The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 19 - Fall 2024

Episode Date: September 27, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 19, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2024Topics covered:What’s coming next week? Sleep is the foundation of health.How to manage sleeping in with The Food Plan.Internalize fluctuating weight as normal to shift your mindset.Using the sickness protocol to support your body in recovering.Ride the struggle bus to get clarity about what’s going on for you.Finding inspiration with The Food Plan.How to introduce supplements - and the body's reactions to them.Stress can play a role in the process.Working with your health care provider to Maximize your efforts.The Livy Method difference.The habit of nighttime eating.How to love yourself through meal planning.Reflecting on last weekend to make a plan for this weekend. To 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. I hope that you're loving the program. That doesn't mean maybe that you aren't having, you know, some feels about it or frustrated with the scale or whatnot. That is bound to happen. I am tired today. I am so tired today. I just got back from BC. The time was a little off. I was like eating at what would have been one o'clock in the morning, my actual time, going to bed at three. I am exhausted and tired. So good thing we are going to talk sleep next week. In the spirit of maximizing, which is all the things that you can do to get and keep that scale moving, we are going to be talking sleep next week with Dr. Beverly David, who's a clinical psychologist, also a sleep researcher.

We're going to be talking to Dr. Alenka, who's going to talk about how not getting sleep impacts the body. And we're also going to be talking to Elena McGinn, who's a sleep expert, and we're going to talk about sleep hygiene. Sleep is the foundation of health. Sleep is the foundation of change. And I would say it's the foundation of weight loss as well, because when you're not sleeping, that can really impact your body because that is when your body makes change. Now, you may be like, I'm a shift worker. I can't get more sleep. I'm a new mom. I can't get more sleep. But you can get better quality sleep. So we're going to be talking about sleep all next week. If you are wondering how to

navigate the program if you're sleeping in on the weekend, given this is a Friday, hopefully you've got some plans this weekend. Maybe your plan is to sleep in. I remember program if you're sleeping in on the weekend. Given this is a Friday, hopefully you've got some plans this weekend. Maybe your plan is to sleep in. I remember that. I love sleeping in. You can kind of finesse the program in a way that just do what works for you. Ideally, breakfast is had within two and a half hours of waking. But if you wake up like at 10 or 11 and then, I don't know, maybe you have lunch at like 12 or 1, you can make lunch more of a brunch or you can have breakfast and then just go straight to lunch or you can wake up and have that morning fruit snack and then go to lunch.

So don't worry about that. Just go more by how you feel. And then after you have that lunch or the brunch, you can make your lunch more of a brunch. Then just continue your day the way you normally would. All right. I see some questions loading them up. I want to get right into them right away. So let's see where you are at. This week, sleep has been something I really noticed. I had a run. I run out of calm and had two nights of terrible sleep. Last night, I had a cup and it was a game changer. I did not have my calm last night either.

So I want to just talk about those supplements, the supplement conversation that we had with Dr. Paul. We could probably talk for days on those supplements. The conversation with him is one thing, but the supplements can really be beneficial. For example, the magnesium. Magnesium works with your melatonin production because your melatonin starts flooding through your body to help you get ready for a nice deep sleep. And the magnesium, it helps the body relax, was calm. And so it's not a sleep aid. You can also take it during the day. It can be beneficial to take that calm magnesium during

the day as well. Break up the doses in two. I like the calm or the citrate because it's really easily absorbed in the system. It also supports detox, also helps with sleep and helps with constipation as well. So you can also take it during the day and you can also split up the dose. It can help with constipation. But it's not just the magnesium too, it's the whole nighttime routine. We're going to talk the importance of making sure your bedroom is conducive to sleep, how your routine, not just at night, but when you wake up in the morning, really impacts your sleep. So sleep, one of the things people say when they follow the program is not just obviously they feel better and they're losing weight, but they're actually getting better sleep as well. Especially with menopause and hormones. I had an awful time the

last couple of years with sleep, plus just things on my mind and whatnot. I implemented a lot of the tips that our guests suggest. I mean, sometimes I do still stay up till later than I should, and I'm still tired for other reasons. But I hope you tune in next week. You might think what the heck does sleep have to do with losing weight? And let me tell you, your mind will be blown. There's also some supplements in there, you know, vitamin B, whether it's B12, B-complex can be really key for energy. Vitamin D, omega-3. I was just sort of thinking last night, I hope people really understand the impact that those supplements can have, especially if you're deficient. So here's

what I think. You may be like, I think I'm good right now. If the scale is in a couple of weeks, if you're not seeing that kind of, if you're not feeling considerably better and starting to know non-scale victories, like with all the work you're putting into being healthy, I would take a look at those supplement lists. If your scale isn't moving in the way that you would like, I would take a look at those supplements. We're going to get into four reasons why your weight might be slower to move. One is inflammation, which a lot of these supplements can really help. The others is gut issues, food sensitivities, and of course, hormones and such as well. So we're going to get into that. We're going to get into that. Hi, Carolyn. Fourth program, fresh eyes for sure. And so glad to be

