The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 17 - 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 17, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:Can you mix your Natural Calm with collagenA quick review of the conversation with Dr. PaulWhat brands should you buy? Heath food stores and pharmacies are great resourcesWhen to take what supplement? Make a schedule for yourselfNatural Calm magnesium when to take depending on what benefit you needUpdates on the goals of the Livy Method app and what our team is working onLivy AI how to use it through the appBovine versus marine collagen, which one is best for how you want to benefit?Giving your body time to catch up to the changes you are makingDo as many rounds as you need to reach your goal weight4-step process to reach your Finally and ForeverThe difference between asking questions in Livy AI vs asking questions to our team in the Facebook GroupThe importance of having your WHY! and building your houseHow to find the LIVES as we manage the glitches in Facebook for the next few daysThe connection between what is going on with your skin and going through detoxDr. Rice will be chatting about skin later in the group, so stay tunedHow important is it for you to follow The Food Plan as it is designedThis is not a quick fix, and how to navigate all the information and focus on what is relevant to you Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer and how to get started and get organized Normalizing the fluctuations you see on the scaleTuning into the LIVE and posting your questions on the Question of the Day pageReturning members and getting motivated, what can you do? Make a plan for yourselfThe difference between all the magnesium supplements, why we suggest the Natural CalmHormones adjusting as you work through your weight loss journey, stay tuned for the Dr. Olinca segmentThe verbiage we use around dieting, feeling in-tune versus being in controlWhen to take your supplements? check out the Let's Talk Supplements post for some suggestions Losing your weight in a way that you can enjoy food again and easily maintain your weightTo learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Can you hear me? Can you hear me now? Oh my goodness. Okay. I'm having some technical issues this morning, but I am here. Hello. Let me know if you have any questions. I want to get right into them today. So I'm coming from a different account. I'm coming from Tony's account, my husband's account. And because I have been blocked from Facebook. Facebook jail. I'm trying to figure out why. But, you know, it's just a bit of a detour roadblock.

We'll work around it. here I am I made it amazing I'm this is why I'm always trying to say nice things about Facebook and Meta because they do this this is always why I ask I have to also be mindful I like to come in the group and comment as much as possible but I've actually been kicked out of my own group before for commenting too much. Um, anyways, uh, can you mix your calm with magnesium with your collagen? Yeah, you actually can. So within us, which is one of the brands that I absolutely love, um, two collagens, I like deep Marine collagen and, uh, within us collagen. So, um, the within us actually has one that has the, the collagen and the calm magnesium in it. So I can't see why you can't mix the two of them

together. Uh, you can totally do that. You can totally do that. Um, I'm supposing you like the conversations. You guys like the conversation we have with Dr. Paul yesterday. Isn't he a fabulous, he's amazing. Um, you know what I like about him? Because when I first started this program, I was skeptical about naturopathic doctors. I will be honest with you because I've seen clients work with clients and it's like a rabbit hole of trying to figure out this, trying to figure out that. And there's not, there's some really great ones out there and there's some not great ones out there. And Dr. Paul is one of the good ones. And I was able to have really frank and honest conversations with him about, well, you know, this is not just so easy that you could take this for that or do this for that. And anyway, that's what I really, there's a lot of pseudo, what do you call pseudoscience out there, like the lemon water and apple cider vinegar, for example. Yeah, it it's it's great. It's great for stimulating your digestive system. It's it's it's great for kind of like getting your water in early in the morning. It's it's

great for a lot of things. And there is science behind it. But it doesn't do the magical fat burning and all these other things that a lot of people out there are promoting and saying happens when you take apple cider vinegar. So you always get people who kind of just go down this rabbit hole of, you know, if you take this, this will happen, right? So I love my conversations with Dr. Paul because we have really honest and, you know, frank conversations. I don't want people to waste their money and take things that they don't need to take. But I have learned so much from him over the last few years now at this point about supplements. And those basic ones, I saw a not great one got talked into spending $1,500. Yeah, I mean,

supplements are expensive, but there's also like, I don't like buying any of my supplements at full price. I, I, I wait till they're on sale. So I have a couple of different brands. So a lot of you guys are talking about asking what kind of brands, right? Um, it's hard because we're in like 55 different countries. So we're mindful of suggesting certain brands because the best thing for you to do honestly, is to go to see your pharmacist or go to the health food store. And they have super knowledgeable people. So I have Nature's Emporium here where I live. So there's super, super knowledgeable people that work in the supplement section, that you can go and have conversations or your pharmacist and get to know tell them what you are specifically looking for rather than just going and buying like a specific brand.

