The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 22 - Winter 2026

Episode Date: January 26, 2026

In this episode, Gina reflects on the deeper purpose of mindfulness week: connecting to where you’re at and what you truly need. Through community comments and personal stories, she unpacks how different perspectives, life circumstances, and even the weather can bring awareness to our habits and thought patterns. From emotional eating during a polar vortex to the power of routines that feel a little boring (in a good way), she reminds listeners that sustainable change isn’t about perfection, but about consistently checking in, showing up, and staying curious about the process, not just the scale.This is a recording of the Day 22, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2026.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.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 for 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. Day 22 of the program.

Gosh, I was just thinking there's a couple ways I want to go on this. I'm just reading the comments. And, you know, we're in the midst. I know we're in 55 different countries right now, probably more at this point. But the majority live in Canada, that's where I am. And where I live, we're having this polar vortex. It is so cold.

And there is so much. I love it. It reminds me of when I was a kid and the big snow banks and it's gorgeous and it's just all the reasons to just not leave the house. I love it. But it's interesting I'm reading the comments and one person says, you know, the snow is great. I'm getting outside and I'm getting exercise and I'm reminded what that feels like and someone else is like all this snow and this cold is showing me that I eat when I'm bored, right? It's so interesting our perspectives on thing. And this is really what this week of mindfulness is about.

It's awareness. It's awareness. It's understanding where you're at, what you need. I know I said that like 10 times in the check-in this morning, but really like understanding how you got here, knowing where you want to go. and understanding every day where you are at so you can choose and do the things that you are capable of doing in the moment because some days are easier than others that are going to get you one step

closer to that goal. And it's about trying, I think, to enjoy the process. When you listen to our guest experts and I go back to the very first conversation that we had when we had our our guests during prep week talk about the secret to success on the livy method that's a great thing to go back and and listen to or what did they what did they think that you needed to know as you started the journey and you know there's words like patience and curiosity and being open you know it's it's kind of like also awareness is recognizing how you are showing up and whether or not that's effective or not or that's working for you or not or what's going on in your mind if you're festering in your funk because the scale isn't moving even though it's still normal

for the scale to not move for some people as frustrating as that is or maybe you've already seen the scale move and you want to keep that going but you've been on a plateau for a while or maybe you know the things that you want to do you know you can do the things but life is making it very difficult for you. Maybe, you know, the path was clear when you signed up and now it just seems like, ah, trying to walk through the snow, you know, really just being like, okay, what's going on? Not what's wrong with me. What's going on with me? Why do I have these thoughts? Why do I have these feels? And this is where I love non-scale victories because if you're measuring your success on the scale, that'll make you crazy.

You know, non-scale victories are great. It's proof that your effort is adding up to something. That change is happening, right? And you'll find the scale will move or your body will move. But these four questions that you're asking with the four mindsets of mindful eating questions, if you haven't done it yet, make sure you read over the guidelines for week three. It's all about mindfulness. So the food plan doesn't change.

And that's for a reason. because we're really indulging in that routine. The body loves a routine. Routine, the foundation of change. And that routine is really monotonous. Talk about bored. This week is a week that highlights if you eat out of boredom because it's just, it's hard to just show up and do what you need to do.

We like to get distracted. We love dopamine hits. We like to control the process rather than just show up and do the things that you need to do. But that physically is calming the body down. You should start to feel that. It's just routineness. So it really allows all the thoughts to start to bubble to the process. Bubble to the surface.

Bubble to the surface. So this week you might feel a little bored. And that's a good thing. That means that that's routine. That's routine. Or you might feel a little calm and wonder like, what's going on with me? We don't need excitement when it comes to food. Now listen, that doesn't mean that food isn't delicious and there's a lot of excitement

around food. but we're not looking for our food to be the excitement in our life. We just want that really routine, somewhat boring. Some people always say when I say, I'm not bored, I love the routine. That's great. That's great. But you want to kind of really sink into that routine. And the four questions asked so often is so much more than just the portions.

It's checking in with yourself four times, six times a day, more if you're, having bonus sex, right? It's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, you know that, you know that, mean that goes on that you, you, you drink so much water, you don't have shit, time for other people's shit. Well, you're going to be checking in with yourself so often that you won't have time to be putting your energy out there. It's all internal. And what that does, it puts you so aware with everything. When you wake up in the morning, how are you feeling? What's your mindset like, right? Every morning when I wake up, today's a bit of a challenging day for me. Um, um, Every morning when I wake up, before I get out of bed, I take time to ground myself.

