The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 12 - Winter 2025

Episode Date: January 17, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 12, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025In this episode, "Can you actually lose weight and keep it off?". Gina explores the importance of working with your healthcare team, finding resources that work for you, and uncovering what sets The Livy Method apart. She also discusses the power of progress, the inevitability of weight loss when you keep showing up, and how to navigate scale fluctuations.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.

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And here is the promo code. It is livymethod25. Just use the code when you check out online at joefresh.com or through the JoFresh app. Hello, hello, happy day 12 of the program. Okay, so today I'm thinking about can you actually lose your weight and keep it off? Can you actually lose your weight and keep it off? Of course, that is the mission around here.

And I know if you're new to the program, you may not be all that familiar with me, but I have maintained my weight for over 30 years. I lost over a hundred pounds myself. I'll share my story. I think there's a podcast out there somewhere. I'm not going to get into it now, but you absolutely can lose your weight

in a way that you're going to be able to maintain and sustain. Now, mind you, there have been times in my life where I had to work a little harder to be able to maintain my weight. My weight would go up, my weight would go down. Generally, I maintain about a 10 pound fluctuation, sometimes on the lower end,

sometimes I'm on the lower end, sometimes I'm on the higher end. It just depends what season, what season of life, sort of what's going on. Last couple of years, if you've been with me for a while, you know that I've been under a lot of stress, stress with business, stress with my kid's dad passing away. I've been going through menopause. I'm turning 52 this year so I really got hit pretty hard. I had vertigo, frozen shoulder, heart palpitations, gained

what felt like 20 pounds in a month. And what we're doing here is to give you the tools and the skills to not only lose your weight but to know what you need to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. So we're gonna get into maintenance at the end of the program. We do have a whole maintenance program if you wanna sign up for that. The last couple of weeks of the program,

we talk about how not to gain your weight back, all the things that you're doing, the way that you're physically going about losing your weight, the things that you are mentally working through are all the things that you're going to need to do to give you the skills so that you can maintain and sustain. It's all about making real change. So we're rolling into the weekend, it's the Friday. I do want to remind you that we've had some great segments already with our guest experts. So during prep week and if you might have

missed it because I know some people are still trickling into the group, we had a great conversation with Dr. Dina Kara-Shaper, a learning strategist, Dr. Beverly David, clinical psychologist who have since come back, Dr. Paul, Dr. Olenka who's like a hormone expert, is going to be joining us later to talk about hormones. We have all sorts of other guests that are going to be joining us. Some new guests we're going to be introducing as well. They talked in knowing the Living Method, in knowing how hard you are working in the things that you are going to be introducing as well. They talked in knowing the living method in knowing how hard you are working in the things that you are going to be doing and need to do to lose your weight. What did you need to know?

What is the secret sauce to the living method? What did they feel was important in terms of what you need to focus on how to approach this whole program and process. We also had a conversation this week with Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer, learning strategist, about how to utilize the resources, the Facebook, the app, the book, the journal. You don't have to use all of it. She talked about how to figure out what works best for you. She talked about your approach. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. You can do little and often. She talked about a lot of things about being patient and kind. And if you haven't had an opportunity, especially if you're feeling overwhelmed

with all the information, because I'm going to remind you again, the guidelines, guidelines, guidelines, guidelines. If you just review the guidelines, those are the, for lack of a better word, instructions. Follow the guidelines, you're going to lose your way. All the guests in conversations are just supplemental information to kind of fill in the blanks to help give you the tools.

Same with all the information. So the last couple of days, it's been really heavy, but we've been talking about sort of following the living method, and today we're talking health issues. So if you have thyroid issues, if you have diabetes, PCOS, if you're pregnant or nursing, if you're pregnant or nursing,

if you're concerned about hormones, menopause for women, andropause for men, because we're going to talk about that, because men and hormones is a real thing too, so we're going to have those conversations. So these posts are just kind of highlight how the Living Method approaches any health issues like this.

So there's a lot of supplemental information. It's really about you recognizing what you need and kind of picking out what we're putting down. So those guidelines, if you want to make it so easy peasy, you just want the Coles Notes of the program, follow the guidelines. And then of course, Dr. Beverly David, if you've got questions, load them up.

