talk about the maximizing checklist. So we give you a whole checklist, 20 questions that you can go through and ask yourself and like 150 sub questions. It can really look for areas of opportunity.

Where can you, given your restrictions, your lifestyle, whatever you got going on, where can you make the most of your time and have the most impact? So I got a lot of suggestions for you there. It's like bits and pieces. What I would suggest is really focus on the things you are doing and be really happy and excited about those. Don't worry about the things that you're not doing or you can't do, just focus on the things that you are doing.

You're gonna notice you start to feel so much better. You're gonna start to notice your body changing. You're gonna start to notice, okay, my efforts are adding up. That's gonna be real motivating. And that's where you can slowly kind of string some things together. There's a lot going on. And this is where sometimes we need to recognize, what do I got going on?

What's the reality of my life right now? Like I can't go to the gym six times a week right now. I can't do that. Can I go two times a week? And I can't go to the gym for an hour. Can I go two times a week for a half an hour? Right? I went to the gym last night with Tony. I did not want to go.

I'm just like, I already did my workout in the morning. Then I was like, okay, what else am I going to do? Chances are if I don't go to the gym with Tony, I'm going to clean up the house, do some dishes or something, or I'm going to go lie in my bed, or I'm going to work more. All of which will be waiting for me when I get back. Not really going to make an impact in my life. However, if I go to the gym with Tony, I know when I'm done, I'm going to feel great about it.

I'm going to feel great about it. And I did. We went, it was a half an hour. In fact, I only did 25 minutes. I bailed the last five minutes. I'm like, I'm done. I don't want to do anymore. I feel good. I'm out. So sometimes we put pressure on ourselves to do all of the things and do them perfectly and all of that when really just Consistently doing some of the things is gonna make a big difference So so hang in there stick with us Julie really focus on the things that you can Really honor where you're at sounds like you've got a lot going on right now So just do what you can when you can and that is going to be enough if you did nothing with this program

And you just showed up and listened to the lives, you read the information and learned and you joined us for our guest conversations, if you did nothing else, didn't put anything into action, what you will learn will be mind-blowing and truly set you up for success for when the moment comes when you do have the time and the capacity. Sometimes you have the time, you just don't have the capacity to be able to do the things that you need to do, right? Here's Shelly, I would suggest you take time you need and the capacity. Sometimes you have the time, you just don't have the capacity to be able to do the things that you need to do, right? Here's Shelley, I would suggest you take time you need to be patient. Yeah, be kind to yourself,

show up consistently, right? Like I'm a get shit done, all or nothing mentality and you know I've learned a lot or every program I'm learning something about myself and have certain words that I'm using to describe my journey and compassion, understanding, worthiness have been some of the ones in the past and it's been a progression. Like I've been helping people this way through our 24th program and each program, I'm also showing up and working through my own shit I got going on in life. And sometimes you are going to be a rock star and then other days you are going to feel like you want wine for breakfast and that's okay. That's okay. Well,

you talk about body dysmorphia at some point in the program. I've lost weight before and every time I struggle to accept how I look until I gain the weight back. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We're going to talk about body dysmorphic Morphea was there's an actual clinical term, but I just want to also normalize just because you want to lose weight really badly Doesn't mean that you're going to be really you're really comfortable with it when you achieve your goal We talked about this in the maintenance program a lot people learning to trust Who they are now trust that they're going to be able to continue to upkeep their habits and the changes they've made to be able to maintain and sustain their weight being uncomfortable even though they've worked really hard and wanted the change it's made you

change you're changing physically you're changing mentally the how you how you your relationship with yourself your relationship with other people you're going gonna be more self-assured, you're gonna be more confident, it changes the conversations that you're having, it makes other people in your life uncomfortable because you're not the same old you anymore, you've changed, you've changed. It can change friendships, it can change dynamics and relationships. You know, we are in the pursuit of change, you will notice the change along the way which which can be uncomfortable. And at the end, you will be left with a change that you really wanted and now maybe are unsure

