The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 15 - Winter 2024

Episode Date: April 5, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 15, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:Reflecting on weekends on The ProgramLet’s normalize the scale not moving yetThe importance of plateausThe signs of detoxHow to change your mentality when reflectingWeight loss is based on momentumGina’s thoughts on OzempicWhy “quick fix” diets don’t workThe importance of showing up for yourself every day and doing the workTaking a pill doesn’t allow you to lose weight in a healthy wayHow supplements can help you maximizeDoing the things you need to even when you don’t want to makes all the differenceUniversity of Ottawa is studying the success of The Livy MethodThe importance of the deeper inner work of The ProgramWe want you to enjoy your lifeMaximizing isn’t just “doing all the things”We have some exciting conversations coming up with our guest expertsTo learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.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 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 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. It's day 15 of the program. So two weeks in, we are rolling into and about to start week two. Well, today, today's week two, all about consistency and maximizing. So right now we're working the basic food plan, but we're going to build on that and we're going to make changes to it in the weeks to come. Right now we're just really focused on building that foundation. So what are we going to talk about today? My goodness, there are so many things we can talk about. It's Monday, of course, if you're following along in the group. And we get a mix of, I am so happy. I stuck to the plan, did all the things, feel amazing today. And then we get, oh my gosh, I've sabotaged myself this weekend. And then we get, oh, my weight is up. I'm never going to lose this weight. I'm so frustrated. So there's a couple of things.

I can't wait for, I think our Science Saturday post next Saturday is on the psychology of effort. And sometimes we get frustrated because two weeks into this process, because we feel like we've been doing this for so long. We just want it done like yesterday. So chances are you're frustrated. You're not frustrated with me. You're not frustrated with the program or the team or any of that. You're frustrated because you're still here trying to lose this weight. However, many years later, maybe you're frustrated with the choices that you made on the weekend. So have a good, like reflect on that,

right? Like, how do you feel today? Like, let's take a minute. And I want to get in talking about a variety of things. Someone asked me about Ozempic last week. So I want to talk about that. I want to talk about intermittent fasting. I want to talk about a few things. I'm here for whatever you guys want to talk about today. But how do you feel today? So off the weekend, right? Like, did you get up today and got on the scale hoping it would be down but you you like had chips and you indulged or you skipped your meals and snacks you didn't do the things that you're doing right um are you feeling amazing because you're really excited that you did all the things i love that so either way you want to take a minute reflect even if you you did great this weekend,

take time to be really proud of that when you are proud of the things that you are doing, you are more likely to continue to do those things, right? Good morning, time to buckle down after sabotaging myself this weekend. Yeah, I love this. So you have to be aware that you are doing it in order to make changes to it. So it's not just like, you know, plow forward, keep going, like take a minute and reflect on how you feel today. How do you want to feel on every Monday moving forward? Why don't you, why do you feel the way that you feel? So if you found yourself indulging, think back in the moment where you're like, I'm going to eat this. I'll just get back at it tomorrow, or I'm going to crush it next week, right? Why did you choose to eat or not eat those things?

Why did you choose to make those choices? In the moment, how were you feeling? What were you thinking? And so you've got to reflect on this to be able to change the behavior. A lot of times we indulge in something in the moment thinking it's going to bring us joy. I talked about this last week. It takes you a few minutes to eat something and then you berate yourself for hours. And then the next day you're so disappointed and then you're frustrated, right?

So you can honor your feels and do the things that you need to do. So don't let your feelings take you out of the game. So we're going to talk about this. We're going to talk about this with our variety of amazing guests that we have coming up on it. You're not going to fix this today. You're not going to fix it today. You're not going to work through it, but you can spend some time reflecting on how you feel right now. Also, I love a good Monday. Remind yourself of why you signed up. Remind yourself of why you signed up. Remind yourself why you are here, because at the end of the day, that is really going to be your motivator, right? You may not want to be here today, but you are here because you signed up for a reason. You want to remind

yourself of that, because again, you might not want to drink the water and eat the foods and do the stuff that you need to do, but you have to do them in order to reach your goal. So why are you doing them? A lot of times that can be your best motivator. I also want to talk about non-scale victories, uh, to this week, you know, far beyond what's happening on the scale. Um, non-scale victories are totally motivating. Um, there's so many of them feeling better, sleeping better, pooping better, your clothes fitting better, your rings fitting better, better sense of self, better relationship with food. There's so many of them. Great idea to keep track of those non-scale victories as well. People talking about non-scale victories. Yeah. Not feeling starved and deprived,

not snacking at night. Yes. Those are also non-scale victories, right? There's a lot going on with the changes that you've made and will be making in the next few weeks. It's very multi-layered. A lot of that we're really going to get into our head too, because it's one thing just to, you know, eat what you need to eat, drink the water, add in any supplements. It's really prioritizing yourself, working through your feels, issues and associations and whatnot. So you got to do a lot of reflecting. I do want to also take a minute, some of you are disappointed that your weight is only down a couple pounds. On average, one to two pounds per week is amazing. Now, some people do see bigger drops and will lose a lot more weight than one to two pound per weeks. But that is awesome. Let me also remind you, before we get

