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

Episode Date: February 3, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 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: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025Today's episode: all the things you need to know at this stage of The Program! It’s totally normal if the scale hasn’t moved yet—your body is busy making changes behind the scenes. We’re talking portions and why they’re about what they feel like, not what they look like, plus tips on hydration, eating the same foods daily, and maximizing your efforts. Wondering how to navigate the Sickness Protocol, build in rest days, or follow The Program at your own pace? Gina has got you. She’ll also talk food waste, using the scale as a tool (not a measure of success!), and keeping the big picture in mind. Honour your feels, but keep showing up.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hey, 29 of the program. It's also Monday, happy Monday. It's also brand new week, our week of downsizing. Okay, first things first, if you haven't lost any weight yet, that's totally normal. You really need to wrap your head around that. Otherwise, chances are you're gonna sabotage yourself and you're not gonna follow through.

You're not gonna be here at the end. You're not gonna be a success story. And chances are, I'm not sure you're ever to sabotage yourself and you're not going to follow through. You're not going to be here at the end. You're not going to be a success story. And chances are, I'm not sure you're ever going to lose your weight. Because you have to work through some really big feels. Losing weight in a healthy way is not the same as starving yourself, depriving yourself. You've done that before. You lost the weight. You gained it all back. You lost the weight. You gained it all back. I mean, even with the new weight loss medications out there, even with weight loss surgery, you will lose the weight. You will gain it all back. You lost the weight, you gain it all back. I mean, even with the new weight loss medications out there, even with weight loss surgery, you will lose the weight,

you will gain it all back. That's just how it is because you have to learn and work through the things that you need to know and do in order to make real sustainable change. And that's what this is all about. The weight part is so easy because your body doesn't want this fat. It's just a matter of you figuring out what your body needs and why it's feeling you need to

store fat. For some people who've been dieting for a while, it's literally starving it and depriving it over and over and over and over and over again. I know that sounds crazy, but that's just how your body is wired. For other people, it is things like your lifestyle, like the fact that you're stressed out, not doing anything to manage your stress, like that you're not getting any sleep and not doing anything to try to get better quality sleep. And I know sometimes it feels like you are doing a lot or you want it so bad, but you're not actually following through on the steps, right? Like especially your stress, you who stress right now and hasn't taken any time to do

some deep breathing exercises today? Who is not getting great sleep, but yet they were up late last night watching TV? There's always things that you can do. Outside of that, there are a couple other things that can cause your body to just respond a bit slower. Not that you're not going to lose weight, but can just make it a little bit, I want to say trickier because there's things that you're not going to lose weight, but can just make it a little bit, I don't wanna say trickier because there's things that you can do,

but there's reasons sometimes that people's bodies aren't responding. It's usually inflammation, which is a big one. It can be food sensitivities, which is another one that people just don't want to address. Every time you eat gluten, pasta, bread, you feel bloated. Every time you eat dairy, you get gassy, diarrhea. Those foods, when you're sensitive, you get gassy, diarrhea. Those foods,

when you're sensitive, cause inflammation and back inflammation. Gut issues. So this is, you've heard a lot of people talking about your microbiome. That's your brain-body connection. Your microbiome, your stomach is like another brain in your body. And the two connect. And inflammation causes the messaging to be really slow. So this is why your weight might be slower to move. The other one is hormones, but the fix for hormones is to manage your stress, to get better sleep, to move your body, to maintain or build muscle mass.

So all the things that you are doing now. And so I was just in the comments today and people were talking about how they're so frustrated the scale isn't moving and yet they also found themselves indulging on the weekend. Right? Like I would imagine this is your feels getting to you. Don't fester in your funk. So we have the saying around here, honor your mood, follow the plan or honor your feelings, follow the plan, honor your thoughts, follow the plan, How you are showing up for yourself, huge massive insight into how successful you are going to be.