Yeah, and some of you are asking also when to take what. So in the notes I've listed, if there's anything notable about, you know, when to take it, take it with food, take it without food, take it, this is better in the morning, take it better in the afternoon. I've noted that. So here's the best thing that I suggest, because also what factors in is when you can remember to take them, when's convenient for you. So if you are taking them or you run out and you grab your vitamin D or whatever it is, I would write down what you're taking and then read that post over and kind of make notes of when you can add them in your day and then just make a schedule for that. We're working on having a place in the app where we can put that for you and you can kind of remind yourself when to take your supplements. That's something that we're working on with the app as well. But that's what I would do. Grab a pen and

paper and just sort of mark down the ones that you're taking or ones you want to take and then just kind of make a note of when you're in the morning, midday, with lunch or whatever. Like the magnesium, for example, the calm magnesium, which I love. So it's a magnesium supplement. It does help with bowel movements as well, because it draws water into the bowels. And it also helps with sleep because it works with your body's natural melatonin production. But it's not a sleep aid. It's not a poop aid either. It just helps with those things. At the end of the day, it's a magnesium supplement. So if you take it at night, this can really help working with your melatonin production and help with your sleep, get a deeper sleep, helps the body relax as well.

Just like magnesium, like taking an Epsom salt bath at night. But you can also take it during the day. So you can take it during the day and split the dose during the day, especially if you're having some bowel movement issues, and it won't make you tired or won't make you sleepy, right? Yeah, so hopefully you enjoyed that, uh, conversation. If you haven't had an opportunity, even if you're not into supplements, I highly suggest that you watch or listen to the conversation with Dr. Paul. Um, speaking of listening, I know many people are listening to me right now by way of podcast. Hi,

hello. If you're watching in the group, you may not be aware that we have a podcast that you can actually download all of the segments and listen to like if you're going for a walk or I don't know you're driving or something. Yeah, I would love to track any app. Yes, I'm in there multiple times a day. So it'd be good reminder to take them. Yeah, so we're working on that. We are working on some, some cool features in the app, developing an app and all the features and all that goes with it is, yeah, it's been something we've been working on our app for like two years now. What we're working towards is an app that you can do the program at any time. We're also other cool features. We're looking for an internal chat feature. So we know a lot of you have like WhatsApp groups and these other group, like groups

that you're creating to chat with your friends or family. So we want to have that actually within the app. So you can chat to them within the app. Um, we're, we're playing with the idea of having a period tracker as well, because I think that would be really cool to be able to track your cycle along with what's happening with your weight as well. So, so, um, there's some cool features that we want to get around, uh, to adding to that app. Livi AI. So are you guys using Livi AI?

There is our AI is really cool in the app. So it's not an open AI where you can ask it, I don't know about donkeys and dinosaurs or whatever. It's really just the information from the book and from the thousands of questions that have been asked over 21 groups. So it's, it's pretty savvy in terms of like program information. And so we're going to put a post on how to like best utilize Libby AI and how to ask those questions. Um, some people are just putting in like one word and the app does like supplements and the app will do its best to pull up all the information on supplements, but you can really kind of fine tune those responses based on the questions that you're asking. So keep an eye, keep an eye out for that. Um, okay. Let's

see if we have any questions. Yeah. Yeah. Hard time getting on the live today. Is it just me? Yeah, it was me. I had a hard time getting on the live today. Um, because Facebook has blocked me from posting anything and going live for three days. We're trying to figure out why. Anyway, there's always a workaround. We can figure it out. So here I am on Tony's account. AI is taking over the world. I watched Terminator, Gina. You aren't fooling me. Hi, Dave. It is. You know, what's so interesting about AI is that when we started creating our app, I said to the team, oh, I want an app that you could do this and just ask that. And, you know, eventually have an app that guides you through the program, like a little mini Gina. And, you know, fast forward two years later, and we have AI, but that didn't even exist when we

started our app, which is pretty amazing. I know there's some concerns with AI, but that didn't even exist when we started our app, which is, which is pretty amazing. I know there's some concerns with AI, but ours is contained. So ours is just, it's not going to, it's not going to start taking over your life or, or you know what another movie was? What's the one with the cars, the trucks were like, um, all the cars started like doing something on their own. Like it was like right after Terminator. I can't remember what it is. Anyway, anyone got a comment regarding bovine versus marine collagen? I missed the live yesterday and haven't had a chance to see if Dr. Paul discussed it. So here's the difference between marine. Bovine is great too. There's a variety of different collagen supplements. Bovine is great for like maintaining muscle mass. So that's what

it's really good for. It's not that bovine isn't bad. It's just that marine is more defined. Um, it's more like bioidentical and, um, uh, like smaller particles. I'm not, I'm not very, being very scientific with this. Um, so it's a for your for your skin and your hair and your nails. But from my understanding, bovine is better for more like internal and muscle mass. So they're both I used to actually take both. Sorry, I was feeling a little red down lately, I've got this sore throat going on. So I used to actually take both. So there's nothing if you bought bovine, you don't have to run out and grab marine collagen or anything like that. Both, both are beneficial. Um, it's just that I think if you're looking more for your skin, um, marine collagen is, is a little bit better than the bovine for sure. Um, I know someone says, I know

it smells better. So your, your collagen shouldn't taste fishy. And you should be able to put it in your tea or your coffee or mix it in with a tiny little bit of juice and be able to get it down. It shouldn't take... Maximum overdrive. Yes, Jamie, that's maximum overdrive. Where's the movie?

