The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 29 - Fall 2025

Episode Date: October 6, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 29, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2025.In this episode, Gina shares how downsizing isn't just about eating less, it’s about waking up to the unconscious habits around food that no longer serve you. From confronting the urge to clean your plate to redefining what satisfaction really feels like, Gina breaks down how this tweak helps you reconnect with your body's signals and build trust in your hunger cues. Whether it’s letting go of control or learning to stop before you're full, this conversation is a powerful reminder that the hard work of leaving food behind is what makes lasting change possible.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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of the program um if you got any questions let me know what do you want to know what do you want to know uh tony's just gone upstairs to grab my ipad so i can see some questions that you are asking and answer those as uh as soon as i can but here we are week four of downsizing so kim sent me Kim is the manager of our weight loss program. If you haven't had an opportunity to meet her, we did introduce her during the first week of the program. You got to read a bit about her, her bio, her tips, and whatnot. And what she does is she sends me some questions in the morning, just some of the more

frequently asked questions. So I got some here while Tony is running to grab my iPad. I will go through some of them. So we're downsizing this week. Like I mentioned on the check in this morning, the first thing you want to do after the weekend always is a such your situation. and what's going on? How are you feeling mentally about this week ahead? What are some of the thoughts and the feels that you have, especially from the weekend? Are you happy with your choices

that you made? Or are you full of regret today and you're all pissy pants? But what's going on the scale? But, you know, it's probably due to some of the choices that you made. And so that's going to happen. And it's a great opportunity to reflect back, because I'm not a big let it go person. I'm not like a let it go. Let it go. I think that's fucking horseshit. You don't want to let it go. There are some things that where you are like, okay, I've given myself some time to dwell on this, think on it, feel on it, whatever, time to get moving along. But I'm a big, let's go back and kind of reconnect the dots here.

So if you found yourself waking up this morning and you're just like, ah, why did I do that? What's going on? Letting it go is not going to help you. So what you want to do is rewind it back to Friday. Did you have a plan? Did you have an event that you had planned, but you didn't make a plan for the event, right? This is why your plan doesn't have to be, I'm going to stick to the Gina Livy diet and do everything perfectly. It is to be like, okay, I have this my friend's wedding or this reservation at a restaurant or whatever it is.

I know I'm going to want to indulge. So what's my plan leading up, right? Making a point to get that protein breakfast in, get your water in throughout the day. and then, you know, be mindful about the choices that you're making. Mindful doesn't mean following perfectly. It's understanding. Okay, so I made a choice to indulge. And the minute my brain starts to go, oh, you're never going to lose weight and why'd you do that?

And, you know, you're horrible. And now you need to starve and deprive yourself to earn your dinner or whatever that is, right? You want to catch on to that and be like, no, no, no, no, no. I made a conscious choice to indulge. I knew I would feel like this. I haven't ruined anything. No need to starve and deprive myself the next day or punish myself. And every time your brain goes back there, you got to retrain it to be like, okay, no, all I did was choose to enjoy this food. That's it. My body is feeling the effects. And I just got to get back

to making choices that are more in line with my goals. It's simple as that. But you have to actively connect those dots. So what we're doing here is rewiring how your body's come to function physically, with your set point and all of that. And now we're working on rewiring how your brain has come to function. So every time you're festering in your funk, it's an opportunity to be like, what's going on? Why am I feeling like this? Right. So connect the dots.

Oh, I ate that. Oh, I don't feel good after I do that. Okay. Did it actually bring me joy? Right. And so you're not going to get it perfect, but this is what it's about sort of understanding. So many people are like, why do I keep eating at night? Why do I keep bloating on the weekend?