into this week, it's so normal for some of you not to see the scale move and you might not for weeks. And I know that's not, um, the most exciting, motivating news, but stick around. You're going to get there, but let's, let's normalize that. Let's normalize that. Um, my weight is up and down. Yeah. So here's a couple of things you're definitely going to want to do. You're going to want to really wrap your head around the rhyme and the reason behind the

food plan and really try to be as consistent with it as possible. That's the focus this week, consistency. You're also going to want to make sure you're reviewing the posts. And you may think, oh, it's just the same old diet shit. It's not. Especially the post on what real weight loss looks like with the variety of different scales showing up in ups and downs and plateaus. Your weight will go up. It'll go down. It'll plateau. It'll be all around. Uh, check out the post on the scale. You are going to make yourself fucking crazy. If you are stressing

about the ups and downs or two weeks into the program, you're stressing because you haven't lost any weight. Also make sure you watch the check-ins and listen to the lives because we talk a lot about this, right? Because you can spend a lot of time and energy stressing about stuff that's just going to set you back, hold you back, and it's probably going to set you up for failure. The only way you're going to fail at this is just by stop following. You keep showing up because the program works.

We have a team of people here to support you. I'm going to be here every day. You can ask as many questions as you need, right? You can ask as many questions as you need. We got you. But what we can't do is we can't make you show up and do the work at the end of the day. You got to be the one who wants to do that, right? Tell myself I may not be losing, but I'm definitely healthier because of my choices. Yeah, there's a lot going on right now. If you are here two weeks in, pat yourself on the back. A lot of people don't make it past two weeks. That's okay. And then we find a lot of times they keep coming back and they try again, try again, try again, because three months goes by so fast. Three months goes by so fast. And we have so many

people who stop following in the first few weeks because they get frustrated because of what's going on the scale or whatever that might be. And then fast forward to three months and they're seeing these people accomplish these amazing things. And they're like, how did you do that in three months? It's all those little things that you're doing that add up make a difference. Okay, I'm going to see if I can broke through my plateau this morning and hit my lowest low. I love this, Suzanne. So you want plateaus, you need plateaus. We need to normalize plateaus. Plateaus are your body taking the time to adjust to your new weight and make change. Plateaus are an amazing part of the program, the process, because they are going to be what

helps you easily maintain and sustain your weight once you reach your goal at the end. My scale is going down. Good. Good morning all. Hi, Kim. Feeling great, even though the scale is up. There you go. Not concerned at all. Just got off the treadmill. Maximizing, maximizing, maximizing. Yeah, so I heard a couple of people say, oh, I started exercising this weekend and my weight is up. Maybe I shouldn't exercise. Exercise is, oh my gosh, exercise is such a huge compliment to the program. So you definitely want to exercise. It's so normal though, for your weight to go up when your muscles are sore, um, because your body's retaining water. It's also really normal

for your weight to go up before it drops. That's really important. The signs of detox, we're going to talk more about this. Your weight, the signs of detox, meaning your weight's about to drop, is your weight is up. You feel kind of extra bloated and just like, well, not great. You're extra hungry heading into the evening, especially after you've eaten all your meals and snacks and eaten them to satisfaction. Waking up in the middle of the night, that three or four o'clock time set, those are all signs your weight is about to drop. Now that's a lot where you could be like, oh, okay, well, I'm doing this healthy program and now I feel like crap today. This isn't working for me.

I'm doing this weight loss program. My weight is up today. This isn't working for me, right? I'm eating all these foods all day and I'm still hungry at night. This is not working for me, right? I'm supposed to be getting better sleep and making all these changes and I'm waking up at three o'clock in the morning to go to the bathroom, right? So, so there, this is where you really have to, that's why I'm saying read the information. Because you have to, you have to be able to change your beliefs, right? That if scale goes up, you've gained real weight

when there's just so many reasons why your weight can go up. If you're on a plateau, it means it's no longer working for you. So we have to really kind of normalize what real weight loss really looks like. And that's like the one thing that diet industry is just like, it's really done a number on us because it makes us believe that we can lose 20 pounds in three days. And if we're on a plateau, it means that what we're doing isn't working. So we have to eat even less and exercise even more. Okay, so I do want to talk about, I want to talk about, should I just talk about a Zen pick? Because some of you guys asked. Before I get there, I was so on track all of last week, down two pounds and feeling pumped. Then Saturday totally messed up my totally messed up at my granddaughter's birthday. Not that I over ate. I just ate the wrong things. Today I'm back to square one up two pounds. I'm going to up my

water and stick to the plan. This will not get me down. Okay. So so verbiage, I think is really important because you are hearing the words that you are saying and obviously thinking right. And so this is that belief system that so you were on track last week, you were down two pounds because you went and ate whatever. You know, the verbiage is like, you know, now I'm back to square one and up two pounds, but you're not back to square one. And you may be up two pounds, but it's not real weight gain. And you're not back to square one because your mentality, and I love that you shared this, is so the house analogy, right? So when you signed up, I give you a plot of land and I'm giving you tools each week to build your house.

