The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 30 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: May 21, 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 30, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:The goal this week - understanding DownsizingShout out to Joanna Hunt - collectively sending love and well wishesDownsizing week - looking at the issues and associations that come with this tweakCelebratory weekends - reflect on your choices and how they have you feeling Back on Track - understanding how to get right back at itMaximizing - getting refocusedWalking - helps with digestion and stress managementVacations - you can follow along as best you can or, pick back up when you returnAnnouncement - Big “F”ing sale! $60 May 27th for 24 hoursHealthy weight loss - it looks differentWeight up - understanding scale fluctuationsThe psychology of weight loss - Dr. Beverely will be joining us to discussChoices - learning to make choices that fall in line with your goalsCaregivers - the importance of prioritizing your own health Fall Group - Sept 9th - Dec 8th, Big “F”ing Sale May 27th 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. Okay, day 30 of the program. I was going to say we're rolling into a whole new week, but we did that yesterday, although it was a long weekend here in Canada. I know those of you in the US, you have your long weekend coming up next weekend. At some point in the program, no doubt you're going to encounter a long weekend or a celebratory weekend or whatnot. There's nothing to be concerned about. So many of you are probably feeling a little full, a little tired, maybe a little hungover today. That's okay. It's also the day that we start downsizing. So, okay. So week four of the

program, the last few weeks, you've been consistently following the food plan, really working those portions, eating just enough that you're feeling satisfied and not stuffed. So really trying to understand what satisfaction feels like. The goal this week is to eat in a way that leaves you feeling slightly unsatisfied. So a few bites less, keeping in mind that your hunger levels are still going to fluctuate day to day, even with eating slightly less, you may have days where you're not hungry at all, which is totally normal. The biggest takeaway I think is that this week is less about eating less and more about the thoughts and feels that can be brought up with this week, especially if you spend any time at all dieting, because this

is the one week that feels or reflects or is most like a diet. This is our weakest tweak. This is a tweak that is meant to help us get even more attuned to our portions and even more in tune to our hunger levels and understand even more how the choices that we are making are affecting us. So again, it's not about eating less, although the goal is to eat slightly less than you are used to eating to feel satisfied. So you will notice that you're hungry. It's not necessarily that you're not eating enough food. It's just that your body is noticing you're not eating the same amount of food. Your body got used to you eating five, six times a day. It got used to you eating nutrient-rich foods and enough to feel satisfied. And it was like, this is fucking awesome. I'm

loving this, which is why some of you feel a little resistant to the change. Some of you are feeling like, oh, I know I kind of don't want to do that. I want to just keep doing what I'm doing. And I love that, that you're in tune with understanding that that feels really good to give your body what it needs and be in tune to that. But you are here to lose weight. I'm assuming that you are here to lose weight. So we have to make our tweaks each week. We don't count, weigh, measure. We're not into starving and depriving. So with this downsizing tweak,

you shouldn't feel like you're starved or deprived. Hungry-er than you have been, yes, but definitely not starved and deprived. See, with eating five, six times a day, with just how long it takes your body to actually break down your foods and get nutrients from them, you're not starving or you're not deprived at all. You're still eating probably more than what you need, even when you are downsizing, because you have been giving your body enough to meet the needs of your current size body. So what you're going to do is eat slightly less and your body's going to be like, okay, well, I want, give me more. And you're like, no, I'm not going to give you more. I'm going to keep giving you this good nutrient rich food and give it to you often throughout

the day, but not the same amount of portion. And then your body's going to be like, okay, well, I want to go back to feeling like I'm satisfied again. I have this extra fat. I don't need it because the last few weeks you've been giving the body what it needs. It doesn't need its stored fat and your body's happy to get rid of it. So your body's like, let me release some of this fat and downsize to adjust to the amount of food

that is coming in. And so you'll notice at the beginning of the week, you might feel a little hungrier than normal. Remember also it's normal to feel hungry heading into the evening when your weight is about to drop as well. So sometimes people are like, I'm so hungry into the evening when your weight is about to drop as well. So, you know, sometimes people are like, I'm so hungry in the evening. And I'm like, okay, again, same rules apply. The body's not inclined to want you to eat in the evening. It wants to get that deep sleep.

It wants to repair, rebuild, do all of those things. Chances are, if you're following the food plan and you're making your food choices, nutrient rich, still eating those token amounts when you're not hungry, even when eating a few bites less, right? Chances are that you're not really all that hungry in the evening. It's probably just the fact that you are, your body's heading into detox and your weight is about to drop. So, so what am I trying to say? This week can freak people out for a good reason is nothing to be freaked out about. It's just another way of getting even more in tune to those portions. So you join me and Kim tomorrow during the tweak this week. We're going to talk further on it. Of course, I'll answer some of your questions today. Before I get started, I do want to give a shout out to a very special member of ours, Joanna Hunt.