Why do I keep? So you want to investigate. Why? why, right? So a couple questions. Tony's got me my iPad here. So good morning. Where is the best place to ask a question here on the live on a post or daily check in post? So hi, Melinda. So this is the live. Lives are not mandatory opportunity to talk more in depth about the program. We do not do written responses on the lives. But we do on sometimes we do. The team will go in and kind of search some if we feel like someone needs a response and they, you know, maybe don't know where to

post it. So the post that's in the featured section, so right across your app or on your computer, you'll see like the guide section and photo section and whatnot. There's a featured section there. And if you click that, the post at the very beginning is the check-in video each day. And that's the best place to post a question. You can also, it's usually around the top of the feed too on the page. We normally, we post it last each day. So it's there and then you'll see the live on top of them. So, but on any of our written post as well, so, uh, like, um, any of the posts that we're posting today, you can go in and ask a question. Okay, speaking up, so here's a question here. How do I know the difference between unsatisfied and hungry? Also, does downsizing mean sharing less food

that, that normally I don't, because I don't want to waste any. So the food waste issues is a real issue. Um, you know, it may be a little harsh, but I always say your, your body's not a garbage can. So you have to understand that if you have food on your plate and you are already satisfied and had enough, you eating that food, eating more than you need, is not saving food. Let me say that again, because this is really important. You eating more food. So I played out my food. I got it on my plate, right? And I still have some meat or when, you know, potatoes, veggies, whatever left, but I am full. I feel satisfied. Me eating more than I need is not doing anything to help with waste. And that's what I mean, whether it goes in here or goes in a

garbage can, do you see where I'm going with this? Yeah, this is why I want to really take a second with this, because this is really big. You eating more food than you need is, is not saving on waste. So if anything, you serving out food and deciding, okay, I'm done, packing that up in a, in a, you know, you're Tupperware. I don't know if anyone's still using Tupperware. I am. Tupperware and incorporating it into your other meals and snacks, that can be saving on waste, being at a restaurant, bringing it home, right? Incorporating that into your meals and snacks, or giving it to your dog, having someone else eat it in your house who's actually hungry that can save on waste, right? And so if you are dealing, if you're having a

hard time with wasting food, it's probably because you have been taught to eat all the food on your plate. So in other customs, I think I believe in Thailand, if you clean your plate, they will come and bring you more food because that means you must still be hungry because you've eaten all the food on your plate. So it's actually customary to leave food on your plate that signals, I am done and I've had enough. And so this is the food waste issue that can pop up. Some of you are trying to find loopholes around this. Well, I'm just going to portion out less. Well, it doesn't matter if it's less or not. Chances are you're just going to still eat everything on your plate, which means when you're done, losing your weight and reaching your weight loss

goals, rather than actually knowing the minute you've had enough, you're just going to keep clearing your plate, clearing your plate. And eventually, your body will get used to larger portions again, right? And so this is why you cannot lose weight in a sustainable way by counting, weighing, and measuring or trying to control what you are eating. But this brings you back to how do I know the difference between unsatisfied and hungry? So you've been eating to satisfaction, right? So first we were eating enough to feel satisfied. That's the first couple weeks. Eat enough to feel satisfied. Not more, not less. But ah, some of you are probably realizing your sense of satisfaction was actually full.

Because I wasn't saying eat until you're full. Eat until you were satisfied. But you're probably just eating everything off your plate. And that made you feel satisfied because your plate was cleared. Right. And then the last couple weeks, it's eat enough that you're walking away feeling satisfied. So that's different, right? The first time was eat enough in the moment to feel satisfied.

Next couple weeks was eat enough so that you're walking away 10, 50 minutes later feeling satisfied. These are the nuances that are really important. This week, it's stop eating to leave yourself feeling slightly unsatisfied. So in order to know what unsatisfied is, you kind of need to understand what satisfied is. Now, if you're new to the program, you might be like, what the fuck are you talking about? So we're going to downsize this week. And then next week, we're going to bring it back to satisfaction, but you will probably notice you're feeling more satisfied on smaller portions. And then you'll have an opportunity to do it again. So you can look at this as a practice round. This is why I said this morning. You can't mess this up as long as you're. So it's about

being aware of your body's cues. So I would say unsatisfied feels lately unsatisfied feels like, okay, let's say I'm at a restaurant and I kind of like I'm eating my food and then I'm like, you know, I chat with, you know, whoever I'm with for a minute. And the waiter or waitress comes along and grabs my plate and takes it away. And at first I'm like, whoa, I'm not done. But then I realize, oh, I'm okay. It's fine. It's fine.

Whatever. Right? Or slightly unsatisfied is like, okay, I could eat more. I could eat more. Could eat more. Good. Don't eat more. But I'm okay.

