The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 39 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: May 30, 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 39, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Levelling up and maximizing your effortsNavigating people’s reactions and opinions about your new lifestyle changesChecking in with your healthcare provider as you go through the programAssessing which supplements to add in - review the supplements posts, check in with your health care provider, pharmacist, or local health food storeThe importance of establishing a routine to allow the body time to calm downFood is some people’s love languagePeople’s opinions of you are none of your business!Change the dialogue with people who are not supporting your new healthy habitsNavigating Healthcare providers' reactions to the programPutting yourself into a positive mindset through habit and rewiringNoticing physical changes in your body even when the scale hasn’t movedBacopa – discussing brain health Mini sessions with Guest ExpertsInvest in your health!You are exactly where you are supposed to be and you’re doing a great job!Plateaus – what are they and how long do they last?Becoming as healthy as possible – celebrating the non-scale victoriesJoin us today for a special segment on levelling up your meals and snacks with Michelle Feifer, creator of Sprouted Love!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, and happy day 39 of the program, rolling right through week five. So this week of leveling up, maximizing, you know, doing all the things, trying to be as consistent as possible off the heels of downsizing, really getting in tune to those portions, asking yourself those four mindful eating questions. So we had some great conversations this week, especially with Dr. Paul, four main reasons why your weight might be slower to move. Not that it's not going to move. What you're really going to learn is those are sort of like the foundation of issues that you may be having. And there are variations of them

and how you can have a variety of different things going on at the same time. And so, you know, if your weight isn't moving and you're following the program, there's something going on. You're either not doing the things that you need to do. Maybe you're doing more than you've done before. You are, you know, thinking of portions, but maybe not like really digging in and actively trying to be in tune to portions, or you've got some underlying issues. It could be also for our returning members who've lost a lot of weight in previous programs that your body just needs time to adjust to the weight that you've lost. Hi, Judy, how you doing? Sadly, my husband doesn't fully understand what I'm doing. That's okay. You'll notice that a lot of people will not

understand what you are doing because it's such a lengthy process to understand what you need to do. The other day, I did have a few nighttime indulgences. I was happy about them since they were delicious. Okay. But then he said to me, he wanted to take me out for ice cream. Okay. I told him, let me see. I'm having a hard time.

Let me see if I can pull this up. There we go. But then he said to me, he wanted to take me out for ice cream. I told him, I don't want to have ice cream. He said, then this thing you are on isn't a lifestyle change. It's a diet. Yeah, it's a diet. But if you don't want to have fucking ice cream, you don't have to have fucking ice cream. He said, then this thing you're on isn't a lifestyle. It's a diet. If you can't have

goodies once in a while, I told him I can, but when I want them, not when people think I should have them, I will treat myself when I want to. Yes, exactly that. Nobody can make me eat something if I don't want to eat it. Now, when Tony's mom offers me something, I choose to eat it because I recognize that that is her love language. I also recognize that I am not the ideal wife for her son. She wanted children. She would prefer a younger wife. It's not although she's loving and accepting of me. I recognize that. Culturally, I'm not the choice she would have made. So in understanding that and understanding that her, her showing her, her offering me food is her love language. I choose to accept her love. And so that is different in understanding. Okay. So that, no, this, this now maybe,

maybe your husband's love language is food. I don't know that, but you know, if he's going to show you love all day, every day, I see her every once in a while. I don't, I don't see her every day. Like you might see your husband. So this usually comes down to other people's issues. Like, why is he so bothered that you don't, you won't eat the ice cream? Now, what you could say is, how about we go for a walk? I don't feel like having ice cream, but I would love to spend some time with you. So why don't we go for a walk?

Why don't we do something else that doesn't involve me having to eat something because you want me to eat it, especially when it comes to ice cream that straight up might not make you feel all that great after you have it. Right. So, so I don't know that, you know, I don't know that it is for other people to know what we are doing. You know, I don't, I don't know that we should have to explain it to everybody. I think it just comes down to what we've been taught. If you're not having the ice cream, you're not having fun.

If you're not having the ice cream, then you're restricting yourself, you know, and you know, you should be able to have the ice cream. Yeah. And you can, you can have the ice cream. It's like you said, you indulged, you know, you had a few nighttime indulgences the other day. That's when you chose to have them. We're going to get into this. As you know, um, there are people and I'm not saying that this is your husband. I'm generalizing at this point. Um, and this is why I love our community because we know we get you, right? I get you, Judy. I get, I get what you're doing. I get what you're trying to do. We are going to talk about food pushers and people's reactions to the changes that you're making in your lifestyle.

It's one of those things, you know, you see that meme, I don't know if you're online, where people talk about, I don't know if it's a meme, but you know, people are talking about just because you're eating a salad, all of a sudden you're on a diet. Just because you don't want ice cream, all of a sudden you're on a diet, right? Just because you're eating healthy, all of a sudden you're on a diet. Just because you don't want ice cream, all of a sudden you're on a diet, right? Just because you're eating healthy, all of a sudden you're on a diet. Like that's how just our lives have become. I don't tell anyone what I do. Who is that?