of. And so it's about really trying to get to know who you are. Maintenance, a lot of the conversations we have in maintenance is what does maintenance look like and feel like to you? So right now you're trying to figure out what weight loss looks like and feels like to you. Then when you reach your goal, then what? Then what? Right? Then it's about figuring out what maintenance looks like and feels like to you, learning to trust yourself, getting to know the new you, learning to adjust to

new dynamics in your life, new opportunities in your life. There are some people who weight loss has been their habit. It's all they know. I share the example of when I got married a few years ago and I was planning my wedding and I was in this Facebook group for where they did a destination wedding and everyone's sharing what they were doing. And for a whole year, it was my life. I loved it.

I was in there and I was like planning and this and that. And then I got married. I had a fabulous wedding. And I kept going into the group. And Tony's like, what are you doing in there? And I was like, oh, I don't know. I think it just became such a big part of my life. It was part of my everyday routine

that when my wedding was done, I was like, well, now what am I gonna do? What am I going to do? And for a lot of people, weight loss has been very consuming in their lives, and it's become a habit, part of who you are, it's how you talk, it's how people know you as the person who's always on a diet, right? Your personality is wrapped up in, are you the fat funny friend? Are you the friend that everyone calls when they want to go for burgers and fries?

Are you the one that they can rely on to drink the most at the party? Right? I got your dynamic and your circle of friends. If you've always been the fat friend, you're no longer the fat friend. Guess what? Now one of your other friends is the quote unquote fat friend. And obviously I use that term in context to be relatable with the conversation, right? I don't mean any disrespect for that.

So it changes. It changes. So we're going to talk a lot about this. We're going to talk a lot about this. I can see Kat, you're not alone on this. Make sure you watch Dr. Beverly David. Yeah, yeah, man. Yes, for sure, for sure.

Best quote of the day, and sometimes you just want wine for breakfast. Yeah. Right? There are those days. There are those days. I struggle with WW with maintenance because I didn't know the then and what what happens after what do you eat if you're done counting and weighing and measuring then what then what right and again these programs if they really wanted you to lose weight in a healthy sustainable way they would have maintenance programs they would be they would be helping you with the maintenance part because maintenance is the hard part.

It's not losing weight. Anyone can do a quick fix diet and lose your weight. I mean, you could do a quick fix diet, I guess, lose your weight and then do our maintenance program, but you're still going to run through the same 91 day rigmarole that you do here. You have to learn to work through your issues and associations and your habits and whatever. We're going to talk. We have some guest experts. We have like some of the brightest minds in obesity research joining us. And Dr. Sandy Vann is going to be joining us. We have Sandra

Elia is going to be back. She can talk about food addiction. And we're going to talk to Dr. Sandy Vann. For those of you taking any weight loss medications, GLP ones and whatnot, the Libby Method is the perfect program to be doing alongside those medications because taking medications, although they can be a game changer for people, help you get a handle on your hunger, it can, you know, quiet the kind of food chatter noise you got going on your brain. It doesn't teach you to work through issues and associations, right? It doesn't teach you to work through habits and create new ones.

It doesn't teach you to work through beliefs that you are worthy of when you lose your weight that you are worthy. It doesn't teach you how to embrace the changes that you have made. It doesn't help you work through past traumas. So if you are taking any of the GLP-1s, which people have been taking Ozempic since we started around here to manage diabetes, and there are a lot of other GLP-1s out there. So it's not just or is that ozempic? I know there was a shortage, but there are a lot of other

GLP ones out there. So if you are taking any of those medications, we're gonna have a conversation about this with you as well Right, so there's a lot of work to do most people have quite a bit of work to do when it comes to losing the weight There's a lot of people who will find it super easy peasy and they're good, right? So we're we're gonna we're gonna balance and juggle it all. That's why there's a lot of people who will find it super easy peasy and they're good, right? So we're going to balance and juggle it all. That's why there's a lot of conversation happening. There's a lot of information, but you might want all of it. And we talked to Dr. Beverly David about this.