That's the one where the cars started attacking the people. Okay. Emanuela, hi. How are you? I have been maintaining and personalizing the plan in a very loosey-goosey way for the last six months. This is my, let me see if I can click that so it's going to stay where it is. Oh, now my thing's not working good. Oh, shit show day. That's what today is. We all have them. I have been maintaining and personalizing the planet in a very loosey-goosey way for the last six months. Okay, and this is my sixth round. Oddly, this time I dropped one pound right away,

but my husband has noticed that my body is changing like crazy. My underwear is falling off. So interesting because I haven't had my body change before the scale yet in my journey. Yeah, so each time is a little different, right? And especially if you've lost weight, this is your body taking time to solidify your weight, but also your skin has had time to regenerate around your new frame. And if you're making more of a, like a concentrated effort, like you're just, your metabolism is much higher.

You know, you're, you're more in tune to your body's needs. You're noticing things. So your, your body's just getting quicker and faster. It's more efficient in everything it's doing. So we had to normalize doing as many rounds as the program as you need. Um, I, I, I heard someone today talking about how they were just kind of, they were trying it on their own. I mean, if you can easily afford the program, I don't know why you would try it on your own just to see, like you really have nothing to prove to yourself, right? Like, so the way the program works, you might not be familiar is you want to do as many rounds as you need until you reach your goal weight. So you don't get hero points if you've lost your weight on your own and trying to figure out on your own, right? Like, like I would just

like, why do that when you have a place to ask your questions, you have guest, guest experts that are giving you new information. Like it's, you know what I mean? There's no, there's no hero cookie in doing it on your own. But I understand people want to like make sure that they're okay on their own. And this is where we have a four-step process for this. So we have lose your weight, right? And do as many rounds as you need. And what's really cool is that every round is going to be a little different because of the changes that you've made in the previous round. When you come forward into the new round, you're different. Your body's functioning differently. Mentally, you've made a lot of changes. You really are changing who you are,

the way your body's come to function, your brain's come to function, all that. So you want to do as many rounds of the program as you can until you reach your weight. And then after that, you want to solidify your weight. And we give you a couple options, either repeating the program again, which is really cool because just because you're, you're, you don't have any more weight to lose. Doesn't mean that you don't have a lot of that mental work that you still have to work through. And a lot of that mental work is brought up through the tweaks that we're going to be making each week. So, so for example, there's, um, like our, our downsizing, which is where we're going to be eating slightly less than what you were eating to satisfaction. We do this week for the program. So we're not doing it

yet. Don't try it yet. But it's less, you'll hear me say a lot. It's less about eating less and more about the issues and association that it brings up, right? Feeding the metabolism is eating more often where you have to really prioritize yourself. And so each week above what it does physically is like it triggers, you know, the things that you need to work on mentally as well. But you also have the option of personalizing the plan, which is a technique we're going to show you. It's the tweak for the last two weeks of the program.

And so that's where you can solidify your weight doing that as well. And so there's lose your weight, put time into solid, lose your weight, put time into solidifying your weight. And then there's maintaining. And that's where you want to see how it goes. That's where you're testing the waters. That's where you are on your own. That's where you are, you know, maybe having the thing and the burger, the fries and getting back on track. That's where you are. Maybe stop weighing yourself. That's where maybe you stop asking the four mindfulness, mindfulness questions, which we're going to be talking about next week, which is super cool. That's where you kind of

like you're feeling it out before you get to a stage where you're ready to go on your own. So you don't have to kind of try it on your own and see how you make out while you're trying to lose. If anything, you don't want to mess with that because what happens in my experience, people kind of get in this nowhere zone where they're just kind of a little bit like loosey goosey, kind of, kind of doing this. Not that there's anything wrong with that kind of doing this kind of doing that and of course you'll maintain your weight but there's a big difference in being like focused and doing what you need to do in order to move the dial on that scale you know um oh movie was leave the world behind julia roberts and ethan hawke that's that's that. That's new school movie. I'm talking like

old school, old school, way back in the day. That one was pretty terrifying as well, for sure. Having the app is helpful, but AI is where I was asking questions. Just realize that that's not where you go to ask questions. Yeah, it is. You can totally use the AI to ask questions. It's super knowledgeable. The difference between asking questions in the app is it's our AI, which we also have real people training the AI to make sure you're getting really great responses. And then there's, so it's not maybe the most like lovey response, right? It's a straight up, here's an answer to your question response in the group, in the Facebook support group is where you're going to get like real, real people, real people who are really answering your questions, who actually care and have a bit of experience about