She has been with us for a while. We've had her and her husband Brian on for some great barbecue segments and spill the teas. And she is, I mean, she's been sharing her journey. She's like the epitome of healthy weight loss and it has not been easier for her. She's been through some health issues, a concussion, and tomorrow she's heading into back surgery. So if we can all maybe collectively, I can't even imagine how scary that would be. I know she's going to do great. But if we can maybe all collectively send her some love and some good feels, I would love to do that. Okay, so let's get into downsizing. So today

we're starting, some of you are just starting today because you just kept rolling off the holiday. That's totally fine. You don't have to add an extra day. You will find as we roll towards the end of the week that your hunger levels will adjust. All of a sudden, it's not like you need to eat less and less and less and less and less and less as the week goes by. And there's a couple of ways to do this. This is also a week that brings up food waste issues and food scarcity issues. People are afraid to leave food on the plate or makes them very uncomfortable because that's how you know when you've had enough. So you can either like portion out less or ask those four questions, right? Ask those four questions. And when it comes to that first one, am I hungry? How's this

portion for me? If it's like too much, right, then take some off your plate. If it's like, oh, that feels like it's not enough, then maybe that's what you want to start with. Keep in mind when downsizing, it's just as much leaving food on that first portion as it is going back for a second portion and downsizing that portion. Even with downsizing, one day you might need one egg to feel slightly unsatisfied, and the next day you need to eat three eggs to get you able to feel slightly unsatisfied because you're just that much hungrier. So remember when it comes to portions, even with downsizing, they are what they feel like, not about what they look like.

So don't be afraid to go back for those extra portions if you need. So if you try that, portioning out less food and you're still really hungry, go back, get more, downsize that portion. Or of course, you know, just leave a few bites less. A lot of people, when they're new especially, they're like, ah, and maybe those messages from asking those four questions aren't really all that strong yet. And so you can just leave a few bites less than what you've been used to. And of course, the other way is like really digging into those four questions. How do I feel before I even eat? How am I feeling now that I've started

to eat? What if I was to take a few bites? What if I was to stop now? Okay, yeah, I think if I stop now, I'll feel slightly unsatisfied and then walk away and pay attention to how you're feeling, right? So that's what it's about. More about awareness. You'll notice our tweaks are more about the awareness. Good morning. Hello. Hello. Let's see if I can get into these questions. Uh, blew it this long weekend, uh, with nice weather up three, but downsizing could not have come sooner. Okay. So remember your weight can fluctuate so much. Sometimes it's inflammation when we just eat crappy foods, right? As you know, as yummy as they could be. Um. It's the inflammation,

our body just reacting and responding to the food choices that we're eating. It's also can be things like lack of sleep, lack of water, dehydration, hard to digest foods, salty foods, your body being sore from I don't know, water skiing or whatever you were doing this weekend. So for so many reasons, the weekend is not even a week, You'd be hard pressed to actually gain one real pound in a week. So it takes a lot longer for our body to convert the foods that we're eating into actual fat, although the scale can fluctuate. So let's reflect on if you made some choices that make you feel not so great today, what was the mindset? Are you saying to yourself right now it was hashtag worth it? Was it worth it? Like really take a minute and be like, yeah, you know what? It was worth it.

So Tony and I went away this weekend. We went to Montreal. We ate all the things. We literally actually ate all of the things, the poutine, the smoked meat, the French food. And I am definitely feeling it today. Was it worth it? Absolutely. Would I do it again? Absolutely. Do I know I'm going to spend the next couple of days trying to get back on track just with how I feel? Absolutely. But that was worth it. That was also a destination. I was going there to eat. I already knew I was eating all the things. I was choosing to eat the things. I even had some wine. I drank. So I'm feeling like shit balls today, but that's okay. I had the best weekend. Is that how you're feeling? Now, if that is not how you're feeling and you have sort of feels like, oh, I wish I would have

made other choices. Why did I do that? That's what we got to work on. That's part of the finally and forever weight loss part is why did you make those choices in the moment? Was it maybe you weren't, you weren't prepared? Was it maybe it's an emotional thing? Like what, what was it? Right? So reflect on that. Don't just go with how you feel today. Go rewind back towards before you even went into the weekend. How are you feeling? Oh man, I was feeling like a rock star. I was feeling really good. My, my, my body was changing. My scale was dropping. I was really proud of what I was doing. And then I got maybe into a social situation where maybe I didn't want to talk about my weight or I felt pressured. Maybe there was a food pusher there. Like, what exactly went on that I didn't stick to the plan? And I don't mean my food plan. I mean, your plan to navigate the weekend. And then say, what can I do to make sure that

that doesn't happen again? This is important because the summer's rolling, rolling in, right? The summer is here. My gosh, the weather was beautiful. And so you want to be able to enjoy the summer and still be able to reach your goals as well. Or I get at least get one step closer to them and you can do this, but it's about, it's about making sure that you are picking and choosing. I don't like the word controlling and moderating, but I think there was a bit of managing when it comes to, um, following the program in a sense, especially in the summertime. If you do have that kind of attitude of the summer is really short and I do want to, you know, there's a few barbecues and I want to go to the lake and I want to do whatever. I got some road trips planned, right? This is

