The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 26 - Winter 2024

Episode Date: April 8, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 26, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:Don’t miss out on our one day, Hot Flash Sale on our Spring/Summer Weight Loss Program and our Maintenance group this Monday, Feb. 5thThe benefits of doing another round of the weight loss Program to reach your Finally & Forever weight loss goalsAvoiding Future Tripping about MaintenanceThe Livy Method Companion Book is still available on AmazonUnderstanding the Four Stages of the Livy MethodDigging into Maximizing and the importance of getting quality sleepThe options for tracking your journey through the The Program with our amazing app and, keep your eyes out for our new paper journal coming soon!Dealing with the increased costs of food and tips on saving money on the components of the Food PlanIt’s been an incredible week of Guest Experts discussing the importance of sleep and managing stress. Be sure to check out these amazing sessions if you haven’t had the chance yet!Keep your eyes out for upcoming learning sessions with our guests to deep dive into the topics we discuss in The Program.Be sure to check out all the conversations available on our Weigh In With Gina podcast available on all podcast platformsThe benefits of amber lights and red lens glasses for preparing to sleepLet’s talk about how you’re doing with The Program, how you’re feeling and what you need to focus on right nowBe sure to check out our Science Saturday post this week on the Psychology of Effort to start to understand the patterns, issues and associations that affect us on our journeyIt’s go time around here at this point in The Program! There is never a perfect time to focus on yourself so let’s get going!Looking at the pace of weight loss and what can be expected. Clinically significant weight loss is considered 5% of starting weight, lost over 6 months.Be sure to look at our graphs of what real weight loss looks like. It’s not the straight line down we’ve been shown by the diet industryDealing with the feels when we feel like we’ve given up on ourselves. Be sure to listen to this week’s Tweak This Week with group manager Kim. The reality is, past diets never set you up to succeed but it’s different hereThe importance of reviewing and connecting with your WhyTo learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hello, hello. So day 26 of the program. Also a happy Friday. So hello if you're following along in the Facebook support group. Lately, we've been talking about the hot flash sale that we're having on Monday. So on Monday, you can head over to our website, you can pick up the program for the spring summer program. So the next one for 60 bucks, which of course is an amazing deal. I mean, come on, the value that you get just our guests alone. Amazing conversations this week. You can also pick up the maintenance program as well or the maintenance group as well. So with that have come a lot of questions from you guys. What happens at the end? Do we repeat the program again? So it is totally normal to do as many rounds as you need to complete

your journey until you reach your goal. It's like any other diet you start and then you keep following the diet until you reach your goal. Ours is no different. We just break it down into 91 day digestible bits. So each time you do the program, it works just as well, if not better every single time. So people are asking, do we just repeat the whole thing? Yeah, you can look at it like repeating the whole thing, but you're really just doing another round. So some people look at it like a fresh start to start again. And other people look at it like one big continuation of your journey. Lots of questions, of course, about maintenance. So you can purchase the maintenance program on Monday or maintenance. I say group because it's more of a group rather than the program,

a maintenance group on Monday. If you're not ready for it, you don't have to, you don't have to go into it or you can just, you know, go to the group and then just kind of sit there or observe. But maintenance is for people who are done reaching their goal. So you can purchase it and take advantage of the deal and then use it when you're ready. So just a few questions about that. And then why are we doing it so early is because there are lots of people who didn't get into the Facebook support group or into the winter program, which allows you to use our app. So I mean, the book is great, which by the way, if you haven't picked up the book and you feel like you're behind or you're trying to keep up with the post, the book is a great option. It can really help you for that with that. So you can read it at night

rather than having to pop on your screen. And then you got your computer on at night when you're trying to work on getting better sleep, you can just, you know, open up the book. That can really help you. And although the book is great, it's got all the posts and guidelines, it is a compliment to the weight loss program itself. So getting into the Facebook support group or using the app. So a lot of people didn't have the opportunity to do that, right, because they missed out. And so they're itching to get signed up. So that's why. But more than that, I want to talk about maintenance, because a lot of times what we can do is we can future trip. So we're already freaking out about what we're going to do when we reach our goals when we haven't even lost our goals yet. So we're

going to break down for those of you who are new, we're going to break down everything that you need to know about maintenance at the end of the program. So you don't have to buy the maintenance group in order for us to tell you how maintenance is going to work. The maintenance group is amazing. I go live in there. We have guest segments. We have a team of people there to help you while you're working through your weight loss journey, right? So the four stages of the living method, if you missed it, is lose your weight. So you do as many rounds of the program as you need until you reach your goal. Then you want to solidify your weight. And we'll give you a couple options for that. And that's where you see a lot of people repeating the