what you're doing and where you've been. So that's the, that's the difference. So you can't beat a real person giving you a response. So if you want those quick responses and you just want an answer to your straight up question that the AI is really great for that. Transformers, you guys. Transformers. My life has changed since I started this program. My house had no structure. I had all the equipment tools, but now I have it. I have clear plans when and what to eat. I love food again. Oh, I love this. Yeah. So I used to talk about this too. I got to bring my analogies back. So your why, your why, right? You want to, why you want to build a house because you're outgrowing your old house or whatever that, whatever that is. And your, your, we're giving you the tools or the blueprint to your, to your house. Right. And, and so it's kind of like, if you know what kind of house, like if you know

what your why is, you know where you want to go, you know what you want. That's like the difference between, you know, I'm your contractor, you're my contractor, and I say to you, okay, what kind of house do you want to build? And for one house, you're like, here's what I want to build. I want to build a two story, four bedroom, two garage, you know, house type of house. I don't know the styles of houses, right? And you've got a blueprint for it. And then the, and then there's like, oh, I don't know. I don't know. Just a house. Okay. Well, what, what kind of house? And this is like visualizing too, right? I'm a big believer in visualizing. That's why you're, you're going to, we're going to house. And this is like visualizing too, right? I'm a big believer in visualizing. Um, that's why your, your why, and I always use this example, say your why

is to, to be healthy, right? Well, what, what does that mean? What does that mean? Does that mean like waking up, rolling out of bed every day? Does it mean like moving through the, your day with ease? Does it mean, um, like being calm around food? Does it like, what does that mean to you? Or, or if your goal is like, I want to fit into my bikini because I got a trip booked in April. Okay. What does that, what does that mean? Right? So visualize yourself wearing the bikini. What color is it? What is, what style is it? Right. And that's great. But visualize yourself on the beach, walking in that bikini, running in that bikini with your like jiggly bits and feeling amazing and being like, oh, I feel awesome. And then,

you know, wearing that bikini, running to a taco stand, right? Where you grab a taco and you wolf that down while you're wearing your bikini and wash it down with a beer or a margarita, cerveza and a margarita. And then you go on your way, not thinking, Oh my God, I'm so fat. Shouldn't have ate that taco. I'm so gross. You're just like, Oh my God, I'm amazing. That's what you want, right? So you want to visualize it. You want to make it tangible. You want to feel it because again, it's that, that's your why is like, that's your true motivator. Why, why you signed up, why you were here. Let's let that, you want that. So that's why you're putting yourself through all the things that you're doing every day, right?

That's where you're trying to drink the water and take your supplements and eat healthy and do all the stuff that's just like, wow, that's why. So when you have that really tangible, tangible, why it makes all the difference. Oh, we didn't give up. We looking for you found you so so here's let me give you a heads up so we're gonna have to figure out how to do this um so we might be posting from another account that we have it's called wlbg and because you guys don't follow that it might not come up in your feed so in order to see the post in order to see um the lives you have to pop into the actual Facebook support group. So there's, if you're using Facebook, there's a little icon at the top. It's a little circle with like three heads in it. And that's the group icon. So what you should do today is try to figure

out how to find the group. Cause some of you might be just trying to find it with your, your regular feed. So you're gonna have to actually go into the group. It's probably the easiest way to find the live for the next couple days or the post is to use the actual app itself. Oh my gosh, we're gonna have to figure out how to post from the app into Facebook Live. Oh my gosh. Apparently it's just to the 27th. So three more days and I'm in Facebook jail. If you're just joining me now, I'm in Facebook jail. They're not letting me post or go live. So yeah. And trying to find someone at Facebook to talk to. Oh my gosh, that's real fun. If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered. Summer runs or playoff season meditations, whatever your vibe, Peloton has thousands of classes built to

push you. We know how life goes. New father, new routines, new locations. What matters is that you have something there to adapt with you, whether you need a challenge or rest. And Peloton has everything you need, whenever you need it. Find your push. Find your power. Peloton. Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. Rosacea during detox. Yeah. So we're going to talk about rosacea during detox. Dr. Alinka, we're talking to you about this. So a lot of skin issues start in your gut. They're learning a lot more about your microbiome and how, you know, topical creams and stuff can kind of help, but really it's an internal situation that's happening.

And so I've, I've, I've actually worked with people who've done the program before and had rosacea and they're quite pleased with the end results and how it really minimizes. They don't have as many flare ups and whatnot. So that's really cool. But I have actually had this conversation with our experts before where it is kind of like it can get worse before it gets better. And that's sort of that detox, right? So your fat holds things other than like, it's not just fat and your fat isn't just inactive doing nothing, right? It's producing hormones and chemicals, and it's doing a lot of stuff. And so when your body's releasing that fat,

you can really notice, not to mention that's where your body stores all of its toxins in your fat. So when your body's releasing that fat and how your fat is released, when you pee, when you poo, when you breathe, when you sweat, and your skin is your body's largest organ. And so you might notice flare ups. Like it's normal to have, like, just like your PMS, if you've experienced PMS and you get like your breakouts and whatnot right beforehand, it's the same detox process. Again, we're not making the body detox. It's just the same process. The body uses same metabolic process, piggybacking that detox process at the same time. And so that's where you get like flare up, like breakouts in your skin. So if you have rosacea, you might notice some flare ups on that.