where you have to be really savvy about making a plan for yourself. Back on track, which really just means at this point, back at following the program. So you don't want to eat less for the sake of starving and depriving yourself and punishing and skipping meals and snacks. The worst thing you can do after indulging is under-stimulate your digestive system. What you want to do is tell the body, hey, we're back. We're getting all this nutrient-rich foods again. No reason to store any fat. And really, the stimulation of eating often is going to help the body with that backlog. Get on drinking that water. Add in some extra leafy greens. Try to get some decent sleep tonight, and you'll be good to go. Your weight will sometimes, too, when you challenge the body like that, when you're so on with what you're eating throughout the week and you challenge your body, it can actually throw you into a detox because your body's like, well, let's get all this out of my system. And then you can actually see your weight drop from that. Not that I suggest that that's your plan, but not all is lost. Not all is lost. Spent the weekend in my flower bed. They look amazing, but now I'll be spending a day in bed. My back hurts. My water was off. So I'm

getting the bounce back effect with weight down 14.4. I'm feeling great. Hi, Valerie. So your weight might also be up to if you have a back injury. I've done the same. I've tweaked my back again today. Yay. But I can feel my body just super inflamed from that as well. So your weight can also be up just from any kind of back injury or anything that you're dealing with. So lots of rest, lots of rest today. Ah, yes, Jessica, let's all send a collective big virtual hug and love to Joanna. I know. Oh my goodness. Thinking about her. Is it today? It's Tuesday. Oh, it's today. Oh, she's going in today. Oh my goodness. Hi, Dave Stewart. Good morning, everyone. Hope we're all ready to get back on the water train after the long weekend. Yes. Two things you can do, right?

Get that water in and get in those leafy greens, trying to get some rest, right? And then dive right into downsizing. Dive right in. Let's go. Dive right into it this week. This is where we start to try to lose weight. And not that you haven't made a lot of changes or haven't been trying really hard in the last couple of weeks.

I just mean with what we're actually doing, we are moving along from the building and the foundation. We are bringing forward with us, right? Understanding our why, taking notice of those non-scale, our why is why we signed up, right? That's our ultimate motivator. And, you know, really focusing on those non-scale victories that can keep us more motivated because not every day you're going to be motivated. Right. Really, really maximizing mindfulness. So you're bringing forward those four mindful eating questions. There's that maximizing post, which is great to bring out at the beginning of each new week and go over that. So these are the foundational things that we're going to bring forward with us.

So we're going to do one round of downsizing. So one week of downsizing, and then we're going to bring it back to satisfaction, not back to satisfaction, but taking what you've learned after this week and implementing that next week. And then you'll have another opportunity to do the downsizing again. And then we're going to switch it up to some completely different tweaks. So, so, um, make sure you ask as many questions as you need about it. Um, again, it can bring up a lot of big fields, but even just attempting it, you're doing it because even in attempting it is bringing up the feels. So if you're kind of like, I don't know if I'm doing this right.

First of all, ask, ask, make sure you ask as many questions as you need. And you probably are. MJ, hello. Good morning. Stress hit me hard last week. Digging in harder this week to really listen to my body. Remember to walk first. Listen to the lives. Good morning. Stress hit me hard last week. Digging in harder this week to really listen to my body. Remember to walk first. Listen to the lives. Really helps. I've missed you coming on my walks with me. I'm so glad you're back. Hello. Hi. Walking is so great, especially

after meals. If you can get out for little walks, it's been proven to really help, especially with blood sugar and digestion. If you can get out for little walks, it's been proven to really help, especially with blood sugar. If you can get out for a while and digestion, if you can get out for walks after your bigger meals, like lunch, like dinner and whatnot, that can be really beneficial to add that to your routine. In fact, this change of weather is a great time to change your routine, maybe get up a little bit earlier, you know, add in some more movement into your day. So happy to join a live session. Hi, Taya. I'm off this week and it's a tough week to have off with this tweak, but I'm going to work it. There will be some happy indulgences, but I'm not going to give up. I'm doing some prepping today

for the rest of the week. Yeah. You can go on holiday and still downsize, right? You're still eating five, six times a day. You can even downsize that really delicious, yummy food. Again, it's only a few bites less than what you are used to. And you can still have some indulge. You can even downsize that really delicious, yummy food. Again, it's only a few bites less than what you are used to. And you can still downsize all day and have some indulgent meals as well. Or you can decide to say, you know what, fuck it. I'm just going to go on vacation and I'm not going to worry about it. And then when I get back, I'll just start my downsizing then, right? Like this program does allow you to take time off.