back and finding structure to my life. Lost almost 80 pounds during three sessions. Oh my goodness. During summer, I didn't land in maintenance, was all over the place, didn't listen to my body. So I gained back 15. Here to lose that and get maintenance under my belt question. I get all the shifts in a weight, but doing all the things losing one day, then gaining it right back, feeling the fields. So, so it's not losing it and gaining it back. That's really important. I just got to take a sip of my coffee. Hang on. I get all the shifts in weight, but doing all the things, losing one day, then gaining it right back. So you're not gaining it back. Yeah. It, your weight can fluctuate and be up for a variety of reasons on any given day. Lack of sleep, like having a crappy sleep, your weight will be up.

Salty food, weight will be up. Didty food, weight will be up. Did a workout, weight will be up. Went for, did some yard work, body sore, weight will be up. Didn't drink, what are you looking for? Didn't drink enough water, weight will be up. Not that you've gained weight, just that your weight will be up. So that's just going to happen. There's so many reasons. Also, it's again, even if you've lost 80 pounds, remember, it's still normal for your weight to go up right before it's about to drop. It's still normal, even though you've lost 80 pounds for your weight to drop and see then another low and then go back up for a bit until your body settles down on that new low. So it's going to happen regardless and you're going to feel the way you feel regardless. So this round, what I would

suggest is the focus obviously isn't on losing weight in the fields. You've got that. You've got that. So I'm going to go back to the weight that you've put back on over the summer. So I'm going to guess falling back into old habits, maybe falling back into old coping mechanisms, eating foods that don't jive right for you, causing inflammation. It could be something bigger than that. It could be a change in your routine. It could be something, a change in your stress levels. It could be hormones that are happening. It could be a variety of things. So it's hard to believe that you just ate all the wrong things. It's probably a few things in combination. Also, your weight probably isn't up like 15 pounds. You probably feel like it is, but once you get into that rhythm and routine, it'll drop. The good thing is a weight that comes on real quick

is comes off real quick, real quick as well. So let's set that food part aside. I think your focus this time is on the feels, is really digging deep. What is my issue with this? Because your weight is always going to continue to fluctuate. Even in maintenance, even in maintenance, your weight will continue to fluctuate, even in maintenance. Even in maintenance, your weight will continue to fluctuate. Your weight's going to go up, it's going to go down, like it's going to continue to fluctuate. So that's what I would be like, okay, I've done three programs. Obviously you can crush the weight loss part of it. What's the other part of it? This feels that you get, feeling the feels. That's what I would focus on or that real understanding

of what's going on with your body. Because it's a lot, focusing on the food and all the things that you need to do can be a lot. But congrats on losing the 80 pounds. That's amazing. Week one, I had great sleep except for one night. I know why, because I went to a friend's house, had a couple of drinks and she gave me a piece of cheesecake. I already knew in my head, I'm not sleeping tonight, but the scale dropped this morning and I was very excited about that. Yeah. I mean, that's it. You're going to know, okay, if I'm going to go to indulge and have that, the weight is going to be up the next day. Definitely on the struggle bus today. Scale isn't moving down. I am super congested and slightly not sleeping well. Going to try to level up and work on maximizing. I did have my calm last night. Okay. So let's talk about the super congested, really not feeling

well. Pull out that sickness protocol. Keep your foods nice and light. Lots of liquids. Get lots of rest. And remember your weight will be up when you are sick. So if you're feeling congested, your weight probably is up. So your weight could very well be down, but it's up because you're not feeling so hot as well. I don't know if that makes you feel better, but, and is the struggle bus beyond? So I love the struggle bus. Dr. Beverly David is going to talk to us about that. So here's a couple of things that I have to say about the struggle bus. The struggle bus is going to sit outside everyone's house at some point. I believe that we are challenged in ways that help us work through the things that we need to work through in order to reach our goals. Sometimes what happens is

people look out the window and they see the struggle bus parked outside and every day they open up the curtains. There it is again. They open up the curtains. There it is again. They open up the curtains. There it is again. The struggle bus is sitting there for you to walk outside and get on the struggle bus. Get on the bus. Just don't look out the window. Do something about it. Go get on the struggle bus. Get on it.