But overall, this is where I highly suggest if you haven't done it yet, it's really putting a focus on your microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics, maybe adding in some digestive bitters, anything you can do there to strengthen your digestive system can really help, which just naturally following the program and eating all the nutrient rich foods will also make a big difference as well. We are actually going to talk to a skin expert, we're going to have Dr. Rice is going to be back. He's a he knows a lot about skin. He's also a plastic surgeon, a world renowned plastic surgeons, we're gonna talk to him about skin. We're gonna talk to him about loose like what you can do cream wise and stuff wise on your skin, what you can do non-surgically for your skin, what we're even going to talk about

liposuction, um, those fat, those fat blasters or melters and stuff. We're gonna have a real conversation about that. Um, so we're going to have him on. We're going to talk about that. Question round two, how important is it to following the program with what we eat and when, uh, for example, if my body's feeling like having protein at lunch instead of dinner, How important is it to following the program with what we eat and when? For example, if my body is feeling like having protein at lunch instead of dinner, can I do that? Or is it advised to wait for the week and make that adjustment? Okay. So you have protein at lunch.

It's just your main focus at lunch is vegetables. Let me break it down. How important is it for you to follow the program? I can't even tell you how important it is because everything is for a rhyme and a reason. I've been, listen, if there's like, I, I am not, I don't do subscription services because I don't want to keep taking your money for a lifetime. In fact, our business model, I was just talking to Tony, sucks. Our business model sucks. We're like, we're here. We're going to help you lose your weight. And then when you lose your weight, you're on your own. That's not a very good business model. Other weight programs out there,

and I'm not mentioning any because I don't want to be in Facebook jail again, they have lifetime memberships for weight loss. We don't do that. We don't do that. I don't want to do that. Even our, we have a maintenance group, it's $75 for life, or as long as we run the maintenance group, there's it's not like $75 a month, it's pay one price. That's it. So you've lost your weight, you've purchased as many rounds as you need, then when you're done, you get to go into a maintenance group. And for the cost of one program, you have access to people answering your questions, ongoing support and information for as long as you need it.

And then you go on for the rest of your life. So that's our business model. And so what you are eating and when and following the Libby method is something that I've created over 36 years of my life. Like it, I've spent my entire life creating the Libby method. I have worked with thousands, hundreds of thousands of people have done the program. I've worked with hands-on thousands of people. I've seen them do everything. I've seen them do, well, I'm just going to do this and I'm just going to do that. And one of

the biggest lessons I learned was working with super influential people. Like we're talking like really well-known people, people who had a lot of money, people, super influential people. And there's little old Gina trying to help them lose weight. And they would say to me, well, that's not going to work for me. So instead I'm going to do this. And I'm like, oh, well, if this is better, no, that doesn't, I'm not bringing in my carrot sticks to a boardroom and I got to fly here and I'm not doing this. And I don't like that.

And if I want to have a steak and protein, I'm going to do that. And I would be like, okay. And you know what happened? It never fucking works. Never fucking works for them. It never worked. And so this is why I'm such a hardcore bitch about getting people to follow the program as designed because I know that works. And you may not understand why that works, but they're so multi-layered and leveled that like, if you're following this, I know how to help you or a program specialist know how to answer you. Because what happens is you're going to do your own thing and then it's not going to be working the way that you want. And you may be doing more of what you like, right? But if you're doing your own thing and we're trying to help you and advise you, you're

like, it's not working for me. And we're assuming you're doing the program. We can't really help because you're off doing your own thing. I know that probably doesn't like, you may seem, well, what's the big deal? And that's why you can have protein at lunch. But the reasoning behind it not being the main source is because you need vegetables, carbohydrates, you need energy food at lunch to last you through the rest of your day, not more protein, which is going to be very hard for your digestive system to

digest. So you eat a steak, for example, at lunch, you're, you know, steaks can take five hours, 12 hours to process for your system. So you don't want to have majority of what you're eating steak throughout the day when you want to have energy to do the things that you need to do. So it's so multi-layered and level, like there's so many levels to it, um, that this is why I'm not a fan of people deviating because I know I can help you with this program, but you very quickly go from a program that works to you doing your own thing. And I'm assuming if you knew what to do, you'd already be doing it and you would never have been here in the first place. So, um, so the order of foods is important. Everything we suggest is important. I'm not suggesting it to make your life difficult or any of those things. Um, like there is a personalizing the plan later on where

you have the option to be more in tune to what you're looking to eat and when you still want to have those components. But then, you you know that if you haven't lost your weight yet, you're probably not there yet. And so you either want to go that way or redo the program in the way it's designed. So so that's the answer to that. That's the answer to that. It's a great question, by the way. It's a great question. Wait for the week where we make that adjustment. Don't skip ahead to I highly suggest like you some of you probably have your hands on the book and the information and you're like, oh, I want to get right to downsizing where I get to eat less. You'll fuck yourself up.