All you need to do is just pick up from where you left off, right? We don't want to go back and we don't want to repeat steps, but we can take our moments where we're like, you know what? I'm just going to not focus on this at all. But you may find with the food plan itself that you are following it the best you possibly can. I think it is still worth doing it the best you possibly can downsize where you can downsize. And then, you know, if you still want to have some, you know, indulgent meals,

you can do that too, because again, it's less about eating less and it's more about the issues and associations and the feels that are brought up. And it's really just about getting even messing with the, your hunger levels a little bit, or the food plan a little bit in a way that gets you even more in tune to your hunger levels. So you don't have to be perfect and able to do that. Speaking of fuck it, speaking of fuck it, you guys, do you hear we're doing another sale? So we're doing our big $60 sale. So we're calling it the fuck it sale because last time you guys might remember, we broke the internet and we had that maximum 15,000 signups. And so we capped the numbers and then we were like, okay, once they're gone, they're gone. Let's have a big hot flash sale. And then we broke the, then we broke the fucking internet

and our website. And then some people went like hours trying to register and then other people didn't get in and it was just a clusterfuck. So I did not want to do that again. I don't know that I ever want to do that again, because that was just really shitty. And it's not a way that I would want our members, like I wanted it to be fun, not stressful for people. So we're having it a big, my team asked me what you want to do. And I said, yes, let's do the $60 because I love that. It's close to my heart. $60 was the cost of my second program because my first program was free. And I think it's great, especially as we have returning members. And I love a deal. I don't like paying full price for anything. Although $75 is still an amazing

deal. So we came up with the big fuck it sale. So it's one day only, but you can whatever time of day, nine in the morning, nine at night, whatever. We're going to keep it over for 24 hours. So there is no rush to sign up first thing in the morning. And no limit, unless we sell out. There is a real possibility of selling out. So unless we sell out, so no limit. So you don't have to rush. If you want to go early, go early. So we're going to leave it open all day, 24 hours, no cap on numbers. So get in, register yourself, tell friends and tell your family. 60 bucks is a fucking steal for our program for sure. So yeah, so that's our big fuck it sale. So you can tell people. So as long as you register on that day, and as long as I guess we don't sell

out, we're not going to limit the numbers. So that solves that. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep. I'd be all stressed out. I was like, are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Are you sure? Ah, Michelle, two bags to Value Village so far. I'm still holding onto my guest jeans because they're my marker for where I was at my lowest in 2014. They fit. How did we manage low rise jeans? I don't, they're coming back again. I saw them again. What? I saw a photo. Cause you know, you know, um, Facebook is amazing for bringing up old photos. And I saw a photo of me on the team has one somewhere too on, on one of their things. And they're barely covering, like they're barely even, I don't even know. They're're barely covering, like they're barely even,

I don't even know. They're like barely up. I never did the thong thing though. I never went that far. I wasn't like the low rise with the thong, but I was probably the low rise with the long shirt. Anyway. Yes. So back to you. I love this. Pull out those clothes. This is not, pull out those clothes. There's a big difference between fat loss and weight loss. And that, that really is one of the, you know, the differences of the Libby method as opposed to other diets is that it's not weight loss we're going after. It's not muscle, right. And water weights, and then, you know, some fat, it is fat first. That is where we're going after. So you'll notice there's a big difference in, um, and this is one of the things let's talk about Joanna Hunt for a second. You know, because I started running these programs, you know, and people like Joanna

sharing over on Instagram, I was actually able to see progression of people's weight loss in real time. And I noticed something last year and the year before, a couple of years ago, that I was like, what is going on here? What am I seeing? And what I realized is I was seeing a healthy weight loss and healthy weight loss. It looks different. It looks different. You can tell when someone's lost their weight in a way that they're starving and depriving. And you can tell when someone's lost their weight in a way where, you know, it's not just mentally, but physically healthy for them. And Joanna was one

of the first people I started to follow when I started following our members and she so freely shares her journey like so many of you do. And there's a big difference in that fat loss versus weight loss. So 20 pounds on the Libby method can look like 40 pounds on any other diet. So if you're holding onto a pair of pants that you wore when you were, I don't know, 140 and now you're sitting at 160, try them on, try them on, try them on, try them on. I thought my weight was going in the right direction. I was down two pounds feeling happy, but this morning I gained 2.2. I ate well and watched everything, drank more water than ever. Okay. So this is why at this point, four weeks in, you have to stop

this. Okay. First of all, I love that you mentioned this. You have to stop this. You have to stop using the word gain two pounds when you gain two pounds, right? I gained two pounds. You have to stop saying that because that is not correct. You didn't gain two pounds of right? I gained two pounds. You have to stop saying that because that is not correct. You didn't gain two pounds of fat. Your scale is simply up. And so you also have to really, really dig into, you're going to, we've got to dig into the information. You, if you have got to read that scale post, the why is my weight up post, the what weight loss really looks like, or what you're doing is you're sabotaging yourself right now. Because if you really ate well and watched everything, which is not necessarily what

this is all about, right? If you ate well and watched everything and drank more water than you ever have. So I'm going to dig into a little bit. Is drinking more water than you ever have, is it drinking enough? Or is it just drinking more than you ever have? That's a huge difference, right? Because I'll talk to people and they're like, well, I'm doing all the things. Okay, well, how much water are you drinking?