So here's the thing that you don't know that we're going to get into later in the program is that certain foods take longer than others for your body to process and digest. And we eat so fast. we don't even give our body time to register the amounts of food that we have been eating, which is why you'll notice sometimes you would have eaten enough in the moment to feel satisfied later, but you really end up feeling full later because as soon as your body has time to start to process and digest your food, you realize, oh my goodness, I've eaten too late, which is why we ask before we eat while we're eating, when we were done, and then 10, 15 minutes

later. So you might be like, okay, I think I still feel like I could have a few more bites, so let me stop there, and then you're going to still pay attention. 10, 15 minutes later and be like, how do I feel? And if you feel satisfied, then chances are you ate enough to feel satisfied, right? So it's different for everybody. How do I know the difference between unsatisfied and hungry? You will know hungry. So this is why we did that science post on Saturday. If you didn't read it yet, you will know you're hungry. So a lot of people think that they go by their migrating motor complex. My tummy is rumbling. Your tummy very rarely rumbles when you are actually hungry, your tummy rumbling is usually your migrating motor complex.

It's this like internal system that kicks in to make sure the food goes to where the food needs to go. This is why have you ever had your tummy rumbling and you're like, I swear I'm not hungry. I just ate like a half hour ago. That's what that is. So there's hunger can mean a variety of different things. So this is where we're trying to cut through that. Are you actually hungry or are you bored? Are you actually hungry or are you stressed and using food to cope? Are you actually hungry or are you triggered because you always eat something at this time or you saw a dairy queen sign or, you know, whatever, you know, the Big Mac or whatever that is, right? Hunger is kind of like a, like, and very rarely will you actually be hungry when it comes

to following the program because you are eating so often. Now towards the end of the program, you're not going to be eating as often. But right now, there's a rhyme and a reason to why we are eating so often. So you're actually very rarely hungry, but you can be hungry in your brain because, oh my God, I'm eating less this week. So it feels like a diet. Your brain goes back to every other diet you've ever done. And you think you're fucking starving because you've had a few bites less than each meal and snack. The feel is real. The feel is very real. Your brain is connected to the thoughts of dieting. And so you're thinking, oh my God, am I eating enough food? of you are probably eating healthier than you have ever eaten in your entire life because you can

eat a lot of food. You can eat a ton of food that has no nutrient value in it. Or you can eat a smaller amounts of food that is super nutrient rich and actually a huge value for your body at the end of the day. And so hunger is kind of like this like kind of slow like it's like a, you know when you're hungry. You know when you're just like, oh my God, I'm so hungry. I haven't been able to eat. So I'm like, you're busy. You haven't been able to eat. Every bit on vacation, but you're like, um, walking a lot and moving a lot.

And then you didn't get an opportunity to eat anything. And then you're just like, oh, I'm like, oh, because you've been moving your body and you're actually like your body's looking for nutrients and you can feel it. It's kind of like a slow, I don't, does that make any sense to anybody? I don't fucking know. At least to me, that's what it feels like. To you, it might be different. To you, it might be different.

Here's what I can tell you. you're not purposely, like, trying to leave yourself feeling starved, deprived, or hungry. Now, your body's going to notice that you don't give it the same amount. And so that, it's going to notice that. It's going to be like, hey, where's the rest of my food? And you're like, you're fine. I gave you, like, enough food and we got more food coming down the pipeline and whatever. And you might notice at the end of the day, you are a little extra hungry again,

because mentally you're like, oh, my goodness, did I eat enough food? And, you know, all of that, those thoughts and feels are going to pop up. You will notice by the end of the week, your body will start. to adjust to smaller portions, and you will feel just as satisfied on smaller portions. So just have a little faith and trust. You're not going to die. You're not going to try. So the reality is like you eat food, right?