So all last week you were building your house and you're getting that foundation built and whatever. And so then you went away for the weekend and now you've come back and now you want to just knock your house down and start again, right? Rather than just getting back, organize your tools, get back to building your house. So you didn't stop yourself from reaching your goal. You didn't gain any weight back. You just, you made some choices. It caused your body to react because you're weighing yourself every day. You're picking up on the fact that the scale is up, but it's not real weight gain. It's so much harder than you think to actually take the foods that

you're eating and convert them into fat that makes you fat. Another analogy was you've got in your car and you are on your road to your destination. You're finally in forever, your Disneyland, whatever, and you're driving and you decided to stop at your granddaughter's house because it's her birthday. So you, and it's on the way. So you went, you had a great time. Now you got back in your car. So you're going to drive all the way back home again, and then start over rather than just getting in your car and keep it moving forward. Right? So, so, so you didn't ruin anything and you didn't do anything wrong. You chose to now, so this is where you really want to reflect on that. This is where, okay, I love this.

Let's talk about this. Because reflecting isn't, I made some bad choices. I suck. Ruined everything back at square one today, right? Reflecting is, okay, where was I in the moment? I was at my granddaughter, is that what, what is it? Your granddaughter's, sorry, your granddaughter's birthday party. And I chose to

have the pizza, eat the cake and do the things. Was it hashtag worth it? Yeah. Would you, would you do it differently next time? No, I wanted to sit down and have a pizza pizza with my granddaughter and I wanted to eat her birthday cake and I wanted to do that. Right. So this is where, this is where you want to reflect, not just like, oh, I did that. And this is where I'm at today. But in the moment, maybe you chose because life is short, and you're at your granddaughter's birthday party. And so you ate the cake, or you indulged in this, and you indulged in that, like no big deal, right? You chose in the moment to make those decisions. Now, how do they make you feel? Is there something you would have done differently? Is there something like presented with the same situation next time, you would choose to do differently? Okay, well, maybe

I wouldn't eat the cake. I mean, sorry, maybe I wouldn't eat the pizza. And I would do more, I would bring a vegetable tray so I could snack on it. But I would still choose to eat the cake because it's her birthday. Yeah, okay, great. Do you know what I mean? So this is where you want to kind of really learn from that and really turn up the internal, the volume on that internal dialogue and sort of what you were thinking based on the choices that you made, right? So it didn't ruin anything. You didn't do anything wrong. You just had a great time at your granddaughter's birthday. That's it back at it today, that weight that's up, it'll come right back down. It'll, it'll be down within days. Also though, you know, the force is strong

with the Libby method and weight loss is really based on momentum, not on what you did the day before. And so you had a great week, like you said, all week, even with going, and you'll hear a lot of this, especially when we're, when we're, when we are further into the program, um, where people will indulge and their weight will still be down on Monday. Right. And also it's normal for your weight to go up before it drops. So I don't, I'm not sure the choices that you're made, um, or what happened there, but there's a good possibility. Your weight is also up because it's about to drop as well, based on all of the hard work that you put into last week and how consistent you are, because that's about to drop as well, based on all of the hard work that you put into last week and how consistent you are, because that's going to be what makes a difference. All the

things that you're doing day in, day out, not just a day here or two days there or whatnot, right? So, so your weight could be up also because it's on the way down. So if it's up a lot, yes, it might be some indulgences could Could also be your weight is about to drop. Lost 30 pounds with Ozempic. However, I didn't make any changes to my eating habits. I stopped taking it and the weight came back on and then some. Okay, so I'll talk about Ozempic. People have been doing the Livi Method and taking Ozempic for years as part of managing

diabetes. So that's nothing new for us around here. Program obviously is really great if you have diabetes. And quite frankly, any health issue that you have. So we went to, I went to, my team went to the Canadian Obesity Summit last spring. Ozempic, all of the semelgutide, all of the weight loss drugs were hot topics. And so essentially what it does is it slows your digestion. It slows the emptying of your

digestive system when you're eating. So you feel more satisfied longer and you're not as hungry. So it really helps a lot of people get a handle on their appetite. Now, there's a definitely a time and a place for it. There are some people who their lives are at risk if they don't lose a lot of weight, and lose that weight quite quickly. And something like Ozempic can be really great for them. It takes a lot of work to get in tune with your body's needs and make changes. And some people just don't have that kind of time. So, so we talked a lot. Also, you know, I heard a lot of the brightest minds in obesity research talk a lot about how your body gets wired the way it's wired, why it's so difficult to lose weight, it seems to me, and they would agree with me, it's difficult to lose weight,

