The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 2 - Winter 2025

Episode Date: January 7, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2025 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/livymethodwinter2025In this episode, Gina discusses essential strategies for success, emphasizing the importance of routine, and explains the benefits of lemon water and apple cider vinegar for digestion and detoxification. She highlights the various resources available to members, including daily check-ins, Facebook live sessions, and podcasts, and addresses some common concerns such as nighttime snacking, irregular bowel movements, and water intake.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi Method Podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 Day Weight Loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews, and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the Morning Live? Want to relisten to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place.

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or through the JoeFresh app, right? Amazing. It is day two of our winter weight loss program. How are you doing? How are you feeling? Okay, welcome to the 9 a.m. live. First things first, if you are looking to find the lives in the morning,

the quickest way to do so is to go into the photo or media section of the Facebook support group and you will find it playing live there. You can also find it linked directly from our app. All you have to do is just click on the live, although that does take a few seconds because we have to manually link the live once it starts into the app. But what you don't want to do is wait until Facebook gives you a notification because that has like a real delay on it. So if you just pop into

the photo or media section you'll see it playing there and then you're gonna be good to go. So yesterday we talked about how easy it is to follow the Libby method with all of the information that we will be posting and all of the things we're going to be talking about. The program itself is really easy to follow because we tell you exactly what you need to do. So there are two things that you want to make sure you find. You want to read over the prep week guidelines. So each week we roll out new guidelines. Those are the instructions, rules, if you want to call them rules. I wouldn't call them rules, but they're the guidelines for each week. It tells you what you're going to be doing and the things we're going to be focused on. So that's really the only thing you need to seek out

within the prep week guidelines. Yesterday, it talks about the food plan. Now we've separated the food plan and put it in its own guide and it talks about everything food plan. So the food plan is what you are going to eat and when now that's going to change and evolve as we go week to week as well. But for now, we're starting with that basic food plan. So in the food plan guide is an overview of the food plan itself. If you just want the Coles notes, right, read the guidelines each week and make sure you read the food plan overview.

You're pretty much set the whole program. We have the Coles notes to the food plan and then we go into each individual meal and snack and talk about the particulars there. So everything that you need to know about breakfast, your fruit snack, putting together your lunch, your veg snack, your nut and seed snack. If you need alternatives to the nut and seed snack, you'll find it there. How to put together your dinner, lots of flexibility in the food plan, lots of flexibility, meaning you can choose the kinds of proteins or vegetables or carbs and fats that you wanna use in your meals. But I'm very particular about the order of the food plan. So you can't be switching the snacks around.

Really important that you follow it as designed. You may not understand yet, but when we start making changes to it, you will understand why. So you wanna make sure that you eat all of your meals and snacks. Even if you're not hungry, still have a few token bites. So four or five bites where you just kind of like chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing, chewing,

just a little something, something, even if you aren't hungry. Sometimes you think that you're not hungry and then you start eating and you realize that you are hungry or you don't want to skip a meal and snack and then find yourself hungry later and then also quite a few talking about nighttime hunger or feeling the need to snack after dinner that can be because you've created a habit of snacking after dinner or you're being triggered but we don't want it to be because you're not eating enough so we're also talking about portions today we don't count we don't weigh and we don't measure your food. So how the heck are you supposed to lose weight?

We have a whole process with it that's built into the guidelines each week. So right now, you want to make sure you master that food plan, eat all your meals and snacks, make them nutrient rich. We have a post on that today as well. And then eat to satisfaction. And then the rest will kind of sort itself out. After following the food plan consistently for a few days you will notice you probably won't have cravings, you won't be as hungry in the evening and you'll probably also

start to notice your portions will start to decrease as well, right? So make sure you seek out those two things. Today I want to talk, if you've got questions load them up, I'm gonna try to get to as many as I possibly can right now. I want to talk about the importance of routine. You're going to hear us talk a lot about the routine. There's a rhyme and a reason to the routine of the food plan. Right. That the body loves routine when your body is like really in a state of calm.