So let me say I eat some food and my body starts to process and digest that food. And let's say I'm hungry 10, 15 minutes later. The reality is like I can put more food in, but the food I ate still hasn't been processed and digested yet because your body needs time for that. And so this is one of the reasons, for example, fruit in the morning, fruit, you know, really quick, half hour and you're getting the nutrients from that. Nuts and seeds take about 90 minutes to two hours. So, you know, when you have those nuts and seeds in the afternoon, that's when they start to kick in right when you're going to have dinner. And so that's kind of how the food plan works is that food takes time for your body to fully process, digest and get the nutrients from it. And by then, you're usually on to your next meal or snack. So no one is not eating enough food if you're following the food plan at the end of the day. All right, let's go into How to Manage Downsizing with Moderate Intensity Physical Exercise.

So let me, let's talk about this for a second. So you have been doing, okay, let me read the whole thing. There's a lot here. How to manage downsizing with moderate, intense physical activity. So first of all, with any kind of exercise that you've been doing, we, science now knows. It's not what you eat before or after. It's how you are fueling your body throughout the day. Okay.

So I'm about getting your protein in. before, after, like, they've debunked all of that. Unless you're a professional athlete, you really don't need to be worrying about any of that. It's the nutrients you're getting throughout the day. So I'm assuming that you have been exercising this entire time following the food, plan, eating nutrient rich and eating enough to feel satisfied, right? Now, you might notice a decrease in your energy levels as you make a change in your diet or whatnot. You might notice a decrease in your energy levels as your body's focus on fat loss. A lot of people like, oh my God, I'm so weak and frail because I haven't had, you know, 16 bagels today.

Well, like, no, that's not it, right? It's normal for a variety of reasons to see a change in your energy. But up until this point, you've been doing the exercise that you are doing. And so you've been eating dissatisfaction based on that. And so you are still, think of it this way. You have been eating dissatisfaction, feeding the size body that you are right now today. You are looking to lose weight. So think of it as feeding the next size body of you, right?

And so you still want to follow along, make your. meal choices as nutrient-rich as possible and leave yourself, you know, feeling slightly unsatisfied. Again, your body's still going to take time to process and digest your food. You're still getting more than enough food that your body needs for you to exercise because it's all relevant. It's the same activity that you've been doing eating dissatisfaction. So it's no different if someone wasn't doing any activity and they were eating dissatisfaction. And then this week they were eating a few bites less. So this whole time you've been factoring in activity. following the program, eating dissatisfaction. So a few bites less for you who is more active is

no different than a few bites less for someone else who is not active because it's all relevant, right? Because or relative. I don't know what I don't know what I'm saying. Do you know what I'm saying? Your body's already been factoring the exercise. Same same. It's the same same. As well as late activity, I go hiking four to six hours most Thursdays and weight lift exercise class once a week. Does it affect overall message to my body if I fluctuate the downsizing today's where I only do light activity. Why, though, right? So this is you trying to control whatever.

So you should always have been eating. And this is why portions are, I love this, by the way. This is why portions are what they feel like, not about what they look like. So on the days that you are more active, you like, for example, you know, you might want to I had, I'm trying to use eggs, but that's in the morning, right? This is why I say like three eggs one day, maybe one day the next, one egg the next. And so this isn't something you're controlling. I'm more active.

I need more or whatever. you in the moment, let me follow the food plan and let me eat enough to feel satisfied, whether I've done a lot of activity that day or not. So this way counting calories is such fucking bullshit because your body's needs do change each day. And so this is where you want to just be eating enough in the moment. Maybe it's more one day and less the next day. So you're trying to, this is what people try to do. They try to control. You can't control or moderate your weight to sustainable weight loss. And so just like you've been eating dissatisfaction on the same days, you do these long walks and do whatever, you still downsize those same days.

Downsize those same days. Also, this is not like, this is not like putting your body in codosis, right? This is not starving and depriving. It's just simply a few bites less. So no, it doesn't affect, like, yes, you want to be consistent. And that's the other thing, too. Here's what I want to say. And I'm not, I'm a bit of a bitch about this because I want you to be successful. best podcasts. Here's the show that we recommend. Did you know that it was once illegal to shop on Sundays?

