The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 3 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: April 24, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Spring/Summer 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 3, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Prep Week is all about setting yourself up for successThis week, focus on following The Food Plan and establishing a routineThe best place to ask questions is on the question of the day postWhat Gina means when she says The Program is not a lifestyleSustaining weight loss is about more than what you eatThis Program is not about having your cake and eating it tooYou may feel great already on Day 3, and you might not. Both are normalWhen you are in pursuit of change, you are going to notice changeThe similarities between a menstrual cycle and your body releasing fatThere is a lot that goes into this process and a rhyme and a reason for everythingFeeling overwhelmed? Focus on the weekly guidelines to startWhy weight loss is so complicatedWhat deprivation diets teach your bodyThe Livy Method works for everyone - you will learn how to make it individual to your needsHow hormones can affect weight lossWe want this to be the last diet you ever doThink of this Program like a courseThe Livy Method App is the easiest way to follow The ProgramYour feelings are valid- focus on the basicsTake some time to review the science posts- beginning this SaturdayYou can do this! Keep showing up - your body is on your sideHow can you frame this process to make it resonate with you?There is a rhyme and reason to how we roll out the information- you decide what is relevant to youFocus specifically on The Food Plan this weekSit with your feelings today and recognize why you’re feeling overwhelmed or stressedConnecting the dots between your food choices and how you feelBe sure to check out the discussion with Dr. Deena Kara Shaffer in the Welcome GuideThe importance of getting those leafy greens in - you don’t have to be fancy about itLooking for meal inspiration? We will be posting recipe Share Pages on SaturdayTry not to compare your journey to someone else’sHow we address portions by listening to the bodyThe difference between The Livy Method Podcast and the Weighing In With Gina podcastGive yourself some slack this week and try to have fun with this process!To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on Acast, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple,

and Amazon Music. Hello, happy day three of the program. I'm just, I just finished working out, just get myself sorted. How are you doing today on day three? I see some of you are setting your intentions. You are making a plan for yourself. You're pulling all the things together. That's what week is all about. Whether you are a new member, just finding out sort of what you need to do and how this works, or you are a returning member who is like, okay, I'm back after, you know, a couple of weeks doing this, doing that. Maybe you're traveling. This is the time for us to be like, okay, I'm back. This is specifically what I'm focused on. I am back at focusing on trying to lose this weight already, finally, and forever. What are the things that I can do to set up myself for success? What are the things I know that I need to focus on because I have a hard time with?

This is about getting really real. This is about saying to yourself, I fucking want this done already. I am so tired of this weight loss journey. I want to do the things I need to do and I want to lose my weight in a healthy way so that I can move on for the rest of my life and focus on other things. And that's that at least that's my goal for you. No, we do have a super fun community and it's great to have a reason to focus on yourself, prioritize yourself, make good choices for yourself. So you, what you will find in the conversations that we have over in our maintenance group or now that you're done losing weight

There's still so much benefit to you being mindful of Prioritizing yourself in your own life being mindful of the choices that you're making being Mindful of managing your stress and your sleep and moving your body and all those things So we're going to get into all the other things that you can do Besides what you are eating and when and drinking your water in the weeks to come. Right now though, the focus is on following that food plan or if you're a returning member, establishing the routine of that food plan.

That is like the base of the whole program because we don't count, we don't weigh and we don't measure. So the sooner you can be super consistent about following that food plan, the sooner the things that I am saying are going to start to make sense and the sooner you're going to start and see results. Now, some people start losing right away. Some people start losing right away and some people won't lose for weeks. Still, how quickly you lose in the beginning, zero indication of how successful you will be. Today, we have a few posts, we're talking about the scale. We're talking about detox, which is how your body might respond when

it's releasing fat. We're talking about the scale and the importance of using it as a tool. If you don't want to use it every day, that's fine. I suggest don't use it at all. So make sure you review that post. We're also talking goal weight. And we're also talking exercise. So be sure to check those out. I do want to before we get started, make one thing clear. If you are watching me live or joining me live right now in the weight loss support group, and you ask a question and it doesn't get answered, you are going to need to put it over on the question of the day post where the team will answer it. So the lives are the one place that we don't circle back around

and provide written responses during the live or after the live. So the best place to ask your questions is the post pinned to the top of the page. Now, if your feed is set up in a way that you just see the current post, you want to hit that featured button. So every day we add the check-in video and then the day post, which is today's day three. So you'll see the big number three. Or you can also ask on on any of our other posts as well. One of the things I want to talk about is someone said yesterday that they're confused because I call it a diet or it's a lifestyle. It's a lifestyle or a diet. Isn't it a lifestyle? Isn't it a diet? I just want to make it very clear.

I'm not trying to not be a diet and I don't give a fuck what you call this program. I don't, but make no mistake. It is a method to help you lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way. That absolutely is our focus. Now we have people who sign up, who don't have any weight to lose, who just want to learn how to be in tune to their bodies. They want to be as healthy as possible because this program is all about how to be healthy 101. We have people who are doing the program because they've already lost their weight. So they're working on solidifying their weight. What I mean by the Libby method is what you are doing right now is not a lifestyle is that I don't want to run into you three years after you've lost your weight and you're still like following the basic food plan. Now, if your

choices day to day end up reflecting or looking like the basic food plan, because that's a routine that works really well for you, fine. But three years after you are done losing weight, I don't want you thinking about what you're eating and when and trying to manage your weight or any of those things. I want you to wake up, look good, feel good, go about your day, making good choices. If you find yourself indulging, you start to feel like crap, you're going to utilize back on track was just a technique to help your body get back on track after any indulgences. Now, after you are done losing your weight, because so many people are like, well, how are we supposed to maintain and sustain it? It's all in how you are losing your weight and the basis of set point. So we have a science post coming out this Saturday. I highly suggest that you review the science behind

the Libby method. It'll give you just like a deeper level of understanding. So we are lowering the weight that your body is used to functioning at. Plus, on top of that, giving your body time to solidify your weight along the way with some of the plateaus that you're going to be experiencing. Some people have short plateaus, some people long plateaus, some people will lose a big chunk in one group and not really have many plateaus, but then plateau a lot in the second group. Everybody is a little different, but sustaining your weight is also about working through issues and associations. It's also about working through old habits, creating new habits.