because there's a lot of working parts to it. And it takes a lot longer than most people are willing to put the time in to work for. That's really what it comes down to. Your body is capable of change. Your brain is capable of change. Your body gets used to functioning a certain way, which makes it very hard to change that in the most simplistic terms, because most people are trying to change that by doing a quick fix. Most people are trying to make change in their body by starving and deprive themselves. And how the body works on the most simplistic level is yes, if you force your body to use its fat reserve, you starve and you deprive and don't give it enough, you will lose

that weight, but then simultaneously reinforce the fact that you need that fat because you just used it. And when you do it time and time again, your body's like, it catches on to that. And your body's only job in life is to keep you alive. And so as a way of trying to keep you alive, it will continually store this excess fat. This is why you can lose weight on a diet. Not only do you gain it back, but you get it all back plus more. And so Zepid can help you get a handle on your, and this is why we do it in a very regimented, routine, systematic way. We are going to help you get more in tune to your body's needs. We're going to help you get in tune to your portions without counting, without weighing, without cutting, without measuring with any of those things. But we do that systematically and over time. And so Ozempic can help people get a handle on their

hunger. There's a lot of side effects too. I don't, I'm not going to dwell on that, that there's a lot of side effects with any medications that you take at the end of the day. You know, it's, it hasn't been studied for very long in terms of, so the difference between people taking it for, um, to manage diabetes, for example, and weight loss is the dose for weight loss is like something like four times higher. So it's a much higher dose. So it's not the same dose and you're right. Um, yeah, don't do a Zempic. So I'm not saying don't take a Zempic.

That's not what I'm saying at all. In fact, I think if you are taking a Zempic for whatever reason, because you've had conversations with your doctors about your need, that this is exactly the kind of program that you should do. Because taking a pill doesn't help you work through your issues and associations, especially when it comes to food. Taking a pill doesn't help you with your habits, working through old habits that don't work for you and establish new ones that support you living a nice new healthy lifestyle. Taking a pill doesn't help you with your belief system. It

doesn't help you with your coping mechanism. It doesn't help you work through your past traumas tied into how you utilize food. And so this is where, you know, taking a, taking a pill doesn't help you prioritize yourself in your own life and take time for yourself, taking a pill doesn't help you prioritize yourself in your own life and take time for yourself. Taking a pill doesn't help you, you know, with your stress. Taking a pill doesn't help you with your sleep. Taking a pill doesn't help you with a lot of things. And so believe it or not, I'm not actually against Ozempic.

Now, there was talk in the beginning where so many people were taking it for weight loss that it was preventing the people who really needed it in terms of, you know, taking it to manage their diabetes. There was a bit of a shortage. I believe that has been rectified and there's enough pharmaceutical companies now making so many of these products that that's no longer the case. But I really think at the end of the day, I really think at the end of the day, someone was asking about the data from our program.

Um, we have, so, so I should finish my sentence at the end of the day. At the end of the day, if you have a conversation with your healthcare provider and you decide it's the right move for you, then I would love to see you do a program like the living method, which obviously you are here and you are doing right. Um, because this is exactly the type of program you need to do in order to know what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat, know what you need to do in order to be able to sustain and maintain any weight that you lose at the end of the day, right? So I know some of you might be surprised by that. I'm not definitely not pushing it. I'm not suggesting it. I obviously think there's another way you can lose weight. The diet industry doesn't know the Libby method though yet.

So all they know is eat less, exercise more, starvation diets. And the consensus there is that those diets don't work. And so people are new to the Libby method and they don't really realize what can be done. And this is why I think there's so much hype around what we do and why people get so excited about the program is because at the end of it, you're like, holy shit, I didn't know I could do this, doing that. And this is why everyone gets so excited and can't stop talking about it because when they hear other people talk about other diets or know what other people are doing, it just doesn't make sense. You're like, what? Why? You know, why? Yeah, there may be an ozempic shortage, but there's a lot of other, not everyone's, there's a lot of other pharmaceutical drugs companies out there that are creating their own,

their own sort of weight loss drugs. Ditto, yeah, I saw that big article in the Toronto Star, has Ozempic killed the diet in today's paper? Yeah. The shitty old fucking diets that don't work. It has good. Yay. Do you know what I mean? Those diets. So that's the, that's the problem with all of the conversations about weight loss is that they are all based on that old shitty diet method, calories in versus calories out. Do you know, I mean, calories in versus calories out works. If you are like 20 something years old, you know, you go in your first restricted diet, you lose that weight, you know, you add 10 more diets, 10, 20 more years, it's no longer. How many people are, hands up, if you were hardly eating anything, exercising your ass off, and not only did you not lose weight, but you gained weight, right? Like I'm just at that