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you go very quickly from doing a program that actually works to you kind of just doing your own thing. So it's not like counting calories, that you're just haphazardly counting and weighing and measuring and eating less and exercising more. That's not it. It's really the systematic nature of the program. And downsizing is just, it's less about eating less and more about the thoughts and the fields and the issues that pop up and helping you actually get in tune to your body's actual needs, right. But I've worked with a lot of people who, you know, they've been very successful, especially when I was younger. They were a little, you know, terrifying to me. They ran big businesses or they were celebrities or whatever that was where I just wanted to, okay, I'm just

so, here I am helping you, little old me. And they'll be like, I just, I don't want to do that this day. And I don't like this. And I'm just going to back and do that. Never worked. Never worked. Never worked. Never worked. Because then people, the body just gets chaotic. And so the whole point is routine is the foundation of change. So this continually doing something helps you helps your body adjust and helps you learn. So if you're constantly switching things out, doing this, doing that, whatever, it just is very chaotic. Very chaotic. This may be a dumb question. No such thing is a dumb question, a silly question, ask away. And this is something I say to my team all the time. We never assume what people know and we don't know. We never

assume where people are at, what they're dealing with, what they got going on, right? Um, but rather than eating just a little less, why not serve a little less? Well, exactly, right? Why not just eat a little less? What's your problem with that? Why are you trying to control it and do it a different way? So that's the underlying issue for you, right? Probably food waste issues, food scarcity issues, right? Again, your body's not a garbage can. So you can serve less. Okay, let's talk about this. You can serve less, but here's what I want you to do. I still want you to ask those four mindful eating questions because even when you're serving less, it could be that you're still eating too much. Right? So you can serve less, but still ask those four questions. And that still

might have you leaving food on your plate. So if your idea of serving less, because I hear people talking about cutting, I'm just, I'm going to cut my calories, cut this, cut the food. No, stop saying that word, we're not cutting anything, right? So you can absolutely serve less, but I want you to do two things. One, still ask those four sets of mindful eating questions and be aware that you might still be leaving food on your plate. And two, if you are serving less, leave yourself open to, I've eaten all my food, I'm still hungry, still really hungry, I need to get a second serving and downsize that portion. Okay? Downsizing is just as much leaving food on your plate after that first portion as it is being still hungry, going back for more and downsizing that portion. That's really

important, right? And this is why we don't want to get stuck on what we're serving on our plate, because maybe if you just serve what's on your plate, and let's say you still have a few bites left and you're still really hungry, obviously you're going to be really hungry when you're when you walk away rather than, okay, I'm still really hungry. Let me finish this, this. Let me go back for more and then then leave a few bites less and leave yourself feeling slightly unsatisfied. Right. Or is this, okay, but rather than eating a little less, why not serve a little less? Or is this just to reinforce the eat visually? I love the program, but I'm a little concerned about this coming week as I have already cut down on intake as I

truly have not felt hunger pains. I first of all, I love this. So thank you for sharing. But this is like, this is, this is like, see, let me read this again. Okay. And I love this by the way. Why not just serve a little less? So keep that in mind. Just serve less. Okay. But then listen to the issues that pop up. Or is this just to reinforce, eat visually. It's not, yes, visually let's leave food on your plate. So you get used to that. So there is something in there. Absolutely. Get used to leaving food on your plate. Get used to eating food on your plate. Get used to eat. half an apple because the apple that you grabbed is ginormous. Get used to eating a bite of a donut. You are deserving of a donut even if you just want a bite of it. Eating the whole donut is not serving anybody. Again, you're not a garbage can. So you're still deserving of the donut if you just want to have one bite, right? Yes, get used to leaving food on your plate. Again, bigger picture being able to maintain and sustain your weight afterwards. I love the program,

but I'm a little concerned. Nothing we do on this program is concerning. I got to say that up top. You have never been healthier in your entire life. There is no downside to following the living method. And every other diet out there cannot say that. There is absolutely nothing concerning about the living methods. And I just want to put your mind at ease there, right?