I'm going to try to go through as many today as possible. Dr. Beverly David joined us. She's a clinical psychologist. We talked about how your history, your history with dieting, your past can factor into your current journey. How to let go of counting and weighing and measuring. How to trust, how to keep showing up

even if you're frustrated by what's going on the scale. That all of the conversations are just bringing awareness, especially in the beginning of the program. We're going to get much more into these conversations. For example, Dr. Beverly highlighted how your history of dieting could have an impact on the choices that you're making and how you're showing up for yourself.

We're going to have Sandra Iliya who's a food addiction expert. Join us in the next couple weeks as well. Is it just that you're craving? Is this that old habits hard to break? Or do you actually have a food addiction and what can you do about that? So we are really going to get into a lot of it. I think the takeaway today though

is work with your healthcare providers if you are so lucky to have one that you can trust. I know it's not easy just to say that for a lot of people, but working hand in hand with your healthcare providers, seeking out external help as well, whether it's a learning strategist or a psychologist, therapy bodes really well with the program. Also medical intervention. So I know we have probably quite a few people joining us who are taking one of the GLP-1s. You've been advised by your doctor. We're going to

have Dr. Sandy Vann talk to us about things that you need to keep in mind when following the program and taking any of the GLP-1 medications. And no, we don't. We're not going to get into that. But the Living Method is a perfect complement. Getting any kind of medical intervention is not a fix for weight loss. It can help you address it. But this is the perfect program you can do to get in tune to your body's needs, to work through your issues and associations and beliefs and make real change, real change at the end of the day. If you are watching or listening, you might notice I sound different

or my background is a little different. I'm down in the city today in Toronto. We have some work meetings down here. So periodically I will come live from a variety of different locations. You can pretty much rely on me to go live Monday through Friday. If ever I need to reschedule or really cancel, I hate saying that word.

Can't go live for whatever reason. We will put a notice in the app and we also will pin a post to the top of the page letting you know as well. All right, let's get into it. If you can't handle the app or Facebook for guidelines, get the book. I found the book so helpful for a school person like me as I love to make notes and highlights. The book is still available on Amazon. It is, then we're always reworking some of the posts,

but all the written content is posted in the book. It's just basically a printed version. I am a big highlight, make notes. If I read a book, it's like, it's like, it's got notes everywhere. There's lots, it's a big book, but there's lots of space. The font is big because I am getting older. Without my contacts or glasses.

I like to be able to read my own work. So the font is big. There's lots of room for you to make notes and write. There's actually there's also QR codes that you can scan. So QR codes. If you go on the photo, codes that you can scan. So QR codes if you go on the photo, if you have a phone that does this, if you go and take a if you go on your photo section of your phone, it will scan the QR code and you click it and will take you to the video that corresponds with that post, which is really super cool. I can't believe we're almost through our

second week time is flying, right? Time is going to fly. Now with that said, sometimes in the middle of the program, I mean right now you're probably still jazzed, you're excited, it's still new, or you're back and you're refreshed. Sometimes the middle can seem like it's slowing down. It seems like it's forever. Some people call it the messy middle.

Some people call it the motivational middle. Some people call it the magic middle. Some people call it the motivational middle. Some people call it the magic middle. We're going to get into that, how to stay motivated through the middle of the program. And then the last week, last month, sorry, absolutely flies. There's two things that people say. The two most things that people,

oh, okay. The two most things that people say after the program was, wow, that was so easy, because it really is just following the guidelines. And then when you reflect back, you're like, okay, that wasn't so bad. And the other thing is how quickly the time goes by. People are always like, wow, that went so fast.

And they cannot believe what they were able to achieve in such a short period of time. And that's because all the things that you were doing add up and make a big difference. I'm using the journal and the app in tandem. Love the app to see my weight chart. Copious notes in the journal. I have the book too, but the first two are my go-tos.

Yeah. And you don't have to use all of them. Like if you are ever feeling overwhelmed, like if you're feeling overwhelmed with the information in the group or the app, remember it's just the guidelines. That's it, just the guidelines. Ask questions, pop into the group or use the Living Method app.