It's about working through beliefs and traumas and whatnot. So there's a lot more to sustaining and maintaining your weight beyond how you lose it, but how you lose it makes a big difference. And this is what I mean, like, I'm not trying to teach you how to have your cake and eat it too. And a lot of other diets do that, right? Here's your low fat this, here's your however many points that, here's how you can have your cookies and your brownies and your bagels and your this and that at the same time as losing weight. Fuck that shit. I'm all about, have you not been spending enough time on trying to lose weight already? Let's get her done so that you can lose your weight in a way where you are calm around food physically, mentally, where you can enjoy life, all the yummy bites of bits,

and you can easily sustain and maintain your weight. I have been maintaining my weight for like 30 years and there are different seasons in my life that are more challenging than others. Seasons in my life where I'm more stressed than others. Season in my life where my health is better than others. But I have the tools and the skills to easily be able to adjust and know what my body needs to be able to easily maintain and sustain my weight. So we're going to teach you all of that. And so I know some of you have a lot of questions. If you're new, how is this going to work? If we're not counting and weighing and measuring, how am I going to be able to, how is it different? How am I going to be able to sustain and maintain my weight? The main difference is you're not starving and depriving yourself,

right? Okay. Let's get into your questions. I see some of you talking about how you feel already. Some of you are like, I feel amazing. This is awesome. Isn't that so exciting? Because if you can imagine, we're only on day three. And this is what happens when you are really consistent with the changes that you need to make is that we don't F around. Like the program is designed to work.

There's a rhyme and a reason to the food plan, what you are eating and when all of it. So don't be surprised if you haven't been able to lose weight for like two years. And all of a sudden, after a few days on the Libby method, your weight is starting to drop. And again, it's normal. If your weight isn't dropping, then you have to trust that your body is actually working inside. It's addressing issues internally. But so many of you are feeling amazing. You're like, I feel awesome. Can you imagine that times 91 days, right? We just build and build and build and build and build on how you're feeling and how your body's functioning. Oh my gosh, and how in tune you are to it. That's what I mean by it's such a super cool process. Some of you are noticing that scale move and you are feeling it. You're feeling bloated. You're feeling bleh. You're

noticing your tummy, uh, your bowel movements might be all over the place. Someone once said to me, I know exactly who it was. It was Greg Ogerek. He did, I don't know, a program 10 programs ago, could be longer. And he said, when you are in the pursuit of change, you are going to notice change. And isn't that what we're doing here? We're making change physically, mentally. Sometimes we do not think about really how hard the body is working and what is going on behind the scenes when you are dropping fat. We just want to lose like 60 pounds in two days. Our body would literally like, I don't know, crumble. It's not sustainable. And one of the things that we don't think about is how our body factors the fat that you have into its daily workings, how it's processing food and

storing glycogen, you know, regulating your body temperature, you know, the size of your heart. Your heart is a muscle and grows to the size of your body to be able to sustain that size body. So how much blood you're pumping through, all of that needs to be adjusted when you are losing weight. And these are things that we don't factor in, right? How hard your body is actually working. So when you are in the pursuit of making all this change and you want your body to make all this change, you are going to notice your body changing and some of the ways that your body is responding to that. So right before the scale drops or your body releases fat, it's normal for your body to retain water. So your, your weight can be up. If you're weighing every day, you can feel bloated and just kind of ask very similar

process. If you've ever had a menstrual cycle, right? You're, you're not changing anything. All of a sudden your menstrual cycle, it comes days before not changing anything. All of a sudden, your menstrual cycle, it comes days before you feel bloated, you're irritated, your weight is up, you're not sleeping, your bowel movements are off, you're constipated. And then what happens? And then your cycle hits, your flow comes, right? Then you might go from constipated to loose bowel movements. That's the same detox process, essentially, that your body is using when it comes to releasing fat so very similarly your your weight can go up you can feel bloated and gross you can be extra hungry heading into bedtime even though you've eaten all these nutrient-rich meals and snacks all day

waking up in the middle of the night three or four o'clock to go to the bathroom you know which obviously is interrupting your sleep some of you are having like you're like i'm having the best sleep ever some of you are like oh my gosh my like, I'm having the best sleep ever. Some of you are like, Oh my gosh, my sleep is so crappy. So it's also not just the change when it comes to your sleep. It's also things like the, you're starting this new diet. For some of you, this means everything to you. For some of you, this is your Hail Mary. I've tried all the diets. I don't know. Like I, you know, you got a lot going on for some of you. That's a very stressful time of year. You know, there's a, there's a lot to that. There's a lot for, here's a, here's a comment here.

Um, some of you, I'm a first, first timer. It's more complicated than I expected. You're fucking right. It is. You are fucking right. It's complicated as fuck. There is a shit ton of fucking information. You want to know why? How long you been trying to lose your weight? I love this comment, by the way. I love this comment. And I love that you are here.