program or doing another round, but for maintenance this time. Then there's the maintenance stage, getting used to maintenance, what that looks like and feels like to you, testing the waters, maybe kind of having the things here or there. And then there's a reach the finally and forever stage, which is wake up, look good, feel good, go live your life. That's it. That's it. So we're going to don't stress about at the end of the program, because we have a lot of time left before we get to the end of the program to discuss what happens at the end of the program. Stick around, and we'll make sure you have all the information you need to be successful at the end. All right, you got any questions for me? Where are you guys at? This week has just been amazing with our guests, sleep and stress, a huge conversation.

We talked about maximizing. We're going to continue to talk about maximizing until you're just maximizing, maximizing, maximizing all day, every day. And part of maximizing is focusing on your sleep and on your stress. We're going to get into talking about hormones. We're going to get into talking about inflammation. We're going to get, we're going to get into all of it. But this week was really focused on stress. What an eye-opening conversation.

If you think you know about, sorry, it was focused on sleep and stress. If you think you know about sleep, you don't know about sleep until you listen to the conversations that we've had with our guest experts. It is more than just getting a good night's sleep. It's how whether you get sleep or don't get sleep, how it affects your brain. It affects your body and how your body processes the foods that you're eating. It affects your mood and your decision making. It's just like it's such an interesting conversation because and I'm so happy that we're having it to the extent that we're having it because weight loss is so much more than what you are eating and when, right? And there's so many things that you can do about it

besides focusing on what you are eating and when. So if you didn't have an opportunity to catch those segments this weekend, make sure that you do. Make sure that you do. The weekend, we do keep things really quiet around here. So lots of opportunity to get caught up on anything that you might have missed. I'm just watching this conversation of, have you ever thought of making a paper journal for food tracking? It would be helpful to be able to look back at days and meals I've eaten to see how things have gone off track. Well, we have an amazing app for that. With our app, you may not be using it. It's frigging awesome. And if you haven't been using it, it's not too late to start using it. With the app, you actually track off, you can tick off all the components. It guides you through the program.

So you can, yes, you can weigh yourself. You can also set your intentions and end of day reflections you can track your fluid you can um track what you're eating at meals so all the components did you get your protein check did you get your vegetables check your leafy greens check your healthy fats check you just check check check and it lets you know if you've missed anything and then you can also make notes if you want to write down what you're eating or how you are feeling. And then there's a whole like data collection section that you can see graphs and charts attached to what you are collecting. But to answer your question, yes, we are actually working on a pen to paper workbook for people. So beyond just the posting guidelines, we are

currently working on like a journal for the living method, a good old fashion pen to paper journal, so that people can help kind of track and see what's going on that way for all you old school people out there. Like me, I say that because it's me. I'm a pen to paper girl. So I love making notes. I love writing. I have a to do's list. If you see if you literally if you see the ground of my office right now, it's just covered in notes. I blow through notebook after notebook. So we are working on that. We are working on that. We're hoping to have that available for the spring summer program to have a journal available for you guys to use. So that's super fun. I'm struggling with leafy greens. Okay. Let me just see what's going on here. My notes section is going off like crazy.

I'm struggling with leafy greens. Okay. A head of romaine lettuce is $7.99 here in the far north. It's an excuse, but I know the mental block is real. It's not an excuse. It's not an excuse. Food is fucking expensive. It's absolutely not an excuse. It's valid, man. Who wants to pay eight bucks for some lettuce? I don't. So here's the thing. Buy what's on sale or what's in season. And so in the middle of the winter, obviously, probably not in season. So try frozen. Try frozen kale, frozen spinach. You know, it doesn't have to be a salad you don't have to make this like fresh leafy green salad with every meal you can saute some spinach um you know they have cabbage that you can buy frozen so i would try i would try frozen if you're looking

to save some money that can be a great way way to go or buy what's on sale that week, right? Like maybe you don't love, I don't know, rapini, or you know, or buy bok choy, bok choy, the price on bok choy is pretty good. That doubles as a pro, sorry, a vegetable and leafy green. Right? So there are alternatives there for sure. You know where you can also ask this is on our share pages. Let's not forget that we have those amazing share pages in the support group. Lunch and dinner and breakfast share pages and snacks. These are the kinds of things that you can reach out and ask for there as well. So yeah, go go go seasonal when available. Go frozen and then go what's on sale. I hate paying full price for anything. Like if you got to pay $69 for a bag of grapes, maybe buy some apples that week, you know, like legit, legit, so crazy the price of food. But going through your freezer can be great. You know, that that old myth that that frozen food is not as