Even though I'm lying on my bed, you don't have to, people ground themselves. They put their feet on their ground or whatnot. You don't actually have to do that. But I ground myself. I learned this because I'm a Riki master from, you know, 30 years ago, way back when. And I close my eyes and I just think about, first of all, how I'm feeling today. And I set the tone for my day. And it's just like, okay, what's it going to be like a super productive day?

No, today's not going to be super productive day. I'll tell you that right now. A calm day. I just kind of go through words that might, you know, sort of like how my day's going to go. And some will, some won't not fit. And then others will fit. And I'll feel that. I'm like, okay, I'm going to have like a, just going to have a steady day today, just a steady day today. And then I go through the day and the things that I need to do and, you know, perhaps you, you know, have to go to a big meeting or you're going to be traveling. on the roads and you're nervous about that or whatever, just kind of like setting the tone for the day and picturing it all going smoothly and how I want to feel at the end of the day. And whenever I do

this, it's like the day just goes exactly as I imagined it because I've just taken time to set the tone for my day rather than run around in the morning and be bitchy about the scale and cry because my kids left dishes and they sink again and whatever. It just kind of centers yourself, grounds yourself, helps you be in the moment. However, whatever, whatever, whatever. whatever words you use resonate with you. And it just helps me be more in tune for where I'm at each moment of the day and what I need in each moment of the day. And that's what asking those four questions are with the portions, right?

So am I even hungry? It's time to eat. Am I even hungry? Like, oh. Like right now if I was to ask myself if I'm hungry, I'm not really hungry right now. So I can choose to have breakfast or not have breakfast, whatever. Always a benefit to have breakfast and high protein. And then, you know, if I did have breakfast, be like, okay, how's this?

portion for me. Well, I'm not really hungry, so this is probably way too much. So I'm just probably going to have a small token amount. Or maybe you don't feel anything in the beginning, and that's okay. You are practicing being in tune to your body and communicating with yourself. It will start talking back. The second set of questions is when you start eating. So how do I know, like if I'm eating, okay, am I feeling any effects? No, I just feel the same. What if I was to take a few more bites? Well, okay. What if I was to stop eating now? What if someone was to come and take my place? away would I be kind of pissed off right yeah I'm hungry give me my food back right um for me and then the third one is how do you know when you were done so there's a couple things that happened between

question two and question three for me is that I when I know that I've had enough I sit I sit back and I put my utensils down and I take a deep breath and then I go back in so I now know that if I go back in, I'm going to end up walking away feeling like I had too much. And then the third, the third question is, how did you know you had enough? And that's the goal this week portion wise, not eat enough to feel satisfied in the moment. The goal this week is to eat enough in the moment that you are feeling satisfied 10, 50 minutes later when you do that final check-in of checking in 10, 15 minutes later. So four sets of questions. As many questions as you want, as little questions as you want. You can frame them in the way that you want. So before you eat, while you're

when you done, and 10 to 15 minutes later. And that's going to help you be checking in on yourself throughout the day and recognizing where you're at. You know, all of this to say, my other thought process when I woke up this morning was really about enjoying the process and understanding it is a process. And, you know, we want to get to this goal where we want to lose our weight, but you're living right now today. And, you know, I talked about how there's a lot going on in the world. There's Every time I run a program, there's something going on in the world that weighs heavy on people. And people have their own things that they're going through the process with. Like grief, for example, financial struggles, whatever that might be.

We're all waiting to get to a point. When I lose my weight, it's going to magically change everything. When I lose my weight, I'm going to quit my job. I'm going to look for a new job. When I lose my weight, I'm going to travel. When I lose my weight, I'm going to date. When I lose my weight, I'm going to this. When I lose my weight, I'm going to that.

So some people not only have the goal of trying to lose weight, it's everything else that they've piled on top of them. And it's like we wait for this weight. Like nothing is happening until we get there. So I just want to remind you that you are living today. If you're, if you woke up today, you're living your best day truly. This is more designing the life that you want. You can, you have a vision of how you want to feel. Maybe you have a vision for how you want to look.