Right? Your thoughts and feels, huge massive insight into the things that you specifically need to work on. So this is week four. This is the week where we actually start to try losing weight. Up until this point, you may have heard me say a few times we haven't even tried yet. So it's not like you're going to magically lose weight today, but this is where we spent the last few weeks giving the body what it needs. So it no longer feels the need to store fat. And this feeds into the Science Saturday Post. So if you haven't been reading the Science Saturday Post, I highly suggest you do. First post, we talked about, first of all, all the reasons why your body doesn't want this fat. We talked about set point. I think the next point, the next post was the psychology of effort. Talking about how you can want this so bad, but you may not be showing up and doing the things

that you need to do. So each week we tie, kind of go a little bit deeper into the information. So you've been giving your body what it needs, right? This is why if your weight isn't moving, you should be noticing all sorts of non-scale victories, right? You should be noticing all sorts of non-scale victories. Your better energy, sleeping better, pooping better, feeling better, you're feeling a lot leaner, like your body is changing. Now, if you are truly making the change and you're not noticing any of that, you could be one of those people that needs to really pay attention to the conversation

we're having with Dr. Paul next week on the four reasons why your weight might be slower to move. What do you do about it? You keep following the program and then we'll suggest some things that you can do above and beyond on that. So now we're getting into portions. We don't count, we don't weigh and we don't measure, but we have our own method for getting in tune to your portion.

So nothing changes this week except you're going to ask the four mindful eating questions and and and leave yourself feeling slightly unsatisfied. So you've been eating to satisfaction these past few weeks and you have been feeding the size body you are now and that's what I mean by we haven't really tried to lose weight and so downsizing is less about eating less and more about the feels that can be brought up with this because it's the one week that most resembles like a diet. You will notice you will be extra hungry this week,

but towards the end of the week, you will start to notice your body adjusting to your portions, just like you have noticed that you are naturally getting more satisfied on smaller portions and that's been happening naturally over the last few weeks. Now we're going to just fast track things because I know you want to lose your weight as quickly as possible, but you know, we're going to also do that in the healthiest way possible.

So now with the tweaks that we're going to make each week, that's going to help things move along. This is how things move along. This is how things move along. This is like it's fast tracking. So we're going to downsize this week and then we're going to bring it back to satisfaction next week. And you're going to notice next week that all of a sudden you're getting satisfied on smaller portions. So make sure you read over those guidelines. Let us know if you have any questions.

My weight isn't moving, but I know my poor, my poor health has my body wanting to heal your body is on your side. Your body does not want this fat any more than you do. But I know the takeaway for a lot of people is that your body hates you. It's trying to make you fat, right? Because every time you lose that way, you gain it back. And that's just there's no truth in that at all. At all. Your body's constantly repairing and rebuilding and regenerating and rejuvenating Every single day. It's a sole job is to keep you alive

How much water should we be drinking? So how much water you want to read over the water post and I know that there's quite a few of you who didn't get Into the group till later on you were away on vacation You couldn't follow you do want to make sure you're catching up on all of the information. It's all stored in the guides in the group, also available in the app. So in the app, there's a whole separate guide section where you can go through and read all the information and you can go through anything that you missed week to week to week. So you want to start with 2.7 to three and a half liters. That's basic body function. And that's been studied. That's science. So on minimum, that's basic body function. And that's been studied, that's science.

So on minimum, that's how much you need just for your body to just process foods and whatnot. You need to bump up more if you exercise. As soon as you start to sweat, you're down probably a liter. If you take medications that are very dehydrating, you want to bump up your water intake. If you live in a very dry environment, that includes winter time with your heat on, you want to adjust. So you want to start with that base level and then adjust from there. If you have more weight to lose, you will need more water.

If you have less weight to lose, you'll need less water. So it's really just about finding that sweet point. And then once you start drinking your water, your body will let you know when you're thirsty, you kind of get a handle on that because you can go from not drinking any to all of a sudden drinking more water than you ever have in your entire life. And then all of a sudden, all of a sudden, you're thirsty for more. Is it someone just asked, is it an issue to have the same 10 meals each week? I have my go-tos with my busy work kids, but I'm eating very similar foods each week.