And I love that you shared that because a lot of people feel the same way. How long you been trying to lose this weight? Right? How long? So there's a lot. There's a lot you got to learn. There's a lot you got to unlearn. There's a lot you got to relearn. There's a lot to it. And I always like to say, can you fucking imagine what your 75 bucks gets you? It gets me every day. I want you to be successful. We will answer as many questions. You can ask a hundred questions a day if you want. And we will answer every single one with patience and enthusiasm. And if you're not hopeful, we will be hopeful for you.

And when you need a cheerleader, we will be a cheerleader for you. And when you are miserable as fuck and you want to quit, we will cheer you on and say, hang in there. And look at this information that we got. I don't have my book. In the book, we have all this information, 400 pages of information. We have science posts. We have recipes. We have exercises. We have everything you could possibly need, right? We have this amazing support group.

We have the app. But if you break it down to the basics, we've actually made it very easy for you. Watch the check-in video, review the posts, ask questions. All you really need to pay attention to each week is the guidelines. And the goal for this week is for you to eat breakfast and focus on protein. Then have a fruit on its own, frozen fruit, fresh fruit, canned fruit, simple. Then for lunch, we want you to make a lunch that focuses on vegetables, adding protein of your choice, get some leafy greens in there, add some healthy fats. If you want heavier carbs like your rices or quinoas. And we've provided a whole list that breaks down

proteins you can use, carbs you can use, fats you can use. We have a whole post on leafy greens that you can use. Then in the afternoon, we want you to have a whole post on leafy greens that you can use then in the afternoon we want you to have a snack after lunch isn't it fucking amazing you get to eat all fucking day and lose weight right vegetables focus on vegetables you want to have vegetables with the boiled egg you want to dip your vegetables in hummus you want to do veggies and guacamole you want to do veggies and cheese great in the afternoon get yourself some nuts and seeds chomp on a some nuts and seeds, chomp on a few nuts and seeds. And then for dinner, which chances are you eat every day of your life anyway, you're going to focus more on the protein and you're going to add some vegetables

with it and leafy greens and healthy fats. It's really not that complicated. I think a lot of times people see the number of people and the volume of questions and think, oh my God, this is so much. It's really not. Weight loss though is very complicated. Weight loss is very complicated. And I'll tell you why, because we use food for so many things. And you have been taught to use food in a certain way since the day you were born. Did your parents make you clean your plate? Right? Did they force you to eat foods that you didn't really like? Have you used food to cope? Right? When you're sad, you eat a tub of ice cream. When you're stressed, you eat a bag of chips. Were you taught that you use food to show love? Providing food is showing love. Were you taught that food was scarce? Do you have parents

that came from war times or famine or, you know, where they didn't have access, financially didn't have access to food. So you were taught that food was sacred and food was scarce. So you are afraid of not having enough. Are you, do you have food waste issues where if you get something served on your plate, you have to eat all of it because it's wasting it. Although it's not wasting it if you're going to eat it or not eat it. Right? Like it's so complicated because we use food for so many things to celebrate. Right? And we're taught that live your life, enjoy your life. But every time you go to eat, you're like berating yourself. Have you spent 20 years trying to diet? You're forcing yourself, berating yourself. Do you wake up every day and

you tell yourself how fat you are and how you're a failure and how you're never going to lose weight and you're just miserable all day long? Do you wake up every single day tired and exhausted and just, do you feel guilty when you prioritize yourself in your own life? Hello, that's me. Do you feel guilty? Prioritizing yourself in your own life? Do you put everyone else ahead of you? Right? There's a lot to it. So for a lot of reasons, do you have health issues? Have you spent years and years dieting, starving, depriving, starving, depriving, starving, depriving, losing, depriving, losing, gaining back, losing, gaining back, losing, gaining back, tanking your metabolism so that your body just feels like you're constantly in a state of starvation. So it is like, fuck you. I'm holding onto this fat forever, right? Cause you've taught it every now and then you go through a famine

and you're starving. Like your body, it wants you to be happy and healthy. And here's the thing. Your body does not want this fat. It doesn't. It's not interested in this fat whatsoever, but you have taught it that it needs to store this fat. So there is a lot going on here and everyone's different. You add in thyroid issues, hormonal issues. Some of you have diabetes, right? Digestive issues. Oh gosh, Crohn's, colitis, IBS. Even with those issues,

and because of those health issues, your body doesn't want the fat. They're not stopping you from losing weight. It's not stopping you from losing weight. It's because of those health issues, your body wants that fat gone. So everything, your body is on your side. But for a lot of reasons, weight loss is hard, because it's individual. Now they will say there isn't one diet fits all. Yeah, there is. I was at the Canadian Obesity Summit last year, talking to the brightest minds in obesity research. Me, little old me. They called me the marketing girl. They didn't really respect me at all. I'm going to go back and show them. We took our research. We took our science. We showed people that the

Libby Method worked. That wasn't good enough for them. They're like, yeah, whatever. Come back when you can prove it's sustainable. Guess what, bitches, we're going to be back. And we are proving that the Libby method is sustainable. We are proving that there is a different way to lose weight. But you know, one of the things that we've learned is that it takes time. And it takes doing the things that you need to do in order to lose your weight in a healthy, sustainable way. And it can be done. It can be done.