You have a vision for how you want to live. how it feels when that version of you wakes up in the morning, that version of you deals with struggles, that version of you goes away on vacation, that version of you in a relationship, right? So you can taste it and you can feel it and you just want it so badly, right? You're going to get it. You're going to get there, but don't forget to also enjoy the process along the way. This is why if you can be kind to yourself and be curious about the thoughts, and really understand the thoughts and the fields that pop up along the way, that's it. That's the insight.

That's the things you need to work on and work through. See, because you're going to reach your goal as long as you keep showing up and doing the things that you need to do. And the more things that you can do, the sooner you're going to reach your goals, right? And some days you're going to feel like a rock star in other days. You're not, not so much, right? All right. All right. Let's get into where you guys are at and how you are feeling.

Hopping out a little late. Hi, Lynette. because I was finishing up my two-hour cooking spree, got meals for the week prepped, all of today's meals cooked so that I set myself up for the most success. Now I'll be able to ask the four mindful eating questions and tune into my body's feels. That's a whole vibe. That's a whole vibe. Woo!

You know, I knew I had a bit of a hard week coming up this week. I got a bit of a hard few months coming up. And you guys meant, I've been talking about, and I just, I love in this, because I'm right there with you. I talked about my bedroom a while ago, and yes, Gina's fucking messy bedroom. And I took Dr. Dina's advice. And Dr. Beverly's about,

I don't need to lose weight, you guys, but here's the thing that I love about this program is that the things that you are doing to lose weight are the things that you do in life to reach any goal. That's where we're at. Any goal. Preparedness. Being prepared makes you, makes it so much easier

for you to do the things that you need to do. So I went through and, you know, normally with what I got going on, I would want to be drinking wine and chips and doing other things and whatever. And it started with my bedroom. Small, small little actionable items have led to cleaning my house, cleaning out, my, cleaning my bedroom, organizing, not just cleaning, organizing, my bathroom, my bathroom, my bathroom, my kitchen, my living room, my office space, painting now that my walls were this. When I moved into my house, I've done nothing. I've done nothing because it was the pandemic. I've done nothing. These walls are like gray and just look dirty and it's dark and every single day. I look at these

walls and I'm like, they're so dirty and gray. And I finally went and got a can of simply white. One can. That's it. One can. One brush. One thing started painting. And then that led to a second can. And now it's painted. It's so crazy. Just like that over a weekend. Years, days and years looking at these gray walls and hating them. And all of a sudden, just, you know, my back hurts. I'm fucking tired. I stayed up late both nights. But I'm just like, what? It was so easy to do that. And it's a game changer. And, you know, I said to Tony, because he's also dealing with some stuff. We got some stuff going on behind the scenes. And, you know, it would have been so like us to just be like, fuck it and just watch Netflix and just be in our fields. But I, I did the opposite of what I normally did. And I want to tell you, just like Lynette probably was not like, I hope, it sounds like she found joy in it. It was like I didn't want to do any of it in the moment. I just, I just was like, keep going, Gina, small things. Keep going, Gina, small things. Keep going, Gina, small things. And before you know it, it's not like I did it like, oh, look at me. I'm, you know, like, oh, I'm cleaning. It's so wonderful. And I'm painting and it's great. No. Fuck, every minute of it was just like, fuck. I just kept going. Fuck. I just kept going. And now I'm just like, oh my God, look what I've done here. And it was the opposite of what I normally do. Everything was against how I

normally function, normally cope. And it was hard, but I did it. And that's what got me thinking about this process. So many things are like not what we're used to doing, but there are things we need to do in order to make change. And it's not always easy and you got shit going on. But if there's just a way, and that's what I love about this program. Oh my God, you guys sent me. You guys sent me this weekend with the whole squad thing. Oh my God. So all of you wanted to reach out and connect with it. That's what I think this program is. Like I think our way in is weight loss. I think it's, it's, it's knowing, it's trying to work towards a goal and then not doing that alone and knowing that there's support here if you need it, but maybe you don't. A place to connect with people, a place to just

focus on yourself. A place to just focus on yourself. That's what I think I'm providing with people. Yeah, okay, inside it is a weight loss program. Inside it is a maintenance program. And then the opportunity to learn more about yourself. Be all with your squads. So we introduce this thing called living with friends, which was like, we know that when people do something, make any kind of change, go for any goal and you do it with somebody else, you are more likely to continue that goal, whether it's just a friend or a loved one or co-worker, family, whatever. Our research has told us this and everybody else's research out there has told us this. And there's a loneliness epidemic happening. And this isn't about living in a house full of people