I don't tell, hi, Holly. I don't tell anyone what I do so they don't have to hear that kind of stuff. I just say I'm not in the mood. It doesn't become a thing. Yeah, right? that kind of stuff. I just say, I'm not in the mood. It doesn't become a thing. Yeah. Right. I mean, this might be a little different if you are married to someone and you see them all day, every day, and you're making food choices, you know, it's nice to have people's support, but yeah, I totally understand not, you shouldn't have to tell people why you are choosing to eat the things that you are, are eating. Do you know what I mean? Like it's what

you prefer. It's your preference. It's what you're choosing. I told, I find it really odd to be honest. Like I find it really strange because I don't care at all what other people are eating or not eating. Not that I don't care what you guys are eating or not eating, but if I'm out for friends with friends, I don't care what they order. If I'm at the grocery store, I don't care what other people have in their basket. I'm not like, Oh my God, look at them and all their ice cream cones. You know, I, I just have not even, and this is what I do for a living, but people, I think it comes down to people. One, they love you and they care about you. And they honestly think that if you're dieting, you are starving and depriving and, you know, doing those typical diet you. And they honestly think that if you're dieting, you are starving and

depriving and, you know, doing those typical diet things. And they don't want that for you. A lot of times people love you the way that you are. And they think just because you want to diet means that you don't love yourself or you don't, you know, you, you want to make change and they love you the way that you are. Like making change can be very difficult for other people. You know, especially if you're losing quite a bit of weight, it can change how people relate to you, where you fit into their life, where you fit into their friendship. It can make spouses a little nervous and now you're looking so great. It's not even how you look and you feel amazing.

Your confidence has increased. That can make some spouses nervous. In friend circles, if you used to be the fat friend, right, and now all of a sudden you're not, that means one of your other friends has got to be the fat friend. If you always kind of blew off, you know, your feelings for humor, even though you felt it's kind of like you just made it your thing. And then when you realize like, you know, you feel like crap and you want to make choices and changes, and maybe you're not so funny anymore because you're not trying to compensate for how you're feeling that, that people like what's wrong with you these days, you know, um, when you choose to do other things in your life, when you, when

you choose now to choose a whole new group of friends, because maybe you've gotten into skydiving or I don't know, something that you're doing and that you're maybe the circle of people that you hang around doesn't support that, meaning that they're not really interested in that. So this change, right? You're in the pursuit of change and that can make people nervous for a variety of reasons. I think mostly people mean well, but for other people, it a variety of reasons. I think most, you know, mostly people mean well, but for other people, it's their own issues. Hi, Claire, what's going on with you? I had my annual check last week and I had to get in touch because I honestly think it's the first time that the doctor has ever been pleased with me. Oh, my last check was immediately pre-Gina and things weren't looking good. A year and a bit, three programs later, and my weight was significantly down. My blood sugar has

gone from pre-diabetic to normal and my cholesterol was also down. The doc got me to tell her all about the Libby Method and was so happy with my progress. She's going to check it out. Yeah, more and more doctors are, which is really great. She's, I'm feeling great. The weight is coming off slowly. I lost 23 in my first program, but I've been bouncing around the same four pounds since then. I don't care because I've lost, what I've lost has stayed off. Okay. I love that. And I'm confident that I will be able to lose more eventually. Of course you will. Really refocusing this program. Plus I get to live my life and eat nice food and not be miserable. And I've gotten energy back that I had lost before. So thanks. I love this. You know, we can't, so doctors, you know, listen, I think it's something like 1% of people who go and see their doctor and their doctor says, you need to

go lose weight, get healthy and whatever, actually come back and do it. Right. Actually, like, like, and then don't gain that weight back. So so this is where you got to understand where doctors are a little bit like, OK, you know what I mean? And this is why also we've heard so many reactions like this where doctors, especially those of you who've had your doctor for a while, that they are excited. They want they want you. I mean, they got into the profession for a reason. They wanted to help people, but a lot of, a lot of what they do is out of their hands in terms of the choices that you're making. So I would imagine, um, your doctor was super thrilled, but more so I hope you take a minute and I'm really proud of yourself. I hope you take a minute and you're really proud of yourself and what you've accomplished. And I love

what you said about your weight, not moving, but you but you haven't gained that weight back. In fact, you're putting time into solidifying your weight. So a couple of suggestions, really take stock of where you are at now, what's going on in your life, environment-wise, stress-wise, routine-wise, what you got going on, and then really be in tune with where you're at now. Like you might be trying to keep portions small when your metabolism is much higher and you actually need to, you know, increase your portions, right? So just like really be in tune with where you're at in the moment. Try to kind of let go of what you've done in your previous groups. Well, I did this, that first group when I lost weight, or I did that. Unless it's something like, you know, you were taking supplements and