Well, two and a half liters. I'm like, well, how tall are you? Oh, I'm, you know, five, nine. How much weight do you have to lose? Oh, 60 pounds. Okay, well, that's not enough. That's not, what are you talking about? That's not enough.

Well, it's more than I ever have. So more than you ever have is not the same as what you need. Right? Ate well is not the same as making your food choices nutrient rich, being consistent with following the food plan, hitting all your meals and snacks, asking those four questions, and watch everything is not the same. I'm not into watching my weight. I'm into losing my weight. Right? So did you maximize, how was your sleep this week, this weekend? How was your stress? Did you move your body? Right? Like what, what are you doing to maximize your efforts? So that's the first thing. So I'm always mindful and people like, well, I ate well and I, you know, I drank some water. Okay. But that's not, that's the, if it, that's the last, like, that's the minimum amount

that you need to do. The second thing that's problematic. And again, thank you for bringing this up. Cause I'm generalized. I'm not talking to you. I'm generalizing. Cause I think a lot of people feel like this. The second thing is if you are doing everything that you can and it is normal for your weight

to go up before it drops, why are you not seeing that? Right? Like that's just what, that's what like you, you show nine out of 10 people's scale in their graphs, their weight goes up before it drops. So if I tell you, and the science tells you, and the graphs tell you, and the posts tell you that it's normal for your weight to go up before it drops, why are you not happy about that? Why are you not like, yeah, man, fuck, I've been working so hard, my scale is up. And you know, so I know it's about to drop, you will notice this. And now if you're a first time member, obviously, it can take a while because your belief is your belief. This is why weight loss is so much more than what you were eating. And when it's, it's working through your issues and associations

and beliefs. That's why I throw beliefs in their belief that you're worthy, but also, yeah, belief that every time the scale goes up, I've gained weight because that's what the diet industry has taught you, right? And so it's normal for weight to go up before it drops. This is why you'll see a lot of our returning members being like, yeah, fuck yeah. I feel like shit. My weight's up today. Fucking right. My scale is going to go down.

So that's really important. So the other thing that's problematic is that we're here for the full 91 days, right? And the fact that you, your two pounds, two pounds, you're feeling happy. And now you're, you're feeling the opposite of happy. So you're letting what's happening on the scale dictate. So this is where you, if you're doing all the things, right? And fluctuation on the scale is normal. and it's normal for your weight to go up before it goes down, right, this could be sabotage. So this is you like, this isn't working for me, this is you refusing to believe that this is working for you. So either you are not doing the things that you need to do, which sometimes how it is, people will

roll in after a weekend, long weekend, and not have done the things and they're like, this isn't working for me. And I'm like, okay, is it not really, that's not working for you? Or you just, you know, you made some choices on the weekend, right? Maybe you don't want to own up to or whatever. I'm no judgment. I'm just saying that's what happens sometimes. So, so this, you are not going to last very long with this attitude because your weight chances are is going to go up right before it drops, right? And this can really like feed into that belief of this isn't working for me. I'm not going to lose my weight. If you're refusing to believe what's happening on this scale, right? That it's normal for it to go up, go, it goes down. Then chances are you might not believe that you're actually even capable of doing this and take it for a step further and be like, well, it's not going to work

for me, which it'll work for you as long as you keep showing up. So you really want to be here the full 91 days of the program. Now, I don't want to dismiss that the feels are real, right? You're working so hard, you're doing all the things and, you know, you might feel like this every time the scale goes up. But what you want to make sure that you're doing is like digging your heels in even deeper, being even more consistent with what you need to do, right? And then just stick around for the full 91 days and keep showing up because that's what you're going to, that's where you're going to see that scale. You're going to see the ups, you're going to see downs, you're going to see it go back up, you're going to see plateaus. That's normal. That's why you want to look for that downward trend, right? There's always more that there's always more that you can do. So rather

than drinking more water than you ever have, make sure you're drinking enough water rather than just following the food plan, make sure you're being consistent with it. Make sure you are asking those four questions. Make sure you're maximizing. There's a lot of things that you can do with that. But again, it could just been like, you know, you got a crappy sleep or whatever. Like there's so many, so many, it's two pounds. Like if you, if I weighed myself this morning versus in the evening, my weight could be up like five pounds. It's not real weight gain. It's just my body processing and digesting food.

If I got on the scale today, my weight for sure is up. It's because I had alcohol. I had salty, super salty smoked meat yesterday. I also had some poutine. Like I didn't, it's not like I, you know, overate a whole bunch of things. I ate enough to feel content with my food. I don't think I actually overate anything. I didn't overeat anything now that I actually think about it.