because I've lived in a house full of people and still felt lonely, right? there's a loneliness epidemic. And I'm all about connection and community. And I think we have the best community on the planet. And so we're like, how can we help facilitate that? Because I want you to be successful. I want to keep showing up. I want you to reach your goals. And anything that I can do to help you reach your goals I'm going to try to do, which reminds me there's a new app update, y'all, there's a new app update that turns that little flame to green. So to keep track of the days that you're closing. You can now hear the videos with sound without having your app. your notifications turned on. You can have them keep that. So a couple updates. So make sure you

update. But what can we do to help people be as successful as possible? So we came up with this idea of Livy with friends. And it was really just about facilitating community. So this isn't really us. This is us facilitating the community. And so what we had is some people were interested in being like a squad leader. And then they invited friends and family or co-workers or whatever to sign up. And they're kind of like they're kind of taking the lead. They don't get paid. There's no benefit to them. It really is just someone who wants to like try to help motivate people or connect the community. And then from there, people went and created chat groups. And so it really, it's not, it doesn't really have anything to do with us. It's really us facilitating it. So we're like,

how do we help people find their people? And so we did a post on Saturday, which was like, hey, if you're a squad leader posted here, if you're looking for a squad, find one here. And if you are looking to find out what it's all about. Here's some information. And my goodness, the issue is is that people are kind of all over the place. And so we're trying to think of a way to connect people without like when you do a post in the group, it ends up on the feed. And that can be, I don't want to add too much confusion and chaos to the feed. So maybe we're going to try to find like a community guide where we can put in the Facebook support group, you know, do something every Saturday to connect people.

But if you haven't done it yet, you're looking for a squad or your squad leader or, you know, you just want to go find people in your area. It might take you a while to kind of go through the comments, but it's kind of fun to see where everybody's at. But, ah, gosh, I just love that so much. I love that so much. Good morning. Not the best start to this program.

Seems like there's always so many opticals. Always. Fucking always. Always. Always. Always. Right? And that's it.

And this is why, like, you've got to recognize this is also part of it. This is also part of it, right? Just life. We're trying to do this through life. Seems like there's always so many obstacles. So here, uh, doing it very imperfectly, but you're here. That's honestly the only thing that matters. First day, first day of school bus hit my car in the parking lot and took out the whole

passenger side, still dealing with that. Then got a cold. Now the cold has turned into throat and ear infection. so this week has to be better. Starting with a snow day is a good way to begin. Oh my God. That's crazy. That fucking sucks.

That's shit. That is shit. I'm glad that you're here today. Hopefully, you know, and this is why we got to have some fun along the way. We've got to be able to laugh at our lives because sometimes, oh my God, how are we going to get through this shit? This is why this has got to be so much more than losing weight, right?

this has got to be about resiliency. It's got to be about determination. It's got to be about kindness, patience, understanding, curiosity. What can I make? How can I make the most of this? And so you might not be able to follow and do all the things. So the other day, someone said to Tony said to me, someone wants to put their membership on hold.

I'm like, why? Why? Well, they feel like they can't do all the things. I'm like, that's not what this is. Not like I'm a bitch and you can't, but I'm, I also want to support people in a way that doesn't allow them to fall into their old thing where if they don't follow perfectly, then it's not worth doing it all. I once helped a girl, I had a conversation, she did it all herself, and she has cerebral palsy.

You should listen to it. It was a spill-the-tee conversation. And this woman was bound to a wheelchair. She could not go to the bathroom by herself. she could not eat her foods by herself. She was limited in her food choices because she had to rely on other people. And if you can only imagine how maddening that was for her and still managed to lose what they figure because she could only get on a scale so often because she couldn't stand up

and get on a scale, 60 pounds. And to listen to this woman who was so restricted but also had enough with how she was feeling that she was determined. So she actually had to teach other people the program so that they, and then also teach them to understand the program. So she had so much, so much going against her. You know, and that's sort of my measure of like, if you can't do the program, why? Right? Like what's, like, it's not about everything alike. It's about doing it imperfectly because I don't know if you're ever going to have it be perfect. And there's so much to be learned. You might be not be able to drink all the water, but there's other things you can do. You might not be able to

move your body. There's other things that you can do. You might be limited in the amount of sleep you can get, but you can definitely try to get better quality sleep. There's so much to be learned about yourself, right? You might have restrictions in the food, might not be able to follow the food perfectly. I don't know if anyone can do anything perfectly. Honestly, I've given up on it. I've given up on it. The guest experts, for example, you know, learning what you can learn from the guest expert just doing something to show up every day and maybe it's journaling for you right like maybe this is where you know if you're following a sickness problem you can maybe this week I'm going to really be mindful if I can't eat the foods and ask those for questions I can still check in on myself