then your weight was dropping and then you decided to take them out because you thought, Oh, you know, I didn't need them. Maybe that might be worth going back and revisiting that. But sometimes when we do multiple programs, we really get stuck on what worked for us before rather than what we need now, because we're, we're in a completely different place. Yeah, love that. Love that. I'm trying to understand which turmeric I should be looking for, hence lupus and hypothyroidism. Okay, so we had this great conversation with Dr. Paul. We had our first initial conversation with the supplements with Dr. Alinka, the basic supplements, omega-3, vitamin D, magnesium, probiotic, prebiotic, and what. So we have all those notes in the book. So we have these conversations with our experts, but they're really just about bringing awareness

to supplements that might be beneficial based on things that you are dealing with, health issues and whatnot, how you're feeling, what's happening on the scale and whatnot. And so we talked to Dr. Paul about four main reasons why your weight might be slower to move. So inflammation was a big one. And inflammation can be from a variety of things, including your body storing excess fat. We talked about food sensitivities. We've, we talked about your microbiome and gut issues, and we also talked about hormones, right? So it's kind of, it's like turmeric. You can go, he told you what to look for the curcumin with, you can get black pepper added or pepperdine added to it. That's what you want to look for. So these notes are also in the book as well. So they're also, we've been posted them in the Facebook support group. They're also available in the app. So anything notable, like the minimum recommended when to take during the day, what to

take it with and any kind of notable interactions are in the post itself. I am not a supplement expert. So I don't like talking about them personally, I know a lot about them. But you'll notice that I really I'm also not a psychologist. I'm also not a sleep expert either. And so I really make a point of staying in my lane. I am really good at helping people lose weight and knowing what people need in order to lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way. Like I've got that down. I am your girl, but when it comes to your supplements, I'm, I'm, and we have to also like the, the guests that we have with their professions cannot diagnose and prescribe because they will lose their licenses. So they really like toe the line and try to give us as much information as possible.

But beyond that, I cannot prescribe to you and they cannot prescribe to you, um, doses of products and tell you what specifically to buy. Now I can tell you like if I hold up some of the brands, where is my tumor? I don't even know where all my stuff went. It was all I took it upstairs. I took it upstairs. I think I took nature's bounty. Like I can tell you like this is like Weber's naturals. Like these are just things that I've actually bought and use. I switch them up all the time. So what I would suggest that you do, this might be, if you can't get an appointment with your doctor, you go talk to your pharmacist. So if you have a pharmacist, because of the health

issues that you have, you have a pharmacist that you go to, you can say, hey, I want to add in some turmeric or curcumin. And you know, what would be a great, what would, what would be something that I need to look for with that? Or what would be a great brand that you offer? You could also go to the health food store as well. They can kind of, I know Nature's Emporium where I live is great. Same with a lot of the small independent health food stores, super knowledgeable about their products. And they could say, okay, this is the variety. And these are, you know, these are your options. This one's good for that. This one's good for this and whatnot. But it really, when it comes to any interactions or any concerns with health issues that you have,

you really want to talk to the person who knows your health history. The same thing goes for like when to take, you know, when should I take them? They're all in the notes as well. What is the best? Should you take them? Are they fat soluble? Do you need to have them with food? Do you need to take them in the morning? Do you need to take in the evening? All of that is listed in the notes. So what I suggest is you grab the book or pull up your phone or, you know, go on the Facebook support group and, and go through it and be like, okay, I think this one would be a benefit for me. And this one would be a benefit for me even more. I would, I would grab the book and then watch the Dr. Alinka segment with the basic supplements and like kind of go through with both, right. And assess your situation, what, what you might think would be a benefit, what you need to keep in mind

when you want to take it. And then just kind of make your own notes. That's the best way for you to do it because there's, there's options. There are, some of them have specific times, like it's better to take in the evening during the day. Some of them are as better with food, some without, and then some are like, you can take it whenever you want. So it really just comes down to whatever's the most convenient for you. Hi, Marianne. My weight is on a bit of a plateau. Energy levels are through the roof. I did over 15,000 steps yesterday. Okay. I love that. Show up, maximize, right? Could be just that your body needs the plateau. Although maybe look to that maximizing post, those 20 questions, see if there's anything that you could do, especially if you're moving

your body a lot, you want to make sure you're also getting great sleep and whatnot. It'll all come together for you and that scale will move again. So happy to make a lot. It feels like forever. Hi, Tracy. Hello. Hello, hello, hello. My weight is slow to move, but I know something is up. Last several months have been tough. So I think my body is still recovering from stressful issues. Yeah, there could be a lot of things going on at the same time. It takes the body a while to get over stress for it to really calm down and being able to focus on other things. Now, that's one of our, you know, conversations with Dr. Paul, what we're trying to do here is address give the body what it needs. So it no longer feels the need to store fat. So it feels like, okay, I'm consistently getting all this nutrient rich foods. Then we're going to, you know, help the body focus on fat loss by getting its attention by making