It can really focus on and you're giving it what it needs. It can really focus on doing what you want it to do, which is addressing why it's feeling need to store fat and then helping it follow through and release that fat. The body loves routine and structure. Routine is also really great for things like your morning routine. This is why we suggest creating a routine of opening up the app, popping into the Facebook support group, watching that check-in video, reviewing the post, asking any questions. What that does is helps keep the process in the forefront of your mind. Even if you can't

necessarily get together all the things that you need to do yet, right? As the week goes on, start pulling them together and start being as consistent as possible. But consistency and routine, probably the foundation of change. It's not about being perfect. You will be pretty amazed about how all the small things that you do add up and make a big difference. So the routine of the food plan, what's happening with your morning routine, and in the app, there is a place to not only just track your weight, and we're going to start talking about that in the next couple of days as well, but your foods, your fluids, your mood, your movement,

and it's also a place to set your intentions and end-of-day reflections. So I love setting intentions and end-of-day reflections. That also helps keep the process in the forefront of your mind. Whether you're doing that in the app or our winter journal, or you have your own journal that you're doing that in the app or our winter journal or you have your own journal that you're doing or you'll notice some people will actually come into the Facebook support group and set their intention on the check-in video. You'll notice some people saying, good morning. This is what I'm focused on.

This is what I'm doing. Chances are they're a returning member and they're using that space to set their intention for the day. I'm going to try to be more consistent, going get my water in, gonna go for a walk, whatever that might be. So consistency and routine over progress, over sorry, over perfection around here. Consistency and routine progress over perfection,

kind of our mantras around here. We have a lot of time to lose a lot of weight. It's really about just showing up every day and try to make as many choices as possible, fall in line with your goals. Okay, I see the questions adding up. So let me get in here and start answering some of these questions that you guys have. Hello, hello, hello.

That's what I need to work on the intentions, right? I love the new daily summary in the app, such a wonderful visual. So if you are using our app and if you're not, you really should have talked about in the check inin this morning. There is a new feature on there that gives you a daily summary. Now, you may have noticed that there are 12 meals included. So if you're looking at your daily summary at the bottom, it's kind of like the rings.

I haven't started to fill mine in yet. It's like the rings on the Apple Watch. You can really set your own what you're going to track here, but you'll notice it says 12 meals. So that's really 12 meal components. So what we are including is the protein at breakfast, right? And then of course your fruit snack, and then your vegetables, proteins, leafy greens, healthy fats at lunch, then your vegetables, then your nuts and seeds, and then your protein,

vegetables, leafy greens, and healthy fats at dinner. So that's where we come up with that. That's where we come up with that. So I'm going to get the team to make it meal components. We're always evolving around here. So that brings me to, I saw some people making suggestions. So we love hearing feedback from our members, but we ask that you save it to the end of the program. Once we start a program, we're like all in. We don't got time for nothing and making changes. We just make some changes on the fly, but usually it's small little things like that.

But at the end of the program, you're going to have an opportunity. Once you make it through the program, you're here at the end and you see how it all works together, you're going to have an opportunity to give make it through the program, you're here at the end and you see how it all works together, you're going to have an opportunity to give us all the feedback that you want. And we've made a lot of changes from our member feedback. So there's going to be an opportunity to do that. Can I add my apple cider vinegar to the my daily Metamucil or can I keep it separate? I can't see why you can't. You could totally do that. I mean, it might change the flavor. Lemon water, apple cider vinegar that falls in line with the conversation of routine.

Great way to start the day, great way to cleanse the palate, great way to hydrate yourself, great way to stimulate your digestive system. What apple cider vinegar and lemon water does not do is any of the magical things that the diet industry has told you that it does. It doesn't burn fats. It doesn't change the pH of your body.

It doesn't do anything like that, but it's great to add into your daily routine. And it can really be a game changer for people who have things like acid reflux. So if you find that you add it in, it makes it worse. It's probably not for you, but for some people it really helps. Also really great for people who are missing their gallbladder, their gallbladder. So we're going to talk about this a bit more, but a lot of people have had to have their gallbladder removed because of weight loss. When you do a diet where you are starving and depriving, you're forcing your body to burn fat. When your body does that, the toxins stored in your fat can get in and gunk up your gallbladder, which is why there's a lot of people

