The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 2 - Winter 2024

Episode Date: April 4, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 2, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:There are many resources for you including our Companion Book, now available on Amazon.Ask all of the questions you have! We are here to help you!Let's talk about the timing of meals and snacks while following the Food Plan.Snacking after dinner? Focus on making meals and snacks nutrient rich during the day!If you are using the scale, use it every day or not at all. Here's why....Besides eating nutrient rich meals and snacks, what else can you do to maximize your efforts?We have posts and amazing guest experts coming up to discuss hormonal changes.When is it best to exercise?Working long and varied hours? We have a post up today designed for shift workers!It doesn't have to be "all or nothing." Make a plan for yourself!Progress over perfection is the way to go!Looking for member shares? Check out the #livylosers group on Instagram!Non-scale victories are all the amazing things you achieve off of the scale!Let's talk about some of the benefits of whole foods over liquid nutrients.How to make breakfasts nutrient rich and give you sustaining energy for the day!Water and other fluids count and make a big difference in how you feel!Exercise and movement are beneficial for a variety of reasons.Getting to the feels? Our feelings and associations with food and dieting are a big part of the process of reconnecting with ourselves.We have the best guest experts and we're going to get into it with them!What about supplements? Gina shares some of the benefits and timing for supplements if you choose to take them.Join us in the Facebook Support Group and ask any and all of your questions!Visit our website for more information www.ginalivy.com. Any administration questions, email: [e-mail] and tech issues: [e-mail] 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. Here we are, day two of the program. I hope that you are still excited and hopeful and are getting the information that you need in order to be successful with the program. So it can seem like a lot of information. It is a lot of information. I mean, look at this book. If you're listening to our podcast and you can't see it, it has like 400 and something pages in it. Not all of it is going to be relevant to you. Make sure even if you are a returning member that you review all of the posts, watch the videos. You want to invest in the time to do that. It will absolutely be worth your time because you want to be super clear on what you need to do. There's a lot of working parts. There's a rhyme and a reason to everything we are asking

you to do. It may not make a lot of sense right now, but as the days and weeks progress, it's going to really all start to come together for you. Make sure you are asking all the questions that you need either in the Facebook support group where one of our amazing program specialists are there to answer or that you are using our super cool Livi AI feature. Heads up, we have started the program. We are on day two, but there is still room to sign up. If you know anyone who wasn't able to get signed up, we've opened up a few more spots. We have a lot of people just using our amazing app, which means we have more room in our groups where our program specialists can easily make sure

they are responding to every single question being asked. There is no limit on the number of questions that you ask. You should find that you do get a response. Usually within minutes to an hour, we are really great at responding. Here's a tip, though. If you ask a question and we answer and you feel like it doesn't quite answer your question, follow up. Follow up. Sometimes we just kind of go off the information that we see at the time, and we're kind of trying to guess what you need to know. But there can definitely be some back

and forth, some conversation happening in the group group because we really are here to help you. Thousands of people will be running through the program, but we're going to teach you how to make it individual to your needs. And one thing that you can do is be as detailed as possible in the questions that you are asking. Today, a lot of you are asking about your hours, the timing in between meals and snacks. So it's about three and a half, sorry, you don't want to go any longer than about three and a half hours. And you don't want to go any shorter than about a half hour. So

half hour to three and a half hours. You know, obviously, there's special circumstances, you get home late after work one night every now and then and you're pushing it four hours, five hours, no big deal. You know, you skip a few meals and snacks because you get stuck in meetings or you just don't have access, not a big deal. You do want to try to be as consistent as possible. You want to have all the meals and snacks. You want to make sure you are making them as nutrient rich as possible. We have a post on that today in the group. And you want to make sure that you are eating to satisfaction right now. That's the goal and to be as consistent as possible with that. We do have a post on portions today, so you wanna check that out.

Portions are always what they feel like, never what they look like. And in the first few weeks of the program, you really wanna focus on eating to feel satisfied. So eat enough so that you feel like you are satisfied. Don't try to eat less. A lot of people do that on diets, of course. That's what we've been taught, eat less, exercise more.