So with the food plan, you're getting a good variety, right? You're getting a good variety. So you're getting whatever proteins. It's a good idea to not just get meat proteins, but also get some plant proteins in there. So without knowing what you are eating, that would be my one suggestion. And if you go to the post proteins, carbs and fats, or the grocery list, you'll be see a list of plant proteins in there. So if your protein sources are primarily meat or end or dairy in there, I would try to add some plant protein to it.

But as long as you are getting your proteins, you are getting your carbohydrates, your vegetables, and you're getting a good mix of vegetables, your fruits, like you don't need a huge massive variety. I mean, there is benefit in variety, but you don't need a huge variety. Routine right now is really important. And then making sure your food choices are nutrient rich. Variety, not necessarily the most important thing. So for example, in my family, we eat

like there's a few vegetables that we eat. We eat broccoli, and we eat bok choy. Like, do we eat any other vegetables? I mean, onions, broccoli, bok choy, zucchini. If I make a chili, we'll throw some peppers in it. Sometimes we'll make a stir-fry with some peppers in there. But we don't get a huge variety. It's more because our kids don't like a huge variety. For's more, well, that's because our kids don't like a huge variety. For fruits and whatnot, we do bananas lately. It really depends.

Those mandarin oranges, we pick those up. And then in the summertime, we'll do more watermelons or melons or whatever. Yeah, we like berries. We love our raspberries and our blueberries. Sometimes those are expensive as fuck. So it depends. But no, so you don't need a huge, huge variety. You don't need a huge variety. I understand the three meals, but what about fruit, et cetera? I will have seven cherries

and half a banana. So what do I leave? So you can't count it. You can't count it. You can't, let me say that again. You can't count your way to success on the living method Because that's just putting all your energy outside of yourself. So it's not never what you're counting and never what your food looks like right, so So it's always what you feel like So if you would a banana right or an apple like we get an apple So we just taught to eat the whole apple even if it's too much for us. How many of you got a big apple and you're like,

oh, you're kind of done with the apple, but you eat the rest of the apple anyway, because what the hell do you do with it? Right? It's really about what you feel like. So for example, you're eating half a banana and seven cherries, why not the whole banana? If you're hungry one day,

you should just have the whole banana. And more cherries. And the next day eat less. So it's not something, this isn't something, being in tune to your body's needs is not something you can count, you can weigh or you can measure, which is really important because that will never help you ever sustain your weight. You have to be able to be in tune and trust when to eat,

what to eat and how much to eat. And that's it. Like I've been living my life 30 years after losing over a hundred pounds. I'm not stressing about what I'm eating. I'm not counting, I'm not weighing, not measuring. I know exactly the moment when I've had enough. I know exactly the moment when I've eaten too much.

And then I know when I haven't had enough. And so that's where you really got to be, really need to be when it comes to being able to not just lose your weight, but maintain and sustain. And so you really wanna dig into those four questions and ask yourself, how is this? Like you can start with what you normally start with, but be like, how am I gonna feel if I eat all of this?

Really pay attention to when you're, while you're eating and then when you're done, right? So if you just wanna start with eating a few few bites less start with eating a few bites less But you might be starting off on the wrong foot by Basically counting your food half a banana seven cherries When you might need less and you might need more of that and And so you can start by just leaving a few bites on your plate. So that would be like, you know, a quarter of your banana, one bite

less of your banana, you know, a couple of cherries less, if that is what you're used to, um, just to get a sense of starting to see food on your plate. So that's an easy way to do it, although that's not the most intuitive way to do it. But some of you might not be feeling so in tune to your body quite yet. And so that's just a few bites less. So whatever would be a few bites less. So maybe if you, you know, a couple of cherries, quarter of a banana.

So just a few bites less than what you're used to, but really dig into those four questions. Just leave the peel. Leave the peel. I feel like I'm hungover lately. Is that normal? So this can be hormones. This can be detox where you're kind of feeling a little bit like hungover.

Mine is sort of more like a nausea. You can feel a little nausea. Also, if your food is anything that you've eaten is a little high in sugar or you've had sugar when you're not used to having sugar, that can make you feel kind of hungover. Well, a lot of times the alcohol when you're feeling hungover is due to sugar as well. So that can make you feel like that. That can make you feel like that.