And then, so get on the bus, right? That's the big one. Don't be afraid to work through the things you need to work through. And don't be afraid to really get into why you are struggling. Dr. Beverly David has this really great cognitive behavioral therapy model that she talks about. And it's like, what, can you put a word to the struggle? What is it that you are struggling? Struggle is just kind of this thing. What is it? What's, what is, if you could just, if you could define the struggle, Dave, oops, I'm late. Workout this morning was

a bit of a struggle. Okay. Struggles are a theme today. Define the struggle. What is the struggle about it? Put a word to it. And then is it emotional? Is it behavioral? Is it physical? What is the thing that you're dealing with? And try to get an understand on it that way. We're going to talk a lot more about struggling. I don't want to make it seem like this program is just struggling all the time and frustrated. For a lot more about struggling. I don't want to make it seem like this program is just struggling all the time and frustrated. For a lot of people, it's just like follow the program and you know, one and done. But the reality is I like to talk about things that are not a lot of programs out there are talking about, which are, you know, which is what makes this one different. Yesterday I went grocery shopping and the cashier, oh my God, so many healthy stuff. I

said, yes, learning with the living program and told her about the program. Yeah, it feels good to have a fridge full of foods that make you feel good and have a grocery cart full of foods that make you feel good. Today, we have that post on grocery saving tips. If you've got any, head over there and add your own. I know cost of groceries, speaking of, can be a real struggle for people. You will find on the program, your grocery list will go down in a sense that you're not probably buying as many processed foods, you're not eating as much food and whatnot, but the struggle, let's talk about struggle. The struggle can be real for those groceries, for sure. I'm struggling at dinner to keep on plan. Suggestions. Okay. I love the theme of struggle today. Let's

go into it. Let's go into it. Um, struggling for dinner. So man, what, like, doesn't it feel like groundhog day? Oh, what's for dinner over and over and over and over. Um, try to find your way in, but first you want to understand what are you struggling with? Um, is it following the components of the, the program, making sure you've got a protein, um, you know, vegetables, leafy greens, healthy fats. You know, what, what I would do is go to the dinner section of the app and maybe look to be inspired. You don't have to cook those recipes.

Go over to our recipe share pages. You might not know, but we have a meal idea share pages. They're in their own guide, and it's where everyone's talking about dinner. So if you go in there, you can get some ideas. Some people have posted photos of what they're eating for dinner. So I would go there. I would also go to our Livvy Losers Instagram page. So we have my page, the Gina Livvy account, but there's also a Livvy Loser account.

That's all member generated content. And over there, we're sharing what a lot of our members are eating. And then you'll find a lot of members over there. If you follow them, other people in the program, you'll see what they are eating. So those are some good ideas. Is it that like, is it like, what is this? What is the struggle? I'm struggling at dinner to keep on plan.

Is it that you're craving things afterwards? Um, if you, if you want to tell us a little bit more about what the struggle is, like you don't have to make a fancy dinner. If you don't have time, you can keep it really super simple. Um, or if you'd love to cook, you know, be more creative. And if you love to cook, maybe find some cookbooks. Um, we'll have our own one day, but we're not quite there. So that's what I would suggest. But let me know what it is that you're struggling with. Maybe you're not all that hungry for dinner.

That's okay. Maybe it's the timing of dinner. That's a struggle. So let us know exactly what the struggle is. And then we'll help you out. Someone I haven't seen in a while said to my husband, look at you guys all slim and trim. I said, thank you. I felt so many non-scale victories. I'm able to fit into old, nice clothes I could not wear before and getting my ring. Yeah, non-scale victory. So we had that post this week on non-scale victory. So non-scale victory. So the scale, there's like having a goal, right? There's having your why, why are you here? That's going to be your big motivator. There is obviously the scale, but the scale is a tool. Scale is not a measure of success, but there's non-scale victories. All the other things that are happening that are tangible proof

that your hard work is paying off and making a difference. I love collecting non-scale victories, just paying attention to non-scale victories. There's a place to do that in an app. You might want to do that in your Living Method journal or your own journal and whatnot. Non-scale victories are probably my favorite thing about the program. I'm also using bisglycinate pills. Would love to know the difference.

I tried Calm last night and woke up with a bad headache. I'll try it again today. I was taking bisglycinate pills. Would love to know the difference. I tried Calm last night and woke up with a bad headache. I'll try it again today. I was taking bisglycinate pills with no problem. So when you're adding in supplements, I wouldn't make an assessment based on how you feel in one day. For example, you could have a headache because your body's in detox. So a lot of times people will take the Calm Magnesium and then they're like, oh, I feel like this or I feel like that. But that's because your weight's about to drop.