healthy, that's actually incorrect. In fact, for how far some of our food has to come with frozen foods, they're like picked right when they're ready to go and then frozen. So they can actually have a higher nutrient value than some of the fresh foods are quote unquote fresh that you're getting from halfway across the world, right? This week's discussions have been fabulous. Thank you, Gina, for bringing these professionals together. Personally, it helped me to focus more on my sleep this week and have made an effort to get to bed a bit earlier. Yeah, I do believe that I get a pretty normal sleep. Just sometimes I need a bit more. And this week has been great. So yeah, first of all, our guests are amazing.

If you don't come here for me, come for our guests. Like really, truly, just incredible people who want to help people. And we don't just go get anyone for, you know, to be a guest in our group. We really look for people who have a passion for helping people be successful and wanting to share their knowledge. A lot of people gatekeep their knowledge. Not me. I put it all out there.

I put it all out there. People are always like, you're giving it away. You're giving it away. You're giving it away. I'm like, listen, you know, if people are successful, I'm going to be reaching their finally and forever goals and sustaining and maintaining it. I'm going to be successful at the end of the day. I do like, I probably in TMI all the time, too much information.

I'm giving it away all the time. A lot of people really safeguard and gatekeep that. You have to go to my website. You have to scroll for 14 days. Give me your firstborn child. Give me your home address, your phone number, everything before I tell you what I can do for you at the end of the day. I can't stand that.

That may just tell me how much it costs. Just tell me what you can do for me. Just tell me how it works. Or that other thing like DM me for information or,, information or hey, who wants to do this that I'm looking for people who are interested. No, bitch, you're looking for people to pay you at the end of the day. Just fucking tell me what you're offering. And our guests are not like that.

And in fact, they're always like, what more can I do to help? What more can I do? We're actually working on so heads up on this and don't hold me to a date. But we are actually working with our guests to create sort of extra segments that you can buy into and purchase for a super affordable rate. If you are looking to continue conversations with them, there's only so much we can cover within the weight loss group, but I know so many of you want more from our guests and you want more conversations with our guests. So we're actually looking for a way, how can we bring that to people,

but also in an affordable way. So we're looking to do sort of like, I don't know, like a whole sleep thing with Dr. Beverly or a whole hormone thing with Dr. Alinka and to see if we can sort of expand on these conversations with something that we're working on, which is super cool. All right, I download all the guest speakers,

listen to them at every opportunity, driving or walking. Yeah. So we have this podcast, Weigh In With Gina. It has the daily lives. It has our guest segments. It has our maintenance conversations. So if you are not listening to podcasts, because I'm not a real techie people, I wasn't really into podcasts, but everyone kept telling me I need to do a podcast. So now we do a podcast. We have some really fun stuff that we're working on for our Way in Wachina podcast as well. We already have a couple of podcasts in the bank, kind of really focused conversations, which is really cool. Something a little different that our team has been working hard on producing.

Way in Wachina. So it's a podcast available on all podcast platforms. So if you want, you can download, you can listen at your leisure while you're walking or you know, working or driving or any of those things, which is really cool. I love the sleep experts. I want to try the amber and red light bulbs. Does anyone have recommendations of which ones are the best? Yeah, so probably Amazon, I'm assuming would have some great ones. I actually was going to look into this more myself and see what she was talking about. So I guess blue light glasses are so last year, red light glasses are, are all the rage. I know I saw

you guys asking about that. Um, I mean, that's one of the thing with our guests, right? They do send information and they do, they're very busy with the jobs that they have. And here's the thing too, is that we have people who live in like 55 different countries who are following along with us. So I would go to Amazon, do a little Google on red light glasses, maybe go to the pharmacy or the optometrist, and have a conversation with them about what would make a good pair, right? That actually is doing the job that you need it to do. The clothes you need to buy, Cosmo, yeah. You know, hey, yeah, that's a thing too, right? So the most expensive part of the program is actually the new wardrobe that you're going to need. That's a real thing. A lot of people don't factor that in. I've sat down with so many people and been like, you know, you reach

the school, you're going to need a whole new wardrobe, not just like clothes. Sometimes people need shoes, like everything, you'll need everything. And they're like, Oh, I can't wait to have that problem. And then you have that problem. And you're like, Oh, shit, clothes aren't cheap. Clothes, clothes are not cheap. I always say that the most expensive part of the program is the new wardrobe that you're going to need at the end of it for sure. Having breakfast, coffee, and asking myself the questions. Are you guys talking about maximizing? So I wanted to have a conversation with you all today about doing what you need to do. Like I want to, it's Friday. How are you feeling? I know we kind of, we had, we, you know, had that great conversation with the guests, but how are you doing with the program and doing the things that you need to do?