in the program, maybe you, who've had to have your gall bladder removed and that can really help. So your gallbladder kind of holds an extra cup of bile that's dumped in in the simplest terms to help you process and digest your food. So this is why you don't have that, which is why it's hard for your body to process fat, some nuts, certain foods and whatnot. And so apple cider vinegar, lemon water can help stimulate by stimulating your saliva glands, can stimulate your digestive system. The apple cider vinegar, lemon water can help stimulate by stimulating your saliva glands, can stimulate your digestive system. The apple cider vinegar also has an added benefit of the mother, which is good bacteria added into your digestive system, but definitely not make or

break. But play around with it. Play around with it. So you might want to use less. You want to, I'd start probably with less. You want to use more. You might want to, some people add it to their tea. Some people like it cold. Some people like it warm. You can definitely try adding it to your metamucil. Love metamucil too. And I don't love the added flavors or colors. I do. I am a fan of fiber and psyllium. We're going to talk about supplements and we're also going to talk about bowel movements and the importance of getting that fiber in your diet as well in the days to come to. The app just keeps getting better and better. Compliments to the team. Great job. I mean,

that is all about taking your feedback and really trying to make this process as easy as possible, hence all the resources. So we have obviously the Facebook support group, we have the app, we have our book, the written content, although we are tweaking it along the way. That's available on Amazon. We do have a journal for you. We also have our podcast, the Living Method podcast. If you want to download and listen. That might seem like, and we have the lives, right? That might seem like a lot, which is why the lives are not mandatory. All you have to do really is just seek out those weekly guidelines each week. Checking videos I find really help too.

They don't have to watch hours and hours of it. That's a lot of resources. So we're going to have Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer. She's a learning strategist. Come on and talk with, yeah, learning strategist, right? Yes. She's amazing. We're going to have her come on and talk about because weight loss really is about

unlearning some things and it's about learning new things. And this program and process is really about setting yourself up for success, whether it's trying to get your food together, trying to find time in your life, trying to find balance, like whatever that might be, or simply how you learn. So there's a lot of different resources because people learn differently and we're always making changes because we actually want you to be successful at the end of the day. Thursday, some of my guests are gonna join me. So Dr. Dina Kara-Shafer,

who's a learning strategist is gonna join us. Also clinical psychologist and sleep expert, Dr. Beverly David, cause psychology also is gonna come into play for some of you, many of you, on your weight journey. We're going to talk a lot about the psychology behind weight loss. She's going to join us. Dr. Paul is going to join us and naturopathic doctor, Dr. Alinka who specializes in hormones is going to join us. And so they're going to be joining us, a variety of guests throughout the 91 days. But we're going to talk to them about the secret sauce behind the Living Method.

What they think is important for you to know as you embark and start this journey, or if you're one of our returning members. Our guests are worth the price of admission. I'm telling you, if this is your first time on the program, wait till you hear from our guests. One, they're super knowledgeable about the program. Two, they're also people who want to help people. And three, they're some of the best in their fields. You won't find them a lot on social media because they're just too busy doing what they do. But they give us their full, like just, they share with us their knowledge, their experience so freely. Honestly, you will not see these conversations happening anywhere. In fact, we have conversations in this group you will not see anywhere. If you are new to the program and you heard the conversation that Oprah started to have

last year of your Oprah fan, I am, I know some of you are not, that's cool, that's okay, teach us on. But she started having this conversation about weight loss in the diet industry. Y'all, we've been having that for years over here. We get so deep into it. If you are really into learning really what it takes to lose your weight in a healthy, sustainable way, because you've been trying to lose weight for

20 years, you are in the right place. You are in the right place. You are in the right place. Good morning from Newfoundland. Hi, Sheila, brand new here and just starting today, hoping to get set up and follow along with you all. Make sure you ask as many questions as you need. You are not behind you are exactly where you need to be. Reach out. The team will help you get set up. So we have the program specialists who are in the Facebook support group. And we also have our customer service who works in customer service. And we also have our tech support team. I'm doing this with my arm

if you can, if you're watching me live, They're all in different places. So our program specialists are really good on asking program related questions can't help you find codes or emails or anything like that. So that's where you're going to want to reach out to customer service. If you have anyone who's still interested in joining, you definitely want to get them to head over to the website. They can use the contact form reach out if they have any questions. We also have our tech support team, which is a whole different department. So if you need help updating apps, setup apps, anything like that, then you can reach out to our tech support. Really easy. weightloss.ginalivy.com for customer service and tech support at ginalivy.com for tech support. So we have it all here for you. So don't be shy, ask as many questions as you need.