Remember that taking the supplements facilitate fat loss. So they really are to work in tandem with everything else you're doing with the program. And so a lot of times people start taking supplements and it'll actually help the body release fat. And so that the feeling that they feel is actually the scale is about to move. The bisglycinate pills are fine. They don't support detox in the way that the calm does. So again, I would see what happens on the scale in the next couple of days, but I wouldn't give up on taking something just because, I mean, unless you have an extreme reaction, but you could also have a headache. I find just people do that. Oh, I took this and this happened when maybe that happens because you're in detox. Maybe that happened for another reason. I don't know if

you're prone to headaches, you get headaches. I don't know about that, but, um, or like people will take it and then find that they, they have like, have like a little bit of a jiggity from taking it, usually just up the dose. So it's just a matter of finding like what's going to work for you. So I don't know dose-wise what you took, but there's no reason why magnesium citrate should give you a headache. So it could be that your weight's about to drop. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, I don't want to tell people to take things if they don't want to take things, but, um, I would stick with it. Is it

better to stagger introduction of basic supplements? Okay. Good point. So if you find yourself, some people though are with that said are more sensitive to adding things in than others. So you don't have to start with the larger dose. You can start with a smaller dose and then kind of get your body used to it. If you do find your body is reacting. So you can totally stagger them when adding them on because they can be stressful in a sense that you're adding something new to the mix and your body has to adjust to that. So if you find that you are sensitive to adding new things in, then you can take your time. If you feel like you're reacting, just drop the dose a little bit. I haven't tried to take magnesium supplements. It has caused diarrhea. I haven't tried Calm.

Any reports on this causing the same issue? So there's a couple of things. When following the program, you can have loose bowel movements. So people always talk about diarrhea because they read the back and it says this may cause a side effect. What magnesium does is helps to draw water into your bowels, which is why it can be really beneficial for constipation. That's why you can take it during the day as well. But you have to take a lot of it. You don't just dump it in your cup, right? You have to take a lot of it. And this is where if you are finding that it's causing your stools to be too loose, which again, in combination with the program, it's normal to have looser bowel movements when your scale is moving.

So that is quite normal. And then calm magnesium facilitates detox. And so they kind of go hand in hand a little bit. You will probably have bowel movements throughout the program when the scale is moving. We have to take two, like you're probably taking too much of it. So what you want to do is just decrease the dose a little bit. That's the thing about recommended doses of anything is that they're just recommended. You might need more, you might need less.

You don't like the taste of it. Neither do I. Let me just tell you, here's the thing. I can't stand the taste of it. It's not a pleasant thing for me either, but I do it because it helps with how I feel. It helps with my sleep. I need magnesium in my diet. I also do take the bisglycinate as well. I take both, four different things. But you may find that you don't like a lot of the things that you're doing here. I don't like, you're not going to like, or love the, a lot of the things that you're, that are going to

be suggested. Remember that it's a means to an end supplementing with magnesium. A lot of people are deficient in it. Um, it's super key. Once you, once you kind of get your magnesium levels up, you know, you can lay off on the magnesium, um, we're supplementing to fill in the blanks to help your body function at the most optimal level at the end of the day. Um, sure. I still take my calm magnesium for other reasons that I find beneficial. I also live a very high stress life and stress, magnesium can be easily depleted from stress. So I take mine, but I wouldn't be like, oh, you have to like it or love it. I mean, it is all about making changes in your life and creating a lifestyle that's going to support the life that you live. But a lot of things that we're doing here are not forever. They're just

to a means to an end. So if you don't like taking the calm, then maybe try the bisglycinate if you feel that you need. Struggling with kids. Yeah. Sleep. Four sick kids in my house. Oh my goodness. Yeah. See, this is what I mean. Sometimes you're not going to be able to get a good sleep. So what might happen is the scale might be up for you for the next couple of days. You haven't gained weight. When you're tired also, you tend to crave more carbs and sugars. So just be aware of that. Right. That's sort of like now in this situation, there's a lot of value in just being aware of how you are feeling. Right. Just be aware of how you are feeling. I took the gummies and had to stop cramps. Gummies, yeah, I wouldn't waste your money on gummies. Gummies are,

we talked to Dr. Powell about gummies. They don't really have what you need. Major stress yesterday and yep, scale was up today. Frustrating. It would have been nice to have it down after a tough day. So stress will have your scale up, right? Stress is probably affecting your sleep. So stress will have your scale up. So? Stress is probably affecting your sleep. Um, so stress will have your scale up. So again, a big part of this too, a big part of your weight loss journey is understanding those fluctuations on the scale, understanding how, how you feel when you make certain choices, understanding how you feel when you don't have a great sleep, like you're really understanding how that's affecting the scale as well. Not just for weight loss, but not just weight loss,

but for your health and wellness and your peace of mind moving forward. When your weight strays a straight line for a few days, comes down, what is happening? Pumping up the water, but still the same thing happening. When your weight stays the same for a few days and comes down, what is happening? So that's just like, if your weight is staying the same and then dropping, that's just like if you're, some people will not see that up, they'll, you'll just see a drop. It'll probably go back up, but you'll probably see a pattern where it is up and then downs, plateaus, and then you'll have big ups, downs, and plateaus. You might just be on more of like a plateau part right now. A loss is always a loss, right?