So that can make you feel like that. Morning, following the sickness protocol, my head feels like it's going to explode, sleeping liquid's happening. So same, same. I'm dealing with, I couldn't even breathe last night. I got something going on and my body is just aching. And I got on the scale today and I guessed my weight would be about 132, 133. And it was up.

Like that's exactly what it was. And that's a sign of like your body's inflammation, right? That's a sign that you're inflamed, probably body retaining water dehydrated. So your weight will usually be up when you're not feeling so hot. So just a note on that. Medications can make that worse

because you just say digestive system isn't really functioning that great. Even if you're not eating a lot of food, so you still feel bloated, your digestive system is off, they can slow your bowel movements and whatnot. We do have a sickness protocol. So sickness protocol is all about just kind of going by how you feel. So if you're not hungry, don't eat. Usually when you're sick, you're either really hungry craving carbs and sugar or you're not hungry at all. And so usually when you're craving carbs and sugar when you're sick, it's because your body is like it wants you to drink more water because it's detoxing. It's trying to get the cold or flu or virus out of your system. So when you are really hungry and craving sugar, just drink water. And

it's okay if you're not eating when you're sick. And I'll tell you why. Because most people are like, okay, well, if we spend all this time giving our body what it needs, and now I'm sick and not eating, isn't that going to cause my body to use fat and feel I need to store fat? Yes and no your body utilizing your natural Energy reserves your fat for when it actually needs it. So when you are sick It's keeping you on low energy so that you rest and it doesn't want you to eat because digestion takes a lot of energy. Digestion takes a lot of energy. So your body's just like, you don't need to eat.

I got these reserves. Let me just do what I need to do. And so when you are not feeling well and you're not hungry, you can really honor that. And so your body, yes, will dip in and utilize your fat reserves. But what you are doing is addressing why your body's feeling a need to store fat.

So if you're addressing the fact that it make the body feel like it doesn't need that fat, then when you are sick, it'll utilize that fat. But your body utilizing fat when you're sick is not the same as you being fully functioning and starving yourself. Let me say that again. Your body dipping in and utilizing your fat reserves when you are sick is not the same as being fully functioning and starving and depriving. So that's not going to cause your body to feel a need to store that fat back. Also, because you've been giving the body what it needs and addressing its needs, it's not feeling a need to store fat. So when you are sick, it's like its own tweak where your body's like,

okay, I'm detoxing, I have this excess fat, let me also detox this fat out. So sickness is also like a form of fast tracking, not that we want anyone to be sick, but in this case, when you follow the living method, sickness can work to your advantage and your body's also working really hard to heal you as well, right? So take all the time that you need

and follow that sickness protocol. It's actually not setting you back, it's being legitimately sick and actually fast track this process and go get that body into that repair and rebuild mode, that detoxing mode. When exercising, people talk about the body needing recovery time.

How do you calculate recovery time? Oh, kind of equal and opposite reaction. So whether you work out, like for example, you could work out one day and give your body a rest the next day, right? Sometimes people work lower body one day, upper body the next day, and they kind of switch off body parts. So it depends on your workout.

If your body is sore, chances are you should skip those body parts because your body needs to repair and rebuild. I've done training series where I literally for weeks, I would work out every single day and just overtrain my body. And I would take like a couple weeks off And that's where my body would like completely repair and rebuild So whether it's like four days or four days working out and then two days rest Right or work out rest work out rest work out rest all kind of same same but different And so you just kind of want to get in tune with when you're if your body is sore

Then like and and and try this if you work out, especially when it comes to the scale, like try to guess your weight. If you if you try to guess your weight, you kind of get a handle to like how you're feeling when you're like when your body's sore and inflamed and when you're feeling so much better, right? Soon as your muscles heal, heal, you feel a lot leaner. You feel like you okay, I'm feeling really good. Your weight is down. Whereas when your body is sore, your weight will be up and you will be inflamed a little bit. So the time really just depends.