That never really works for sustainable weight loss. So right now, the focus really is on giving your body everything that it needs. We're going to talk a lot about also setting yourself up for success as well. You know, having a really strong why, really like sitting with yourself for a few minutes and asking yourself, why are you here? Why did you sign up? Why are you going to put yourself through the next 91 days? Why do you want to lose weight? That's a good one. Journaling, we're going to have a post on journaling. It's a great idea. Obviously, we love our amazing Libby Method app that not only can you journal, set intentions, end of day reflections, you can track things like your weight and your fluids and your food. And you can also track things like your mood and your movement and your food. And you can also track things like your mood, and your movement, and your sleep,

and whatnot. But if you're not into using the app for whatever reason, although I do highly suggest that you do, it's a great idea to put pen to paper and use a journal and write down your thoughts. Your thoughts throughout this and feelings throughout this program and process will be just as important as what you are eating and when. All right, let's get into some of the questions that you guys have for me today. Let's see where you are at. A lot of you just saying good morning. Hello.

I'm back at a weight up for my last group, but determined to be focused and consistent as possible. Down 1.5 today. Did not snack after dinner last night. Have a great day, everyone. Okay, so if you are used to snacking after dinner, it might feel a little unnerving for the first few days to weeks to not be eating after dinner. That will get a lot easier. That's why you really want to make sure you are having all of your meals and snacks. Although breakfast is optional, you can choose to skip it if you

want. It's a real benefit to start your day, especially higher in protein. If you do find you are consistently hungry in the evening, you want to make sure you're getting that breakfast in. So not just getting breakfast in and not just hitting all your meals and snacks, but making sure they are as nutrient rich as possible. For example, your vegetable snack in the afternoon, you can, you know, add some protein and fat to that. You can have vegetables with some dip like hummus or guacamole, you can add some cheese to that you can add a boiled egg to that. You can definitely give those veggies more

oomph if you feel like you need a little bit more as well. So again, refer to that post on nutrient rich veg. I see some of you talking about the scale. Someone's talking about the scale being down. Someone's freaking out because the scale is up. We're going to talk about the scale later on this week. I'm going to ask you to weigh yourself every single day. If you don't want to, that's okay. I'd rather you weigh every single day or not at all. What you don't want to do though, is you don't want to be weighing yourself once a week. It doesn't tell you anything. You're going to deal with normal fluctuations on the scale. You have salty food one day, the scale is up. You work out yesterday, the scale is up. You didn't get a great sleep last night, the scale is up. So we are really

not concerned about small little fluctuations on the scale. You are not going to gain weight by following the program. It's a huge, it's just, it's not real life to think that eating healthy, nutrient-rich foods are going to cause your body to feel the need to store fat. So you're not going to gain weight while following the program, but you'll probably see a lot of fluctuation on the scale because it's normal for your weight to go up for so many reasons. Like I said, salty food, hard to digest food, you know, working out, having your muscles be sore, your body's retaining water so your weight is going to be up, not having a great sleep will have your weight up. There's so many things that will have your weight up that have nothing to do with weight gain, including it is

so normal for people's weight to go up before it drops because as the body's about to release fat, your body will retain water in order to do that. So it's very normal for your weight to go up right before it drops, have it drop for a couple of days and then go right back up again before it settles back on that new low. So we're going to teach you what weight loss looks like and feels like to you. And one of the ways that you can do that is by journaling your feeling and how your body's responding, obviously keeping track of the choices that you're making and also assessing what's happening on the scale as well. So I'm far too early to be worried about, you know, losing weight, gaining weight at this point. Some

people will see the scale move quite quickly. That's because the program is designed to work. Some people will say it's water weight. It's not, especially when you're eating all day long and you're, you know, you're drinking enough water to be properly hydrated. It's just the program is designed to help and your body doesn't want the fat any more than you do. Some of you won't see the scale move for another few months. Sorry, not months. Well, some might not see it move for another few months, another few weeks. I think something like 93% of people who do the program see some sort of movement within the first few weeks of the program. But we're not really concerned if the scale isn't moving for you until week seven or so. But leading up to that point,