A loss is always a loss. Whenever the scale is dropping, a loss is always lost. Sometimes maybe depending on just where your body is at, you won't sort of get a full picture even though you are weighing every day. But a loss is always a loss because you are drinking a lot of water, you're eating a lot of nutrient rich foods. So if the scale is down, the scale is down. Any up on the scale is always a superficial up. It's not really up. You have to eat like 15,000 calories in a day just to gain weight. It's so much harder than you think to actually take the foods you're

eating and convert them into fat. So no one is ever going to gain actual real weight while following the program. So a down is always a down. Should you do sickness protocol after surgery? You can. Sickness protocol is for any time your appetite is affected. So cold or flu or virus after surgery, taking medications don't feel really great. Also stress, stress, emotional stress, that can also affect your appetite. Man, I am tired today. Thanks for bearing with me. I don't even know if I'm making sense. Is there specific supplements to add to help with stress? Yeah, so omega-3 will help with stress in a sense that's giving your body that good fat. When you're stressed, your body's looking for more good fat. Magnesium will

help with sleep while you are stressing. We are going to talk about vitamin B will help with energy levels, especially while you are stressed. We're going to get into also things like adaptogens. MCT oil can help with stress. They're in our secondary supplement list. The first supplements are really sort of can be more make or break in your weight loss journey. If you're deficient in them, it can make your body harder for your body to focus on fat loss. But the secondary supplements are kind of where you can help level up. So I would take a look at that secondary supplement list. We do talk about adaptogens in there. Address, I guess, what

would be known. Some people talk about adrenal fatigue. Your adrenals don't actually get fatigued, but there can be an effect on your adrenals when you are really stressed out, obviously with thyroid issues and whatnot as well. So we talk about that in those secondary supplements. If you have the book or you have the app, you can go ahead and read through those as well. Can your primary physician do a full panel to see where you are deficient? Or is that an ND? Or is there a cost? Or is it coverage?

So there's a variety. So for example, your ND can order a vitamin D test if they want. Dr. Paul talked about this yesterday. Most doctors don't because pretty much most people are deficient in vitamin D. But yeah, there's a variety of different way of testing. So you can get your doctor just that's a conversation that you can have with your doctor. You don't have to go to your naturopathic doctor about that at all. A lot of people don't have access to family doctors and whatnot.

And for a variety of reasons, some people choose to go to a naturopathic doctor. Again, doctors are fabulous. I would never want to live without a doctor. They're more sort of reactive medicine. This is how I'm feeling. This is what's going on with me, rather than preventative medicine, if you would, or taking preventative action on making sure you're as healthy as possible and addressing certain issues like digestive issues, you know, hormones also in a different way, even hormones, hormones, or we're going to get into talking about hormones, which are also very difficult to test because your hormones are always in flux. And so sometimes it's not a matter of testing. It's a matter of really what are the things that you are dealing with and like, you know, being extra tired or what's going on, you know, with your energy levels,

bowel movements, like what's happening, how does your body feel, that type of thing. So a little bit more proactive. So that's why I would describe the difference with them. Naturopathic doctors also know a lot about supplements where your medical doctors tend to focus more on medications or deficiencies rather like hardcore you know issues as opposed to deficiencies in like vitamins and minerals and whatnot what amount of magnesium do people start with? Tried a teaspoon and thought I was melting. I did not move from far from the toilet. I know a pharmacist said it could cause diarrhea. So just whatever, start with whatever is less.

So don't ask anybody else because someone else might start with something more than you. So just if that's your experience, then start with a lot less and then work your way up. Start with a lot less. I haven't been able to lose weight over the years. The program works. You lost six pounds.

Yeah. So listen, we get that a lot. We get that a lot where you've been trying to lose weight for a while and you just couldn't lose weight. Now, all of a sudden you're eating all this nutrient rich foods. You're following the Libby method and your weight is dropping. That's because our approach is totally different. We're not starving, depriving, forcing, neglecting, disconnecting all of those things. It's really amazing what your body will do for you when you give it the resources it needs.

Your body does not want to make you fat. I know some of you feel like your body hates you and is trying to make you fat. That's not the case. Your body is trying as hard as it can to keep you alive and to make you healthy and happy and all those things. And so that's why the Livi Method takes a different approach. We haven't even really got into it yet. I know you've been here for a while now. It feels like you've done a lot. We're really just getting back at it for our returning members, resetting, allowing the body to adjust to that routine again, back at it for our returning members, resetting, allowing the body to adjust to that routine again, building that foundation for our new members. And we're going to really get into it in the next couple of days. Next week, we're going to dive into portions