And what we've done with the living method is we've made it the systematic process. I've taken everything that I've learned over 30 years of helping people lose weight and packaged it all there for you. Now, here's where it's complicated. Is there one diet that fits all? Yeah, there is. And so I'm surrounded by these brightest minds and I'm like, well, there isn't one diet that fits all. Yeah, there is. It's called the human fucking diet. Last time I checked, we're all human. We all have bodies. Now, you may have special needs. You may have special needs. You may have diabetes. You may be missing an organ. You may be unable to

do this or unable to do that. But at the end of the day, you are human and you have a body and your body has certain needs. But how you figure out how to make it individual to you, that is what we are going to teach you. But you have to follow the basics first. That's why you got to figure out that food plan. You may have food sensitivities. You may have certain foods that you can't eat because you have allergies, sensitivities. You may have to take medications to manage certain things. You may be missing organs. So you have to figure out, you know, if you don't have a gallbladder, how can you better digest the foods that you are consuming? How do you get those healthy fats in there? Right? So, so, so do you have time restrictions? Do you work shift hours where you were like, you were working 24 hour shift work

and your time is crazy? Are you a pilot and flying here and there in different time zones? Right? So it's a matter of figuring out how to make this process work for you. It will work for every body. And then what we're going to do is teach you what you need to do. What are the specific things that you need to work on? For some people, it's not the food at all. It's not the food. It's that your stress levels are through the roof. And so maybe your life is stressful. Maybe you're a caregiver, right? Maybe you work shift work. Maybe you have a high stress job. That's not going to change. But how you manage that stress is going to make a big difference. There are supplements that you can take. There is deep breathing exercises you can do. Something as simple as breathing anywhere you are, taking a

nice deep breath, calming down that vagus nerve. For some people, it's sleep. For some people, you're not sleeping and not because you got a lot going on your mind, not because of your hormones, but because you're fucking drinking coffee at three o'clock in the afternoon, because you are not getting out, not getting sunshine on your body first thing in the morning, light in your eyes. There's a lot that you can do. It's all very intertwined and connected, especially you drop the conversation of hormones. Your hormones are like an orchestra. This is what we heard from Dr. Olinka, who's going to be back. And there's not just sex hormones. There's hunger hormones. There's so many hormones.

There's stress hormones. There's hormones when your body is processing and digesting foods. And your hormones are all like this massive orchestra. And when one is off, right, your hunger hormones, your thyroid, your stress, your sex hormones, your estrogen, whatever that is, it fucks up everything. And it's so complicated to figure it out. But here's the thing. It's really not. It's really quite simple. If you do this, your body should respond like that. And if you're doing this and your body's not responding like that, it's what are

the things that you can do to get your body to respond in the way that it should be responding. So I get that this is a lot. It's a lot because I want this to be the last, excuse my F-bombs today. Sorry, not sorry. I want this to be the last fucking diet that you ever do. I want you to lose your weight in a way that you get to move on. That's the goal around here. This is not for the faint of heart. It's not a quick fix diet. It's not. It's amazing how quickly some people can lose their weight when they do it in a very structured, organized way, or they're showing up every day. But, and I know you're not looking for an apology for me, but I'm not about to apologize about the information, the amazing support, the overabundance of resources. Now you don't have to use the

Facebook and the app and the book and the podcast. You can just use the Facebook support group. You can just use the app. If you're having a hard time reading the information, buy the fucking book. Buy the book. The book is cheaper to buy. I could charge 60 bucks for the book. I don't. I don't. Because that's not what it's about. The book is cheaper for you to buy than it will cost for you to print it out on your own. Buy the book, invest in yourself, invest in yourself, right? Invest in yourself the time that it needs to make real actual time. Embrace the fact that this shit is complicated. That's why you haven't been able to lose and maintain your weight for the last 20 years. Right?

So embrace that. Embrace that. Be like, so think of it like a course. What if your kid, I don't know if you have kids, or again, I'm generalizing and talking to everybody. First of all, I love when someone asks a question or makes a comment that provides an amazing talking point. I'm so grateful for you. Imagine your kid signed up for a biology class and on day three said,

oh, I just, it's too complicated for me. I can't do it. What would you say to them? You'd be like, it's the third day of class. You don't even know anything. They're going to teach you everything that you learn. Read your book, show up for class, right? And then you got to show up and you got to do the work. So what if that kid said, this is too complicated for me. And then didn't go, they're like, I'm not going to go to class or I'm not going to read the book. It doesn't make it any less complicated. And that's what the book is for. That's what the, that's what those posts are for. That's what the, the lives are for. That's what the check-ins are for, right? So there can be a learning curve in terms of how to use the Facebook support group. If you've never

been in it before, where do you find the information? You know, where do you find the guides? Where do you ask questions? Where that, and that's why I have an amazing team here to help you. That's why if you think that the app is complicated, the app is the easiest way to follow the program to the point that we have like 10,000 people who aren't even in the Facebook support group because they are just using our app, which is also why you're going to hear that we're announcing later today. We are going to open up a thousand spots for the program, a thousand spots. I don't know how it's like first come first serve. So keep your eye out for that post. Or if you have anyone who didn't get in, tell them to go to the website, GinaLivie.com

and get registered because we have so many people who are just using our app and also the AI feature in the app is amazing. So you open up the app. If you need help getting it set up, you can, we have real people at techsupport.com. You open it up, you watch the video, you click today's post, read the post, that's it. If you want to go into the Facebook group

and ask a question at the end of the post, right? Say you read the post on the scale today. So I open my app, I click today's post, I hit the scale post, it pops up in my app, I read it at the end of it, it says go to Facebook group, I can click it, it takes me right to the comment section of that post, I can ask a question if I want. Or I can go to the bottom of the app, use Olivia AI and ask a question right within my app and get an answer within seconds. Along with that check in video each day and reading the post right within the app or being

able to connect to the Facebook support group, the live also connects right to the Facebook support group, I can add my weight and keep track of my fluids and my movements and my sleep and my moods. I can set intentions and a day of reflections. If you're like me, so many people are not going to use the app because they're afraid of the technology behind it's too complicated. So I designed the app to be so super simple to use. And I designed all the resources because I understand that people learn differently. Some people do very well reading on a screen. I don't. That's why I have this big ass book. And the reason why the book is so big, it's not because there's a ton of information. It's because I said, I need big, I need to be able to read my own book. And so the font is really big because I have glasses and I can't