Right. But it's all that salty food. Plus I was up late, you know, all of that. So it's going to take me a couple of days for my weight to drop back down. Even with doing that, I know that I didn't gain real weight. So this is the last thing I want to say about that is that you are also assuming that if you eat good, healthy, nutrient rich foods, that you will gain weight from that. That is so problematic because that's not real life. Eating healthy, nutrient rich foods is not going to cause you to gain real weight. It's just, it's so much more

complex than that. And you're just, no one is going to cause you to gain real weight. It's just, it's so much more complex than that. And you're just, no one is going to gain weight while actually following the program. So the terminology is really important that you use, right? My weight fluctuated, I'm up, whatever, but it's very, cause gained weight is ingrained in your brain as you gained weight. And that's, I'm, I'm really big on the words that you use is connected to a lot of things. Words can be very triggering. Words can keep you stuck. Certain words can be traumatic for some people. It's our association. It's our triggers to them. So you really want to be mindful of the verbiage that you're using to be describing your own journey. Not to me, I understand what you're saying, but to yourself, it's really important. We're going to have Dr. Beverly on in the next few weeks. We're going to talk to her about her capture, cancel,

correct, and changing the thought pattern. So part of this, and I'm going to, I know I'm going on about this, but I love that you shared, is that changing your brain and your thought patterns, right? So you, so capture, cancel, correct technique. So you got on the scale today, you recognize that your weight is up and you immediately capture the feels. Oh, I'm disappointed. I'm like demotivated. I'm like, this is I'm doing the things I'm doing my best. Like I'm, you know, I'm going to be able to do this. I'm going to do this. I just got to, you know, I recognize my feels, but I'm going to whatever. And corrected is really understanding that it's normal for weight to go up before it goes down. I'm actually doing a really great job. This is where you reinforce with like positive words about yourself. I've got this, I'm doing amazing. The scale is not,

you know, going to dictate my whole day, like really understanding what's happening when you get on the scale with those fields. So this is why I said this week is less about eating less and more about the issues and associations and the fields that can be brought up with this week. So welcome to the program. You're doing the work So welcome to the program. You're doing the work. Welcome to the program. You're doing the work, right? This is kind of, this is normal. This is normal with the program, especially if you've done any type of dieting. I'm actually proud of the way I handled this long weekend at the cottage. Although I let myself have an, have a, have an ice cream and a couple alcoholic beverages. I felt good about it because I was

keeping up with all my other meals and snacks. For me. It was worth it. Yeah. Right. Exactly. Right. Enjoyed my son's wedding. Hi, Sandy. Weight only up half a pound. Felt great all weekend and super tired now. Excited to be here and back at it. Of course it was worth it. This, this is what it's about. It's like you're still living your life while you're trying to reach this goal that many of you have been trying to reach for years. Right. And so it's about, it's about the choices that you are, it's about trying to make as many choices day to day that fall in line with your goals. You're going to get some days, some weeks that, you know, it's easier than others to make choices that are more in line with your goals. But that doesn't mean that like, if this is like your son's wedding, for example,

like you don't want to stress about your weight and your son's wedding, for example, like you don't want to stress about your weight and your son's wedding, but you do want to feel your best, right? And the things that you do on this program are more than just helping you lose weight. They're helping you feel your best, right? So, so you're going to have different seasons. Swipe, I love it. Program is broken down into 91 days, right? This was the 91 day where your son got married. And the next one is the 91 days where everything is aligning. Someone else, the 91 days is like more stressful time in their lives. Monica, I was at 1.7 on Sunday after a barbecue on Saturday night. Didn't overeat. However, I did have some treats yesterday focused and today down that 1.7. That's it. It's all it is.

So starving and depriving reinforces the need for fat after indulging. It's so crazy that we would do this, right? We indulge and then we punish ourselves and then we starve and deprive. And that in itself is the message. That's the kind of messaging that reinforces the fact that you need to store this fat. So for example, I have a, an event tonight. I don't eat all day long leading up and then I overeat. So now I've gone from feeling starved because my body had to use my fat reserves to now eating more than I need,

which also your body's like, why are we eating all this food, right? There must be a famine coming. So we're eating all this food now because we are actually trying to gain weight, right? Or this is what we would do historically in the fall, right? We look to gain weight for the winter time to put on that extra insulation. So we would eat the food that we planted in the spring, purposely trying to gain the weight. And then you overeat. So then you don't eat the next day, which guess what reinforces Oh, yep, here we are that lack of food now, right. So this is why we're storing that fat. And so because you really have to really do a number on yourself to actually gain. So that's that is really what has caused. I mean, there's a couple of things that have have really caused the you

know, obesity rates to skyrocket. Diets, I think, are the main one. The other is the types of foods and, you know, the stuff we put on our foods, how we make a lot of our foods. There definitely is a difference. And we know this. There's a big difference between European foods and the additives and stuff that they add to our food versus what they add to food in the U.S. versus what they add to food in Canada. And, you know, there are people sitting around in labs trying to figure out how to make the foods that you are eating more addictive. So there is that part of it. This is why with the Libby method,