Take your time this week. So if you are a new member, this week is about just absorbing the information. Read it over, ask questions, run out, grab anything that you need, start making the changes you need to make. The sooner you can start following the food plan, the better, right?

The goal is to get you up and running as quickly as possible. Some people already checked out our jumpstart guide. Maybe they had the book. Maybe they already knew from a friend what to do. So you guys have hit the ground running. Love that. Returning members, day one also started yesterday for you as well.

So y'all, everybody should be checking in, checking and using the app. We're not waiting to do that. You're not waiting until everything is perfect to do that. Because you'll be able to see the progression and see you starting to pull everything together. So this prep week is just as important for our returning members. This is about you getting back at it, setting that routine. You can start maximizing, asking those four questions, doing all those things, right? Doing all those things. Good morning from the East Coast. Love the app.

I love hearing that. Love hearing that. Nighttime snacking was a hard habit to break. I found brushing my teeth right after dinner helped. It also helped to get an early start on my bedtime routine. Yeah, your morning routine can be really important, especially when it comes to setting yourself up for sleep. We're gonna have a whole sleep series

where we talk about sleep. I think sleep really is like the foundation of health and wellness. And you'll be amazed how it ties into your weight journey, but also your nighttime routine really important as well. So if you do find that you've eaten all your so if you're consistently hungry at night and you're skipping breakfast because it's the one meal you can choose not to have start having breakfast that will make a difference. Make sure you are consistently eating all your meals and snacks that will help with your hunger levels at night. But sometimes it is because you're

used to eating at night. Like as soon as it gets dark out or as you go into the evening, your cortisol levels are supposed to drop, your melatonin is going to rise. That's going to set the stage for your body getting ready for sleep. It's really not interested in eating because your body just wants to repair and rebuild and detox and do all the things that it does when you sleep. But sometimes you also get beyond the habit of eating at night you also get triggered right so maybe you see something you're like oh I would love this or you know I feel a little munchy on that. So brushing your teeth, drinking tea instead, switching up your night time routine slightly can really help because a lot of our habits are tied and triggers are tied into our

routine. So if you are having a hard time with hunger in the evening, try switching up a few things with your routine and kind of shake things up a little bit on that will keep your mind distracted and also help you create a whole new routine. I want to take a quick minute out here to introduce to you our new podcast sponsor. And we are so aligned. I'm excited about this one. It's Joe Fresh, known for great value. So you know you are getting great quality for the price point as well as stylish everyday essentials. So they want you to know about their new active wear collection that they just launched that includes three new support levels. So something for everybody which is really neat. Their everyday line is their light support level, buttery soft pieces perfect for low-key activities, then

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If you haven't read it yet, that talks about how much you need and everybody's different. If you are taller and you have more weight to lose, you probably need more water. If you're shorter and have less weight to lose, maybe you need less. If you are more active, you need more. If you live in a dry environment, you need more. If you have salty foods, you need more. If you drink alcohol, you need more. If you take some medications that cause dehydration, you need more. So everyone's a little different, but you want to start with a base of at least 2.7 to 3.5 and then adjust from there. It's good to set a number or a goal,

but it really is about adjusting it every single day to your individual needs. But here's what I gotta say, you don't have to jam all the water in today. Start slow, especially if you're not used to drinking the water, start it in the morning, spread it out, sip it throughout the day. You don't wanna guzzle, you wanna be mindful

about drinking too much in a short period of time. So start early, spread it out, sip on it. So if maybe if you're not used to drinking any water, maybe if you get like one liter in today, that's great. That's great. That's great, right. And you can just like slowly build that up. As you start to drink water, it's kind of like watering a plant that you haven't watered. You know, when you water a plant, it's really super dry and you water it and the water just runs all the way through it. Your body is kind of like that. Kind of. I really, you will find it over