freaking see. I turned 50 and it's like, I lost my eyesight. And so the font in the book is really big. And it's not like one page jammed to the next and the next and the next and the next. There's like huge amounts of space for you to make notes. Like, so don't be intimidated by that book. You pick it up and be like, oh my God, halfway through the book, it's recipes and science. So if you're not into recipes, you're not into science means there, if you want to read it, and I hope that you do, but if you really break it down, it's, it's not a lot, but it is. And it's organized. It's not a lot. It's organized in a way that's really easy to follow, but it is complicated as fuck. It is. It is. So, so here's what I want to say back to you, Alex, if you are feeling overwhelmed,

if you are feeling like it's a lot, it's because it is. And I'm not going to tell you not to feel overwhelmed. I'm not going to tell you not to feel like it's a lot. I'm going to not to tell you anything because however you are feeling, and. I'm going to not to tell you anything because however you are feeling, and this goes to anybody right now, however you are feeling is perfect because it's the way that you feel. If you have, if you're a little anxious, apprehensive, you don't trust it. You're like, I don't know about this girl. That's okay. That's okay. It's okay. Right? All of your feels are valid. And that's one of the things that they don't talk about when it comes to dieting. Oh, it's so easy. Eat less, exercise

more. They say, fuck off. It's about the feels. Weight loss is like trying to do something when everybody else wants your time and energy. When life is smacking you in the face, when life is hard, it's about wanting to quit because you are so tired of this shit. It's about not trusting. It's about being angry that the diet industry has effed you over and people haven't told you the truth. Then promise the world. Like if you don't want to quit at least a few times doing this program I don't know are you

even doing the program you know what I mean it's so many feels so wanting to lose weight really fast and being so frustrated that you're not but rather than festering in your feels which is totally valid and okay to do you're gonna figure out what can you do what are things that you can do and that's one of the things we're gonna to get into this week. Take a deep breath, focus on that basic food plan, focus on that basic food plan. It's the only thing you need to focus on. All the rest is unnecessary noise. Just focus on that food plan. And then next week, we're going to talk about all the other things you can focus on like your stress and your sleep and your movements and your moods. Week two, we're going to start talking about supplements you can add in. If you're not into

supplements, you don't have to take them. You have a good few weeks to work that basic food plan before we start making all these changes to it. Trust me, you're going to love the process. It's so super cool. Honest, honor your feels. Read the science post. Our first one this week is set point. Definitely take time to read that science post because read the science post. Our first one this week is set point. Definitely take time to read that science post because although the science post can feel like a lot, and we are working on putting them in an audio version for you guys, there are apps you can download for that. It'll give you such a, like really understanding why you're doing the things that you need to do. Really understanding how your body works, really understanding how your body is on your

side, really understanding all the things that you are going to be doing and how you are, they're actually going to make a difference, really understanding your path to losing your weight finally in forever. It'll be a game changer for you. And if you're not into the science, that's okay to have blind faith. Just do what I tell you to do. We'll get you there. Now, I know I spent a lot of time talking about that. As we get going in the program, definitely going to spend a lot more time answering your questions. But every now and then, I think a lot of people are feeling like this. So do you know what stresses me? Do you know what stresses me? You know what causes me to not sleep? Not 30,000 people doing my program. Yeah. So, so think about this. I have a business, right? And

we have like 50 employees. And so I'm responsible for paying their paychecks every week. And the way I do that is by making sure people are successful losing weight. No big deal. No big deal. I just have to pay 50 people's paychecks. And in order to do that, I have to make sure I help 30,000 people lose weight because if people aren't losing weight and the program didn't work, no one would sign up. So you can imagine that shit would be stressful. That's not it. That's not what stresses me. That's not what stresses me at all. What stresses me out is knowing that there are new people who are doing the program or people coming back who are so close or people coming back who maybe didn't follow through on their first program or struggled with their second or whatever. What keeps me up at night is how do I get people to understand that they can do this?

How do I get people to understand that it really is such a process? How do I get people to understand that their feels are part of it? How do I get people to understand that their feels are part of it? How do I get people to understand that they just kept showing up little by little day by day, they're going to get there? How do I get people to understand that there is zero science out there that says you can't lose weight? How do I get people to understand that your body wants this? I know you feel like your body hates you and is trying to make you fat, but your body wants this for you. It wants you to feel your best, look your best. It wants you to be happy. It wants to be healthy. When so many people feel like,

or my body just hates me. It's just trying to make me fat. My hormones are fighting me. You know, it's impossible situation. How do I get people to understand that quick fixes are not working for you? If you've been trying to lose your weight for 20 years, five years, two years, how are those quick fixes working? How do I get people to stick around long enough so that I can show them that they can do this? That's my stress, not helping 30,000 people. I know if you stick around, we can help you. I know if you stick around, the program will work for you. It's how do I keep you coming back? Because as long as you keep showing up, honestly, you cannot mess it up. That's my stress. That's my stress. Uh, thanks for coming to my Ted talk. Okay. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. Uh,

learning about myself. I like doing things right. So as a newbie working through all the information and changing the foundation of how I eat is overwhelming. Yeah. So, so, so I'm going to give you that. Okay. Leanne, I love this. It is. That's a lot. So recognize that and cut yourself some slack this week. Right. Recognize. Okay. I'm trying to make major change here. So also there is like proof in the pudding, right? Like we are going to be highlighting members, sharing their stories, go over to my website in it. You'll you'll, you can read some stories of our members. Follow us on social media where we're always highlighting members. You need to know this works, right? I

mean, chances are if you are here, you might know someone who's been successful. But recognize, I like doing things right. I love that. So you're probably an all or nothing. You probably feel like if you fuck up one little thing, you've ruined everything and you've got to start again, right? It's so normal with diets. In fact, the diet industry tells you that start again, start again, start again. We are all about, okay, every single day counts. Good days, bad days, hanging on by the skin of your teeth, eating chips for breakfast. Those days all count because you're going to, what you're going to realize it's what you are learning and the things that you're not doing, or you're having a hard time doing is just as valuable as the things that you are doing.