Now with eating so well with the living method, you're probably also sleeping better. And so the recovery time should be quicker, should be quicker on this. But I would say like at least a day, at least a day from doing a workout. But again, if you work your legs hard, you they might be sore for like two or three days, but you'll know

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Winner, Geno. I'm so far behind. Had one really bad week and haven't gotten back on track. You are exactly where you need to be. Although I totally get what you are saying and how you are feeling. You are exactly where you need to be. You're here. You're here. You're here. And that's perfect. I had one really bad week and haven't gotten back on track. I should be weak too. Should I start back there? I've done prep week in week one. The thought of going back to all those videos to play catch up is overwhelming. The only concern is that I go back there and start

where I think I feel the most comfortable and that the group will close on me and I will still have a couple of weeks to go thoughts. Yeah, this is really important. So you don't want, if you are new to the program, you don't want to miss the information. It's all very relevant and really important, especially last week, like diving in today, asking the like downs that you can't downsize today if you haven't been following. So you need to be downsizing only works because you have been consistently feeding your body

and eating dissatisfaction. And so your body's loving that. In fact, week three last week, right? Our week of mindfulness seeming very routine. Some people starting to get bored just sensing your body really calming down from all the changes that you've made. Your body's like this is great. You're giving me what I need.

I'm eating dissatisfaction. And then we we change nothing this week except we give our body slightly less. And so this week your body's like, I feel a mate. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, yo, what's going on? What's going on here? And you say to your body what? What do you mean?

Well, I'm not getting what I'm used to over here. And you're like, no, it's okay. I'm still giving you everything that you need just a little bit less. Your body is like, but I'm used to what I'm used to what you've been giving me in the last couple weeks. And you're like, yeah, I know, but we don't really need that much food. So we're still giving you all that good nutrient rich food. And then your body's like, well, fine. Then what I'm going to do is I'm going to release this fat and I'm going to downsize

my body to adjust to the amount of food coming in. And so you can't do that unless you have spent weeks eating to satisfaction and giving your body what it needs. So it's not the it's not the downsizing. It's the it's off the heels of eating dissatisfaction, which is why next week we bring it back to downsizing again, although people will notice they get more satisfied on smaller portions and then we're going to downsize again another time.

So if you're new to the program, this is kind of your practice round and then we're going to bring it back and we're going to hit you again. So the one week new to the program, this is kind of your practice round. And then we're gonna bring it back and we're gonna hit you again. So the one week leads into the next, leads into the next, leads into the next. So that's how it works best. And so if you haven't been doing that, you really do wanna do that.

So prep week and week two is great. You definitely wanna go through your week of mind. If again, if you're new, your week of mindfulness, that's really important. Asking those four mindful eating questions, eating dissatisfaction to get a good sense of what satisfaction means versus full, right? Versus hungry. And so it's hard to know when you're slightly unsatisfied if you don't have a good handle on satisfaction, right? Paulette, I want to get to back where you said I have, I have, yeah, you don't want to, you're not cutting your portions.

You are naturally, your body is naturally adjusting to your portions, right? That's a big difference. Language is, I know what you mean, but language is really important. You're not trying to cut anything. You're trying to really get in tune, which is why these steps are really important.

So, so your concern is that, so if you're using the app, you app, which is the best thing for you to do, you should use the app because it links to exactly what day you are on. So you can just follow along. You can watch the check-in video from that day. You can listen to the live from that day. And that will just keep you in your own little world working day to day to day through the program. Right? Now it doesn't mean you still can't watch and take part in guest segments that we have going on in real time or current lives in real time.

That's totally fine. But you don't really, you want to do 91 days of the program even if it takes you 120 days, ideally. Right? Now I can't stop you from jumping in where you're at now. That might just make it a little bit trickier for you to get a handle on downsizing and satisfaction and all of that. So I would suggest picking up where you left off, because you're following on your own pace. That's the only thing that matters. It doesn't

matter where everybody else is, right? Now, let me talk about your issue at the end of the program. So at the end of the program, the group does remain open for you to access all the information. So although we won't be here to answer your questions, you will have access to all the information in the group. So it doesn't go anywhere. And your app will let you run out the app. So you can still finish through the 91 days. Now we have a quick turnaround for our April program.