simplify, generalize a lot around here. But as it kind of soaks in the water, right, it runs through less and less and less. Your body is kind of the same. As you notice you start drinking, you will go to the body, to the washroom more often. It does also because you've probably been in an epic state of dehydration. Some people, most people have lived their entire lives in a state of dehydration. We're gonna talk about more about water, the importance. People tend to be concerned about drinking too much when the concern really is about not drinking enough. Water definitely is your secret weapon to weight loss around here, especially when your weight starts moving. So how your body releases fat through the metabolic process, but how it actually

releases fat, it's not like it's losing chunk like gobbles of fat or anything like that. But when you pee, when you poo, when you breathe, and when you sweat. And so obviously water is a big part of all of that. And so I believe you even go through like 500 mils of water just by breathing each day. So water is really important, but don't stress yourself out over it. If you read over that post, there's lots of tips.

I also wanna talk about recipes. Some of you are talking about you needing recipes for stuff. So if you're using the app, we have a whole recipe guide that's got a bunch of recipes in there. Any kind of recipe book, any of your favorite recipes probably fit on program and plan, unless they're like bread-based or pasta-based. Although we do have a post today talking about breads

and pastas, flowers and crackers. We have people who continue to eat them on plan, no problem. If you're finding scales not moving for you, you might want to minimize them for a bit. They are not bad foods. They don't cause you to gain weight, but definitely help to minimize that. Minimizing them helps when it comes to losing weight for sure. Just decreasing the amount of insulin your body is using, regulating blood sugar and helps with portions and and whatnot. But we are going to be this weekend posting a recipe share page so that you can or or a meal ideas page and so you can head over there and on the weekend on Saturday and add your favorite recipes or if you're looking to be inspired beyond the recipes that we have because we're also going

to be rolling out recipes each week as well. Right now we have a recipe guide. I think it's got eight recipes in it. But if you're looking for some inspiration or to see what other members are doing, be sure to pop on and check out those meal ideas share pages. So we're going to do one for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and then sauces and dressings and you know, gravies and stuff like that, which you can totally totally do. Can you use RestoreLux? Yeah, you can absolutely use RestoreLux. Let's talk about bowel movements for a second, because any change in your diet,

you're going to notice changes in your bowel movements. Some of you, honest to God, at the end of the program will be like, I don't care how much weight I lost, I'm able to poop normally, regularly. For some people, that's a real problem. The program has a massive focus on digestion, your microbiome, all the healthy foods, the structure of the eating, the supplements we're going to be suggesting and whatnot. So you're going to notice a massive improvement for the better in your bowel movement situation. However, when you start making changes to your bowel movement, you may notice that affects your bowel movements, which can cause constipation for some of you. Take whatever you need for that. We do have a post on bowel movement.

So if you have the app, you can search it. You can also use that amazing Libby AI feature, ask any questions in there. There's also a post in the book. If you have the book, you can read ahead. Obviously, when it comes to following in the Facebook support group, we're rolling out the posts in a timely manner. So there aren't 400 posts in one day. But your bowel movements, you might

have bouts of constipation. Sometimes that happens because your digestive system is actually improving. And you may find that you're going along, and maybe you're pooping every three days and then you'll have a you know Some more sort of you notice you're a little bit more constipated and then all of a sudden when your bowel movements come what I call Back online next thing, you know You're pooping every other day and then you'll go to every day and then a couple times a day

A few times a day is pretty normal around here. We're also talking about Detox so we're gonna introduce the concept of detox a very general term that I use to describe when your body is in the active process of releasing fat. And a lot of times when your body is doing that, we're not making the body detox, we're more piggybacking the detox process. And we are supporting the body and detox, but you can't really make your body detox. And it doesn't even actually really need help in the sense that it's constantly detoxing and very good at doing it on its own. But you'll notice when the scale is moving that you will encounter some of you looser bowel movements. So that's totally normal. So

it's normal to have bouts of constipation on the program. There are things that you can do about that and we're gonna talk more about them. And you're gonna have bouts of loose bowel movements on the program, which is nothing to be concerned about. However, if you do notice that anything is really off and not the norm for you, always a great idea to be checking in with your health care providers. Good morning, everyone. Went off the rails over Christmas, but back on track again. I know the three pounds are real weight as I'm down 0.6 this morning. Yeah, so many of you are returning members.