these tweaks each week. But more than that, it's about really, you know, with that maximizing post, for example, it's about providing the opportunity for the body to even start to address fat loss in the first place because it has a million other things to do. So it really is about establishing that routine, helping the body calm down. You know, we've talked about the effects of not getting enough sleep, not getting enough stress. Now, can you still lose weight while you are not getting great sleep and still stress? Yes, because of all the other things that you are doing. But I mean, it's amazing if everything could align for everybody, but that's not the reality and you can't, there's never a good time to lose weight.

So you do what you can when you can. The other side of that is like, hey, you're not gaining. If you're not gaining when you normally would be gaining, like that's a huge win itself. If you are able to maintain your weight while life is very stressful for you, that is something in itself. If you are able to notice all sorts of other non-scale victories in terms of noticing better energy, sleeping a little bit better, calming down a little bit more. Like I'm very aware of my stress levels. It feels like I'm stressed all the time and my body's very reactive to that. And so I've been talking about that and sharing that with you guys for the last week and a

bit. And, you know, slowly but surely my stress is coming down. My brain is feeling less foggy. My body's feeling less poofy and relaxed. It takes a while. For me, what's happened is I, you know, feel great, get hit with stress, feel great, get hit with stress, feel great, get hit with stress, feel great, get hit with stress. So I feel pretty good considering how worse I have felt at moments.

And it can very much be very frustrating when you feel like, oh my God, I just freaking want to like feel good. I want to lose weight. I'm doing the things. But sometimes just doing the things to maintain where you're at. That is huge. That's a huge, that's a huge win. Um, if Tony's mom offers me food, I'm all in. I'm just saying, right, right. I had the same thing where my husband bought me fast food, breakfast and donuts, but thankfully when I refused, he was fine. He's a great man. Yeah, you know, I think people like a lot of people, their language

is love, like their love language is food. It's providing, it's doing. And we use food for so many things. Like, you know, when we when we're celebrating something, people bring food, when someone passes away, people bring food, when you're sick in the hospital, people bring food, right? Like that's what we do. We, it's like nourishment. It's like love. It's a lot of things. So that goes back real deep for some people, right? Like, so Tony's family, my family, you have dinner and you talk about your day, right? Like you sit down, you know, we'd all sit down at dinner and we'd talk about our day. Tony's family, they come from a family where like you, you eat your food and then you talk later because food is so sacred. The fact that we have food and we're able to eat this food, like we're going to like sit and we're going to eat it. So his family, there's no talking during dinner

because like the food is like the main event, right? So, so culturally, even your associations with food can go pretty deep. And then when you, you know, you're trying to make change, and someone else is used to, you know, how things have been done, you know, that's, it can be unnerving for them, it can, when you're making change, or someone sees you making change, it can bring up all sorts of feelings in them as well. You know, my husband was eating candy he brought back from the UK last night and offered me one. I said, No, thanks. He said, It's strawberry candy. I said, No, thanks. Then I called him a food pusher. Right? Yes. Maybe it's his love language. I recently concluded that how other people feel about me,

my life, my choices and what I eat and really everything is honestly none of my business. You do you people, I'll happily do me. That is right, right? What people have to say or think about you truly is none of your business because at the end of the day, you can't control that. That's one of the things that I've really learned. I'm learning more to embrace that because, you know, I do care about what people think, especially when it comes to this program. I want them to be in, I want them to be successful. And, you know, people have said all sorts of things, you know, about my hair, about my nails, about how I do this, how I do that. I, you know, things I've said, whatever. It doesn't, it doesn't do you any good because you can't convince people that you're something that they think that you, that you're not what they think you are, or you know what I mean? And it really is none of their business. And a lot of times people's reaction or view or opinion of you is based on them.

On if you're doing something, their opinion of what you're doing is based on if they would do it or not, or how they would do it or not. Like my hair, when they judge my hair is based on how they, they like to wear their hair. You know, the color of nails is based on the color of nails they would like. Otherwise, if they like white nails, they probably like my nails. If they like long nails, they probably, you know what I mean? Like my long nails. If they like short nails, they might like my nails short.