How's your mindset? How have you been showing up for yourself this week? How do you feel rolling into the weekend? How are you feeling about what's going on with the scale? It's go time now, in case you didn't get the memo. We've given you weeks to kind of get into the routine of following the food plan, kind of getting an idea of how to navigate the Facebook support group. saw the team shared some tips yesterday you know getting into the groove of using the app this is what I'm saying like if you if you're having a hard time with the info and you

haven't bought the book what are you waiting for right like if you if you want to get into journaling and all that like you know and you know having it guide you along and following the program to the next level but you haven't downloaded and you haven't started using the app yet, what are you waiting for? Right? Are you getting up every day and you're like pissed off at the scale? You're not sure about should you do this? Not sure about that. But you're not asking any questions. What are you waiting for? If you're showing up with all the fields and you're not sure how to do that, and you need support, ask we're here for you, right? Don't wait. The time is now you want to get this shit done. We're already for you, right? Don't wait. The time is now. You want to get this shit done. We're already blowing through week three. Next week is week four. That's when we start our first

kind of major tweak with our tweak this week. Did you watch the tweak this week on Wednesday, right? There's one a little frustrated. Where's that? Let me get that little frustrated with the scale is stuck on up down point two all week. Okay, so this is great. But I don't know what the fuck to say to you. Right? I don't know what the fuck to say to you. So you guys have to listen, I can tell you what to do. I've already told you what to do. I've already told you what to do. It's all in the book. It's all in the notes. It's all in the guidelines. I like I'm telling you, this is what you what to do. It's all in the book. It's all in the notes. It's all in the guidelines. I like, I'm telling you, this is what you need to do. So this is where you, right? This is where you, and I mean, everybody, I mean, everybody, not just you, Kim, not just talking to you, Kim, um, everybody, cause you know, you just, you're assessing how you feel. So if you're like, okay,

I'm a little frustrated here. The scale has been stuck. And a lot of people will come in and be like, what do I do? So I don't know what to tell you because I don't know you. I don't know what you're doing. I don't know what you're not doing. I don't know your health issues. I don't know your baggage. I don't know your issues. I don't know your lifestyle.

I don't know anything about you. So this is where I am teaching you to figure out what weight loss looks like and feels like to you and what you need to do for your body. Follow the food plan, right? I'm giving you the basics. I'm giving you the foundation. I'm giving you the tweaks each week. But that's what I love about the maximizing 20 questions. What do you need to do? Are you hitting all your meals and snacks? Have you been consistent? Go through the basics because sometimes life can get in the way. And the next thing you know, like we're like skipping this, skipping that. This is why tracking can be really important,

because you may think, oh, I skipped this here and there, I skipped that. It's no big deal. But then when you reflect back at the end of the week, and you've skipped a lot of things, you can be like, okay, I'm like showing up at like 60% here. In my mind, I'm trying really hard, and I'm doing a lot of stuff. But food plan wise, I only hit that 60% of the time. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, right? We actually have a great post for you this weekend. It's called the psychology of effort. And it talks about this. You want this so bad, you've been trying to achieve it for so long, you feel like you'd already have it yesterday. You're working so hard that you feel like the scale should be moving or you should be

seeing more results. But really, in reality, right, you're not doing. And maybe you're doing more than you did before. Maybe you're doing a lot, but you're not doing all the things that you not need to, but can do, right? So are you being consistent with every single meal and snack? Are you actually making your food choices nutrient rich? Or are you still stuck and eating that low fat, no fat yogurt?

Or are you still stuck still counting, weighing and measuring? Or are you still stuck eating like a hunk of lettuce with some chicken on it with a lemon wedge on the side for lunch? Because you think that's diet food, that's going to get you ahead, right? Are you actually making your food choices nutrient rich are you eating dissatisfaction are you trying to eat less and you've been doing that since the beginning and then you're like starving then you end up snacking later because you're trying to eat less during the day or are you actually eating dissatisfaction are you actually asking those four questions are you actually before every single meal

and snack i can't tell you how important that is, not just while losing and the tweaks that we're making, but at the end of this program, when you've lost your weight and reached your goal, I want you to be able to trust your body's telling you when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat. You don't need math to lose weight and you don't need math to maintain and sustain it. You got to be in tune with your body's needs, right? That's a big part of that. So ask, are you asking those four questions? Are you drinking the water? Are you actually getting it in? Not just trying to get it in, working really hard to get it in, getting some in, are you getting the amount that you need? And then are you adjusting that day to day to day? Right? Are you now here's where we maximize, right? Are you trying to get a better

sleep doing what you can to facilitate deeper, more quality sleep? Are you doing things to help manage your stress? Are you just stressing out, coming home, drinking a bottle of wine, whatever? That's your stress management. Are you doing anything at all to manage your stress? Are you moving your body? Are you a menopausal woman and not doing resistance training, right?