I like to be able to sleep at night. I've got kids. I want to be a good role model for them. Yes, I want to run a successful business. But I truly want to help people. be healthier. I want you to walk away being healthier than when you started this program. But you're allowed to question and you're allowed to have concerns. Those are valid. Okay. I'm a little concerned about this week as I have already cut down on intake. Okay, did you purposely cut down or has your

body just naturally adjusted to eating good nutrient rich food eaten often? That's really, really important. This way language is so important. Did you actually just cut your portions and be like, I'm just going to eat less, right? Or did you just notice that by eating all this good nutrient-rich foods, you are naturally not as hungry or naturally are eating less? Those are two very different things. Those are two very different things. So people who use the word cut down, that concerns me because I think you've just

been eating less thinking that's going to get you ahead. When again, the first few weeks of the program, give the body what it needs. So it no longer feels the need to store that, right? I'm a little concerned about this week, as I have already cut down on intake, but this is what makes me think you just naturally your body has adjusted, as I truly have not felt hunger pains. What the fuck are you waiting on hunger pains for? Who the fucks?

What? Hunger pains? And again, I love this question. I love this question. I'm generalizing and I'm responding to everyone. Hunger pains? Wait, how is that even in our vocabulary? Like if you live where I live, most of you, most of you have a cupboard full of food and a fridge

full of food. We are very lucky, by the way. But hunger pains, fucking hunger pains, right? I have not felt hunger pains. Okay. Love that. Great. How is that, how is that concerning? I would be concerned if you do have hunger pains. That is concerning. Right? And so you don't have hunger pains. You want to know why? Because even though maybe you're not eating a lot of food, your body's actually getting food that gives your body nutrients. So you are probably feeling very satisfied. Your body is like, I feel, this is amazing. I feel great. This is wonderful. Right. And so, so the concern is valid, right? So this is where portions, people get concerned about portions. My portions are, I'm eating too little. And is this coming from you or is this

someone is this Sally at work who's like is that all you're eating still on that diet you know what I mean portions have gotten out of control portions are fucking crazy pants out of control right I mean I went I went to where do I go Wendy's no sense of Wendy's my kid orders like a medium drink the thing is like this big and doesn't even fit into my like my car holder I'm old enough to remember when they were like people were against the supersizing and people are like I can't supersize things that's ridiculous and that's insane. And you used to have to pay to supersize and now everything is just super size. We have gotten used to visually seeing large portions. Think about it. You go into a restaurant, right? You can go into a restaurant. You're like, I don't know, five foot tall,

100 pounds. Your date, your husband, your friend, whatever is 6, 300 pounds. You both get served the exact same amount of food. And you're both expected to eat it. God forbid, you can't waste it. do you know what I'm saying? Like, it's pretty crazy. So we get used to think about how you serve your family at dinner, right? Does everybody get the same size portion? And how many of you were like, you're going to sit there and you're going to eat all of your dinner? Meanwhile, your parents served you the same portion size they're eating. It's pretty fucked up. So we really messed up when it comes to portions visually what we're looking at. And rather by actually going by how I feel, right, like how many of you eat dinner and you're not even hungry for it, right? And you're

yes, you still have to eat your dinner, but later on down the road, you'll be able to adjust that. I went away. I was, as you guys know, I was in St. Lucia last week and, you know, I don't eat dinner late, but the restaurants didn't even open at 637. And so the girls and I would be like, okay, we should, we should probably eat. And then we would go. And then we walk away being like, oh, why? Why? Why did we do that? We don't know. And if we were at home, we wouldn't eat late. And then it messes with our sleep. And then we don't feel so hot. Finally, by the end of the week. We're like, okay. We're not doing that anymore. Right. So this helps you get in tune with that. So, so, um, so you, you don't, you shouldn't be feeling hunger pains at this point. Um, okay. Interesting. I'll do one more.

Interesting. I noticed the fear, uh, with this upcoming week. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Um, is about leaving food on my plate. In my mind, it's easier to just put less on my plate than it is to leave the food on it. Yeah, fucking right. It's easier. But what's easy going to do for you? Are you here to do easy? I'm surprised you're still here if you're here to do easy. Do you don't do what I'm saying? Someone said that the other day. This is like a lot of work and it's like whatever. So remember there's a difference between need to know, which is the guidelines and nice to know, which is everything else, right? Like you don't have to spend hours doing reading on the program. So again, need to know is the guidelines. Nice to know is everything else. And I said, well, what? So some of you have been trying to lose weight your entire life. You want it so badly. It's going to be life-changing. And so what kind of effort do you think it's going to take then? Like what kind of effort?