I see some of you already asking if you can sign up for it. So you're gonna be able to sign up next week. So registration for our April program is gonna open up next week. We'll give you more information on that. But if you, you'll have two weeks in between which you can follow through and take the program as far as you can go.

And then you can do a reset with the April program or you can still purchase the April program and start it when you're ready. Right? So you have options there, but it is really it is best that you you take your body full through the full program at the end of the day. That's all that that's what I would suggest. So yes, I wouldn't worry about that and I would really look at it

as you're exactly where you need to be right. It's about you and your journey and you can still ask all the questions that you need. It's not like our team will be like, oh, that's a question. Why are you still on week three? Why still on week two? Our team won't do that. They know it's normal for people to be working at their own pace. So they're going to be there to help you support that. They will be there. They will be there. I've tried a couple of the recipes. They're really good. I love hearing that. I love hearing that. Remember we have that. Remember, we have the whole recipe app in the guide. So we roll out recipes each week, but in the guide itself, there's a bunch of recipes.

My issue is that I'm drinking so much water, I always feel full. Not interested though, eating the snacks because I'm so full. What's going on? So let me tell you, water does not make you full. Now, it might make your belly full, but water does nothing for your appetite. If you were really hungry, your body would still tell you to eat, even if you've drank a lot of water. Let me say that again. Water doesn't address your appetite.

If you are hungry, drinking all the water't address your appetite, water, if you are hungry, drinking all the water in the world is not going to stop you from being hungry. Okay, let that sink in for a second. So chances are, if you were thinking about how hungry you used to be, it's following the food plan is giving your body what it needs. And you were probably not as hungry as you thought you're probably just in a state of dehydration. So when you are dehydrated, you will crave carbs and sugar as you thought, you're probably just in a state of dehydration. So when you are dehydrated, you will crave carbs and sugar

as your body's way of trying to get you to eat high water content foods. When you are drinking your water and following the food plan, it's normal to not feel all that hungry because you are eating so often. So it's not the water that is making you full in terms of satisfaction levels. Now, if you are feeling like you have your water log,

you're probably drinking too much in a short period of time because it's really not all that much water because you're not drinking more water than you need, just enough, which is more than much more people are used to. So you want to really get on it early and spread it out throughout the day and that will really help with that. Struggling to get veggies in while battling a bad cold, mostly just eggs, chicken, noodle soup,

hard to stay on plan, but we'll get back to it. So this is where you don't want to force yourself to follow the food plan if you are legitimately sick, just really follow the sickness protocol. And that's a better way to go. That's a better way to go. Keep your foods nice and light. You don't have to force those meals and snacks.

And again, sickness is like its own kind of tweak, right? So I know you can feel like you're behind in the program. But I've been going up and down for about a week yesterday, I went up quite a bit today, I went down almost four pounds, this brought me to my goal for the end of the week for Yeah, yeah. So it's so normal for the way to go up and down, up and down, up and down for a variety of reasons. And your weight can be up and then also down at the same time so that's where people are saying what's going up and down it's going up and down and I just can't seem to lose weight chances are your body is releasing fat you are losing weight but other things have your weight up at the same time which is why you'll notice up and down up and down and then all of a sudden you'll see that big drop. And then you'll be like, oh shit, I just lost like four pounds in a week.

In a day, it feels like, but it's really been the week. It's really been the week. That scale will mess you up. Keep going. Again, let's talk about the scale for a minute, because what we are looking for is the downward trend. Big picture. Big picture. So you got about four or five weeks of prep week worth of data, right? And obviously, if your scale has just been going up and down hasn't moved much it will you're gonna see it How quickly or how much you lose in the first few weeks of the program is zero indication of how successful?

You're going to be right who's talking about this. I move two pounds. It's slow, but I'm here So so the perception is for a lot of people that your weight gets, it gets harder as you go. Because when you've done other diets, you probably get that quick hit, big drop in the beginning. And then it's a fight from there, right? You're fighting for every single pound. And it just feels like at the end, you're eating, you're eating even less, you're exercising even more, and you just can't lose that weight. And it feels like you're literally fighting yourself. With the living method, it's different. You're becoming more in tune you're exercising even more, and you just can't lose that weight, and it feels like you're literally fighting yourself. With the living method, it's different.