we're going to have a lot of conversations about why some of you might feel like the scale is slower to move compared to other people. That's another thing too, we have to keep in mind that thousands of different people in the group, you know, with various amounts of weight to lose various health issues, various shapes and sizes, various dietary needs, issues and whatnot. So really try to stay focused on yourself and what's happening with you and, and what you need to show up every day. We're going to talk about maximizing your efforts in a couple of weeks. My favorite conversation is that there's so much more to do to help your body release this fat and for you to reach your goals than just what you are eating. When it's definitely the focus right now with the food plan, because the more

consistent you can be with following the food plan right now, the sooner you're going to start to see that scale move. But there are other things that you can do as well, like making sure you're getting good sleep. We're going to have a sleep expert on, we're going to talk about sleep hygiene, we're going to talk about sleep research, by making sure you're managing your stress. We're going to talk a lot about stress and how that can be so detrimental, but making sure you move your body for the sake of stress and to get better sleep and for your health and wellness. Not that anyone needs to exercise per se, like join a gym, but movement's really important. There's so many things you can do to maximize your efforts, setting intentions each day, like really starting to focus on a routine for following the program. Wake up, you know, have your water, your lemon water, you know,

pop into the Facebook support group, open up the app, have your water, your lemon water, you know, pop into the Facebook support group, open up the app, set your daily intentions. I love setting intentions for the day. Today, I'm going to focus on this. I'm going to focus on that. I'm going to work hard to do this, work hard to do that. And then end of day reflections. There's so many things that you're going to be able to do to feel really proactive with this process. But the first few weeks, it's all about for our new members, really understanding what you need to do with that food plan. If you are a returning member, then get your ass in gear and start maximizing from the get. So we are talking about hormonal changes, we are going to have Dr. Alinka join us, we're gonna talk more about hormones as the

program progresses. But regardless of whether it's hormonal issues or thyroid issues, or if you have diabetes or any other health issue, you're taking certain medications, because we're all about losing weight in a healthy, sustainable way, the program is going to work for you. We're not starving, we're not depriving, we're not doing anything detrimental or anything like that. So your body will factor in any health issues that you have. I mean, this is where obviously, though, if you have hormone issues, go seek out a hormone expert. If you have. I mean, this is where obviously, though, if you have hormone issues, go seek out a hormone expert. If you have thyroid issues, go talk to your healthcare provider. This is why I love working hand in hand with your doctor. Okay, let's get into some of the

questions. Can you exercise after coffee, but before breakfast, you can exercise at any time you want when you wake up in the morning, if you were to exercise first thing, your body isn't using energy from food you just ate. So any food that you eat can take hours for your body to break it down and then store that food as energy, glycogen for your body to use for your workouts in terms of energy. So you're not like, you're not eating and using that energy. You're using energy from the food you previously ate that your body's broken down and stored. So you can wake up, roll

out of bed and exercise if you want. And in fact, that's what I did this morning. I went and grabbed some water. I got on my bike. I started exercising. I downed a couple of glasses of water and then I went and had something to eat. Yesterday I did the same and the day before that I did the same, but didn't choose to eat anything because I still wasn't really all that hungry after I was done working out. So every day can kind of be a little different, especially where your breakfast is concerned. But there's no reason why you can't exercise after a coffee, before breakfast, before your coffee or whatnot. There's no exercise at any time is amazing. Exercise at any time is amazing. You don't have to exercise, by the way, but moving

your body obviously really important. We're going to talk more about exercise, I think, towards the end of the week, what you need to know with exercise. You shouldn't need to, the food plan should be enough to sustain any kind of exercise that you're doing, unless of course you're like a professional athlete or you're training for something in which you can definitely reach out to our team. I see a couple of questions about shift work. So we have a post on shift work today. I know some of you do really long hours.