You had fun over the holiday. That's what it's there for. That's what it's there for. Hope you had the best time. Sure, you're probably feeling it. Your weight is probably up. No worries. It is coming right back down.

It's going to come right back down. That's where you want to just jump back at it, be as consistent as possible. My favorite breakfast is a smoothie made with almond milk, frozen fruit, protein powder, and hemp powder. Can I still have this for my daily breakfast? You can, although I'm not a fan of protein powders or any liquid nutrients in the beginning, because it's hard to gauge satisfaction levels with it. And there's a whole process when you smell your food chew your food it creates Gets those digestive juices flowing. There's a whole process there in terms of picking up on your body's cues with satisfaction We're going to talk about getting in tune to portions by by these four questions that we're asking

How do you feel before you eat during? When you are done and after and it's hard to tell when you're just kind of downing a smoothie, how your satisfaction levels, if you're getting satisfied or not. A lot of times people overdo it, I find, with smoothies. Like you don't need a big, huge, giant smoothie. A lot of times people add way too much fruit to it and they lose the plot on the protein. So I prefer people chew their food for the first few weeks at least of the program, although you totally can.

You can totally have a smoothie. Here's what I would suggest though. I would prioritize the protein powder in that. I would minimize the fruit that you are using. You actually probably need a lot less. What I don't see in here is good fat. So almond milk, it's okay, but it doesn't, so I would add maybe some avocado, maybe something like an Udo's oil, or some sort of, like I would add a good fat in there. I find that people use too much fruit. They don't add enough good fats.

And you wanna make sure you're using a quality protein powder. No artificial flavors, no artificial colors, and hopefully nothing flavored like a vanilla or a chocolate. No one needs chocolate first thing in the morning, right? Because it's all about your association to chocolate. You're looking for something sweet.

So you can totally have that. I would just make sure you're making a few tweaks and then watch the portion size because it's liquid nutrients going in. So you need less of it. And then I don't like talking about spiking insulin we are going to talk more about insulin but we're trying to avoid that this is why we're going higher protein in the morning so just a few things to keep in mind otherwise you can totally still do that is a high protein boost drink acceptable for broccoli same thing i'm just not a fan of liquid nutrients for a variety of reasons. You're missing out on the fiber, the rough edge, the breakdown process.

So I would say like if you're in a pinch and you're running out the door and you feel like you need to know something, you got those boosts still in your cupboard. I don't know the ingredients. I don't know if they have artificial. I wouldn't touch anything with artificial flavors or colors. It's just not a great food product. But yeah, I mean if you have some you want to use up and you're on the fly one day, go ahead, right? That's not going to make your break. It's totally fine. Totally fine. Totally fine. Totally fine. I watched the skill go up and up. And even though I

kept wanting to lose weight, I had originally lost 50 pounds and regained 30 now have stale bloods, but don't feel well. My breathing is poor now. I'm refocused back on track it is. So what is going on? Checking in with your doctor, right? Hormones are a big one. We're gonna talk a lot about hormones. Hormones for women, obviously we're gonna talk about menopause, perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause,

hormones for men. Also a thing as well. What is going on digestive system? So we're going to talk about four reasons why your weight might be slower to move in the next couple of weeks. Cause right now you're laying the foundation for making change. And some of you are going to see the scale move right away. We'll talk more about the scale tomorrow.

Some of you are going to see the scale move right away. Some of you it's going to take a few weeks. Still people who lose in the beginning, then you end up having plateaus later on People who aren't losing now, they'll end up losing later right now you it's too early to tell if the program isn't working for you But let's say you're four weeks and five weeks into the program You're not seeing much movement on the scale and you're also not experiencing any kind of non scale victories Like if you're making change you should see. You may not see it on the scale, but you'll see it in how you feel, the way your clothes fit, and your bowel movements, your sleeping better. You know, there should be signs that things are happening. But we

do get into talking about four reasons why your weight might be slower to movements. For some people, these are very real, but we also talk about what you can do about it because they're not going to stop you from reaching your goal. But inflammation is a big one. So inflammation is a big one. We're going to get into the reason behind that. Food sensitivities. So and really food sensitivities because they can affect your gut and cause inflammation

in the body. Gut issues like your microbiome. If you've been listening to sort of the chatter of what's going on there with the latest research in the diet industry, there's a lot of people talking about the microbiome and what's happening there. That's all your good bacteria. Your microbiome is your messaging system along with your brain. It's kind of like a second brain. I know it sounds crazy, but it's true. It's like a second brain in your body. And the two are kind of communicating, figuring what to do, where to put your food, what to, you know, all of it, all of it.