I can journal ask myself how I'm feeling what I need in the moment right so yeah sometimes it's just like a fucking shitstorm and it's just and this is why this is about just showing up for yourself in life every day, not just what you're eating and when every day. There, you know, people, we got people like that all the time and that's you, I love that for you because we have people like, oh, it's so easy, thanks. That's it. Oh, it's so great. So easy.

Oh, my God. You see this program I ever did? They just, yeah, life. Then, done. I love that. I love that. And if you do multiple programs, because, you know, obviously you got to keep working towards your goals and most people do multiple programs.

There'll be programs that it's like, everything gets aligned and it's amazing. And then other days where your fucking car gets hit by a school bus, you know? It's fucking shit. Anyway, Kim, I'm sending you love, my goodness. Hopefully you can just like stay in today, cuddle up like Linda says, watch a movie, a hot drink, maybe a hot toddy bottle of wine. I don't know, cozy blanket, something. Something. What else do you do to ground yourself?

I think that would be a great post. Yeah, that's a great post. I'm going to write that down. What do you do to ground yourself? That's a great post. I know Kim, our manager is listening. What do you do to ground yourself? More tips.

I'll be in Mexico for downsizing me perfect timing. Right? There's never not a good time to go on vacation. Never not a good time to go on vacation. That's the thing too, right? Like vacations, you go away on vacations. It's making choices that make you feel good, right? So you're feeling pretty good.

You want to keep that going. I think the worst thing about a vacation is you go there, you eat all the things, you drink all the things, you feel so bloated, so gross, you can't wait to come home. That's not it. That's not it. Like, what is the vacation version of you? Right. How does that person who's reached their goal? How do they go on vacation? Right? Maybe they drink, make sure they just drink water for every drink that they have. That's like, that's a huge win. Right? Maybe they just try to get some leafy greens in somewhere. Huge win. Maybe they go for a walk. Maybe they go to the gym in the morning or maybe they,

for me on vacation. So one of the things I do is a non-negotiable. I go for a 45 minutes swim. to after the day and before dinner. That's what I do. And some days it's like, you know, like I'm not a like, like, swimmer. I'm more like a shoo, choo, choo, choo, choo, kind of swimmer. And that always makes me feel fantastic. So whatever drinks I had and whatever. And it's not like, it's not about like burning calories off because it's not that, but I just try to stay as active as possible. I like to calm down and just kind of just connect with myself and really how I'm feeling at the end of the day, you know, little things that you can do. The living program has taught me to take baby steps, set small goals, be kind to myself. And that's it, right? That is it. We can't wait for

tomorrow or future because when we get to tomorrow or the future, it's just today. Today is all we have. You know, it's, it's so true. I'm doing this thing just for today, I will not worry, right? Just for today, I will not worry. That means that I don't do the things I need to do or anything like that. But stressing about what's coming up or what's going on is just in the moment doing the things I need to do. I'm a really big believer in that. Really big believer. When you think of doing something, that is when you should do it. But you can't like stress yourself into doing the things that you need to do. This is why you got to recognize. Some days are going to be more productive than others. Recognize what kind of day, right? Like this is not the day, you know, when your car gets hit by a bus to

like put the pressure on yourself to go to the gym and do this and do all of that. Or maybe it is. Right? You have to know yourself best. You have to know yourself best. You have to know yourself best. So glad I took time to meal prep, so I'm not panicking today. Yes, with any need to try to get to the grocery store. So if you keep finding yourself that, what's going to be going to be? Maybe it's not meal prepping everything. Maybe it's just creating a space in your fridge where you have your snacks lined up. Maybe it's just you got your vegetables already in a bag.