Some of you do that 24 hour turnover. So we have some tips and guidance in there for that for you. If you want to take it a step further, pop into the Facebook support group and ask one of our program specialists more detailed questions about your specific timeline of eating, they would be happy to assess with that. For those of you who feel like you're not getting enough food, I know some of you feel like, oh my gosh, there's so much food. Remember, that will change and evolve as we go. We're kind of spreading the food out that you're used to eating throughout the day, which is going to normalize or regulate your energy levels, your blood sugar, and your portions as well. We are not going to

start messing with the portions for another few weeks. But you will notice after you are consistently following the food plan, your portions will start to naturally start to reduce. And you'll start feeling more satisfied on smaller portions. But yeah, so if you if you are a shift worker, we do have what's called bonus snacks that you'll be able to utilize. Towards the end of the week, we'll be talking about bonus snacks that you'll be able to utilize towards the end of the week. We'll be talking about bonus snacks that you can add in. There are extra snacks that can sort of extend your day, especially if you're doing a 24-hour shift. But we do have tips for you, specifically if you are a shift worker, how to navigate the program. If you work any kind of weird hours, we have a lot of people doing a variety of odd jobs. We have a lot of flight

attendants who join us in the program. You'll notice a lot of odd jobs. We have a lot of flight attendants who join us in the program. You'll notice a lot of our amazing members will have tips too. But over on that shift worker post, especially within the group, you'll find other shift workers kind of talking about how they navigate the program and plan and whatnot. My husband's a truck driver. Yeah. So, so just trying to how to figure, figure all that out. Right.

Hi, Suzanne. Good morning, everyone. Day one was okay. My scale was up from last round. Too many carbs, body inflammation, poor sleep. We'll do it. I received a few late Christmas presents with a few small treats. I mindfully ate a few. Today's plan is to get in some movement. I think I'm going to do two laps of the stairs in my building, six flights up and two down. I love that. Yeah, make a plan for yourself, right? It doesn't have to be all or nothing either, right? It doesn't have to be all or nothing with this program. You can kind of like, that's what I'm doing.

I'm making some lifestyle changes. I posted about it today on my Instagram and Facebook account, which if you do want to follow us over on our Instagram at Gina Libby and Facebook, we do share tips and whatnot over there. It's kind of an extension of our community, but I'm making some lifestyle changes. I'm not going to get into it because I think you guys have heard enough of it. Those of you who have done previous programs, I've been through it this year, but I'm ready to move past it. And I'm going to do that by, you know, creating a few lifestyle

changes for myself, but I'm not an all or nothing. Like I was talking to someone today, I'm trying to join the 5am club, getting up at 5am and go to bed, obviously earlier, just kind of use that precious time in the morning where it's quiet. You know, it was five one day, it was like, you know, 520. The next day was like 620. The next day after that, but I'm not like, you know, I'm just kind of feeling it out, see how it goes. A lot can be said with this program, you don't have to make big sweeping changes overnight. Some of you are talking about your coffees, you know, I'm just kind of feeling it out, see how it goes. A lot can be said with this program. You don't have to make big sweeping changes overnight. Some of you are talking about your coffees. You know, you can keep the coffee in as is, however you take it, sweeteners, sugars, whatever. Eventually you're going to realize that your coffee's becoming too sweet. As your taste buds get enhanced, you get used to eating, you know, healthier foods,

you'll naturally cut it out. Same thing. A lot of you asking about Diet Cokes, Coke Zero and whatnot. I'm not so worried about that. You're going to eventually phase it out. You're going to feel so great. You're going to eventually phase it out that you won't want it anyway. You know, same thing with exercise. A lot of people like add all these things in and then they get burnt out real quick. So progress over perfection, definitely the way to go for sure. Let me see if I can get into more of these questions. Try to make tempeh sausage patties. They crumbled. Anyone have a hack on how to get them to stick? Use the crumbles in an omelet this morning. Tasty. Add some hemp heart seeds on top. I love that. So speaking of all of

our amazing members who are sharing what they are doing, you should definitely seek out our Libby Loser account over on Instagram. It is all member-generated content. So people will tag us in their posts, their meals, their snacks, their tips, and we repost them over on that page and in our stories. It's all member-generated. It's called Livvy Losers. If you're wondering where the concept of Livvy Loser came from, that was one of our members that created it or suggested it a few years ago. I just kind of a play on losing weight. Obviously, we all want to be losers. We all want to lose our weight. And, you know, dieting at the time wasn't really all that cool. So it's kind of like taking that back, you know, we're doing the living method and we're