So you cannot please everybody. You cannot please everybody. But let's all recognize though, when it does come to our bodies, to dieting, to our food, people do feel like it's like topic of conversation that is changing. That is changing. I mean, if you lose weight and you feel great, you worked really hard to do that. It feels great for someone to say, did you lose weight? Yeah, I feel amazing. I think a better compliment is you look great. You are glowing. You have energy for days. Like what are you doing? Like, I love it more,

please. You know, but sometimes people aren't like, you know, they're, they're complimented like, wow, you've lost weight is coming from a really like, wow, you look great. And then other people's like, oh, you know, you've lost weight thinking, oh, you probably starved yourself, deprive yourself or, oh, you've, you've lost weight. You fucking bitch. I'm over here trying to lose weight. And I, you know, I can't, over here trying to lose weight and I'm not losing and I'm trying and I hate the fact that you're successful and I'm not. It's very complicated. You will make yourself crazy

trying to figure other people out. I'm finding weighing myself daily extremely helpful as it lets me see if I change up my eating, whether it affects me or not. I have a friend that's very challenging around eating this. She was not open to my explanation. And finally, I told her to let go of what she doesn't understand. I will do me and I'm happy. Paradigm shift, very surprised by her judgment, especially when I explained why and how well it works for me. I'll tune her out. So she has, this is a perfect example, Denise. I love this. So she has a very strong reaction. Obviously she

has issues with the scale. So she is upset by the fact that you are getting on the scale every day. She cannot understand that, wrap her head around it. And that is bothering her because that is not something that she'd be able to do because she, and she just wouldn't even be able to understand why you are doing it. And unfortunately you get that a lot with this program. Like at the end, you'll look amazing better than you ever have in your life. And people will be like, are you sick? Are you sick? What's wrong with you? Or Oh my god, you're still doing that diet. You know, like you look amazing. You feel great better than you have in your entire life. You're eating healthier than you ever have. You're taking care of yourself and prioritizing yourself

better than you ever have in your entire life. And people are like, oh, you're still doing that? Are you sick? You lost so much weight? Oh my God, don't lose any more weight. Again, I don't know why I got my voice. I guess that's my whiny person voice. I don't know where that voice is coming from. But you'll be very surprised. Or you'll get people who don't say anything. There are people who will say nothing about the fact that you've gone and lost like 60 pounds. You're like, do you not notice? But whatever. So you know, people are weird about it for a variety of reasons. For sure. It's not for you to try to convince this is why you will notice. I don't try to convince anyone to do this program. I am the worst salesperson. If you notice

I will tell you the real deal. I'm not blowing smoke up your ass. Even when you signed up, you see our ads. Like I'm not saying, Hey, you can lose a hundred pounds in two days. I'm no, no way. You cannot pay me enough to work with people who are not ready. And because I was so good at helping people lose weight, people would come to me when I was doing my private services. And they'd be like, I'm going to pay you whatever, and I just want to lose weight. And then I'd be like, no. I'd be like, well, why do you want to work with me?

Well, I need accountability. I need you to make sure I do this. And I'm like, oh, yeah, hell no. No. No. You have to want to do it yourself. I can't be the one who's responsible for you. I can tell you how to lose weight, but I can't be the one who's going to make you do the things that you need to do. And so I can't, you know, I'm not into helping

people who aren't ready. This is why you can't sell people. If they're open to it, they want to hear about it. That's one thing when they're ready to do it a different way. That's another I like telling people what we do. But you know, the same thing, you can't convince people. And there's also can I just take a moment moment and talk about the ownership though that you have. I just want to remind you that what you say to other people you are saying to yourself, right? Like, it's really important that we understand that. So, you know, if someone does say something, you know, oh, we shouldn't do this and shouldn't do that.

Like, I'm really, I feel great. I feel amazing, right? Rather than walk away. Why did you say that? Whatever. It's okay to say, listen, I have never felt better in my life. I'm working really hard to be as healthy as possible. It'd be great if you could support that. But if you don't, that's okay. I understand. You know, like this

is where we need to change the dialogue. I mean, this is a conversation that's happening out there, you know, in the world when it comes to talking about diets, there's nothing wrong with being like, yeah, I am still eating healthy and prioritizing myself. Man, I never, I've never felt better. I'm going to keep doing this for the rest of my life. I feel awesome. You say, Hey, Sally, like I've done 20 years of starving and depriving myself. I finally found something where I get to eat healthy, nutrient rich foods where, you know, I'm prioritizing myself, where I'm making an effort to get better sleep and move my body. I feel amazing. Thank you for noticing, or I'm making an effort to get better sleep and move my body. I feel amazing. Thank you for noticing, or I feel amazing. So please don't worry about me. I am great.