Was that yesterday? My God. But you might just need the Kohl's notes. So if you are looking for the practical guide of the Libby Method and you just want the Kohl's notes, you have got to make sure you are reading the Coles notes. So if you are looking for the practical guide of the Libby method and you just want the Coles notes, you have got to make sure you are reading the guidelines each week. So read the guidelines, do exactly what they say, show up the next week, do the guidelines, do exactly what they say, show up the next week, follow those guidelines, do exactly what they say. So in the first few weeks the food plan is the same but the intention and the focus changes and

then week four we actually start making changes to the food plan. So although your weight might be dropping, you're like, this program is amazing. I'm just following the food plan forever. You don't want to just follow the food plan forever. You do want to show up and make changes, right? You do want to show up.

Habit stacking helps me at night. I brush my teeth, do my facial skincare, get into bed and use a dry skin brush on my arms, legs, stomach, and hubby does my back I love this helps me not think about snacking in bed. We're gonna talk a lot about the importance of routine So the the importance of the routine of the food plan is so key because it just gets your body to trust You're gonna give it what it needs it comes to rely on that food plan And then we're gonna change it which is gonna get your body's attention

It's going to get it to take action. And then the routine of that food plan ends up being a fallback. Once you're done losing your weight and then whenever you do find yourself going off the rails, you'll implement a couple of days of back on track, the basic food plan. It'll help your weight come right back down. Just like it's effective for losing weight,

it's also effective for helping your weight come back down after any indulgences when you're maintaining your weight, right? What's the longest plateau you've ever seen? Um, man, six weeks. I'm going to say longer. I mean, I've seen plateaus go a lot longer than that, but that was circumstantial. So someone was dealing with something like a lot of stress or something in their life,

and then they were just also unable to follow and kind of get back at it. But I would say like actively following showing up. I mean six weeks, but you could count. We've had people not lose any weight, but that's sort of after they've lost after they've lost. After you have that initial loss, you can go longer periods of time without eating. I'm sorry without dropping, but you should also notice your body really changing. So if you're following a structured plan, I would say generally doesn't go much longer than six weeks. I mean, those are one-off cases. Like that's like you've lost a

lot, a huge chunk of weight, a lot of weight. Like even if someone loses like 30, 40 pounds in their first program, they'll probably go on and lose like 10, 15, 20 they're next. So it just sort of really depends. We have had people not lose any weight till week seven of the program and then still go on and lose 30, 40 pounds on the back end of the program. So literally haven't lost anything, seven weeks, showing up, showing up, showing up, showing up. And then in the last last month lose quite a bit of weight because it's all about just prepping the bodies that we have a great post from James Claire.

So that James Claire book I love James Clear atomic habits. It's a great book. It's about habits and in it he talks about how the little things that you do add up. We actually have an excerpt excerpt that we are going to share. And it's about an ice cube. So you put an ice cube on a table, right? And then you turn up the heat one degree of your room and the ice cube is still solid. You turn up the heat again, ice cube is still solid. You turn up the heat more and the ice cube is still solid.

You keep turning it up, the ice cube is still solid. And so the temperature keeps rising and rising. You think that you're not really making a difference because the ice cube is still solid. You keep turning it up, the ice cube is still solid. And so the temperature keeps rising and rising. You think that you're not really making a difference because the ice cube is still solid. Until you get to a threshold, a breaking point, where all of a sudden you reach a temperature where the ice cube then melts. And so it's kind of the same.