age, and I've helped enough people over 36 years. Like I'm not debating that, that eat less exercise, more starve yourself, deprived diets don't work. They do, but you gain it all back plus more every single time. And that's why we say diets don't work. It's one thing to lose it. It's a whole other to maintain and sustain it at the end of the day. And there's just, there's another way. You know, I used to watch Oprah every week, Dr. Alls and sit there and be like, why don't like it's always like a crazy wackadoo diet every week. Like why don't the brightest minds in like, I don't know, medicine, obesity research get together and be like, okay, this is what works. This is what doesn't work. And you add in psychologists, endocrinologists. Do you know what I mean? Like you bring in all the people and you have a

conversation. But the problem is everyone's trying to make a quick buck with their diet become the next best thing. So they need a hook. They need a hook. They need a thing. That's why the living method is so fucking hard to describe because it's not just a hook. It's not one thing. It's the work that you do day in, day out that you put into this program, this process. It's not just what you are eating and when or how much. It's showing up for yourself every day, which is so hard for some people. It is working through your issues and associations tied into food, what you've learned since the day you were born. It's working through your coping mechanisms. It's working through your sense of self and self-worth and relationship with yourself. It is working through your coping mechanisms. It's working through your sense of self and self-worth and relationship with yourself.

It is working through those habits. It's working through those beliefs. It's working through so many things. But people really aren't willing to put the time into the time that it's going to really take them to make real sustainable change at the end of the day. And so if a Zenic is something that helps you with your appetite, great, but you still have to do all those other things. Because what they do know about Ozempic is that you do gain it all back, something like plus more at twice the rate

of any other diet that's out there, not to mention it's expensive. So it's not the quick fix, just like everything else that people think that it is, you know, that's why you got to put in the work, you got to show up, you got to do, you know, yeah, low dose of Zempik, but dropping my A1C with diet guidance from here. Yeah, you know, we've, we've heard a lot of we've, we've, whenever we talk about Zempik, we have a lot of people have done the program who have their stories, took it, lost the weight, gained it back. You know, took it didn't gain any weight. It's not a, Ozempic isn't a given either. Right. So, um, but yeah, believe it or not, I'm not, I'm not opposed to it. I just think that, um, you know, for the right people at the right time, it can be really

beneficial, but that doesn't mean that the work that's where the work stops for them. There's so much that they need to do to get to a place where they lose it in a healthy way. Taking a pill doesn't cause you to lose weight in a healthy way. Right. And that's what a big part of what we're doing here. And that's why non-scale victories are so important. And it's such a great program to do if you have any health issues, because you're giving your body the resources it needs, the nutrient rich foods to actually make change in your body. You're giving it the time that it needs, you're supporting its needs, you're also maximizing, which is the conversation this week, which is all the other things that you can do. Supplements can

help some people lose weight. That's why we're going to talk about them tomorrow. Not getting enough magnesium in your diet can be can hinder your body's ability to focus on fat loss. Your vitamin D levels being really low can really hinder your body's ability to focus on fat loss. Your vitamin D levels being really low can really hinder your body from doing the most basic things. So that in a roundabout way can hinder your weight loss, not getting enough good fat omega threes in your diet, unless you're eating fish all the time can definitely, if you don't have enough good fat coming in, your body can be reluctant to let go of the fat that makes you fat that is storing because it feels like it needs it. So one of the ways to, you know, speed up the fat loss process is to make sure you're getting

enough good fat in your diet, right? Your microbiome, we hear a lot about this, your microbiome connected to your brain, your body's messaging system, gut health, all of that really important. You could be eating these healthy and nutrient rich foods, but not actually getting the nutrients from them. So strengthening your microbiome, um, probiotics, prebiotics, digestive bitters, we're going to talk about all of that. It's all super, really, really super basic is what you're going to come to realize. We do have a secondary supplement list that we talk about later on. Um, once you put the time and energy on the most basic level to help your body level up and get to a place where it can even focus on fat loss in the first place. Um, We do have sort of MCT oil.

We talk about your B vitamins. We do have a CoQ10, secondary ones. But really, we want to focus on those super basic ones that really help lay the foundation. I haven't been able to, let me see this, Karen. Where is my little, here we go. Let me go. Oh, shoot. I am the worst. I we go. Let me go. Oh, shoot. I am the worst.