by asking our four mindful eating questions. So next week is all about mindfulness. So now that you've got the routine, we're going to add this mindfulness piece on top of the maximizing. We got consistency, we got maximizing, now we're adding on mindfulness. And then in the weeks moving forward from that, weeks four and on, we actually make changes to the program itself. So the living method is designed to work in ways that other diets don't. So I love that. I love that you reached out. I love that for you. It feels nice to feel like you're working really hard and seeing the results that you want to see. After years of restrictive and yo-yo dieting, my weight went way up when this program started. I was so happy when I lost a chunk, six pounds day before yesterday and no bounce back today. My big struggle was

late night snacking, but this is day four of no taste licks or bites after dinner. Oh yeah. Yeah. So your body can, I love that you pointed that out. Your body can be again, not real weight gain, but your body can be really reactive if you're coming off of a deprivation diet. Cause it's like, whoa. Okay. So this is like, you've been starving, you've been depriving. I'm going to take all this food and I'm going to store weight back, but it's not because it's just good nutrient rich foods. And then right away, you are consistently giving the body what it needs. So it's like, oh, oh, shit. Okay. So I'm just going to keep getting food then. So I don't actually need to start stockpiling.

It's going to come in every day. It's like if you take someone who gets paid once a month, as opposed to someone who gets paid once a month, as opposed to someone who gets paid every single day, the way they spend their money is going to be a lot different. You get someone who only gets paid once a month, they're going to hold on to it. I don't know, I might need more for later. And I have to see what happens. I have to make a plan and divide my money. And I don't know, where someone who's like, Oh, I'm going to get more money, like, you know, more money every day, then you might spend that last dollar, you know, at the end of the day and be like, that's okay. I'm going to get, I'm going to get more money tomorrow. And so your body's the same. What you're teaching it is you're

going to consider, and that's why the routine is so important. You're teaching it. You're going to keep getting all this good nutrient rich foods. And so it's not like the body's going to be like, oh, stop giving me all this good food. Right. So that's why that routine is really key. Now, is eating six times a day normal? No, it's not. So we are going to phase you off of that. We have our own method for getting in tune to portions. We don't count, we don't weigh, we don't measure, but we have our own method for that. So I love this. At nighttime, so what's your body's adjusting to, too, is like eating at night can be a habit. You can be, there can be lots of triggers because it is a habit. Eating at night can be a coping mechanism after a long day. So it's not

easy to cut out nighttime eating, but if you follow the program, you're giving your body what it needs, it will feel like it has what it needs. So at least that addresses one element of it. Switching up your nighttime routine, maybe going for a walk after dinner, or just maybe not doing exactly what you're doing before that facilitated having a snack after dinner can be very beneficial. Journaling and writing, or just being understanding of like, oh, I had a rough day today, so I want to eat a bag of chips. But having the wherewithal to be like, okay, I can have the bag of chips, but wait a minute, how am I going to feel after I'm done eating these chips? And how am I going to feel tomorrow? And what's going to be better for me to just try to get

through the night, not have these chips and then really catch how I'm going to feel the next day. Because then what's going to happen is you're going to start to feel amazing. You're going to sleep great. You're going to feel great. Your weight's going to start to drop. You're really going to feel really, really good. And then it becomes about that. It actually starts to become less about weight loss and more about maintaining feeling really great because you're going to have a taste of what it feels like to feel amazing. And that shit feels really good. So if you focus on maintaining that feeling, the weight part of things will come, which is really cool.

So congratulations. That's huge. That is really huge. And I wouldn't say you're getting in control of your body. You're getting in tune with your body's true needs over actual wants. And that's not an easy thing to do. I've signed up for the program more than once, but always let myself go back to my old habits. However, this time I'm all in, I'm finally in tune with my body and seeing the non-scale victories. I'm trusting the process and working through my shit. I feel mentally stronger than ever. My energy is up and I'm

motivated. I'm so glad I found this program. Well, I'm glad that you did too. And honestly, it can take a while to get to this point. Listen, look at all the baggage we're bringing forward from other diets. We have a lot of new people who are like, I don't know yet about this Gina girl and this Libby method. I'm not sure. There's no proof in the pudding for them yet, right? Because they don't know. They haven't been here. They haven't experienced it. And, you know, so it'd be normal to, to not be all in. I totally understand not being all in with the program. That would make sense. Um, I'm hoping that with highlighting all the things that we're doing and, you know, with, of course, all of our amazing members, like you were turning,

we can convince people as much as possible to stick around. Honestly, because if you can make it to the end, you really get it. You really get it. But not going back into old habits is really difficult. And here's the thing. Sometimes you have to fall back to push forward or, you know, like you, the, the, the setback is the setup for success. And sometimes we don't recognize how our choices didn't work for us or how our, you know, the way we are living or habits didn't work for us until we start to feel better and we start to recognize what is working for us. And then we fall back. And so I think falling back into old habits is part of the process. It really gets you to a place where you are now, where you can recognize, okay, that didn't really, that's not, that way of living doesn't work for me anymore. You know, snacking at night, okay, every now and then, fine. But every night where I'm not getting sleep or drinking wine every love that, Dave. Yeah, I hear you. You guys are talking about nuts. Prefer nut snack in the afternoon. How many nuts should be limited?