I love this. So let's break this down, right? I like doing things right. Okay, that's a huge, like recognizing who you are, how you are, how you do things, how you like things. That is so huge. That is so huge, right? So you, maybe you're an all or nothing. Maybe you're an A-type personality, right?

How do you need, how do you got to view? So how, how do you, how can you view this program? At the top, we talked about it's lifestyle, diet, whatever you want to call it. So this is where framing it, like if you thought this was a course, if you signed up for a course, right? This is the information. These are the things that you need to do. Sometimes you're like, oh yeah, I can crush that.

I love learning. I like, I'm an A student. I'm an A type personality that works for me, right? If you'd rather have a, I don't know what's happening and I take it how it comes. Maybe you want to frame it as an adventure that you're going on, right? Like you're traveling, you are going to travel this place, that place, this place. You're going to do a hike, climb a mountain, right? You're excited. You get there and all of a sudden, you know, shit happens. You have good times. You have like, oh my God, I'm whatever. I've lost this. I got my wallet stolen. I'm this. Things happen, right? It's an adventure. It's a journey. You're a project.

If you are a project manager at work or what you do at work is that you manage projects, start projects, follow through on projects. This is a project. You are the project. These are the things you need to do. You need to do them. How can you set yourself up for success? So in knowing who you are and how you are, how can you frame this to make it resonate with you, right? Um, as a newbie working through all the information and changing the foundation of how I eat is overwhelming. Okay. You have to make change in order to see change. And so again, right, this is a lot. This is cool, but you signed up. Why'd you sign up? You signed up because you want to lose weight. Chances are you signed up because you know someone who's done the program because the program works or because you've done everything else and it didn't work for you. So you're looking at what we do and you're

like, I don't know about this. I love the fact that we do things differently. Because you can't do the same old shit over and over and over. Right? You get the same old results over and over. Right? So try to find your in, like that belief, try to find your in on that. And it's you don't have to work through all the there's a rhyme and a reason to why we roll out the information each day. Like there's a whole book, you're not supposed to read it all in one day. So read what you need to read the first day, the first week, right? Like we have a whole post on coffee, the gist of coffee, have your coffee the way that you want. It coffee is not going to stop you from losing weight. If you want to get like nitpicky about it, right, try to minimize your sugar, right, but there's certain you know, use whatever creamer you want. Just don't have the triple chocolate mocha latte every day. If your coffee's like a dessert, chances are you're going

to want to make some changes to that, right? We have a whole post on dairy. Here's what you need to know. You can eat cheese. You can eat cottage cheese. You can eat yogurt if you want. Look for natural ingredients. That's it. It's all it really says. You don't have to eat dairy if you want. Look for natural ingredients. That's it. It's all it really says. You don't have to eat dairy if you want. Condiments. You can have condiments. Just make sure they are, you know, good natural ingredients. The scale today, right?

Here's the takeaway of the scale. It's going to fluctuate up and down. That's why I need you to know. Like you're getting on it every day. You're going to pick up on all the fluctuations. It's so normal for the scale to fluctuate. And when you are getting on it every day, you're going to pick up on those fluctuations, which is really cool because you're going to, when you're tracking that, you're going to see the pattern. So when you are tracking your weight, you're going to see ups and downs and plateaus. What you're looking for is a downward

trend, right? Get on the scale every day, use it as a tool or don't use it at all. That's the gist of the scale. Detox is when your body is releasing fat, you might feel a certain way. So we just want you to be aware of how you might feel. Exercise, right? Exercises, exercise is nothing but amazing and a great compliment to the program. That's it. We outline the benefits of certain types of exercises, but at the end of the day, you don't have to exercise. So see, that's the post for today. I just gave it to you in the gist, right? Like that's it. So you don't have to like study every detail. You're going to read it, pick out the things that resonate with you. And so the food plan is a lot because it's the base of the program. So that's why I want you to take this whole week and focus specifically on the food plan. And that's it. The rest is just like, like I said, all you need to do is read those

guidelines. You don't have to read all the other,, if you're not a shift worker, you don't need to read that shift worker post. If you are, it's there to help you kind of figure out how to navigate all of this and how to set up your day so you can follow the food plan, right? So this is where you got to like, I throw out a lot of stuff. You got to pick up what I'm cutting down, what's relevant and resonates and make it resonate in a way for you, right? Trying to take one day at a time and not get stressed. Okay. So I love that. You're like, I'm trying to do that, but you recognize that's a hard, that's probably a new thing for you. I'm like an all or nothing. I have been trying to find the fucking middle ground for my entire life. Tony is like my middle ground.

So I totally get this. And this is why I am doing everything I can. So I'm, you know, I'm like an all or nothing. So I totally get this. And this is why I am doing everything I can. So I'm, you know, I'm going live every night this week at 7pm. Well, Monday through, I'm going live again tonight. Right? Did I need to do that? No, I didn't. But is it going to help me sleep at night knowing that I'm doing everything I can to help everybody? Yes, it is. So I totally get this. I like love to do things perfectly. I love to, even though I have a progress over perfection, I like to make sure I'm doing it all. But I also will stress myself out too. So this is why in knowing how you are to recognize it is the, what's the theme today? It's a lot and it comes with big fields and let's all take a deep breath.