Don't do that. Don't do that. Here's the thing. Here's what I got to say about this. If there was a better, faster, quicker way for you to lose weight, I would be letting you know, it would only benefit me for you to lose as much weight as possible as quickly as possible and as successfully as possible. But at the end of the day, I'm not going for quick fixes. I'm not into that. I'm

into you losing your weight finally and forever and moving on. And this is where even our, our, our team at the university of Ottawa, they're studying maintenance. I want to learn about maintenance more. That's where I really want to help people. I want you to lose the University of Ottawa, they're studying maintenance. I want to learn about maintenance more. That's where I really want to help people. I want you to lose the weight, yeah, but more importantly, I want you to be able to sustain that weight. That's the goal around here.

So that's why I would definitely follow Ed's design. I'm feeling a bit lost. Okay. Feeling a bit lost. This is my first time, mind you. I did fall. I paid, but didn't do anything. Okay. So much information. Yeah. Let me talk about that. There's a lot of information because how long you've been trying to lose your weight, right? How long you've been trying to lose your weight? And then if we've tried, I've tried giving people less information and guess what? They have a million questions. They have a million questions that you want answers to, right? So, so there's a lot of information.

Some of it might not be relevant to you, right? Like if you don't get your, if you don't get your period, the post on, you know, your, your site menstruation is probably not going to be relevant to you. If you're not trying to get pregnant, that the post on fertility is probably not relevant to you, right? So a lot of it might not, if you're not a shift worker, it might not be relevant to you. Um, but there's a lot of information because there's a lot that you need to know to lose your weight in a healthy, sustainable way, because what you've been taught out there in the diet industry is just, I mean, it works, but it doesn't work right. Right? So that's why. So I don't apologize for there being a lot of information. This is no joke. This is for

people who really want to lose their weight finally and forever, not who are looking for a quick fix, lose, you know, however much weight in a few weeks and be done with it. That's, that's not what this is about. Um, but here's the thing. We did have a Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer come on. Uh, she's a learning strategist. She's amazing, uh, before the program. And she talked about, it's in the welcome guide.

So that's where you want to start the welcome guide. And so she's talked about how to organize the information, utilize the resources that we have. So whether it's the, whether it's the Facebook group or the app, and if you bought the book to help you out, because you're having a hard time reading the information in the group or on the app or whatever podcast, there's so much information. So she talked about how to organize it. Right. And so you are starting, maybe you're starting late, right? Too. So this is like, if your kid, if you have kids, starts school late. So they've started a course, maybe they were away or they were sick for the first few weeks of school.

Now they got to get caught up, right? So that would be stressful. That would be overwhelming. And what would you tell them to do? Just start from the beginning and work their way through, right? That's what ideally you want to do. So definitely take time to, and it's so normal for people to be working behind the program because we've kind of designed it to be helpful that way. So go and

watch that segment before you read anything else in the group today, go watch that segment with her. Um, and bonus, she's going to come on tomorrow. So Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is coming on tomorrow. If we can figure out a way how to stream guests into the group while I'm on Facebook jail. So she's going to come back tomorrow. Now that you've seen all the information, um, and, and talk about how to like, how to like, um, not feel overwhelmed with it, how to prioritize it. Um, she's amazing. So definitely worth, so tune in tomorrow as well. Okay. Um, so here we go. I'm feeling a bit lost. It's my first time. Um, so much information, My scale actually increased by one pound today. I also have the book from the fall. Also the lives are at 6 a.m. on BC and I'm getting ready for work.

Okay. So you really need to read the information because we have a whole post on the scale. It's so normal for your weight to go up before it drops. Like we can't keep talking about that, right? I'm happy to talk about it with you. I'm generalizing to everybody. At some point, we have to collectively all understand it's so normal for your weight to go up for so many reasons and also normal for your weight to go up right before it drops. So the fact that your weight is up could actually be a great sign that if you've been doing everything, your weight is on the way down. So this is where you have to know that, right? Or you're going to make yourself crazy every time the scale goes up. And it could be because you're actually doing what you need to do, right? The lives are at 6am. Yes, they were at 6am your time. I have I have people on my team,

like I don't 10 people on my team who work in BC. Some people in the group would love the fact that the live with the lives would be airing at 6am. We have people in 55 different countries. So we have people who the live airs at two o'clock in the morning from them and whatever. So the beauty thing about the live is if you're following along in the app, you can just listen to it or watch it. You could work a day behind in the group or you work behind in the group and you can just wake up and watch the lives whenever you like. More than that, because I know this is the live, right? So I don't know how helpful this is to everyone already watching, but pop into the don't know how helpful this is to everyone already watching.