all losers. So that's where that's come from. And whether you call yourself a loser or not, be sure to check out that page. All sorts of great tips. We also on the weekend, I believe are going to do some share pages where you can pop into the Facebook support group and share some of your favorites, your favorite recipes, links, whatnot. Um, and that'd be a great place to get inspired and get ideas as well. Obviously we may have a lot of our own recipes that are in the guides. Also, I think all of them are stored in our app. We roll them

out sort of weekly in the Facebook support group, but you have access to all of them in the Living Method app as well. Hello, hello, hello. Major non-scale victory for me. I had a seven-hour road trip yesterday, which turned out to be a nine-hour trip due to an accident. Oh no, don't mind the delay. We are just grateful to not be involved, I bet. Packed many meals, snacks, and drank four liters of water. My husband didn't mind stopping frequently at various gas stations.

I love that. So non-scale victories, non-scale. And listen, we're also going to talk about water. Yes, you need to make sure you're drinking enough to be hydrated, but you don't have to be drinking crazy amounts of water either. And you can definitely start slow with that. We have a great video from Dr. Pfeiffer that we're going to be rolling out at the end of the week as well. So keep an eye out for that. But let's talk non scale victories. So non scale victories are all the amazing things that you're going to see and feel and accomplish

that'll have nothing to do with that scale. Because the scale at the end of the day is not a measure of your success at all. It's just a tool that we're using to help you get to your kind of finally and forever goals, you know? So I love talking about non-scale victories. There is a place to track them in the app as well if you're looking to keep track of those non-scale victories. I do want to also talk about chocolate. I saw someone, um, I saw someone talking about chocolate. So I love chocolate. I

also love cheese. Um, I also really love chips. Uh, it's not that you can't have things. So that's really important. We're not like good foods, bad foods. You can have this, you can't have that. It's just a matter of maximizing your effort. So with the food plan itself, with everything that we do, I set the bar really high. I'm like, I know there are people who want to do all of the things they want to max out, you know, they're going to get it done. And then there's some people, there's a lot of middle ground in that, which is totally fine. And I absolutely, totally respect that. So we are going to get into the fact that this is really less about food and more about issues and associations and those types of things. And here's my view on chocolate. We're going to get into the fact that this is really less about food and more about issues and associations and those types of things.

And here's my view on chocolate. We're going to talk about it towards the end of the week. We have a whole post coming. You know, there's nothing wrong with, you know, a square piece of dark chocolate. In fact, dark chocolate, high in magnesium, super healthy for you. But it's more, it's deeper than that. And it's what it represents. And so I've worked with a lot of private clients in the past.

They're like, can I have some dark chocolate? I'm sure, no problem. And the next thing I know, every day at 3 o'clock, they're having this square piece of dark chocolate. I'm like, why are you doing that? They're like, well, I really come to look forward to it. And that's great, but we don't want to get stuck in a pattern of eating where we're looking forward to our foods or we're treating ourselves throughout the day. You want to have it, have it, great.

But then I find what happens is that people don't do that. They don't just have it and enjoy it. They have it, they stress about it, they berate themselves for hours afterwards, and then they punish themselves because they've had it. And so pay attention to that internal dialogue. If you are finding that you're treating yourself or choosing to have something that you think is going to bring you joy or be yummy or taste good, and then you end up ragging on yourself for hours, then that means you have work to do to get to a place. I want you eventually sitting in a room full of your favorite, most yummiest, delicious foods and not even bat an eyelash. Be like, yeah, no, I'm not really hungry. I'm not really interested today, so I'll leave it. Or I'm going to have a piece of that or some of that and I'm going to enjoy it. And so