Like even at home, pushups, squats, planks. Have you gone through YouTube to try to find some videos for you, right? Have you added some resistance training? Are you moving your body at the very least? Are you going for a walk with your 12 year old dog three times a day where it takes you? Yeah, you're out there for an hour, but all you do is go one block? Or are you going up hills? Are you getting your heart rate up? Like, what can you do there? Do you have health issues that you need to manage and all you're doing to manage them is taking pills, right? That's not just taking the pill.

That's it, right? Or are you actually searching and researching on what you can do or having conversations with your healthcare provider above and beyond just taking this pill? What can I do? Like, are you missing your gallbladder, but you haven't had a conversation with your doctor about bile salts or taking digestive bitters or enzymes or whatnot? Do you have IBS, Crohn's, colitis, all those things and not talking to your healthcare provider about what you can do to strengthen your digestive system, not just food avoidance, but actually get more. Have you added in the basic supplements?

Right? Like if you are someone who didn't listen to the basic, basic supplement conversation, you're like, I don't need them. Yet you're like the scale hasn't moved yet for me. And I'm so frustrated. I don't know what's going on. Yet your stress levels are through the roof, you're not getting enough omega three in your diet without enough good fatty coming in, your body's gonna be reluctant to let go of the fat. right? Not getting enough magnesium in your diet. Your vitamin D levels are low, right? Like, are you taking, are you, do you live in Canada or anywhere else where it's wintertime right now and the days are shorter and you're not out there with your bare skin hanging

out in your bikini and you're not taking vitamin D, right? Like, have you considered the supplements because low vitamin D levels, low magnesium levels, not getting enough omega three in your diet that will affect your body's ability to focus on fat loss. And so sometimes people are really resistant to that, right? And so this is what we mean, there's always things that you can do. So this is where you need to say, okay, this is my lifestyle. This is my stress. This is my this is how much movement I'm doing. These are the health issues that I have. This is what I need to focus on, right? This is where you need to, I need to ask you, I should be able to ask you, well, what, what do

you need to do? What do you need to do? Right? What do you need to do in order, in order to get and keep that scale moving? Cause we've given you lots of options and we're going to, we're going to get deep into conversations and give you more tools in order to do the things that you need to do along the way, right? So, so this is what you want. This is where you really want to get into that. So when you are, you know, as you ensure type into the group, you know, what can I do to get my scale moving? Someone asked that this morning, I'm like, that's a loaded question. Do you have five hours for me to tell you all the things that you can do to get that scale moving again. And then the most important thing is if you really perceive that you're doing all the things or to the to to your best capacity, because sometimes you can't because there's this life going on,

then you have to take that into consideration. Right? Like the sleep conversation this week is not meant to say to you, well, if you're not getting good sleep, you're not going to be successful and you're not going to be able to reach your goal. That's not what that's about. It's just that if you're not getting great sleep, there are quite a few things that you can do to facilitate getting a better sleep, right? And anything you can do, moving your body is going to help with sleep. Managing your stress is going to help with sleep, right? Changing your environment is going to help with sleep. You know, there's a lot, not eating late at night is going to help with sleep. Following that routine during your environment is going to help with sleep. You know, there's a lot not eating late at night is going to help with sleep. Following that routine during the day is

going to help with sleep. Taking that vitamin D or getting outside is going to help with sleep. So you may think that you really, there's nothing I can do. It's just my life. I'm just so stressed out. That's how it is. Even with stress, you have to breathe and you could take like a few minutes each day, just do some deep breathing exercises, right? So, so it's go time around here. I'm expecting that you're all in. I'm expecting that some of you may be in and out and in and out and in and out because life is getting you. Some of you are hanging on by the skin of your teeth. That's okay too. That's okay too, because just keep showing up. You're going to get there. It's just like life is just making it not easy for you. That's okay. That's okay. You, you can never wait for the perfect circumstance to show up and do something

like this. Because in my experience, 36 years of helping people, there's always some. If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered. Summer runs or playoff season meditations, whatever your vibe, Peloton has thousands of classes built to push you. We know how life goes. New father, new routines, new locations. What matters is that you have something there to adapt with you, whether you need a challenge or rest. And Peloton has everything you need, whenever you need it. Find your push. Find your power.