You're becoming more in tune to your body's needs, your body doesn't want this fat any more than you do, it's just about facilitating, giving the body what it needs, and the time that it needs to actually follow through and drop fat. Not just what you're eating, but managing your stress, and try to get better sleep, and moving your body, and all those things.

And so it actually gets easier as you go. Mentally, it can get a little bit harder because you're bringing up some feels with this process and things that some people have to work through. This is why, you know, A type people do really well in the program because they just do what they need to do. They don't get caught up in their fields. They just follow the guidelines. They're just super consistent.

Their weight drops and the way they go easy peasy done for a lot of other people is way more feely than that. Right? Especially what's what's happening on the scale a type people just trust the scale. They don't they just they keep their eye on what they need to do and they don't worry about the scale and in the end it adds up and so that's that's a big difference. So a lot of people get tripped up because of their feels about what's happening on the scale

is really what's slowing them down. And this is where you may have been upset with, well, the weight's not moving anyway, so let me just indulge in the weekend and you're back here today and you're feeling feels and this isn't working and what can I do even though you just ate your face off on the weekend, right? That kind of energy, which is so normal

when it comes to dieting and it's hard to get dieting. And it's hard to get out of that. It's hard to get out of that. And so this is why if you focus on non-scale victories and try not to focus so much on the scale and just trust and have faith that the scale is going to move because it will. I'm not concerned about anybody whose weight is moving. Like if you were my client, I wouldn't be concerned. Week five, we have the conversation four reasons why your weight might be slower to move, because if you've been putting this kind of time and energy

into making change, you really don't feel like anything is happening. There's probably something else going on, but that doesn't mean you're not gonna lose your weight. Literally just means that you have to, there's a few things you might wanna focus on and do, but it's way too early for that. And so you'll have people not lose any weight

in the beginning, and then just their weight will just start to drop and drop and drop and drop. We've had people not lose weight till week seven and still go on and lose 30-40 pounds in the back end when the average really is one to two. Average is one to two. So you could also have someone who's been losing last four weeks. They're down, they're moving, they are grooving. And then the middle of the program, they might not lose one more pound for a whole month because their body has to adjust to the weight that it's lost.

So everyone is a little different. Everyone's a little different. Keep showing up. Look at that maximizing post. Be consistent as possible. It will move. It will move. It will move.

It will move. Although honor your feelings though, right? Because I don't want to be like, because your feelings are very real. Honor your feelings. Follow the plan. Honor your mood., right? Because I don't want to be like, because your feelings are very real. Honor your feelings, follow the plan. Honor your mood, follow the plan, right? Keep showing up, keep showing up. When I drink my water during eating, I get full faster.

Is it recommended to keep water separate from food? There is no study on this. There's no study that talks about any advantages or detriments to drinking water while eating. So what I would do is just drink casually. Sometimes I drink a lot of water when I eat and other times I hardly am drinking any. Just kind of go by how you feel. Go by how you feel.

Downsizing was a real moment for me on the last program. I had trouble leaving any meat behind and my mom's voice came through loud and clear, make sure you eat all your meat. Yeah. So, okay, so there's a couple things that you can do take out containers or your friends, right? Whenever I go to a restaurant and I don't have a big appetite, I always bring it home. Sometimes I eat it, sometimes I don't, but I bring it home because in the moment that makes me feel like I'm not wasting food, right? I'm going to eat it. I'm just going to eat it later. And so this will get easier for you to do so you eating food that you're not hungry for is not saving anything.

And people think that you're going to waste your food. You're wasting food. Like if you eat a whole apple, I sorry, if have an apple, a big apple, and you eat half of it and you're not hungry for the rest of it, you forcing yourself to eat it is not saving anything for anybody. It's not doing anything for food waste issues. All you're doing by continuing to eat it is treat yourself like a garbage can, because when you're done, you're just done, right?