Right? Like we have to be mindful too. We don't have to make ourselves small or hide what we are doing. There is a lot of like, and you may, you may though, if like, if this is your first program, you may not feel like going up against a bunch of people who are going to ask you a million questions about it. You might want to keep it to yourself. And I totally understand that. Right. But as you get more confident in what you are doing, you're going to be like, yeah, no, I'm good. I'm fine. And then what you say to people will be like, do you want to go for ice cream? Ah, no, no thanks. I don't really want an ice cream. I'll go with you though. If you want one, that's fun. Right. Or, or Hey, um, you know, I don't want to go for an

ice cream, but what do you want to go for a walk? Like, or, or when you, when you, when someone says, Hey, you want a donut? Just say, no, I'm good. Looks delicious, but I'm, I don't, I don't want one. Thank you though. Because like, you'll say it with confidence because you'll say it with like, no, I don't want your fucking donut. Thank you. I don't want your donut, you know, cause you really won't want the donut. That's the difference. And so the more that you do kind of own what you're doing, because it's not a lie, it's the truth. The more confident you will speak your truth. The more confident you will speak your truth. Judy's see, thanks for, thanks for sharing with us, Judy. That created a great conversation today. Told my doctor and nephrologist about the program. Didn't get much of a positive response. Weird, eh?

Yeah, you know, I don't blame doctors. Like I said, I think they are just like, show me the money. Show me, you go, you make change. Show me, they're're like doctors are also very like, show me the results. Show me the results, right? Like I went to the Canadian. Ruth and her team at the University of Ottawa did an e presentation of the Libby method at the Canadian obesity summit last year. And we what we what we what we have learned about the Libby Method is extraordinary. People are losing a clinical amount of weight in like a pretty short period of time. They're actually getting healthier, not just like losing weight. It's insane what we are able to do and the amount of people that we've been able to help. And yet they're like, show us you show us that your show us that you know, you can

make come back when you can show that you can maintain your weight. Right? Like, and that's no, you sure as shit. That's what we're going to do. But you know, every other, you know, all the other things that they're talking about, none of them are sustainable. None of them. They're getting your weight back with every single one of them, including, you know, all the new meds with gastric, you can gain like with every weight loss option out there. The issue is, is, you know, people are not maintaining their weight. So they're like, okay, great. Totally. Like, well, what about the fact that people are losing weight in a healthy way? Physically, mentally, you know, nah, it's all about being able to maintain and sustain your weight, you know? I've been going through depression. Hi Annette. There's a whole lot of stuff going on

and the stress has been insurmountable for over a year now. And just when I think that something is settling down, another bomb has been dropping. Yeah. As of tomorrow, my husband is out of another job as the company he works for has been. So the company that purchased it, uh, internally, uh, and gave his job to someone else, It sucks. I just can't get past that for some reason. The world is just getting us in the ass again and again and again. Yeah. Yeah. Right now, I'm not laughing, but I get it. Like, it just feels like you're just getting fucked, right? Over and over and over. And you're like, what the actual? So I get that. Right now, if you can't laugh, you cry, right? Can't laugh, you gotta cry.

Right now, I'm having to really focus on looking at myself in the mirror and saying, today is going to be a good day, one client at a time, as I'm a nail tech and hairdresser. This is really important. So they've done studies on this. The frame of mind that you wake up with, we touched a bit on this with Dr. Paul, but there's a lot of science behind this. This is why, you know, it's like the white car thing, right? Or the blue car, you're going to get a new car, right? All of a sudden, you're like, Oh, I like that red Toyota, I'm not a car person, or I'm gonna buy that blue, whatever. And next thing you know, everybody is driving around with your car because it's all you can see, right?

Or something says something to you, or you hear something for the first time, and then you hear it again and again and again and again, because our brains are wired in that way. Our brains are wired to look for negativity because our bodies are designed to keep us alive. So it's always watching out for danger or warnings or whatever. So our brains are very wired for negativity. But there is something to be said about putting yourself into a positive mindset, the habit

of that, and then sort of how are you wiring your brain from the get? And so whether it's, you know, what I do is I take time in the morning and I like, especially if I have a lot going on before I even get out of bed, I close my eyes and I'm like, okay, nice deep breath. I like ground myself even though I'm still lying in bed. So I feel like I say, okay, my feet are touching the ground even though they're not. And I'm, you know, connecting up to the divine or whatever you're into and focus on my breathing. And then I think about my day, not in great detail, but okay. What kind of day do I want to have? How am I feeling? Like, am I, am I feeling like kind of a little bit depressed and low energy? Then great. Then I'm not going to be like, I'm going to have a super fantastic, awesome day.

And I might not also say, well, I'm going to have a super productive day. I'm going to say, okay, you know what? I'm going to have a nice calm day, right? I'm going to have a nice calm day. I'm going to get through my day. It's going to be easy peasy because I'm not in a great frame of mind. So I'm not about to like set the bar super high. I have a super duper fantastic, awesome, you know, exciting day.