Peloton. Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. There's always something. So, so this Friday, I want you to, before you roll into the weekend, just have a little chat with yourself about how you feel about the last four weeks that have gone by and how you're showing up and, you know, maybe sit down with that maximizing checklist, maybe take some time to listen to all of the amazing conversations that we've had so far

with our guests. Just kind of like check in with yourself because moving forward, it is full steam ahead. It is like go time. I'm assuming that you're committed to being here at the end. Come hell or high water, you're going to do the things that you need to do. Sometimes it'll be better than other days. That's fine. But it is go time around here, right? So get used to the scale, read the scale post, right? If you're still not sure about the ups and downs on the scale, you still haven't come to terms with the fact that it's so normal for the scale to go up

because you are weighing every day and it went up before and fluctuated all the other times. It's just, you weren't seeing them. And the fact that you're seeing those fluctuations are helping you get a handle on how your body's responding to the choices that you're making. And more importantly, when it goes up and you've been doing all the things, you know it's about to go down so you can support that body and detox, right? That's my suggestion. I need to show up for me.

It's been hard this round. Today is reset day. I'm on it. Yeah, I'm in it to for me. It's been hard this round. Today is reset day. I'm on it. Yeah, I'm in it to win it. Check yourself before you wreck yourself. That's exactly it, right? Do you have any info about the best pace of weight loss? One expert I saw recommended 5% of body weight a week to minimize muscle loss.

People are lucky to lose 5% in three months. So 5% of your body weight is a standard for six months. So a diet is, I love this question, by the way. So a diet is considered successful if people are able to lose 5% of their body weight within six months. So I think they're a little off on their 5% per week, because that's, that's definitely not the norm. And that that would I mean, some people have lost,

because we have people studying the Libby method. And we've actually done our own research behind the Libby method. And we eventually we're doing we do focus groups. And then eventually, we're going to do some clinical studies as well. So some people when following the Libby method can lose as much as 25% of their body weight in three months. Most people are seeing 5% of their body weight lost in three months, which is what's really exciting about the Libby method because all the other diets out there are measuring that 5% up to six months. So people, although this is not a quick fix, people are losing a lot of weight on the Libby method living method however I must say that the standard is one to two pounds a week so if you're losing one pound a week you're doing great if you're

losing two pounds a week you're doing amazing anything above and beyond that fan-fucking-tastic and here's the thing how quickly you're losing and then be getting zero indication of how successful you'll be it really is about really being here at the end. And some people, it can seem like they're losing a lot of weight, chances are, they have a lot of weight to lose. And a lot of times we really lose sight of that we see someone who lost, you know, 13 pounds already, and you're like, Oh, my God, I haven't even lost any. Well, chances are, they probably have a considerable amount of weight, maybe they have 100 pounds to lose where you're only in here looking to lose 15 pounds. Right. Um, and, and, and, you know, you know, 50 pounds, 150 pounds, you know, five pounds, 15 pounds, it can be just as hard for somebody to lose a little

bit of amount of weight as it is for someone to lose a lot of weight. People will say, oh, your program is just for people who have a lot of weight to lose. I'm always like, that makes no fucking sense. It makes no sense whatsoever. It's just that it can be just as hard for someone to lose 15 pounds as it is for someone else to lose 50 pounds, right? Because everyone's a little different. So one to two pounds is like the standard. Although even with that, it's not like you're going to lose weight every single week, right? So I shared a, whose scale was it that I saw? Was it Pam Woods? I can't remember. Someone shared their scale on Instagram. And I showed like, it was like, you know, up, and then it went down, and then when I back up, and then it went down. But that's where you have to like, take that ruler and look for that downward trend, you're going to have lots

of ups, you're gonna have some weeks where you're up the whole time, some weeks where you're down, down, down, down, down, down, down the whole time, you know, and it's going to be a sort of a mix of that. So this is why healthy weight loss looks different. That's why when you see the graphs from people, and I think we had that post, what weight loss really looks like, go check that out because we've had members share their graphs on that post, what weight loss really looks like, the ones where we show you graphs. So the graphs we use in that post are from real members. We didn't just make those up and bullshit you. Those are actually real people's graphs. And then in that post, we have