What kind of change? What's what like how do you think it should be? It should be easy because you've probably spent a lot of time, energy and money already. And that sucks, right? But that's the diet industry failing you. That was you, you're still trying to lose weight 20 years later. You've been nothing but persistent A.F. And you haven't given up on yourself.

It's not your fault that the diet industry told you to do it one way. And now we know that's not the way. Right. But so I get that, right? It's in my mind, it's easier just to put less on my plate than it is to leave food on it. Yeah, right. I'm always amazed. Here's the thing that I love about this.

I'm always amazed when I see someone able to stop eating. That's it. That's it. I want you to, once you've reached your goal, be in a room full of your favorite foods and be like, yeah, I'm not hungry. That's it. I mean, we're all grown-ups. We can buy food whenever we want. Treat ourselves whenever we want. It's not our last meal. And so I want you to be in a room full of your favorite, whatever that is, and you just be like, yeah, I'm not hungry. Or, you know, like, oh, I'm going to have some. Maybe you have a bite. Oh, that's good. I'm done. Okay. Or maybe

it's like, bring it on, man. I'm going to eat all of it. I'm going to enjoy every second of it. and then you do and you feel like garbage but you don't care because it was delicious and that's it and the next day you wake up and you just move it along that's that's it right that's the end game so that is what doing the hard work will do for you that's what the hard work will do for you right rather than the easy way out i guess i found my challenge i will not be a human composter i know it's harsh right it's harsh, but, and I say that you're not a garbage can to help you stop you and go like, well, what is she saying here, right? You're not saving food. There are lots of great initiatives out there if you are concerned about, you know, food waste, true food waste issues, like half the food

that we throw out or doesn't even meet people's plates because it's not perfect. There's a lot of great organizations out there and things that you can actually do about food waste issues if you are truly interested. But most people, this is a deeper issue that's not really truly about food waste is about how you were raised in your association with food or if you were raised by parents who were worried about where their next meal was coming from. Tony and his family, right? Like he sits down and he doesn't even talk because in there, the way he was raised, food is like you are lucky to have food on your plate. You're going to sit there and you're just going to eat it quietly and be just so grateful for this food. I was raised where dinner was a time where we

talked and me, whatever. My parents never forced me to eat my food. But I remember one time going to my friend's house and we were there for dinner and they're like you guys need to eat all your food now I was like what what I'm like that was so foreign to me because that's not how I was raised and she was raised um you know my ex-husband had really bad issues with this where he had he had to sit there and eat everything even if he didn't like it and to this day he could barely still eat onions and peas because he was like forced to eat onion onions and peas and then as a kid he like would put his food under the table and then his dad who was horrible by the way would make him eat it and so like to this day really freaked out by food and so how

you were raised and what food meant to you generationally what you know from your parents and food scarcity and food waste issues and all of that that gets handed down right it gets handed down so um hopefully that i know i just kind of stuck with these questions i love this week because this is about really getting into it. It's not a lot of work. It's deep work. It's deep work, right? Listen, there are people who are going to follow the food plan and just like just

automatically do it and easy, peasy, one and done. But for more people, most people, it's, it's bigger than that. It's bigger than that. It's bigger than that. Okay, that's my time for day. I went a little bit over. I can see if there's any other comments here.

Thank you for clarifying. Also, didn't feel hungry for some meal. and snacks throughout last week. Okay, let's talk about that before I go. That's a great comment. Even though we are downsizing, you still might not be hungry for your meals and snacks. You might just be, your body's not hungry for whatever reason. And so you still want to have token amounts. And so obviously you don't have the downsized token amount. So even with downsizing, you might still not be hungry. And that's part of it. That's part of it. Okay, I got to go. Thanks for joining me today. So excited about this week, Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is going to join us

tomorrow. Why? Because change is hard. And this is where we're at in the program. We're going to be making changes every week to the food plan and adjustments. You could just do and follow the basic food plan. And yes, that would work for you. But the tweaks each week are meant to kind of keep things moving forward, keep things progressing, right? This is why people can lose quite a bit of weight in a short period of time with the Livy Method because it's all about momentum. Okay, now I've got to go. Have a great wish to your day, everyone, and I will see you later. Bye. Acast powers the world's best podcasts. Here's a show that we recommend.

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