I'm just going to try to get through my day, right? So I'm like, okay, I'm going to have a nice calm day today. And then kind of go through, okay, I got to take the kids to school. I'm going to get them there safely. And then I'm going to go up a coffee and then there's not going to be a long line. And you know, it's, I'm going to whatever, and it's going to taste so good. And I'm going to do this and I'm going to have fun with my clients. I'm going to, we're going to laugh and I's going to taste so good. And I'm going to do this and I'm going to have fun with my clients. I'm going to, we're going to laugh and I'm going to really just have a nice, calm, enjoyable day. Right. And then usually, however, I set the tone for my day. That's usually how I navigate my day. Doesn't mean that shit doesn't happen. It just means that I put myself in the right frame of

mind to deal with it a little bit better. It's also what I do. And I didn't do today, which is why I'm just kind of going off of Judy's comment, is I normally sit down here and I'm like, okay, where's the group at? Like today I felt, actually today I felt a little free. Today I felt like we've talked a lot and today just needs to be a let's see what happens. Because I think if the energy of the group is we're in a good place. If you're here week five, chances are you're going to be here. You're going to be a success story at the end, just a matter of continuing to show up. We've had some great conversations. You know, I feel like, okay, let me just go today and just talk about whatever comes up. Other days I'm like, okay, I feel the energy of the group. This is

the point where people get to be a little frustrated. This is that transition is hard. Let's like rally the troops. Let's inspire people. Let's, you know, have fun today. Let's, you know, like you'll know my evening lives. It's just like, let's just have fun. Like, let's just enjoy this conversation. And it's why the evening lives have a bit more of a vibe to them than my morning lives are more like informational. You're coming, you get the information, you need to know this, you need to know that. Not that you don't need to know in the evening, but it's a different, we were reflecting on our day in different tones. So I'm a huge believer in really taking time. Even if you don't feel like you're going to have

a good day, tell yourself it's going to be a good day. And then keep telling yourself, I'm okay. I am safe. I am loved. We are going to be okay. We are okay. We are okay. Right? Like you are going to be okay. You are okay. Right? I know you're maybe feeling the unknown and you feel like, Oh my God. And then you probably maybe have, you know, you're just not feeling great on top of that, but you have to also fight. You have to fight. I've had to really fight for myself in the last year to fight for, you know, taking time for myself, fight for, I had to say no to a lot of people. Um, at the beginning of the year, that was very difficult for me. I pissed some people, I pissed a lot of people off. I pissed some people off. They were not happy with me. They thought I was the most horrible person on

the world. And I was like, I just can't do it. And you know, that was really difficult for me. I felt I let people down. You got to be very protective for you. Right now, I'm having to really focus on looking at myself in the mirror and saying, today is going to be a good day, one client at a time. I'm a nail tech and a hairdresser and get to solve all the problems for their clients. All I want to do right now, and I know this sounds awful, but all I want to do is give them a punch in the face because I don't want to hear anything. Need a mental health day or sex or both. Yes. Right. Don't go to work today.

If you don't want to go to work today, the world is not going to fall apart. And yeah, if anyone is disappointed in you and upset with you because you needed a mental health day, fuck them anyway. Fuck them anyway. Listen, we're grownups. We know we got to show up. We got to do what we got to do. We've done that. We've done that. You know, we've done that before, right? I need a mental health day or sex. I'm so grateful for this program right now because I'm trying to put the focus back into this program as I'm actually doing as much as possible for myself. Yeah, you are. This group, listening to the guest speakers, is exactly what I need to focus on right now

for myself and my healing. Thank you for being here. Thank you for sharing this because I think a lot of people feel this. A lot of people feel like life is heavy. There's a lot going on. It's hard to make space for themselves. I think sometimes something has to like break for you to be like, yeah, fuck you. I'm not doing it. Like sometimes that's what we need. Like my back,

like I, my back was feeling much better today. Um, I had to not do things. And then yesterday I was feeling amazing. So yesterday I was feeling like a million bucks, but I felt my brain was clear and I'm like, I feel great. And then I was talking to Sonia, who's my best gal and also my chief of staff. And we were talking about, okay, we've got to do this. And we've got a million things to do because I haven't been doing anything. And I said to her, you know what? Next week, I said, this is what I always do. I always feel better. And then I dive right back in again. And then right in my face, I said, you know, why don't you come over? We'll do a little bit of work in the morning and we're going to spend the rest of the day by the pool or hot tub. We're going to chill out. We're going to do some,

she's got a sore knee. I got to serve back. We're going to do some, I don't know, some. So I was like, I had to recognize that what I would normally have done is I would have normally been like, give me all the things let's get back in there. And it would immediately dove right back into that stress. And I was like, nah, you know what? Not doing it this time. That can wait, that can wait, that can wait. Because sometimes showing up with your best self is better than your broken ass self. You know, people deserve the best you. And you know, when you can't show up in the way that they expect you to, or the way you want to, sometimes the best thing to do is to take a step back. And so I, I, this, you got to regroup that energy. You got to help your body stay calm. It's going to be the best