I don't even know how to work my own thing. Hang, bear with me here. What's happened lately is we get so many comments, which I love and it's so great that my feed happens real fast. So I have to be able to like see something and then click a button. I have to say, Gina Gina I haven't been able to listen to the lies for a few days and and being back here today makes all the difference my attitude has changed and I'm re-energized I love I'm here I hope thank you I I mean yay

yay you know I I want to here's the thing and why I do this every day. I show up good days, bad days, hot mess days. I'm not feeling so hot, um, today, but whatever. Um, that's why I got on my bike. I've been exiting back at it two days in a row, been doing my workouts. I am disappointed in myself. Like I, I feel the same things. I, even though I lost my weight a long time ago, that doesn't mean that I still don't have a lot to learn and working through my own stuff while you guys are working through your own stuff. I'm going through menopause for sure. Not that I like, I still get my period somewhat regularly, but man, I'm really noticing the hormonal issues plus stress, plus a bunch of other stuff going on. I mean, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm into it. I'm feeling it. And man, when I do my things that I need to do, I feel so amazing. And then a couple of days,

just not doing them. I, you know, I had some wine on the weekend. Again, I got a migraine on Friday, felt like garbage. Then like, I don't know. I was like some, a couple of people said some shitty things in the group, which they do sometimes. Um, someone just, people disappointed in my, I, the other day, someone, so there's been someone, I'm going to just talk about it. So there was someone in the comments. Um, you have to understand, I want this for you more than you do. And I get the feelings that go with it. Like I, I want everyone to be successful. And there's been someone in the comments who just, you know, hasn't seen the scale move, want to quit, going to get over a couple

of days, want to quit. And I'm thinking, okay, I like, it's totally normal. And I want this to be the place that you can, I want this to be the place that you can come and feel supported and be frustrated. Like be like, it's frustrating. It's so frustrating for so many reasons. Right. And so then I see our members come in and give them support. And I see my team behind the scenes, like give some support. Well, what are we missing?

And what could we say? And then they come back in and someone else is struggling. And then I talk about how they're struggling and then they're going to give it a couple weeks. And I'm just like, okay, well, a couple of weeks isn't gonna do anything. And so I saw this comment come in and I sat there and I'm like, okay, what can I say?

Like what? This person keeps coming back. They keep saying the same thing over and over. Maybe it needs to be said in a different way. I've seen the amazing support given by not only our team, but our amazing members. And I'm thinking, okay, maybe they needed a different way. So I, man, I must've taken me 20 minutes to compose this response to this person because

I, I wanted them to like really kind of get it and whatever. And so, you know, I, I, you know, I wrote it and whatever. And so then I come back and, you know, the other day later, I, I, you know, I wrote it and whatever. And so then I come back and the other day later, I hear a conversation between this woman and another woman talking about how they're so disappointed in our responses. I think, first of all, it's like, you're saying it in front of my face because we can see it. My whole team can see it. I can see it. And I really wish you knew how much we cared, how much I care, how much my team cares. And the fact that these two women were having a conversation about how disappointed they

were like, man, if you don't like the response, let's talk about it. Like, let's have a conversation. Hey, you know, this isn't, it's not resonating with me. You know, is there anything else we could talk about with this? Or like, we can't read people's minds. We don't know what you need. We try to hope that and we do our best to try to give you what you need. But there's just a way we can all recognize we're all doing our best to show up every day. Life doesn't make it hard, like easy for us. Fuck life is shit sometimes, you know,

but we're all here for the same thing. We want to lose this fucking weight like yesterday already. And we want to move on with the rest of our lives and not spend any more time, energy and money on fucking weight loss anymore. Just want to move on in a way that makes us healthy and happy and in tune to our body's needs, you know? And so anyway, um, so, so let me just say that if, if you're in the group and you get a response that doesn't hit, dig deeper in it. We'll work. You can ask a million questions a day. We'll work with you. We'll talk about it. We won't stop talking about it. We're here to talk about it. That's what we want to do. But anyway, I saw that, oh Fuck. And I was just like,

fuck. And if I was a bitch, that's one thing, but I wasn't. I really took like time on the weekend when I'm not supposed to be working. I'm supposed to take time off for my own mental health. And I'm in there and I took so much time to like craft this thoughtful like response. And then I was just like, fuck. Anyway, so I drank a bottle of wine, not very good coping mechanism. And I'm not blaming, I'm not blaming them. I'm not blaming them because it's not an excuse. It's not an excuse for me to drink the wine. I also, I also am getting my period. I think, I don't know, because with menopause, I feel like I have it every fucking day. So anyway, so I, so I had the headache and then I felt like garbage. And then, so I chose to have the wine. Of course I drank the whole bottle because I love wine. Fucking love it.

Fucking love it. And, um, then I felt like shit yesterday, not just physically, but mentally, because like, what's wrong with me? And so then I got on my bike yesterday afternoon and then I got back at it today. My point is I'm struggling right along with you, but I also have great days too. So you'll hear me celebrate those, but I want this to be the place where you, we talk about it. So the lives are about like, we're talking about it, getting into it, you know, whether you need motivation or inspiration. I used to say that I'm not a very good motivator. I used to say this. I'm not a very, I'll tell you how it is and what you need to do. Um, I bet I'm not a very good motivator. I used to say this. I'm not a very, I'll tell you how it is and what you need to do, that I'm not a very good motivator.