And the other one is hormones is that the other one is hormones. We're going to talk about those reasons why your weight might be so, and that sucks if you're dealing with any of those. But the good thing is you're in the right place because of a great team of experts. We're going to be talking about Hashimoto's. Yes. So Hashimoto's tied into also kind of a more extreme version of thyroid issues. Simplifying, but yes, so Hashimoto's

thyroid issues, having diabetes, PCOS is another one. Insulin resistance, which we now know is a very real thing. High or low cortisol issues. I mean obviously addisens and whatnot, but we're going to talk to all those the hormone issues. The living method works for all of them and I'll tell you why we've been studying the living method for the last few years there is zero downside and because we're focused on losing weight in a healthy sustainable way and because you have these issues your body wants your fat gone more than you do because every extra pound of fat is hard on the body and when you are dealing with Health issues your body is always trying to figure out how to heal you how to repair how to rebuild how to regenerate how to Rejuvenate your body is capable of amazing things

But you got to make sure you're giving the resources and the platform and the time In order to actually make change most people wanted to see change too quickly when they die they do this they do that they do This they do that they switch this they, they do this, they do that, they switch this, they change this, they do this, they do that. They're constantly trying everything and they're just getting little bits of results. But the living method, bringing it back to, before I go routine and consistency,

we're all about creating that routine and then pulling it. So the food plan is the foundation of the program. So it's about that routine. And then we start pulling in other things that are gonna work alongside with that food plan. And we start working internally through things like our issues and associations and beliefs and creating habits to support our routine.

And we bring it under all one umbrella. And then we show up each day and we're working consistently through everything in a nice calm way where the body is actually able to make change. And so you can go from pre-diabetic to normal range. You can drop your A1Z if you're diabetic. You can lose weight if you have had thyroid issues or Hashimoto's and haven't been able to drop a pound for years.

All of a sudden, you're going to be like, holy shit, this is actually working. We've had people dealing with PCOS, people looking to, you know, get pregnant and have babies who end up getting pregnant by the time they're done their program. Because you can make a real change in your body, not just how you look, not just how you feel, but how your body actually truly functions. And all of that is going to lead into you losing your weight in a healthy way physically mentally more importantly in a way that you're going to be able to maintain and sustain. That is my time for today. Thanks for joining me. Now I know there's probably a lot of questions that have been asked that I

didn't get to. As we progress with these lives I'll get more to answering answering answering answering but as one person asks a, I'm sort of thinking about everybody right now, everyone's starting our returning members, getting back at it and our new members starting just kind of think what's important right now. But if you ask a question that I didn't answer, this is the one place where the team, the lives, the team does not come in. And I mean, they will, they'll kind of look for some lost people in the next few weeks, but they don't come in and necessarily answer your questions here.

So if you have a question that you asked me today and I didn't get a chance first of all please don't stop asking questions but all you got to do is copy and paste it or just ask again over on our post pin to the top of the page and the team will get to it there quite just real quickly I'm 72 will my age be a factor in how quickly I lose? Absolutely not. Our main demographic is women, 35 to 65. But we also have quite a few men doing the program. We also have younger people. We also have older people. Never in my life have I ever had a client where age was a factor. It's absolutely not a factor whatsoever. Now there are things that you may be dealing with, especially if you're like menopausal woman, for example,

there are some things you're gonna wanna keep in mind, but the program will still work for you. Program works at any age. It can be just as hard at 19 as it is at 90 and the other way around because life is smacking you in the face because of how consistently Dylan and Julie you're showing up because of health issues and things that you're dealing with. So everyone's a little different, but we're going to teach you how to make this program.

There's Robert Gorham. Robert is one of our first of all loved and successful members. He's 79 years old, super successful on the program. Stick with us. We've got you. There's nothing you can throw at me that's gonna be like, I can't help you. I've never met a person I can't help as long as you're willing to show up and stick around. Have an incredible day

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