that's really where we want to get to. We want to help you lose your weight in a healthy way physically, more so mentally where you're really calm around foods and you're not like you're able to stand in the line at the grocery store and not stressed about buying the chocolate in the first place. Should I? Shouldn't I? Oh my God, I bought it. I'm going to have one piece. Now I've eaten 10. Oh my God, I've ruined everything. I'm a failure. I'm never going to be able to lose my weight. So the chocolate is more like what it represents, right? Like why do you need a piece of chocolate? You don't need it. Um, so we're going to talk about chocolate and of course people talk about alcohol as well. I mean, honestly, it's all no different. It's just really, you know, uh, maxing out the things that you want to do or making as many choices as possible that fall

in line with your goals. Can you still have chocolate and lose weight? Sure you can. Absolutely. I do suggest you have it earlier in the day, but I think you're really missing out on being in tune with your body's needs because your body doesn't need chocolate. You may want it, but your body doesn't need it. And after we start being consistent with the food plan, we're really going to work to get in tune with your body's actual needs over your wants. And the more you feed into those, those wants, the less in tune

you are going to be with those needs at the end of the day. A lot of returning members just talking about setting themselves up for success. Is pure fruit juice okay to have a glass with breakfast? So yeah, but also like, I don't want to, I'm not into like villainizing food or, you know, sugar or fruits or any of those things, but eating a piece of fruits with, you know, and getting the fiber from that and whole fruit, like we do with our fruit snack, it's not the same as you drinking juice. So liquid nutrients are really hard to get a handle on satisfaction levels. It's also why I'm not a big fan of protein shakes and smoothies. There'll be a place down the road where you can add those in. But right now you really want to get in tune to your to your satisfaction levels. And it's hard

to gauge that with liquid nutrients. Also, it's it's high in sugar. So when you're trying to focus your breakfast on being higher in protein, you add a glass of juice to that. And now very quickly, it's it's higher in sugar and carbohydrates from that juice. So I personally would tell you to minimize, really the only kind of liquid our body needs at the end of the day is water. I know some people do take medications and pills and they use juice. So just rather than having a big, large glass of juice, maybe like do half, you know, or same thing. If your habit is juice and you like certain kinds of juices, I love myself some beet juice. I love beet juice.

Sounds a little bit different than having an orange juice or whatnot. I do love a good beet juice every now and then. So it just depends on the circumstance. So if you have it into your routine, then you can, you know, keep it in there, but just try to minimize it a little bit. But eventually you'll probably phase off of that. You guys are asking about dried fruits. Dried fruits, it sort of depends on the dried fruit. And they also can be a little bit higher in sugar. When it comes to your fruit snack, it's very specific. It's whole fruit. It's either fresh or frozen or canned.

Hold fruit. Hold. Hold. Hold fruit. So just keep it super simple. That'll be changing as we go. That'll be changing as we go. I don't do eggs.

What can I eat for breakfast? Well, smoothies with Greek yogurt and oats work. So I'm not a fan of smoothies at breakfast. And again, I just said why, because it's hard to gauge liquid nutrients and you, you want your body to have to, there's a whole process that happens with your body eating whole foods and your body breaking down those foods. And that step is skipped when you are breaking down the foods already before you have an opportunity to eat them. There are tons of, I mean, we have a lot of great recipes for breakfast over on in our app. You could do, I mean, there's, you could do leftovers from whatever you had for dinner. Yesterday I had jerk chicken for breakfast. I had jerk chicken and oxtail for breakfast because it was leftover and I just wanted it. So that's what I had for breakfast. I had jerk chicken and oxtail for breakfast because it was leftover and I just wanted it. So that's what I had for breakfast. You could have fish for breakfast.

You could have tofu. You could have beans. I love black beans and avocados. It's definitely not about eggs. You could have oatmeal. You can have grains like a sprouted love. So we have one of the people who works for us, Michelle, in learning and training. She has a company where she created this amazing product called sprouted love. You can check out her website, sproutedlove.ca, I think it is. Or you can also go to your health food store or grocery section and find similar products where you're getting like buckwheat, chia seeds, like you're getting whole grains in there, cereal. Holy crap, I think is another one. So that's great. You could do high protein pancakes, you definitely want to watch the