So nuts can be hard to digest. And so that's why we put the 25 give or take nuts and a shot glass of seeds. You can do both if you want, 25 nuts and shot glass of seeds. We want you to eat enough to feel satisfied. But to Dave's point, I could also eat a whole bag of pistachios in one sitting because I freaking love them. There's something with nuts. People tend to overeat them. So that's why the 25 is sort of a general number in there. And the

shot glass is good. They're very hard to digest. So you will find even in those small portions, once they start to break down, which can be like 90 minutes, they are jam packed with protein and fat, which really feed into your satiety hormones. So although you may not feel satisfied after that, those 25 nuts or a shot glass of seeds, once they start to process and digest, you will find that they are actually quite satisfying. So that's why that's the only food where we really, we add sort of like a guideline there with that. And that's why, because they do take a while to digest for you to recognize you've had enough before you eat the whole bag.

And they are hard to digest. So for that reason, we keep them. But you can do more, you can do less, obviously, depending on the different types of nuts. My issue is meal prep. I struggle with what to eat each day. When I meal prep, I don't feel like eating that day. Yeah, I hear you. I mean, this is a struggle in life. So let's take this outside of dieting, right? Outside of dieting, meal prep can suck. Try to figure out what we want for lunch and dinner. This is why you can keep it really super simple. You can really keep it. Some people have the luxury of being in tune to what they want to eat each day. Other people have to meal prep and they don't really don't have a choice. Other people buy their groceries based on what's affordable and, you know, make a plan for their week based on that. Um, you know, so you got what you got. Um, and you just got to work with that. Try not to overthink it too much. Um, but this is a great opportunity to really create a love for nourishing yourself. It could

be the way that you approach. So, so for me, I will tell you. For example, I've had times when raising my kids where buying groceries was very stressful for me. I remember walking around the grocery store and so I hate cooking. I hate cooking. But I've come to realize it's not actually cooking that I hate. It's the experience of going to the grocery store. I still bring, oh my God, it'll actually cause me to cry. The experience of going to the grocery store and having to count up everything that you're buying and do I have enough and looking at stuff on the list and what am I going to make it because I don't have the money to buy this and then getting to the cash and hoping you have the money in your bank account. That's a very stressful situation for me. And I realized I really associated that with actually mealtimes and foods.

So very conscious of that. So for me, I realized it wasn't actually the dinners that I didn't mind. Now I look at it like I get to go to the grocery store and I'm very grateful that I have enough money in my bank account that I don't even have to look. I don't have to walk around counting. That doesn't mean I break the bank and splurge and overspend. I still like saving money. I don't like overpaying for shit, especially my toilet paper and my rest of my stuff. I'd like to get deals. That's the way I am. I probably always will be. But I, whenever I find myself getting stressed, I remind myself that, you know, I'm, I'm, I am lucky enough to have a bank account now that I can buy whatever I want in the store. And I try to

really kind of like just embrace that and, and, and, and look at good foods and just kind of be inspired when I'm going to the grocery store. And I also like taking my kids there because it's really interesting teaching them about, you know, how much foods cost and, you know, buying groceries and they're just starting to get into cooking and whatnot. And now with cooking, I'm really trying to take an approach of like really, really being mindful of my stress and it's time for myself. This is time for me to focus on something else besides all the stress I have in my life and really enjoy creating something and then creating something for with love for my family, as opposed to like cooking out of like,

I'm like pissed off. I don't want to do it. It hasn't been in this and I'm no martyr and it hasn't been an easy transition, but I find that just my, my switch up of my mental state made all the difference when it came to cooking my foods. So for you, where does this come in for you, right? This is you setting yourself up for success. This is you doing something for yourself. You don't have to love it, but maybe you can get in a way where you appreciate it. And maybe while you're meal prepping, I don't know, you put on a show or you listen to a podcast, or if there was a way, I know we have some big feels. We have a lot of big feels about our past history with dieting and what we've had to do and the time and energy money that we've spent doing it.

And we should all just feel fucking ragey about it, right? Fucking all the meal prep I've done, all the shit I bought, the things I've done to lose weight, and I'm back at it again. Right? Like it's real easy to get into that. And this is an opportunity maybe to work through some of that and be like, I mean, maybe you'll still always hate meal prep, but just, I find that, you know, just changing our association, right? Our association with meal prep, our association with taking the time for ourselves. Sometimes it's like you're angry because you got so many other things to do in life that you can't do this one thing for yourself, right? Like I spent so much time being angry at making kids lunches. I fucking hated making kids lunches, but now I don't have kids. I don't have lunches to make for my kids anymore. And now I'm just like, oh man, I wish I maybe wouldn't spend all that time being so pissy about that when there would come a time where I didn't

need to make lunches for them anymore. Now, don't get me wrong. I love the fact that I don't have to make lunches for them anymore, but you know what I'm saying. All right, let's get to a few more of your questions. I've been going a little late on these. I've been going a little later on these lives, spending more time. But in the first couple of weeks of the program, just really want to make sure everyone's feeling really confident. We're going to get really kind of deeper into things as we go. But really want to make sure that you guys are feeling good about where you're at.