so many of our amazing returning members sharing their graphs. And they're all similar in that there's so many ups and downs, right? That there's sometimes where they're dropping, sometimes they're plateauing, sometimes where their weight is up. So that is that is normal, healthy, sustainable weight loss, in terms of what when you're trying to lose it. So that's why you're going for the downward trend. When you see a scale, a reflection of a scale that is a straight line down on any of the weight loss ads, it's fucking bullshit. It is just an it's just a graph someone drew themselves. It's nobody's graph, nobody's graph. I mean, I shouldn't say that. We had one person do the program, they lost 80 pounds, I think it was 82 pounds in three months. So you do the math on 80 pounds in three months, which is definitely not

the norm. Definitely not the norm. I mean, everything has to align with what they are doing and where they're at and how much they have to lose. Definitely not the norm. But you know, if you took someone who lost 80 pounds in 91 days, then obviously, yeah, that would be a bit of a, but that is not the norm. Right? That's not the average. That's not the norm. That's like a, that's like a one-off every now and then you'll get someone who's in here and they'll lose like 80 pounds in one program. So, so when you see that a scale with a, like a graph with a straight line down, it's horseshit. It's not true. So yeah, so this is where we're really trying to normalize ups and downs on a scale, fluctuations

on the scale, right? So yeah, so about five pounds in six months would be amazing. Five percent, sorry, five percent of your body weight in six months would be amazing. People are doing that in three months on the Libby Method. Some people are doing a lot more. Like I said, we've had people lose 25% of their body weight in three months in a healthy, sustainable way. Everyone's a little different.

Everyone's a little different. That's why we have some people who get concerned if they've lost like nine pounds in a week, right? So now, now chances are they didn't lose nine pounds in a week. Chances are the weeks leading up their weight was up, right showing up on the scale, but also their body was releasing fat. So there, maybe their scale was up because they started working out their body was sore, or their body was, you know, a little bit stressed out from the change in their diet, or, you know, you know, not drinking enough water, which you need, as you're eating so

often, you need more water, because of how often we eat on the program. So maybe their body was retaining water, right? So the, you know, two weeks before their weight was up the whole time, they're like, Oh, my, I don't know what's going on. Why am I not dropping, but all these things were sort of adding to why they're maybe it was where they were at in their cycle. Right. And then, you know, and then they go into the week before that loss and maybe their weight goes up because they're, you know, they're, again, their body's been dropping weight, but you're not seeing it on the scale and not drinking the water. So when your body's releasing fat, you need more water.

So then your body's retaining water. And then all of a sudden, everything kind of comes in line. Maybe you're starting to get better sleep. Maybe your body's not as sore. Maybe you're getting on top of your water, whatever that is. And then all of a sudden, boom, you see that reflection on the scale. But it's not because you lost weight. You didn't lose all that weight overnight. It's just because while your body was releasing fat, and you were weighing every day, you're also picking up on all the different reasons why your weight can be up. And it can be a combination of a variety of

different things, right? So when you see people who lose that big chunk, no, it's not because like, they just lost it overnight. That's been like weight loss is always based on momentum and what's been happening leading up to that scale. I'm all in I'm embarrassed to admit, I have quit on myself and this program three times. Please do not be embarrassed by that because you haven't quit because you're here. You should say I have attempted this program three times and I have not given up on myself. That's the takeaway here. We really need to normalize this. We need to normalize what you're trying to do is a big thing. The changes in your life making these changes,

that's not easy. And life doesn't make it easy for us. And so there are different seasons in your life, making these changes. That's not easy. And life doesn't make it easy for us. And so there are different seasons in your life where things are, it's going to be easier for you to prioritize it than others. Plus this program, it's like, it's no joke. This program makes you face your shit. This program forces you to work through your issues and associations tied into and around food that you need to eat to survive food that many people have used to cope with their stress with their emotions with past traumas. Some of you have been through traumatic experiences where food has been factored into that. Right? Like it's it it's a big deal for some people just not feeling guilty about prioritizing themselves in their own life. Plus the feelings that you have probably from all

the other diets that you've done. And isn't it just so hard to stomach the thought of doing another program and not being successful? Like, come on, that in itself is so hard to get past those feelings. When you've been here before, you were successful and you gained it all back and you feel like a failure and then you did it again and then you gain it all back and you did it again and you get it all back. You tell everyone you knew and then you lost the weight. Everyone's like, you look amazing. You lost the weight and then you gained it back. Like for so many reasons, this shit is hard. And the fact that you haven't given up on yourself, please go if you haven't yet and listen to the conversation, the tweak this week with Kim. She's the group manager. This is her story. This is her. She's managing the group. She's been

successful and she didn't get past like her first two or three programs. Same thing. She didn't get past like her first two or three programs. Same thing. She didn't follow through. And she was successful on them. Stop following. You know, we need to normalize that. We need to normalize that. We also, I need to reinforce one more time, and I'll probably do it 10 more times. If you perceive that you failed at dieting, those diets that you've lost and you gained it back, you didn't fail. Those diets failed you.