But pop into the Facebook support group and post this over there. So if you go to the very top of the page, you post your question there. We have a whole team of people in the group that will help answer, help get you sorted and whatnot. Make sure you're good to go. This is nothing for us. This is nothing for us. We are not concerned that you can't watch the lives, that it's a lot of information,

that your weight's up a pound. That's just par for the course around here. Um, there's a bit of a learning curve and you'll get into it. Just don't, don't, don't quit. Don't quit because it's a lot of information. Don't quit because you can't watch the lives live. Don't quit because your weight is up because all of that is totally normal. All those feels. Um, yeah, I know I'm not a big, I'm not really selling my program, am I? But it's all the program works and all that, all that is normal. So pop into the group on the question of the day page and the team will get you sorted. Stick around. We got you. Stick around. We got you. Uh, round two for me. First round, I followed the program to the net, lost 24 pounds and 16 inches.

Round two, not so great. Having a hard time getting in the water and all the snacks. Going on vacation tomorrow. Going to do my best to stay on track or close to it. Yeah. So get your shit together. Get your shit together. What's going on? Have a good conversation with yourself. What's my fucking problem?

What's going on here? Why is this harder for me? Why am I not getting the water in? Am I setting alarms? Do I want this just as badly as I wanted it the first time around? Has your why changed? Has your why changed? Maybe your why has changed. Maybe what motivated you to sign up has changed. Maybe you realize there's, it's different now. Reassess your why.

Have a little conversation with yourself. What do I need? Do I, do I really want this still? Am I good? You've lost 24 pounds. Maybe you feel amazing. Maybe you're done. Maybe you're like, you know what? I feel good. I look great. I feel good. I'm done. I'm not really motivated to lose much more. That's cool. Right? Maybe you just more of it. Maybe you follow through on the rest of the program for maintenance, solidify your weight, right? That's, that's something that's amazing. Otherwise, if you really do, and I say to you, okay, well, if you don't, if you're not happy now, then why, let me ask you, why aren't you doing the things, you know, you need to do what's holding you back? Right? Maybe it's a busier season in your life, right? Maybe your stress levels are higher. Maybe you're like, I always use the accountant thing because I'm assuming they're

extra busy. It seems like at this time, everyone trying to get their taxes in, maybe. Different type of year. So it's dark, right? Maybe you need to bump up that vitamin D or add it in. If you didn't add the vitamin D in last time, you might need it now. Maybe you're not being as active. You're not moving your body as much. So you're not motivated as much. Not that you're not burning calories, but you know, you felt so much better, you were in a better mindset, you know, you had a bit more energy when you did it in the fall or spring or whatever, and now it's winter and it's dark and you're just like, maybe your seasonal affective disorder, you're feeling a little depressed, right? Maybe you're just not, I just don't know, right? So what can you do? Set your, set your intentions, end of day reflections, set timers in the app for the water.

You know, drinks, try drinking a little bit more tea, whatever you can do, what's going to help you get this back for you. Cause I, I guarantee you the minute you get back on it and you stream everything together, you're going to be like, ah, I feel amazing. What the hell have I been doing? Why have I not been doing this? You know what I mean? And you're going to get in that zone. You're going to be like, ah, I feel amazing. What the hell have I been doing? Why have I not been doing this? You know what I mean? And you're going to get in that zone. You're going to be up on that wave. You're going to be riding that wave. So have a little chat with yourself and be like, hey, what do I need to do? Right? I love that you're recognizing it. Step one, two, right? Make a plan and be like, okay, this is happening to me. What's my problem? What's going on? What can I do about that to keep myself more motivated to make sure I'm doing the things that I need to do.

Someone's asking the difference between supplements, the calm magnesium and the bisglycinate. There's a variety of different magnesium supplements for a variety of different things. I really like the calm specifically for this program because it facilitates detox in the body. And that's what we're doing. We're supporting the body in detox. Um, so for it's, it's really easily absorbed. Um, it's, I'm a huge fan. It helps with sleep. It helps with bowel movement. So that's why this one, uh, this, this, this glycinate, which I also have here is also a great one, uh, is a good one as well. Uh, supports muscle function, including the heart, more of an actual supplement, like a, like it's a, it's also a magnesium supplement. They're both magnesium supplements. It's just so different types. This is sort of how this one breaks down the body in the, you know, you add water to it and you drink it. This one comes in tablet form.

They're both great. They're both great. I just, the calm for me is sort of what supports what we're trying to do on the program a little bit more for a variety of reasons. But if for whatever reason you don't like taking the calm, then the bisglycinate works as well too. They're both great. They're both great. They're both great. I prefer humans. Anyone else experiencing some acne since starting? There you go. Not a ton. There we go. We talked about it. Uh, hormones. It can be hormones adjusting as well. So we're going to talk, we're going to talk to Dr. Lincoln's going to join us. Dr. Paul, we're going to talk about hormones because beyond sex hormones, there's a variety of different, like there's hunger hormones, uh, in your body. There's a variety of different hormones. We're going to break down all different