you feel much more in control. Again, I hate that word. But by eating whole nutrient rich foods, this is why I'm not a big fan of processed foods, packaged goods, protein bars, those types of things. Let's just stick with good whole nutrient rich foods. It's also why I'm not a big fan of processed foods, packaged goods, protein bars, those types of things. Let's just stick with good whole nutrient rich foods. It's also why I'm not a fan of liquid nutrients because it's hard enough for us to gauge our hunger levels when we're eating and breaking down foods, right? As opposed to that quick convenience, drink our foods, you know, that type of thing. So there's, there's a lot going on. There's a lot going on there. I'm upset with myself. I've had such a rollercoaster ride. I've become a caregiver for my mom. I take care of my grandchildren, struggling with chronic pain and fatigue and in the middle of a move. Okay. That's a lot.

That's a lot. Except with yourself or your situation. Cause that was a lot. That's a lot, Susan. I, I haven't been able to stick to the plan, missing meals and snacks, not enough water. And my super meal is supper meal is always very late. I get home from tucking my mom in. I've missed so many days. I do. I tried to continue where I left off. Okay. So let's, let's break it down bigger than this. Okay. Let's break it down bigger than this, because this is like life is hitting the fan. Fuck it. I guess that's our word of the day.

Fuck it is our word of the day. So this is bigger than that. So, oh, God, I love this program. This program, it's so much more than weight loss because look what you're doing, right? Like let's take weight loss out of the equation. You're taking care of your mom, you're taking care of your grandchildren, struggling with chronic pain and fatigue, and in the middle of the move, you know what's going to happen, you are going to let me be really harsh for a second. And I know it's not maybe another time, but I really want to, I really want to put this in your face. It sounds like your children are going to have to take care

of you soon, right? It sounds like you are chronic pain, fatigue, struggling, not prioritizing your own health and wellness, skipping meals and snacks. Isn't this what we do? We don't take care of ourselves because we are prioritizing other people in our lives. And I think there's a way to do both. And I always tell the story of when my son was in the hospital. At one of my programs, my son was in the hospital. I was like in the hospital for like a month, over a month probably. And he was down at SickKids, so in the city.

And so I had to drive every day. And his dad did the night shift and I had to drive during the day. And, um, I even went live from the hospital and he was down to sick kids during the pandemic. And he was, he was like, he was so weak, his appendix burst and he was at one hospital and then they had said he was going to be there for like six months. And it was just a disaster. And then we got moved to sick kids hospital. And so he's got tubes and it was just a disaster. And then we got moved to SickKids hospital. And so he's got tubes and he's just miserable and he's whatever. And it's during a pandemic and it's at SickKids, which is a kids hospital in Toronto. And they will not let you in the door. If you so much have a red eye, one little droplet on your nose, they're like, you can't come in. And so I was pretty distraught over the whole experience.

I was exhausted. I was exhausted. I was still working. I had another child that was not doing great mentally. Like it was, it was a lot. All I wanted to do was drink wine, not eat. I wanted to feel physically like how I was feeling mentally. And, but I knew that in order to one, take care of my son, I needed to take care of myself first. And I don't want to

put the, I don't want to say the lame, put your oxygen mask on first, but there is so much truth in that. And you are not helping anybody by sacrificing yourself for them. But let me tell you, it was not easy. Look, I had to drag my ass to the cafeteria. I just wanted to bring a bottle of wine in my water bottle container. Like I'm like, I seriously contemplated, can I just like drink? Can I go to the hospital and drink all day? Like I just, I didn't want to do anything because it was just so much. I didn't want to eat and I didn't want to do anything because it was just so much. I didn't want to eat and I didn't want to do anything healthy. But I made myself. I made myself eat when I wasn't hungry. I made myself drink the water. I made myself do the things. It was probably one of the hardest things I did,

not taking care of my son, taking care of me. And I know, as you guys know, my husband was sick. Um, he obviously, he passed away in the spring and it is hard to be a caregiver. It is so emotionally and physically exhausting to be the caregiver. And so the work for you though, is not in caregiving for someone else. It is taking care of yourself first, and so the program I love because, and the reason why this resonates with so many of you is you're going to have moments in your life, too, and maybe it's after you're done losing your weight, but at some point, you're going to be in a situation where something has to give. And sometimes it's you, but not at the expense of you. That's the difference. It's like when someone in your life passes away, and you just feel like you just want to like feel shit because you just

emotionally feel you just physically want to match up to how you're feeling. And so life is short and all of those things. But at the same time, you know, it's so important that you take the time for yourself. And let me just bring this back to weight loss. Drinking the water and keeping yourself hydrated is going to help with your energy and your digestion. Taking time to eat nutrient rich foods is going to give you the energy that you need to do a really good job to have the strength physically and mentally to take care of whoever you're taking care of in your life. Right? Going for walks helps with your your mental capacity, you just forget movement, which is amazing for you. But just like focusing on your stress, trying to get better quality sleep when you can, right? Like it's prioritizing yourself. Like when you have new