Living Method app is so easy to ask questions. You just ask a question, you get a response within seconds. If you find it's too much, you can't watch all the lives. Don't watch all the lives. You don't need to watch the lives to be successful. I love doing them. I love that you join them join me for them, but you don't have to watch all the lives like when I do the morning live in the 7 p.m. Live yet.

There they are different tones for sure. The 7 p.m. Is more relaxed by the end of the day. It's a bit of a more reflective conversation, but you don't have to watch both. If you read the guidelines and you watch the guest expert segments, that's like that is your magic sauce right there. Honestly, that will get you by. If you're not into journaling, you don't have to journal. But the app also has a place where you can set intentions end of day reflections as well

because journaling has been known to be effective in helping people reach goals, because it helps it bring it to the forefront of your mind. It's reminding you what you're doing. It's helping you go deeper into the process. As an ND, I've seen great changes in a number of my patients. This is the second program and I lost seven pounds in the first, now looking for another 10.

I have a number of current patients who are doing the winter 2025. Now I'm excited because my daughter just got accepted into the ND school in Toronto, pretty excited. Oh, that's amazing, I love that. Thank you, thank you for being a fan of the program or just seeing the reality that it is a truly good program to do, to feel good about, and to offer to people,

and to refer, so I appreciate you doing that. More and more doctors are finding out about the Living Method and referring us, which is really cool. We're going to be heading back to the Canadian obesity summit. This year it's in Montreal. So we're going to be heading there I think in March or May. I can't remember. So the last time we were at the Canadian Obesity Summit, we met some of the brightest minds in obesity research who are now joining us. That's where we connected with Sandra Ilya. That's where we met Sandy Vann, who works with Sean Wharton, who's one of the brightest minds in obesity research. He's my next get. I want to get Sean Wharton to come on in the podcast

and come on in the group. And so we really are getting the attention of the who's who in obesity research in Canada. And of course we want to do that worldwide. We've studied the Libby Method, as you know, we have Ruth Cain and our team at the University of Ottawa who received government funding to study the Libby Method. So we've studied the fact that it works and one of the takeaways is there is literally

zero downside to following the Libby method with a lot of other diets they just can't say that. Now Ruth and her team are studying the maintenance can people actually truly maintain and sustain so she just finished doing a bunch of focus groups with people who have maintained for at least two years or more and what is she learning about those people? What are the commonalities? And a lot of Ruth's research has gone into tweaks we've made in the program,

whether it's our weight loss program or our maintenance program as well. So now we have a maintenance program that is based on these pillars that Ruth has been researching when it comes to maintenance. And I believe this is the kind of studies no one else is doing, which really really cool so thank you I love hearing that I love hearing that first time on the program and I really enjoy

feeling better down six pounds after two weeks yeah so if you could just take even if the scale isn't moving for you and I know you're probably frustrated about that it's hard when hearing other people are losing your turn will come the scale is going to move for you. Hang in there. Hang in there. Not concerned about you. Just so normal. So normal. It will start to move.

Keep showing up. Keep showing up. But if you can take how you feel already physically mentally and as the process goes one week builds on the next builds on the next builds on the next builds on the next. So you address the body's needs, right? And you help the body focus on fat loss. We haven't started to do that yet.

And that's what I mean by we haven't started to try to lose weight. And we do that with three week for the program and then moving forward, obviously, the rest of the time. And in the end, it becomes about supporting the body and its needs. So your weight is dropping, and then simultaneously your metabolism is increasing,

you are getting healthier, you're getting more in tune, the little things that you are doing each day are adding up and making a difference, where if you take other diets that you may or may not have done, you are starving and depriving. So counting and weighing and measuring for the sake of starving and depriving. So counting and weighing and measuring for the sake of starving and depriving, restricting.

So you are not giving your body what it feels like it needs, or in many cases, you are not giving your body enough to do what it needs so it has no choice but to burn the fat, to utilize the fat that it has stored. And as we know, we've talked about before, sure, you can lose weight that way, but forcing your body to burn its fat makes it realize and think and believe it needs that fat.

So in order to protect you, since your body's only job is to keep you alive, the first chance it gets, it's going to store all that fat back plus more to make sure that it's prepared for the next time that that happens your body's very smart and of course then we diet again and again and again and again but not only that as you do those diets what happens you have to eat even less you have to exercise even more.