I want to talk about that. Over on our social media page, over on our social media page, the team posts like a bunch of tips and stuff like that. I have a team there and I'm there and, you know, we're constantly posting tips and stuff outside of a, but the other day, Sophia posted this snack, this idea of a savory snack. It was really about ideas you can use for a snack. It just doesn't have to be a bowl of carrots. And everyone was like, oh my God, that looks more like a meal. I'm worried I'm not eating enough. I'm worried I'm whatever. So, you know, this is also about understanding that everyone's needs are different. So whenever you see anything like that I post

or what I would eat or what Sophia would eat, who's the one who's doing some of the social media post or you see someone here post something, you don't know how tall they are, you know how much weight they're carrying, you don't know how small they are, you don't know their hunger level that day. You don't know what's going on with people, right? And this is where this is like keeping your energy directed at you. And this is the thing you're going to real. is that your hunger levels change every day. So this is another reason why calories in versus calories out is bullshit and just doesn't work because you're not a machine. You don't need the exact same shit every day, like calorie-wise, right? And this is why portions are always what they feel like

and not about what they look like because that can change. One day, for example, you might be really hungry for breakfast and need three eggs to feel like you've had enough. And then the next day you wake up and maybe you just want one egg and then you feel like you've had enough. And then maybe the next day you wake up, you're not even hungry at all. right so that's something that a couple of things that people never talk about when it comes to foods um is one the fact that your hunger levels change every day and this is about getting in tune to that some days you're really hungry need all the meals and snacks motor snacks maybe and some days you're not hungry at all and you just need token amounts of things and then also getting into how long

certain foods take to break down in your body which has a big impact on satisfaction levels like fruit for example it takes about a half hour you eat fruit body breaks it down and within the half hour you get energy replenish your glycogen stores. That's what we love about fruit really quick, right? Whereas nuts and seeds are harder to digest, they take about an hour and a half to digest, which is why they're so great at that three or four o'clock time or your body's wired to take a bit of a dip in energy, keep your digestive system stimulated, working hard. And then by the time dinner comes around an hour and a half, two hours later, you're feeling more satisfied, less likely to overeat, because you're finally getting the nutrients and the energy from those nuts and seeds, right?

So yeah, two things no one talks about. I've been feeling off all weekend, super tired, no interest in food, hoping today's a better day, weight was up this morning, getting back on track to hit meals and snacks, get my water in. Well, whatever, your weight is up, it's not real weight gain, that's for sure. And I love this. Like, what is it? What's going on with me? Not what's wrong with me, what's going on with me?

You know, mentally, what am I dealing with? What's going on in my environment, work, home, my body, tired, transition. This can bring up a lot of feels. this whole process can bring up a lot of feels. The weather, vitamin D levels dropping. That's when like people don't factor in. They're like, I don't need, I don't need vitamin. I don't need supplements.

But like it's been a while since we've had sun on our bodies. And by now our vitamin D levels are dropping. Could be what's going on, you know. Not an excuse, but something I need to work on is that someone with ADHD, mindful eating questions are hard. Yes, they're hard for everybody. They're hard for everybody, right? because there is a disconnect between my mind, my body, and hunger cues, working on figuring out

what that hunger and fullness feels like to me. I love that you recognize this. I love that you recognize this because this is like you need to be, you need to maybe you set timers to remind yourself to check in. That might seem like a lot. That might seem like a lot for you. But you're going to need to figure this out in order to not just lose your weight, but to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. And the thing is, you're born in tune, right? To eat when you're hungry, drink when you're thirsty, sleep when you're tired. It's a lot of times we're go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, and we're whatever. This could be a great question for Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer. I'll put it on the list. I think this is great. I know we have talked about ADHD with her and even Dr. Beverly David. And, and, and

And I'm going to see if I can find a little bit of research on that today and see if maybe I can put some cues together. On the other side of this, I can think also people taking GLP-1s that don't have much of a hunger of an appetite as well, right, being in the moment. So see if I can put some tips together for you. But yeah, right, that's what this is about is what is your struggle? Name it, tame it, what's going on? and what can you do?

How can you best support yourself in this, right? To be more in tune to what's going on in your body and how you're feeling. It could just be like getting in the habit of taking the time to do that and creating the habit of that, right? I'm going to look into that more for you. I fall into the habit of waiting until the stress passes and then I focus on myself and my weight again. Same, Richard.