moms, right? Your new moms are like sleep when the baby sleeps, you know, prioritize yourself, take care of yourself. And so the things that you are doing to help you lose weight are also the things that you are doing to help you feel your best, to be strong, to be as healthy as possible. That's why I love the program. Because what are you going to do? Just not eat or eat shitty foods, not drink your water, not manage your stress, not manage your sleep, not one of those things. So do what you, the reason why I'm saying this to you and to everyone listening is I hope that this gives you permission or I hope this allows you to do what you need to do to prioritize yourself because that is the most important thing. And you can focus on weight loss too because this is the thing. Sometimes people think, well, it's weight loss.

I got all this stuff going on and it's weight loss. It's more than weight loss is what I'm trying to say. The things you are doing now to lose weight are the things that you're going to continue to do just to feel amazing and be as healthy as possible. Also, I was even thinking about it. You know, I got some fun business stuff going on. I'm working really hard on my business, right? I'm an entrepreneur, but it's the things that I did to lose weight, prioritizing myself, being in tune to my body's needs, persevering, working through, showing up, all those things that I did to lose weight are the things that I just did to accomplish everything else in my life, right? And so this, this, this program, let me, I couldn't

really just simplify this. This whole program is about prioritizing yourself. It's about self-love. It's prioritizing yourself. It's about self-love. It's making space for you in your own life. And it just seems like you're getting lost in the mix. You're getting lost in the mix. So what can you do? So you asked, I've missed so many days. Do I try to continue where I left off? I would, but you also, you got a lot going on, right? So you can, you can pick up where you are right now, right? I love following through on all 91 days of the program, especially as we roll into summer. It's not like we have another program starting right away. So you'll have time to finish out the program before you sign up if you're going to sign up in the fall. So you'll have time for

that. This is about you. It's not about anybody else. So you can pick up where you left off, use the app, read the information connected to each day, ask all the questions that you need to ask, download, listen to those podcasts. You can totally do that, right? Or here's what you can do. You can just work the basics. You can just follow that basic food plan, doing the best that you can totally do that, right? Or here's what you can do. You can just work the basics. You can just follow that basic food plan, doing the best that you can do, right? But also, if the more consistent you are, set alarms, set timers, really focus on prioritizing yourself, doing this for you so you have the strength and the energy. It's not about where to start. I don't think that's your thing. You could pick up where you left off. You could dive in where we're at today. You could just work the basics. It's about you being more consistent day to day with the things that you can do. I think that's what that's about at the end of the day.

Hopefully that helped. Did that help? Hopefully that helped. Hopefully that helped. That's a lot. I'm going to send you love. We're going to give you a big group hug too, because that's a lot. That's so much. Being a caregiver is so not easy. You guys are talking about your weekends. Everyone indulge. When is the start of the next group? Okay. Yeah. So if you missed it, if you missed it, we are doing a $60 fuck it sale, calling it a fuck it sale. There's no, there's no time limit on it. There's no membership number unless we sell out. So next Monday, I believe it's next Monday. Yeah, I should let you know the date. $60. Go to our website

any time of day. We're not doing no hot flash sale because we broke the internet last time. People couldn't get in. It was a big disaster. It was successful, also a disaster. And so tell your friends, tell your family, go to our website on Monday, $60. You can sign up for our fall program. There's seven in the morning or seven at night. Doesn't matter. We're going to keep it open for 24 hours. We're not limiting the numbers unless of course we sell out. There is that possibility. I mean, that would be amazing. Everyone in for 60 bucks. That would be great. But so that's our big, that's our big sale. So it's going to be on, it's going to be on Monday, Monday, go to the website on Monday, May 27 to

get signed up. Okay. So what do we got going on? Did you guys, did you guys post over on that words of encouragement post? I missed it yesterday, checked in and then I was off for the day. Words of encouragement post. Thank you to all of our members who shared some words of encouragement. If you're new to the program, heck, if you're a returning member and you've done 16 programs, you're looking for words of encouragement. That's an amazing place to go. Definitely check out our Libby Loser Spotlight from yesterday. And join me later today with our Spill the Tea guest, Katerina.

So every Tuesday at 4 p.m, I'm going to be talking to very real members on their journeys. One of my favorite things to do, because I think it's one thing to hear from me, it's a whole other thing to hear from other people. And of course, if you can't watch the segment live, we repost in the guides. And of course, on Wednesday, Joy and Kim and I, we're going to break down the tweak this week, downsizing. I'll be here all week. I hope you will be too. I hope that you have an amazing rest of your day thanks for joining me if you're joining me live thanks for listening if you are listening after the fact have an amazing rest of your day

and I will catch up with you later