And this brings me back to my story. When I was at my highest, and I don't even know what number that was because I wasn't even getting on the scale, I figure it was about anywhere between 120, 150, could be any more than that. I was hardly eating anything, like maybe a muffin every day in the morning

on my way to work with a coffee. I would go all day long without eating and I would be teaching two to three aerobics classes, hard class, hardcore classes a day. Maybe eating a salad, cause I was on a diet. Tried not to eat after 7 p.m. Cause I was on a diet. And then maybe once a week I would go out for pizza

with my friends if we went out to the bar or whatever. Pizza. Now if I think back long periods of time without eating, high stress, juggling couple jobs, being in school, lack of sleep, pulling all nighters. Cause I was, you know, working a couple jobs. It was just a recipe for weight gain. And I, like at the time I was super fit.

I could teach you in a robots class, that you know, it would be so hardcore, you'd be thrown up at the end of it. And so as you go with those diets, it becomes harder and you're fighting your body, because your body's literally like, you cannot have any more, we need this fat. Because what do we do?

We continue to be active, we're exercising, we're, do you know, like, it's not only are we not giving our body enough, right? So, so with the living method week to week to week, you're just building on the changes that you've made. And that's the systematic nature of the program. And that's why on average it's one to two pounds a week. But that's where some people can walk away from this program having lost 20 30 40 60 plus pounds Because of the systematic nature and how everything just adds up which is really cool I want to stop right here and take a minute to hear from our new sponsor

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I had a few off days and reminded myself that I do not want to get to day 91 and realize that once again, I have not put my whole self into the program. It's amazing how fast the days go. In hindsight, it's really easy. And as we get going, we start to make changes to the food plan itself. A lot of people will say, and I've actually already had people say, and just we're in week one right now, is like, oh, I didn't do prep week. Now in hindsight, I could have done prep week so much better.

Should I go back and repeat? Right? Or at the end of week one, there'll be people who are like, oh, I could have totally done better this week. Should I go back and repeat? Ideally, you really just want to keep moving forward. If you feel the energy of going back and repeating steps, it doesn't get you anywhere.

And there's also so much to be learned about what you didn't do. And there's always an opportunity moving forward to show up and be more consistent or more proactive or whatever. It's kind of like the house analogy. So think of it as you signed up, you bought a piece of land. I'm dropping the tools off at your house every week and telling you what to build.

So the first week was building your foundation, right? So you bought a pot of land, I dropped off tools for you to build your foundation. Your job was to build your foundation, right? Now this week we are working on just fine tuning and adjusting your foundation, making sure foundation is good. Right? So, so you don't want holes in your foundation, right? You don't want your house leaking. You want your house to stay standing, all of that. So obviously the more consistent you can be, but you can still work on those things moving forward as we add more weeks. So next week we're still following the basic food plan, but we're going to add the

concept of maximizing to it, which is really cool, which is all the other things that you can focus on and be proactive about like sleep and stress and moving your body and all those other things. So here's how it goes. You show up every day to work on building your house. Some days you're like, you got, oh my God,

I got so much done today, feel amazing. And other days you just sat there with a sandwich and looked at your house and you didn't do much. Right? I just like life. And then there's times you're gonna go away. Let's say on the weekend you went away so you were unable to build your house on the weekend because you went away or maybe you're going away on vacation so you went away on vacation and you couldn't work on your house or maybe you're sick you couldn't work on your house you don't come back knock it all down and start again all you do is pick your tools back up and start working on building that

house and that that systematic nature and with dieting we love the fresh start I love a good fresh start that's why I love that we run our program every three months every three months you get a fresh start, fresh approach. You get to take what you've learned in the program and have at her again with a whole new fresh perspective having made change. And so the fresh start, I love it, but you can't have this fresh start. I mean, also a fresh mindset every week. You can totally come into it with a fresh mindset every week, but you don't want to start again mentality. And so you this is why I say you're not going to mess it up.