ingredients in in any of those. But there are a lot of other great alternatives to to smoothies. If you are insisting on making smoothies, then you know, yes, Greek yogurt, but you would also want to make sure you add some sort of natural protein powder in there. Try to just bump up the protein value because it's, and really minimize any of the fruit intake with it as well. You guys are talking about water. Can I drink coconut water? I love coconut water. Coconut water is great. Lots of great electrolytes in it as well. You can totally drink coconut water. It's a great way of getting hydrated, especially if you haven't been drinking enough and you like, or you had like a weekend of drinking and, or you flew, I'm still trying to get hydrated from my long trip during the holidays. So coconut water can

really help. You can definitely do that. Also, you know, your, your fluids in things, like if you have a soup that can count, your coffee counts, you know, your teas count, that kind of thing. I mean, we don't want to be nitpicking our water, you know, to every little like the liquid in our fruits, you know, or whatnot. It is good to just try to get the amount that you need in actual water, but you'll be surprised on how much it really adds up and makes a big difference. Let me see if I can scroll down and see one of these comments. How much is exercise recommended if you want to exercise?

Definitely moving your body is hugely important. If you are struggling with hormonal issues, especially when it comes to menopause and whatnot, definitely lifting weights, weight resistance, resistance training definitely becomes important, especially if you've had a history of doing a lot of diets where you are not just losing fat, but you are losing muscle mass. So, you know, adding in resistance training when it comes to exercising can be really beneficial, especially when it comes to getting that scale to move. Heart health is really, you know, doing some cardio, getting your heart rate up is really great just for your basic health and wellness. Exercise, going for

long walks and whatnot can be great for managing your stress. Things like yoga and Pilates, great for body alignments and, you know, keeping and your mobility and whatnot. So exercise, it can be hugely beneficial for a variety of reasons. We don't have a specific exercise program. We do have some exercise videos that are in the app under the exercise guide. If you want to check those out, we're going to be rolling them out later in the program. We love exercise around here, but you don't have to start exercising. Going for a walk is enough. Finding activities that you love. Just being more mobile in general, definitely really important because of the messaging

that it sends to your body. A lot of us are really inactive sitting at desks all day. I do. I basically wake up, you know, that I go to my desk, and then I get my car and pick up my kids, and I come back and go back to my desk. And then I sit at the table and eat food and then I go to bed. So I'm like not really, you know, active. And that's one of the things I'm personally working on for a lot of people that may be more of a focus than others. So it really just depends. And it depends on what your needs are. Feelings are what I need to work on this time. I need to work on this time. I had so

much going on last round between anxiety, depression, sickness, then near the end of the round and in between groups, I eat every feeling I had. So apparently there's some stuff I haven't dealt with. And that's what's going to be you're going to be working on this time. Yeah, that's, that's, oh my gosh. Um, your feelings are going to be such a big part of this program and this process that what you eat and when is just, it's all laid out for you. And once you get into the routine, make the changes and the tweaks each week. I mean, that's the easy part for a lot of people prioritizing yourself, working through your issues and associations. There's there's some big feels beliefs. The reason why weight loss is so one of the reasons one of the reasons why weight loss is so complicated and difficult

is because we need food to eat, to live, sorry, we need we need to eat food in order to live and to survive. And we have we utilize food for so many things to, to survive, to show love, to, to celebrate, to bond over, we use food for for for excitement, for fun, we use food for so many things. And a lot of times what happens is either through our past and connections we've made from some of us since we've been very young, especially when it comes to coping mechanisms, our relationship with foods, our relationship with ourselves and our bodies, especially after spending years trying to lose weight, hating ourselves, feeling like our body hates us, you know, coping in terms of stress and, you know,

emotions and all of that. So that's what makes it very complicated. And so that is such a big part of, you know, this process is reconnecting or connecting for some people with themselves and working on that relationships with themselves and with food and how that all fits in as well. That's a big part for some people. For some people, it's not the routine and with food and how that all fits in as well. That's a big part for some people. For some people, it's not the routine and the food or whatever. It's dealing with all of those things. And that's a conversation a lot of people are not talking about when it comes to dieting and weight loss. Eat less, exercise more, they say. That's it. So simple. Well, at the end of the day, we are looking to help you lose weight, yes. But we are looking to help you lose it in a way that you're going to be able to maintain and sustain it. So it does come down to habits and lifestyles and working