So let's talk about the weekend. It's another weekend. So it's Friday. We're heading into the weekend. So we've had a prep week. Prep week was kind of easing into the process, getting ourselves ready. Week one was all about fine-tuning and adjusting, finding your groove, kind of figure things out with the food plan, getting adjusted to that, adding in bonus snacks you felt like you need.

This week was really about, okay, we're here. We're here. We're doing it. Let's be as consistent as possible with what we're doing. Let's start looking at all the other things that we can do to really make the most and really understanding there's so much more to weight loss, especially healthy, sustainable weight loss than what you're eating and when so many things are going to factor in. So many of you are here, for example, I know because you're concerned about hormones, but getting good sleep,

helping to manage your stress, like that's your understanding of your hunger, deals with things like insulin levels, cortisol levels. It's like it affects all of what you realize about hormones when we get in that conversation. It's not just your sex hormones that are factoring in. It's how all your hormones are affected. So maximizing and really putting an effort into all the things that you can do. It's really also an opportunity to recognize what you need to do on an individual level, what you need to do above and beyond the food plan to really focus on moving the dollar on that scale. Next weekend, we're bringing that mindfulness, which we're going to do by asking for mindful

eating questions, which is really super cool. And then the week after that, we're going to actually start making changes to the food plan. We did do an overview of the program. It's stored in the welcome guide. If you want to take a look or you can pull it up on your app as well. Weekends are going to become more important as you go. There is nothing you can do in a weekend that can't be undone by getting back at it. But what you don't want to do is like a two steps forward, one step back, then regroup on the weekend. So I challenge you this weekend to take a step back and take a look at what you got going on and where you know you're going to want to indulge and where you can keep it together. And I want you to think about how you felt last weekend. What did you do last weekend?

What were the choices that you made? And how did you feel on that scale Monday? I'm not looking to make you feel shame or make you feel guilt or berate you, but your feels are yours. And only you will know what you need to do to reconcile the feels that you have every Monday when you get on that scale. Because a lot of times we have the best of intentions on the weekend and then shit hits the fan. And sure, that's not going to stop you from reaching your goals, but there's something to be said about momentum. Weight loss is based on momentum. When you say that scale moving, it's not what you did yesterday. It's what you've been doing in the days and weeks leading up to that scale moving. Fluctuations,

increases in the scale always tied to what you did the day before. But weight loss itself is based on momentum. So you really want to catch that momentum during the weekend. You don't have to be perfect because the force is strong with the Libby Method. So when you are showing up and you are doing the things, most things each day, that's going to add up and be enough. And we will find on the weekend, as we move forward, people will say, oh my gosh, I indulged this weekend and I still lost weight. That's because even indulging on the weekend is not going to stop you from losing weight if your body is already focused on releasing that fat, but definitely keeping your weekends together is going to help. Okay. That's my time for today. Thanks for joining me. Thanks for joining me this week. I know I was a bit all

over the place with travel. I always get thrown off a little bit. Now I'm tired. I may not be speaking as eloquently as I normally do. I'll feel back to myself. Once I get a bit more sleep, I'll be back at it next week. Thanks for joining me. I hope that you've enjoyed this week. Remember that the team is around on the weekend. Pop in, ask questions. We really are here to support you. If you're a returning member, right? Like this is where you got to be. You're back at it.

Let's go dig in. Let's figure out what you need to focus on this time around. If you are a new member, how are you feeling? Take a minute to assess. How are you feeling about this? Physically, mentally, where are you at? What can you do to set yourself up for success? Do you need more support? Uh, do you need to ask more questions? Have you started using the living method app? If you haven't, it's not too late.

Have you bought the book on Amazon? This is a written version of all the information. It can be so helpful. Uh, did you get the journal or did you start journaling on your own? There's a lot you can do here. You've gotten a taste. You've gotten a taste in these last couple of weeks. Now moving forward, it's like, okay, it's go time. Let's go. So what you need to do to get in that mindset, what you need to do to make sure you are doing the things you need to do. Okay.

That's your pep talk for today. I hope that you have an amazing weekend and weekend, everyone. I'll see you. I'll be checking in during the weekend, but, uh, I will see you bright and early for our live on Monday. Okay. How do I get out of here? It's like I took a couple of days off and I forget what to do.