As long as you keep showing up, you cannot mess it up. And Dr. Dina, interestingly enough, we, I just saw the team posted a clip on social media. If you follow us over there, we share some tips and stuff at Gina Libby. If you want to follow us on social media and the clip today was talking about how Dr. Dina Kara said, weight loss is inevitable. If you do the program, you will lose weight. If you show up and do the things you need to do, it's going to happen for you. It's going to happen for you. Your body doesn't want this fat any more than you do. You want

the fat gone. You're showing up and you're doing the things that you need to do to help the body release the fat. It's simple as that. Now life is going to make it hard. Some people will get smacked in the face. It's like you're on the road, we're on the road to Disneyland, right? Some of us are driving sports cars, some of us are driving broken down cars, some of us live closer to Disneyland, some of us live further away, some of us are gonna drive all the whole way there and some of us are gonna stop and sightsee or visit family. Some people are going to God forbid hit bumps in the road detours. Some people might get in an

accident along the way. It's going to take them a lot longer to get back on the road. But that's the analogy. Just keep moving forward. Just keep moving forward. And then it's pretty incredible how quickly the time flies and the little things that you're doing actually add up and make a difference. That's what I say I've created the algorithm for sustainable weight loss. I have spent my entire life figuring out how can we lose weight in the healthiest of ways physically, mentally, as quickly as possible and in a way that you're going to be actually able to maintain. So that this has been my mission in life This has been my mission. So this is what I've created with the program

Experience a slight weight gain this morning and saying Gina said there be days like this. So so yeah There will be days your weight is going to fluctuate all the it's just normal and you can't stop it You have a crappy sleep your way. It's gonna be up You work out your way. It's gonna be up salty food your way. It's just normal and you can't stop it. You have a crappy sleep. Your weight is going to be up. You work out your way. It's going to be up salty food. Your weight is going to be up. I swear. Sometimes people salt salads when you go out to restaurants for

so many reasons, your weight will be up. It's not going to be real weight gain. So it's rather than saying gained rather than saying gained. Is that what you said? It was slight weight gain. Just my weight was up or an increase on this scale. So it actually trains your brain to not be so triggered because you're a lot of us are probably triggered by that word gain. And so just say

was up on the scale. My weight was up on the scale today or my weight fluctuated on the scale today. That's a great way to kind of retrain your mind, especially if you spend any time at all dieting and you and that game freaks you out. It'll help actually calm, the words that you use will actually help calm your body down. So I saw someone today, I went into, I was checking the questions on the checking

because I do pop into the group and answer quite a few questions myself. And someone was talking about how they were really hungry. They thought about, and thank you you whoever shared this, they thought about eating chips all day. So their husband called them and they're like pick me up some chips on the way home. And then as they were kind of waiting for their chips they realized what am I doing? I don't want these chips and they canceled their chip order and long and behold their weight is down today. And so I just want

to remind you that it is normal for your weight to go up right before it goes down. So if you can't find a reason and we posted this the other day all the reasons why your weight will be up. If you can't find a reason why your weight would be up and you're doing all the things chances are your weight is about to drop. So you don't want to be eating at night, you want to make sure you get your water in, try to get a good night's sleep, support that body and detox. But just a reminder that another sign beyond your weight being up and feeling just bleh, why do I feel like just kind of fat and gross when I'm doing all the

things Gina says, it's a sign your weight is about to drop as what fills your talk, your fat cells, your toxins enter to your bloodstream as your body releases that fat through its metabolic process. fat cells, your toxins enter to your bloodstream as your body releases that fat through its metabolic process. Another sign is extra hungry in the evening. So extra hungry in the evening, even though you've eaten all your meals and snacks and you're making them nutrient rich, that can also be a sign that your weight is about to drop. So if you can find it, kind of try to try to find some belief in that and have some tea or just do everything you can to not indulge, especially if you're extra hungry. Now if you skip meals and snacks or you are unable to eat, obviously if you're legitimately hungry you can have a little something something, but if you

literally have been following all day eating all your meals and snacks that could just be a sign that your weight is about to drop being extra hungry in the evening and then why why do you not want to eat at night not necessarily because of the calories of the food so they're gonna stop you from losing what's gonna stop you from doing is getting the sleep that you need in order for your body to make change I read some statistic yesterday I just kind of was a glanced it and I saved it that sleep can have except has a map I mean sleep I believe is the pillar of change. Sleep is absolutely the pillar of change, especially when it comes to weight loss.