But the last couple of years, I've really worked on what do people need to be motivated? And you constantly need to be reminded why you're here. And you constantly need to be reminded why you're showing up and doing the things. And you also constantly need to be reminded that you can do this. No one believes in you more than I do. I know you can do this. No one believes in you more than I do. I know you can do this. I know for some of you, it's going to be easier than others. And I know some of you are going to really struggle, but here's what I know for sure, taking this from Oprah, is that if you stick around and you don't give up on yourself and you, you, you show up and

you, and you get right into it. And if like And if this isn't working or that's not working, what do you need? And that's one of the things we're gonna do really well for you is we're gonna give it all to you. We're gonna support your ass and then we're gonna have amazing guests come on and we're gonna talk about,

so if you're doing this and it's not working for you, why is it not working for you? What are the things that you can do? We are gonna give you so many resources to help you figure this out and we're to be here every step of the way. So, so thank you for saying that. I hope it does make a difference because when I sit down here in the morning, I'm like, well, okay, what am I like? Just right. I was talking to Tony. I was getting on. Okay. What am I going to do today? Like, let me just get on my, what am I, what are we talking about?

So today I wasn't really sure. That's why I said, what are we going to talk about? How people are feeling off the heels of Monday, but I don't want to dwell on that. Yeah. Okay. We made some choices. We feel like shit. Let's move it along. Let's reflect, right? Do I want to feel like that again? Right? So maybe next weekend I will not drink the wine because I'm going to remember how I felt this weekend, right? I'm going to really indulge. When I get on my bike and do my workouts, I'm going to really take time to be super proud of myself and remind myself how awesome I am and how good I feel so that hopefully that will, you know, keep me going with it. Keep me going with it. You know, I'm going to be all in, I'm going to be all in and do all the things some days probably better than

other days. That's for sure. Um, do you guys feel good about that ozempic conversation going back to that? Because you know, whether you take it, don't like you're not missing out by not taking it because, um, you know, this, this, this program will get you there. Um, if you are taking it great, make sure you work hand in hand with your doctor and really dig in just because you're taking ozempic doesn't mean that this program and process is going to be easier for you. Right? So dive in, do the things, you know, it's a great compliment. Someone asked about, someone asked about the research that we are doing. So we have a team, Ruth Kane and her team at the University of Ottawa, who are actually studying the Libby method, right now really focusing on the maintainable, sustainable part of it. So they do surveys at the end of each program. They also do focus groups. I think she's

done like 300 focus groups. We do have some amazing research. So for a program to be deemed successful, you have to be able to lose 5% of your body weight within six months. People are losing 5% as much to as, as high as 25% of their body weight in three months. And not to mention all the, you know, the non-scale victories and the things that like the people, like one of our, our favorite statistics or how in tune people are with them, with their bodies, um, more, you know, um, more, um, mind body connection, better relationship with, there was, there's so many things that we do a great, we do a huge survey at the end that you'll have an opportunity to give us your feedback, not just like what you loved and how it worked, but if it didn't work for you or, you know,

whatever you didn't like about it, you can tell us all of that. So we are eventually going to work and focus on clinical trials. We were actually going to get into that this year to prove to the world from a medical standpoint, how the living method works right now, though, where our, our consensus on that was like, it's not really going to help people lose weight. It's great that we can prove that the program works, but we already know the program works. We're definitely going to get into clinical trials in the years to come, but we're really just deciding to focus on, um, uh, helping people lose weight. Vicky. Hi, Vicky.

Hi, Vicky Booten. I love myself some Vicky Booten. She's fabulous. If you guys don't follow her, she's like, um, uh, she's amazing. Um, where'd you go, Vicky? Gina, I'm really doing deeper work. Remembering what I feel like when I eat stuff that makes me feel like crap. I need that connection. It is so worth it. Is it worth it?

So many things I focus on as a result of this program that I've never considered before. Okay. I love this. I love this. Okay. So the program, again, I was talking about how it's so multi-layered, right? So multi-layered. And so people are like, ah, I don't want to eat six times a day. Okay. Nobody does. I mean, maybe they do. It's kind of fun, especially if you enjoy the foods that you're eating. But eating so often is not only spreading your food throughout the day, right? Which is naturally just decreasing the portions that you are eating because, you know, you probably used to eat larger portions, but, you know, less often. And now we're kind of spreading that out through the day, which keeps your blood sugar more

regulated, works hard to stimulate your digestive system. There's a lot of things you need to focus on with this program. And the biggest thing is yourself. So in having to do all the things that you need to do, you have to prioritize yourself, which is a lot easier said than done for a lot of people. You have to focus on yourself. You don't have time. You know, that water meme, like you drink so much water, you don't have time for anybody else's shit. You do the Libby method. You don't have time for anybody else's shit. You don't have time for anybody else to be concerned