Unless you want to cut it, cut the rest of it up. So what you could do is you could grab that apple, cut it up into slices, eat what you think is, you know, till you feel slightly unsatisfied or when we're on a regular week, satisfied, whatever, and then put the rest in a container and pop it in your fridge. And you can incorporate that into the next time you have your snack. Right? So this is where you can take your leftovers and incorporate it. You could take that meat if you have it for lunch and incorporate it into your dinner.

So there are ways that you can utilize your leftovers, for lack of a better word. So it's a great idea to put them in containers. If you're struggling with food waste issues, you don't have to tackle that all in one day or one week. So put it in the fridge, at least you know in the back of your mind. So you'll get used to then seeing food on your plate. It's a great idea to get used to seeing the food on your plate. And that'll help you work through those issues.

But at the same time, you can kind of like shelve it as well and know that, okay, I'm going to be able to have this later if I want to need. As the food waste issues and the food scarcity issues, it's real. it's real, it's real for a lot of people. Do do do. I can't believe I'm still following this plan as it changes. It's got to be the easiest eating change I've ever made. Why did it take me so long to find your method? Down 11 pounds already and not feeling hungry.

Yes, my choices are pretty plain and boring for now, but gradually adding in different veggie choices because I have never even been a veggie person. Yeah, we get this a lot. And then people all of a sudden enjoy vegetables and fruits and salads like they never have. It feels really good to feel good. And it's simple.

It's not complicated. Once you get the routine, it is very simple. And the changes that we make are just slight variations and you'll be your mind will be blown how we approach things physically differently, but also mentally each of the tweaks. It's really super cool. If you kind of can find the like, if you can be investigative or curious or just kind of like, try to have fun with it. I know that sounds really weird, but try to be like, okay, let's see what this is all about, right? Like downsizing this week.

Let's say you don't eat enough and you downsize too much. You got your next meal or snack coming down the pipeline. You're going to be fine, right? But if you kind of try to see it for, okay, what are we trying to do here? Right. to try to see it for, okay, what are we trying to do here? Right? What are the changes that I'm making and how is my body responding? Right? It's a really cool process.

And at the end, you will look back and be like, oh, God, that makes sense. It makes a lot of sense. And this is why everyone has such a passion for the program because once you go through the program, you're like, everybody should do this. Everybody should do this. And this is why, you know, we've been really successful in this next program is going to be our 25th program because it does work. So I love this. This is a whole vibe. I love this is a whole vibe. OK, on that note, can we talk our can we link our Apple Watches to the app coming soon? Yes, we are working on our app to do all sorts of amazing, super cool

things. We have always it's a great idea to be updating your app every now and then if you don't have automatic updates, because like each week we're making changes and updates to it. When exercising people talk about my body needing time to recover afterwards, how do you know where does this that I already answered that question. Oh my, I scrolled up. If you just ask that again, I already answered that question.

If you scroll back to the beginning, I answered that pretty shortly in. How do you prepare your bok choy? Oh, I, what I do is we put it in the water, in a pan with a little bit of water, bring that to a boil, throw the bok choy in, maybe for like a couple minutes, salt, pepper, tiny little bit of butter, and then it's good to go. And that's good to go.

I always make mine super soggy. Tony takes his out earlier than mine. Scale not moving, so discouraging, but trying to keep forward. Don't try, do. That's a big one. Don't try. Be consistent. Do all the things. Your weight will move. You will be a successful story. You will reach your goal. All that is absolutely going to happen for you as long as you keep showing up. All of that's going to happen for you as long as you keep showing up. So honor your feels. What is that about? What is this about?

What are the things that I'm feeling? What are the things that I'm thinking? That'll give you great insight into the things that you need to work through. Okay. So I've got some great guests coming this week. Dr. Sandy Van is an obesity expert, a doctor and expert. She's going to join us on Wednesday. Kyle Buchanan is going to join us on Thursday, talk about anxiety and weight loss. Yep.

That's a thing. And I believe Dr. Dina Kara-Shafer is joining us tomorrow to talk about anxiety and weight loss. Yep, that's a thing. And I believe Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is joining us tomorrow to talk about change. Because with all these tweaks each week, we're going to be making changes. And just when you get used to doing what you're doing, we switch it up on you. And how do you embrace that change?

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