If you ask me probably what is the most important thing to focus on, the first thing I would do is say sleep. The second thing I would do is say stress. And then the third thing I would do is say foods at the end of the day. But if you're listening right now and you're freaking out because maybe you're a new mom and you're not getting great sleep or you are a shift worker and you don't get great sleep or whatever reason you're menopausal and you don't get great sleep,

we have a whole sleep series coming in the next couple of weeks where we're going to talk to you how to get a better night's sleep. Maybe not more, but better quality sleep. I'm telling you these tips and this insight will be a game changer, it'll be a game changer. So especially if you're not getting great sleep,

then you want to really make sure, and you can offset, right? If you can't get good sleep, there are other things you can do. If you can't move your body as much as you like, there are other things you can do. If you can't follow the food plan exactly as you'd like, there are other things you can do.

So there's always other things that you can do to offset the things that you can't do. If you can't follow the food plan exactly as you'd like, there are other things you can do. So there's always other things that you can do to offset the things that you can't do. Some people can't drink as much water as we suggest for whatever reason. That is the conversation next week, which is maximizing, which is all the other things you can do besides what you are eating and when that are going to make a big difference. I'll also talk supplements. Also don't talk supplements. Next week. This is not a supplement program. Also going to talk supplements. Also going to talk supplements. Next week, this is not a supplement program. And if you're saying, oh my God, I knew it. It's too good to be true. She's going to start selling us supplements. I'm not. Do not. If all I do is have a conversation about some supplements that can be beneficial and why you can buy

them from wherever you live in the world. And do not make any I do not benefit from you taking supplements so but there are things that if you are low in vitamin D if you're not getting enough omega-3 if You not getting enough magnesium and then some people will say well, I'm just gonna I'm eating so healthy I'm getting everything from my diet And what I've learned is in order to get enough magnesium in your diet You have to curate everything that you're eating each day to make sure you're getting enough. Curate everything that you're eating each day to make sure you're getting enough vitamin B. Curate enough in your day to make sure you're

getting you know whatever it is that you need. Vitamin D is hard if you're not spending a lot of time outside the sun unless of course you live somewhere where it's sunny and you're outside every day it's probably not an issue for you. So these are basic supplements they're not what you think there's no ketones or fat burners or juice cleanses or skinny teas or any of those things just they are supplements that can help your body make change and be healthier at the end of the day so if you're not into, I still suggest you listen to the segment because we do talk about food sources as well.

So if you have the book or you have the app, of course you can look ahead, but beyond just supplements, I also do include food sources as well though. My MD recommended your program. Yeah, right? I just, oh, I love that. I love that. Please come to the Montreal Women's Show.

Yeah, and then there's one in Vancouver as well. We are looking for, still I am actually having a meeting with a travel company. We're still throwing out the idea of the cruise. I'm looking for ideas to bring members together. And we had a couple opportunities here in Toronto. We were at the National Menopause Show in October,

then November, we were at the National Women Show, which was so great. We are looking, so we actually, that is why I'm in the city today, to have a meeting about sort of our business plan for the next couple of years. And one of the things that's on our agenda is how can we bring our community together?

Our community, I think, is what really sets us apart from all the other diets out there. I know so many of you missed your in-person Weight Watchers meetings, and we don't do in-person, but I think the kind of community we've created is the next best thing. And how can we bring our like-minded members together?

And when we have done this, it has been just magic. So we are trying to think of and come up with ways. Is it other trade shows? Is it posting our own events? Is it maybe meeting up at a food bank one day, doing a food bank tour across Canada and meeting up at different food bank locations where we can come and do something that feels good and hang out or, you know, and then different levels to that. I'm also an entrepreneur,

so I'm looking to start to meet and greets and maybe do something in sort of the business side and share my story and, you know, bring women in business together because I think we're all here to make change. We want to better our lives physically, mentally, right? Which is going to have a massive trickle effect on the rest of our lives.

So, we're working on that. We're working on that. I share with my doctor that I'm on the program, showed him the app. He took time to look at the food list and what the method was and agreed. He's like, this is fantastic for you. Yeah. I mean, you know, doctors, you know, especially they can be a little jaded because I think less than 1% of people who go to their doctor and their doctor says you need to do this or you need to do that actually walk away and make change less than 1% and you can imagine this is why doctors are so big on pharmaceuticals because that at least can help in some areas because a lot of people just don't make the change or don't know how to make the change or if

you think about weight loss your doctor doctor says, go eat better, go lose weight. Well, what does that mean? When the world has just taught you, you count and you weigh and you measure your way to do that. And counting and weighing and measuring is outside of yourself. It's not teaching you anything. Not teaching you anything, you know?