They were never designed for sustainable weight loss. This one is, which is why it's hard, which is why it takes more work than probably you've ever done, which is why you have to work through the hard fields like you had never have, right? That's the difference. So you should be nothing but super fucking proud of yourself for continuing to show up for yourself and not giving up on yourself because you're still here today. You're still here today. You know this and this is like I see so many people responding back to you, right? Same for me. You got this.

I'm on my fourth round, you know, with ever completing the full thing like this is how it is. Here's the thing. If you do not give up on yourself, you are going to get there. Everything is here for you to be successful. So what did you do those rounds that what happened? So let's talk about this. I got to get going though.

I got to, I got to take my kid to an appointment, but I want to get into this before I go. What happened? What happened? What weren't you doing that you need to do now? Were you setting intentions and the day reflections were you journaling were you reaching out for help were you participating in the group right like use that check-in post at the top to be like hi everyone I'm here today that's all you got to say and we're gonna be like so great to see you have a great day hello I'm here again today I am here

again today here I am today I am here again today. Here I am today. I am barely here today. Hanging on by the skin of my teeth today. I crush it today. Use this group to be the space that you navigate through all of this. Own it. You don't have to. You can use your own journal. You know, you can start your own Instagram account and have it be private and you can be the only person in it. and you can do, take your own progress photos. You can do your own diary and no one has to see it, but you like figure out what you need, what, what, what needs to be different this time. Maybe it's your life. And now it's just like, now is this now you're maybe realize you don't take time to prioritize yourself and it's hard because you've got a lot going on. Maybe you need to have a good chat with yourself and be like, what do I want for

my life? Who do I want to be? How do I want to feel when I visualize my best life? What does that look like? What does that feel like? And what, who do I need to be? And what do I need to do in order to get there? I mean, at the end of the day, if you woke up today, you're living your best life, right? If you woke up today and you are here today and you have another opportunity and you have another day to be able to focus on your weight loss. Amazing. Amazing. Right? So how those hard conversations with yourself and be like, what do I need to support my ass? Pretend you are me and talk to yourself and be like, okay, what do I need? Why, why did I not follow through last time? Was it circumstance? Cause it's good to understand. Oh, do you know what? I didn't follow through last time because my kid was sick. And

then this happened and whatever. Oh, shit. Fuck. No wonder. No wonder. I didn't fail. It wasn't me. It wasn't that I didn't eat this or do that. It was like life was fucking really hard for me. And maybe in the moment I was in denial. I think I've been in denial or I've been in shock since my kid's dad passed away. I'm only realizing it now. I'm only realizing now that I feel like I was in shock for about six months afterwards. I don't even, I look back and I'm like, what? But I'm not, I'm only realizing it now.

And maybe that's happening to you or it will happen to you. And there's probably good reasons why you were unable to show up for yourself because you want this. You're here. You signed up, you know, also your why before I go, everyone check your why, right? Remember, you're not going to be motivated every day. It's going to be hard. So you got to know why you're doing it. Why are you doing it? Why did you sign up? You want to lose this weight? What's that going to mean to you? What's that going to look like? What's that going to feel like? So when you don't want to do the things, your life gets hard. Remind yourself why and what you want, what you want. I got to go.

Of course, I'm not going live on the weekends. I really miss you guys, but I'm also loving my time on the week. It's giving me so much energy throughout the week, you know, to kind of just keep it more concentrated. Of course, I'm loving by the time Monday night rolls around, I'm a shit show though. But I hope that you have an amazing weekend. I will be checking in. So you have got to pop into the group on Sunday, read those guidelines. Monday's where we do downsizing. Don't let it trip you up. Now, I highly suggest before you roll into Monday, catch the tweak this week because at the end of each week's tweak this week, we talk about the

following week's tweak for the next week. And we talk about it there. Have an amazing day, everyone. Make sure you tell your friends or family. Get signed up on Monday. It starts at 7 a.m., 15,000 spots. Last time we had this $60 sale, we blew through that in like hours. We blew through that in hours. So make sure you take advantage of that flash sale. Tell your friends, tell your family. Have an amazing rest of your day. Have an amazing weekend.

And I'll check in on the weekend. See you then. Bye.