This is what I was just talking about with my cleaning thing. that I did. Right? Whenever I'm in these moments of stress, I just kind of indulge in the stress. And then just like a fucking disaster. And then I use that as my excuse. Well, we got a lot going on right now. That's why our room is a mess. I have why I haven't unpacked suitcases. Why I haven't, whatever, right? Why my laundry room's piling up. I got too much stress. I got too much on the go. That's like what I, that's exactly it. That's what I do. And then I did the opposite of it. I did the opposite of it, right? Yeah. I fall in, let me see really. that again, I fall into the trap of waiting until the stress passes and then I focus on myself

and my weight again. That hasn't worked the last couple of years as the stress just keeps coming. Yeah. So here I am. I am here to take care of myself now because there will always be stress. Right? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. That's exactly it. And this might be a good time to check your why. A couple things I like to do at the beginning of each week is go through those maximizing questions, just to remind yourself the things that you can do this week, where you're at, what your capacity, right? Checking your why is a big one. My vision is getting blurry as I age, is sometimes I feel why bother as end is nearing. Then I give myself a pep talk that I can still live the best life. You know, that is so like, fuck it, fuck it, life is short. Meanwhile,

we're miserable in our bodies. We're miserable. We're miserable. with the choices that we're making, right? What can we do to truly live our best lives? Today is your best life. If you woke up today and you are still alive, you're living your best life because you are still alive today and today is all you have and this is the moment, right? And what can you do? So this is why that why has to resonate. I want to take care of myself the best I possibly can. I want to go out, not stressing about my weight and feeling like, you know, I'm in control of being able to make change in my life, right? That's a tough one I'm struggling with as I get older. You know, but the thing is there are people who haven't even made it as long as you have made it. And what are

you going to do with the gift, which is the rest of your life, right? That's a big one. Some people carrying so much grief. There's so much going on in the world. What the fuck it, why? Why? Why? Well, because you want to live your best life, even if it doesn't measure up to your ideal life right now today. You want to keep going. And this is why this might be just about keep going. This might be about just taking care of yourself, right? This might be just, you know, having the strength to show up every day to make sure you feed yourself so that you can take care of whatever it is that you're taking care of. What is this mean to you? At this point, I think you can see the bigger picture. You and I'm trying to figure that out. What am I actually doing here for people?

Yeah, the weight loss program works. Yes, maintenance. It's got to be more. It's got to be more than that. It's got to be more than that, you know, and that's what you got to figure out. What is that more for you? I got to go. I got to go, you guys. This is a great week for me, Christy, not my first program, but my first with a GLP1. Since my hunger cues are essentially gone, I'm really digging into mindfulness. It's a really different process this round, much more mental game, not easier at all, very different. It's not easier at all. It's not easier at all. It's different. I love that. You said that. Let's all figure out what our difference are. All right, you guys, I'm going to be about great week. Okay, this week, sleep week. Sleep week. It's a good week. Oh, my goodness. Sleep is like,

you need sleep. When you sleep is when your body makes change. Repairs, rebuilds, regenerates, rejuvenates, detoxes. You need it for fat loss. I know some of you, new moms, shift workers, it's hard for you to get more sleep. It's all about better quality sleep. But also understanding when you're not getting sleep, what is happening in your body. And what you can do to offset that lack of sleep, what you can do in your mind, right, understanding how lack of sleep is affecting your brain and the choices that you make. That's going to be the conversation with Dr. Beverly, David, tomorrow. Atlanta McGinn is going to teach us how to not to stress the fuck out and how to get better quality sleep, asleep, asleep, and sleep. What's happening to your hormones? You know when you're not

getting sleep, your body actually processes your food differently because of your hormones. It affects your hunger hormones. We're going to talk to Dr. Link. It's going to be a great week. I'm happy that you're here for it. I'm happy to be here for it. Have a great rest of your day and be back tonight for the 7 p.m. Lab. If you want to join me then, again, the lives are not mandatory. If you want, you can download and listen by way of podcast. Don't forget to update the app. We have some new app updates coming in constantly. Go to the app store and you've got to click on the app icon. It fooled me today. I went to see the update and it just said open and then I went back and did it again and I clicked on the app icon and then I saw the update. I don't know why it does that. But it's going to be a great week.

We're going to have a great week, even if we're suffering through it. It's still going to be a great week. Have a great rest of your day, everyone. I'll see you later. Bye.