Yeah, you did a medical weight loss program at the hospital a few years ago, drastic 900 cows. That's not bad. Lost 90 and get it all back. Learned so much more after that helped me realize how unhealthy the program was. Made me so angry that this was what was being offered by medical experts. Yeah. So if you've ever tried anything to lose weight and all those

diets especially and you feel like you failed you haven't. It's the diet industry truly has failed you and also so the like the obesity society they're really they're really trying to figure out ways to help and it's the same thing with GLP-1s. They help you get a handle on hunger. They help you calm that mindset. For a lot of people, they have so much weight to lose that they need to lose it quickly and that's where medical intervention comes in. And this is why the whole industry is based on calories in

versus calories out, which is very flawed. Which is very flawed, sure, it will help you lose weight and then because you've lost weight, it will in a roundabout way make you healthier less inflammation on the body less less weight on your joints but it doesn't actively make you healthier there's nothing you're doing there that makes you healthier and I think that the this all started many men I'm writing a book and a couple of chapters of my book is talking about the history of the diet industry so I'm writing a book about everything that I've learned. I want it to be the one book that anyone reads before they do any diet.

And in studying the history, it goes back really far. Like calorie counting in one sense was used for women during the war. So women counted calories to restrict how much they ate to make sure that they saved enough food for the men who were in the war and saved enough food for children. And if you were unable, and this started by a woman, if you were unable to maintain your weight, you were shamed because it was to believe that you weren't doing your job. You weren't doing your share. You were taking more than you needed at the expense of the men who were at war or the children. And's fucked up that's so fucked up um so it goes back and it goes deep so you know some of you may be dealing with some real feels so understand whatever you have tried here's what here's a takeaway

here's a takeaway whatever you have tried for however long you have been trying the fact that you are here now means that you are persistent as fuck and you have not given up on yourself and you are going to do this because finally you are in the right place. I also want to say before I go I recognize for a lot of people this is your situation. I do not take this lightly. The amount of time and energy and money you have spent on dieting I I get it, like I said, I lost over a hundred pounds myself. I went to my own doctor. Well just eat less, just exercise more, maybe you're a big bone. I'm like that is not it. And thank God that happened to me because that conversation

with my doctor sent me on a mission to figure out why it wasn't working for me and that's how I got here today. So you're in good hands, you're in good hands. We are going to make sure or do our best to make sure that this is the last diet that you ever do. And if you ever see any of our ads or go to our website where we talk about that, that's what we mean. But it means acquiring the skills and the tools that you need to not only make change, but to be able to sustain and maintain that change. We're going to talk a lot about mindfulness as we go, which is a big part of that. Maximizing next week, then we're going to move on to mindfulness in week three of the program.

So we're going to do our best to make sure that you truly do lose your weight in a way that you're going to be able to maintain. I've got to go everyone. Thanks for joining me. I know I said I was going to go through so many questions. My goodness. And here I am. Remember to ask in the group. Remember to pull out your Libby Method app. So cool. The bottom feature, just go to the little ask icon. You can ask our Libby AI, get an answer literally within seconds, get caught up on some of the information you might have missed this week. Mainly our guest experts. What else? What else? What else? Great science Saturday post tomorrow, the psychology of effort. And this ties into if you do have a past with trying really hard and really long, you might want to check out that post.

You also get to meet some more of our incredible team members tomorrow, a few recipes and whatnot. We've got some more guest experts joining us next week. Like we said, really just getting into the process. Thank you for being here. Hope you have an amazing day. Hope you have an amazing weekend. Remember, there's nothing you can do on a weekend that can't be undone by getting right back at it.

So don't blow off your whole day or your whole weekend because of a few bites of bits, right? Don't do that. The weekends are not going to set you back. You're going to be just fine. Just keep moving forward. Have a fantastic day, everyone. and I will check in tomorrow. Bye.

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