about anybody else, what they're doing. Cause you got to spend your whole time thinking about yourself. And so what that does is it takes the energy from out there. This is why counting, weighing, measuring, it's outside of yourself. You don't need math to lose weight, you know, right? And so what you're doing is you're keeping your energy all directed at yourself. And it causes you not to be in tune with what to eat, when to eat, how much to eat. It puts you in tune with everything in your life. What's working for you, not working for you, right? So you got a goal, you got anything else you want to accomplish in life,

you got to prioritize yourself, you got to take the time, you got to do the things that you need to do, right? The all the little things that you do each day are going to add up and make a big difference. So this program is not just helping you lose weight. It's not. It's really, it's really a program. It's, it's a program about self-love, right? Being in tune and showing up and doing the things that you need to do to live, to live and create the life of your dreams. That's, that's really what it is. Surprise. You thought you signed up for a weight loss program. Um, it is a really good weight loss program too. It is a really good weight loss. There's just so much to it. So much going out for lunch tomorrow, already looking forward to the kale salad. I will ask for a take-home container and bring, bring it home. Otherwise I might eat the whole thing. I love

this. We want you to enjoy your life. We want you to lose weight in a way that just mentally leaves you feeling amazing and in tune to your body's needs. I want you to lose weight in a way that actually makes you healthier. I don't know about you, but getting older, I'm concerned about health issues. I'm concerned about it. You know, I want to be as healthy as I possibly can. Right? Like that's, you know, mentally healthy, physically healthy. And we want you to lose weight in a way that puts you in tune to your body's needs. So you can trust your body. Right? And in a way that you can enjoy all the yummy bites and bits in life. Bread is not making you fat. Pasta is not making you fat.

Yes, minimizing them while trying to lose weight, definitely a benefit. And we do explain why in that bread's pasta's post. But you should be able to eat pasta and pizza and all the yummy foods that you love and, you know, not gain weight. And you may be like, well, isn't that why we gain the weight? Now, I haven't had a client in 30 years, probably longer, who needed to lose weight because they were just eating all the wrong foods and going through the drive-thru ordering Big Macs and donuts. I have not had that person as a client because they don't exist anymore. That was like way back when, when obesity rates weren't sky

high and through the roof. You know, we could blame supersizing and all of that didn't make it easier. But it's really the constant dieting, the high stress, the way we live our lives, interrupted sleep, late night snacking, being on our phones, our sedentary lifestyles, all of that really is what's factored into your body, feeling a need to store fat. So we're going to address it. I got to go, but that's what this week is all about. Consistently doing the things you need to do and maximizing your ass off. So maximizing isn't just like doing all the things. It's not being super hardcore.

It's not. You can be super hardcore and you can kind of take a more relaxed approach and still maximize your ass off. Maximizing is giving some thought to your, and I talk about sleep and stress because they're two big ones, but there's like so many other ones you can focus on.

Stress and sleep, right? Stress, easy. Have you taken time to do some deep breathing exercises today? Such a simple thing you can do makes such a big difference. People are always like, I'm doing all the things. I'm like, did you take time to do some deep breathing today? They're like, no. Well, then you're not doing all the things. There's always more you can do, which I think is exciting. This list isn't to stress you out. It's to get you excited and to realize there's so much more you can do. So those of you who are like, oh, there's so much more you can, like, what more can

I do? There's so much more you can do. Sleep. Sleep is a big one too. There's so much more you can do. Probably a lot of you are doing the things that you shouldn't do, thinking that you're trying to do the things you need to do to get to sleep. Like getting to bed early, believe it or not, is not the best way to get better sleep sometimes. In fact, sometimes you

don't want to go to bed till you're actually tired. And sometimes people do better when they go to bed later. We're going to talk to our sleep experts. We're going to have a great conversation about this. Dr. Beverly, who is an amazing psychologist, is also a sleep researcher. She's going to be joining us next week and sharing everything she's learned with her sleep research about how lack of sleep affects you physically and mentally. We talked to Alana. She's going to be back. She's going to be sharing some great sleep hygiene tips, but we're going to get right into that conversation. Of course, Dr. Paul is going to be joining me tomorrow. We're going to talk supplements, whether you believe in them or not. It's going to be a great conversation. You do not

need supplements. You don't have to take them. I'm not going to say you don't need them. Some of you could definitely probably benefit from them. Definitely, probably, maybe. Anyways, join us for the conversation. It's going to be interesting regardless of how you feel about supplements. Again, not a supplement program. I do not benefit from you buying supplements, taking them. So I'm, I'm having this conversation because some of you can benefit from them. So join me tomorrow. I will also be back tonight, 7pm tonight for Monday Night Live. If you want to join me. Yeah, come hang out with me tonight. We'll see how the day unfolds. Have an amazing day, everyone. I remember if I didn't get to your question and you are watching in the group,

um, make sure you copy and paste it, put it over on the question of the day page and my team will answer it over there for you. Uh, have an amazing day. I'll see you later. Bye.