The main focus is that food plan. You have a lot of support. I'm here for you. The team is here for you. Sit with your feelings. Sit with your feelings and be like, okay, I want this program to work. It's a lot of information. They have a lot of support, a lot of resources.

They must, okay, that's a good thing. That's a good thing. Why am I feeling overwhelmed? Why am I feeling overwhelmed? Why am I feeling stressed? What am I doing to myself that is stressing myself out? Cut yourself some slack, be kind, take some deep breaths. We have a lot of time to lose a lot of weight here with this program. You have all the support that you need. So allow yourself to kind of ease into it, right? Like you don't have to go and change everything today.

You don't just because you're trying, like if even if you're using the app and you're tracking, even if you had like, I don't know, you had like chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and you eat a chocolate bar for fruit snack and you eat pasta for lunch, like whatever, track that. You're also going to see how you're feeling when you're making those choices. You're not going to feel great. Right. And then what you're going to see when you look back on your app is you're going to be able to see, wow, when I made choices that fall in line with my goals, my weight moved. When I made choices that, you know, you know, didn't make me feel so great. Like you're going to, it's collecting data. It's collecting data. So

knowing how you feel when you're making, you know, certain choices, it's great to know foods that make you feel like shit. So when you have those, and you're paying attention to the foods that you're eating that aren't making you feel great, you're learning that. So you are making new connections. Like when you go and eat that chocolate bar, that donut, right, that donut before was yummy, fun, love the donut, right? Sally brings donuts into the into the office and you have a donut and you're like, oh, it's so fun. I eat a donut. And then you spend the next three hours being like, why did I have that donut? I feel like crap. I got to start a diet. That wasn't fun,

right? But sometimes we ignore that. We close our eyes, we eat the donut. Oh, I'm having fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. And we forget about the aftermath of the donut. And so this is your opportunity to be like, okay, these are the changes I need to make today. I went and had a donut rather than focusing on, I've blown the whole thing. I suck. I'm never going to lose my weight. Why did I choose to have that donut? How did I feel after I had that donut? And you know, the biggest thing that you're going to learn about that donut is it's not going to stop you from reaching your goal. It's not, you just move on the next day or you move on. If you have a donut for breakfast today, it doesn't mean you blow off your whole day. It just means that after you had that donut for

breakfast, you still have your fruit snack in the morning. You still follow through on lunch. You still, you don't punish yourself by starving and depriving. So the point is you cannot mess this up. Even if you think you are making all the wrong choices, if you are, if you are showing up and aware of the choices that you're making and you leave yourself open to what you are learning, there is just as much value in not doing the things you need to do as there isn't doing the things that you need to do, which is why you can't mess it up as long as you keep showing up. I have broken my rules all day this week. I said that I was going to, I remember my first program. I was so annoyed because it was so hard for me, not a techie, but it's another thing I've learned is to be patient. Yeah. Right. Honor your feels. Everybody is welcome. Honor your feels. They are all valid, no matter how you are feeling, right?

All feels are welcome. In fact, if you missed it, we did a great, we had a great conversation with Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer before the program started. We actually streamed it. I did it over my public page, but we streamed it into the group. I believe it's in the welcome guide. And Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is, she's going to be joining us next week and talking more on the topic of not being overwhelmed, how to set yourself up for success.

But we had a great conversation with her. She's done the program before. She's a Libby loser herself, and she is a learning strategist. That's what she does. She teaches people how to unlearn and relearn and learn. And in knowing the program, she kind of knows the feels and the thoughts and the strategies,

has the strategies to help. So if you are feeling overwhelmed, whether you're, even if you're a returning member, because we also addressed all of our returning members, I would highly suggest that you take time. I think it's like a half hour conversation. She's brilliant. You will love her. She is so calm.

She will bring Zen into your life. She will make it feel all manageable and all okay. I tend to be a little overexcited. I get like super jazzed. I'm obviously really passionate if you can't tell, but she is so calm and cool and collected. Just the sound of her voice will like soothe you and calm you and make you feel like it's all okay. It's all about investing the time right into yourself. And for some people, that's the hardest thing to do is to prioritize yourself and find the time to do the things that you need to do. I find that getting the leafy stuff is the hardest. Yeah, it is. So it'll get easier. As we roll through the spring and summer, you don't have to be fancy about leafy greens, right?

Like you can throw them in a soup, throw them in like a stir fry. You don't have to make like a fancy side salad every day. Like I just grab leaves. Oh, I got to get some leafy greens. I will like just go grab some leafy greens and munch on them with no dressing or anything, right? Like the program is definitely not all salads. And there's a rhyme and a reason to those leafy greens.

When you make changes in your diet, it can affect your bowel movement. So it's good roughage. They also support the body's natural detox process. Again, we're not making the body detox. It's supporting the body's detox. And so those leafy greens are really key. They actually are more beneficial than what you think, but you don't have to be like

super fancy about them. You can just like grab some leaves and put them in your mouth. If you're hit and miss with your leafy greens, you're going to be fine. It's not, again, it's not make or break, so I wouldn't go stressing about it. What we're going to do on Saturday is we are going to post some share pages, some meal idea share pages where all of you can share. So returning members are really great at this is sharing the things that they're eating and the things that they're doing, sharing your favorite cookbooks, sharing your favorite sites and whatnot. So if you're looking for inspiration and ideas, we will one, we are going to have, we're going to be posting, um, those, well, we don't want to, here's what, here's what I'm so, this is why I'm so anti meal plan, because a lot of times if I say do this, people just do