types of hormones and how they can be factoring into your weight loss journey, for sure. But your hormones, because everyone talks about the hormones imbalance, so they're never a straight line, right? So your hormones are always in flux and adjusting. And something that is happening while you're losing weight as well, like your set point, right? Your set point is that weight and your body has adjusted everything around that certain weight. So when you start losing weight, this is why you need plateaus is that body's adjusting around it, including your hormones, right? So it's readjusting sort of everything. So you will notice your body responding. So yeah, it's the rosacea, acne. Yeah, totally. Totally. I feel a lot better on the program and in control when it comes to food

and the cravings are gone. Okay, I love that. I love that you're feeling like that. But here's what I would do. Get rid of the word control. Two words that do not have any place in dieting, control and moderation. And I think, and I'm saying this because I think our verbiage is really important. How we speak to other people because we're listening, how we speak to ourselves because we're listening, right? What you are feeling is more in tune. You know, you're more in tune when it comes to, you know, your food, you're not trying to control your food, you're not trying to control your cravings, you're not trying to control or moderate anything, we don't need to do that. So you're just so in tune that you're more aware,

and you're more calm, right? And you're giving your body what it needs. So you're not craving things, because you are giving the body everything it needs, because cravings at the end of the day, your body trying to communicate its needs, which is really cool. And to me, I think that's, there's more power in that. And I remember dieting, there was like, you know, dieting used to be such, um, everyone talked about dieting, like everyone, like diets were cool. I want to make diets cool again. Um, diets were cool. People would talk about dieting, right? Like it was so cool. I'm going on the diet and I'm done doing this. And I think there was a lot of power in being able to control what you ate, right? I can go all day long without eating, or I can, you know, a lot of that. I think there's more power in being

in tune to your body than controlling and moderating. But I love, I know what you're trying to say. And I love that. I love that. I love that. Can I take vitamin D, B12 and C and turmeric all at the same time? Um, it depends your source of D, um, cause you want to take it probably with some food or some fats, uh, B12, BCs, you can turmeric. It depends. This is where I would go. And I'm mindful right now because I don't know what else you're taking, any other medications you're taking as well. So I'm mindful to make suggestions to people when they can take what. So what I would do is go, if you can take those things all at the same time, you can take them all at the same time.

And so it doesn't, so if you're kind of like, you're taking a variety of different things and they all say, you know, take in the morning or I'll take it lunch or I'll take, you don't want to take your B for example, before bed. You don't want to take that before bed. Um, so you want to take that earlier in your day. So that's where you want to go through the post. We've outlined it. Um, the bees, the bee supplements are in the secondary supplements post, which is in the book and in the app. So if you use Olivia AI, uh, and ask, it'll probably ask you. Uh, so that's where I would go. I would take, grab a pen and paper, open up that section in the book or open up the app, the supplement post in the Facebook support group, and just kind of make notes, kind of make notes. I have to go. Can I add some oomph to my nut snack?

You can add, you can roast your nut snack and you can add some seasonings to your nut snack. I would just avoid the oil and turning them into something else like balls or anything like that. Let me see if I have any last questions. Huge non-scale victory for me. Cravings are gone. Bread only once a day and sometimes never. My town is loaded with fabulous Italian bakeries and sweets. My husband is the grand saboteur. He keeps buying desserts, but I have not succumbed to his evil plan. Ah, this! Some of you very well might have people who are sabotaging you, but not because they don't want you to fail, probably because they love you the way that you are and they don't want you to miss out. And then there are people

who are actually trying to sabotage you. That's a real thing as well. We're going to get it. We'll talk more about that for sure. I love this. And remember, I want you to remember you are losing your weight in a way that you are going to reconnect with foods and be able to enjoy foods in a whole brand new way where you're not eating the bread stressing I shouldn't be eating the bread. Oh my god, I'm so fat. I keep eating the bread. Why do you eat the bread? Right? You're gonna you're just going to enjoy the bread, you're going to have the bread and you're going to enjoy it. You're going to have the pasta and the pizza and the stuff, and you're going to enjoy it. And you're going to be able to easily maintain your weight. And that is the goal at the end. Again, we're not

taking those out now because they cause you to gain weight. We're taking them out because it helps why you're trying to lose weight. Um, but the whole goal is for you to be able to add them back in and be able to enjoy them, not just physically, but also mentally as well. I gotta go you guys. Thanks for, um, hanging out with me today. I really got thrown for a loop after Facebook locked me out of my group. Um, and I was like, shit, now what am I going to do? So I have to go figure that out. Don't worry. We got it. We're going to make sure that you get all the information, um, posted somehow in the group. It'll be there. Probably we'll have to have another account post. You'll still be able to, the podcast will be a no brainer because if I can get in and do them,

we'll be able to post them. So I got to go figure that out. This is life smacking me in the face. But no doubt I'll be back tomorrow. Whether it's a will, there's a way. In fact, Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is joining us tomorrow for a great conversation. And then on Friday, Erin Degagne is going to join us. She is a pelvic health specialist. She is fabulous. You definitely want to catch that segment as well. It's going to be a good one. So all right, I got to go. Have an amazing day, everyone. And I and I will catch you later. Hopefully I will for sure. Bye.