Like every other diet you've done is like, it's like you starve and deprive yourself and the minute you start eating again, you have to start over, right? It's like you show up every day yourself and the minute you start eating again, you have to start over Right. It's like you you show up every day You're working on building your house and then you go away for the weekend You go away for the week you go away for a couple weeks you come back you knock your house down again And you start rebuilding all over that's what the traditional diet is With the living method because you're giving the body what it needs you're actually helping it make change, like foundational change, like real

change. You are showing up every day and you're building your house. Some days you are more proactive and get more done than other days, right? Just like life. And you go away for the weekends or you go away for a week or you can't follow for a couple of weeks. You come back, you don't knock your house down, you reorganize your tools, you get back at it, you pick up where you left off. And that's the beauty of the living method as opposed to any other diet out there. I mean, people have health benefits because they lose weight, having less fat in your body in a roundabout way makes you healthier, but it's not proactively making you healthier. So the living method, this is where you'll see people like legit

get off medications or have them be decreased. They will make real change getting off blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, like a month and a half into the program, dropping their A1C, going from pre-diabetic into normal range. You know, it's pretty amazing what your body can do. It's just that a lot of times when you died before, you were doing this and doing this and doing this and doing this and doing that, and you did bits and pieces and got bits and pieces of results. So it's all about having everything work under one umbrella. So that's why you can have someone who doesn't lose, doesn't lose, doesn't lose, doesn't

lose, doesn't lose, and then all of a sudden that's helping address your inflammation, it's helping address your hormones, it's helping to strengthen your microbiome, you are working on your stress, you were working maybe on movement, you were working on your sleep and all of a sudden it all comes together and then you really see that scale move. So yeah, I mean I would say, you know, seven weeks would be normal but I mean it's a one-off, not, I mean most people, 93%, 93% of people lose weight within the first, I think three to four weeks of the program. So we are really talking a subset of certain people. We do tend to talk about it quite a bit

because people who obviously are having a hard time tend to be more vocal because they need more help. And, you know, so that's why sometimes the conversations, you might be like, oh, I'm doing great, this is fine. I don't have any issues, don't have to worry about this, which is great, which means it's a lot the conversations, you might be like, oh, I'm doing great. This is fine. I don't have any issues. Don't have to worry about this, which is great, which means a lot less work for you. So, so yeah, I hope that answered that sort of the longest plateaus. It depends on a lot of circumstances, a lot of but we're also going to teach you how to break a plateau.

Like it should be equal and opposite reaction, right? You lose 30 pounds quite quickly. Like you, you, I remember we had someone who lost 20 pounds in the first month of the program and then she went six weeks without losing any, which of course can be maddening. You got that initial 20 in the beginning. That's a lot of weight for your body to adjust to. Then she was on a six week plateau. And then at the end of the program, she ended up losing like, I don't know, like another 20 pounds or something like that. Right? So it should be equal and opposite reaction. So if you're waiting for, if it's your first time and you know, like another 20 pounds or something like that, right? So it should be equal and opposite reaction. So if you're waiting for if it's your first time and you know, your

weight's taking a while you at some point should see everything come together and see some real good action on the scale. If you lose a lot of weight in the beginning, you'll see you'll definitely go through a period of plateau, but then that will pick up again. What she's saying is true. Yeah, it's true. It's true. It's maddening. It's fricking maddening, but it is true. It is true. Is it bad that I put my hand up for all those descriptions? No, we got you.

We got you. We're assuming here. I mean, we have some unicorns in the group who we always have people who've never been on a diet before. And I love that for them, because this is exactly the diet you want to be for your first diet but we know that a lot of people are here because they had a hard time losing weight on other diets as well I'm so conscious of the fact you probably spend a lot of time and energy

and money on losing weight and you know you really want this to work for you so we're gonna make sure that it does. I gotta go my goodness that time went by so quickly I know I didn't get to a lot of your questions. Please do not stop asking. It creates the whole vibe of the group. I love all of your questions. If you have a question and you want it answered by one of our team, the lives are the one place that we don't circle back around

and provide written responses. But if you just post it on any of the other posts or at the post at the top of the page. So we have the whole featured section where we have some kind of need to know post. So you'll find a check in there as well in the Facebook support group, just to ask, ask away and the team will answer for you. Have an amazing rest of your day. Just a heads up. I'm not going live tonight. I'm going to my son's art event.

So normally I do go live on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but I'm not going live tonight. So, but I will see you tomorrow for our conversation with Dr. Beverly David. Definitely one you don't want to miss. Have a fantastic day everyone and I will see you then. Bye.