that. And I don't want to say, Oh, on Tuesdays, it's good to have chicken. And then all of a sudden everyone's eating chicken and maybe you don't like chicken or do you know what I mean? Like it's, it's good for you to have to figure out, okay, how have I been living? Right. And what do I need to do? And how do I figure out how to do this? And also incorporate the foods that you like, right? Like, you know, there's lots of diets where all you eat is a chicken and broccoli and rice But, you know, that's gonna suck eating that every day. And so it's really about figuring out what works for you. We are that we did that lunch and dinner visual guide, we are going to start like rolling out, you know, some visuals for you in terms of your breakfast, your lunches and your dinners. But we kind of want you to kind of figure it out first within what works for you. But on the weekend, we are going to do those share

pages. So if all of our returning members can share, keep in mind, though, here's one of the things that it becomes tricky is that people will post what they're eating, and then people will start comparing portions. And then someone will be like, Oh my gosh, I need to eat more, I need to eat less. And it's hard to and this happens a lot with water too, when people talk about how much water they're drinking, is that we very easily forget that people come in different shapes and sizes. There are some people who only have five pounds to lose. And there's people who have 150 plus pounds to lose. So obviously, how much water they would need to drink would be different, right? There are people who are six foot tall and people who are four foot tall. There are people

who are super active and there are people who are inactive. And so how much water you need to drink or how much you need to eat portion wise is so individual. And this is where we are trained that it's calories, calories, calories, calories. Every day you are eating, or Tuesdays you're eating chicken and whatever for lunch, and here is the portion size based on the calories. And we don't do that because how much you need to eat can change every day. For example, right now you're focused on following that food plan and eating enough to feel satisfied, right? Not trying to eat more, not trying to eat less, just trying to feel satisfied with whatever amount that you're eating. But we get stuck on some of us eating our whole lunch or our whole dinner. So if you go to a restaurant, you just eat the whole thing, or you pack your lunch every day and you just eat whatever's in your lunch. And you're not even thinking about

if you're satisfied, if you ate too much or didn't eat enough, you just like eat the whole thing. So this is why you want to follow that food plan. And in the moment, eat enough in order to feel like you are satisfied. But satisfaction one day might be different than the next day. So maybe I woke up today and I was hungry for breakfast. And, you know, I made two eggs, I felt like I was put one egg. And I was like, that's not enough, I'm going to need two eggs. And then maybe tomorrow, I wake up and I'm super hungry. And I cracked like, that's not enough. I'm going to need two eggs. And then maybe tomorrow I wake up and I'm super hungry and I crack two eggs. And I'm like, that's not enough. I'm going to need three eggs. And then maybe the next day I wake up and I'm just like, I'm not really all that hungry.

And so, you know, I barely make my way through one egg. And so portions moving forward are always what they feel like and not about what they look like, not about what they look like. Not about what they look like. I'm ignoring the fact that I... Listen, at any time, you can bail out of these lives too. Sometimes I go long and I like to talk and talk and talk and talk because I'm really enjoying the conversation. But remember, you're not going to really miss anything. If you got to bail, you got to head off for work or whatever. And we always repost the segments in the guides. And you can also download and listen. So let me stop right there and talk about our new podcast, The Livvy Method. So we have two podcasts now. If you've been in any of our previous groups, you were listening to the 91 Day Daily Lives and Guest Segments over on our

Way in Regina podcast. We now created a new podcast called the living method. So all of the 91 day lives and guest segments are now on our new podcast, the living method. Those are the ones that are being linked directly into the app. That's where you will find the lives from the program. And then I hope you still tune into my way in Regina podcast, because this is where we've had the opportunity to interview some fun guests, some celebrity guests, which is super fun. We also have an opportunity to talk about other things like I'm talking keto, I'm talking intermittent fasting, so I'm breaking down other diets. I might be a little biased, non-biased, maybe a tiny bit biased. Anyways, it's my podcast. I can do what I want. But we

also have some fun digestible bits. It just gives me an opportunity to talk about things outside the realm of the program, which I find to be really cool. So all of the program lives and guest segments are over on our Livi Method podcast. And if you want to listen to some fun extra stuff where I'm talking about much more, it always has a way of tying into weight loss. But where I'm talking to some great guests and talk about other things that's over on my weight in Regina podcast. Okay, I'm going to go today if I asked if you asked a question, thank you so much. I know I didn't get to a lot of questions today. But thank you. I am grateful

for you. And please do not stop asking your questions because I know that it also creates a conversation behind the scenes as well, which I love going into after the fact and reading the comments and whatnot. But make sure you pop your question over on the questions post pinned to the top of the page. You can find it in the featured section of the Facebook support group. And that is where you'll have one of our program specialists or myself, you will find I also pop into the group, you will find me answering questions. I can't help

it. I can't help it. I love going into the group and answering questions too. So one of my team or one of myself will answer the question for you over there. Thanks for joining me today. Thanks for hanging, hanging with me. Thanks for hanging in there. It's day three of the program. We have a lot of time left to lose a lot of weight. We haven't even really started. We're just kind of laying that foundation, whether you are a new member or you're returning member, getting back at it. Give yourself some slack this week. Be kind to yourself. Do not be shy about reaching out and asking all the questions that you need and please have fun with it. Regardless of the fields, please have fun with that. We do take weight loss real serious over here. It is hard. It is

complicated, but it can also be fun as well, right? This is an opportunity to learn about yourself, to learn new stuff and to help you reach your finally and forever weight loss goals. Okay, I got to go. Have an amazing day, everyone. And I will see you later. If you want to join me tonight, I'm back tonight. Again, 7 p.m. live. Of course, you do not have to join me. There is no reason why you have to watch two lives in a day. Remember, the lives are not actually even mandatory at all.

Everything that you need is in the Facebook support group or also in the app. Okay, I got to go. Bye, everyone.