through those issues and coping mechanisms and past trauma. It's going to be a big part. And thank goodness we have the most amazing guest experts that are going to be coming on and talking about all of this. Honestly, we are going to get into it. We're going to have the conversations. That's why I love the lives. I love the guest segments. The lives are not mandatory. Again, remember that if I don't answer any of your questions on the live, copy, paste it over on the question of the day page in the group. If you're downloading and listening by way of podcast, we are available on all podcast

platforms way in Mochina. So if you can't watch the live live, you want to listen to it later or whatnot. I love the lives, but even more so, I love our guest experts. We have some amazing experts that come on and freely share their amazing insight, information, wisdom, advice, and whatnot. We also have our amazing members who will come on and share their journeys that are going to be sure to resonate, uh, with you as well. We've got so much to talk about. Um, with that said, uh, that's my time for today. I

see some of you guys asking about supplements. Uh, we're going to talk supplements in week two of the program. You, if you are not taking any supplements right now, um, although you can read about them in the app and if you have the book, which is still available on Amazon, by the way. So if you want to, if you want a hard copy of all of the posts, all these same posts are in the app. And if you have the book, which is still available on Amazon, by the way, so if you want to, if you want a hard copy of all of the posts, all these same posts are in the app and in the book, sorry, in the app and in the Facebook support group, you can pick up the book from Amazon, you can see like there's a lot of room to make notes and whatnot in here. But there is a post on supplements. This is not a supplement program, you don't have to take them. I always say we do not benefit from you taking supplements, we do not make any money from supplements. We don't work with any supplement

companies other than ones that will provide product that we can give you a discount. But other than that, you don't have to take supplements. But we are going to be talking about them in week two because there are some that can be a benefit like vitamin D, like omega-3, like magnesium, really super basic supplements that if you are deficient in them can definitely hinder your progress. But I would suggest if you are a returning member, you can totally get back to adding them back in if you've taken a break. If you're a new member, I would give yourself some time to let your body get used to the changes that you're making with the food plan first before you start adding in anything new to the mix. I would kind of ease

into that a little bit because any kind of change in your diet, even though it's healthy, is still stressful on the body. So try to be consistent with the food plan first. Get really routine with that. And then, you know, when the time comes about two weeks in, it would be a better time to add in any of those supplements. But if you want to read ahead, they are available in the app in the book, and you can read about them. I know you have a lot of questions. We have a lot of information that we're going to be rolling out this week. So sit tight. We're going to go through all of it. Make sure you reach out and ask as many questions as you need either by popping into the Facebook support group or by asking in our Livi Method app. Just a heads up, we do have some people

talking about how they are just using the Livi Method app and then they want to link to the Facebook Live. So you have to be a member of the Facebook support group in order to watch the lives lives. But if you are just using the app and you are listening and you prefer not to use Facebook, which a lot of people do, that's your prerogative. What you can do is you will link to the podcast. We'll add the podcast link that you can download and listen that way.

But if you do want to watch the lives lives or participate or participate in them, you have to be a member in our Facebook support group. If you are having any administrative issues, make sure you head over to our admin department, weightloss.ginalivy.com or through our website, ginalivy.com. We have an amazing tech support team if you're having any app issues or questions. We have a lot of stuff, got a great resources over on our website as well. And then of course, we have an amazing customer service team there to answer any of the questions that you have. If you are new to the

program and you are coming to realize how freaking awesome it is, because it really is, and at an amazing deal for $75 what you're going to receive over the next 91 days and you have any friends and family who feel like uh they would benefit from the program we are opening up a few spots we're leaving registration open for another few days then on monday no matter where we're at uh membership wise we shut her down because we're going to be, uh, starting week one and we don't want people starting too far behind in the program. Some of you guys talking about RF bombs, they're coming. Give me time. You guys give me time. Give me time. I'm just, I'm easing into it. I'm easing into it, but I'm going to be here for it.

I hope everyone has an amazing day. Thanks for joining me today. I'll see y'all tomorrow. Bye.