thing for you in the end. I love that share. That's super powerful. Thank you. Going in for a callback mammogram today, feeling kind of anxious and praying for the best this right, Susie, I'm sending you a whole bunch of love. We're wrapping you up in a big warm hug. That's so unnerving. That is so unnerving. Um, I'm going to just positive vibes, positive thoughts, whatever it is, you got this. You're good. You got this. You got this. See, that is the kind of shit. You know what I mean? Like there's so many things that people are dealing with and can be a combination of different things. That's the one. I'm not the only one up here suffering. You know what I mean? And so you know, you might think like the person you're going to go meet that

day, they might be feeling the same. They might be feeling the same. They might be waking up in the morning like, fuck, I got to go meet so-and-so. I got to show up. And they're like struggling. And then you're on the other end and you're struggling. If you just connect and say, Hey, you can, both of you could be like, Oh, thank goodness. You know, thank goodness. Thank goodness. Good morning. Hi D I've not lost any weight yet, but I'm not worried at all. I know there is more that can be, uh, doing, but dealing with lots of stress right now. Okay. thank goodness good morning hi d i've not lost any weight yet but i'm not worried at all i know there is more that can be uh doing but dealing with lots of stress right now okay but i have not gained any and it feels and looks like my body fat has moved if that's possible it is so you're not going to do all the things and not notice some sort of change i mean if you're not

noticing change that's where we really want you to start digging into what else could be going on but as long as you're feeling those non-scale victories body is changing That's where we really want you to start digging into what else could be going on. But as long as you're feeling those non-scale victories, body's changing, that's where your body is chosen to focus on that first. Repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate your body. It's like, holy shit, getting all this amazing nutrient-rich foods. I'm getting sleep. I can finally take time to focus on you physically, right? That's a good thing. That's a win. So we've had people not lose any weight and then, you know, end up losing like 30 pounds on the back end. We were just talking to Kim yesterday during our Tweak This Week conversation. By the time she actually followed through and finished the

program, she had lost six pounds, I believe, up until the first half of the program. And then she was going to quit, but she stuck around and she lost another 20 on the back end. So in total, she ended up losing 26. And she was talking about yesterday, if I had just dropped out at six, I would have missed out on losing 26. Clothes fit better than, and even though the scale is the same, love eating all this healthy food and love drinking water. I feel more healthy. So not stressing on the scale, just working on it daily. It will come. It will come.

It will come. That is one thing that I, um, that is one thing that I know for sure is that if you do not give up, you will get there because your body doesn't want the fat any more than you do. You can imagine helping hundreds of thousands of people do the program. Um, that there's so many different stories. You know, someone started three times and just couldn't follow through. Life hit them in the face, showed up the fourth time, crushed it. You know, people who did the first program successful, life smacked them in the face. The second one, you know, went on to reach their

goals. Like everyone has their own story because everyone's living their own individual life. You know, I've heard it so many times. I love that whole, what's Bacopa for brain fog, et cetera. Yeah. So I, um, I started looking into brain health, so I'm, I'm feeling foggy. So a couple of things, um, you know, Alzheimer's kind of dementia runs in my family. So I'm a little bit nervous about that. I'm getting older. I am for sure, you know, perimenopausal moving in that direction to the more causal side of things. I am epically stressed. And when I am stressed, my brain does not function. You'll you if you pay attention, you've joined me for a few programs, There have been programs where I can't even talk, like my words are slurred. I'm slow. I just, you can tell where my brain's at. And I'm a very quick

thinker. And so I can really notice when my brain isn't working. I'm also really into brain health as I get older. So I'm taking my omega threes, you know, I've bumped that up. And so I wanted to look into what more can I do to help manage the stress physically and my brain mentally. Um, so I suggest you do your own research on it. It just sort of really helps, you know, connect the brain, connect your brain, your brain connections and more clarity of mind, that kind of thing. I might look into adding it. Um, I might look into adding it to like into the the supplement list a little bit. I'm not sure. There's so many rabbit holes that we could go down. This is why I'm working on like these

outside of the program. I'm working on like, little mini sessions with our with our experts. So we can really start to go down the rabbit hole of these conversations. Obviously I can't sort of convolute the program with that, with like a conversation every day, but I'm really thinking, how can we go down these rabbit hole of conversation? We have amazing guests and like, well, how can we like get more out of them? Really though, how can I like, cause they want to help too, right? They, they're like, man, I would have loved to talk more about this and more talk about that and more talk about this after every time I have a segment with one of our guest experts afterwards behind the scenes,

we're like, Oh, I could have totally talked more about this and totally talk. And I feel like there's all these conversations left on had. And so I'm trying to figure out a way to have those I'm thinking maybe of putting like a six week, hormonal thing together as well. Like if we could take a side like group or side thing and really focus on hormones specifically and really get a deeper level of understanding that. I think I'm thinking about doing something like that for the summer. I'm not sure yet. Don't hold me to it. Take the supplement info to a naturopath. Yeah. To get blood work done and work together on what is best for you. I did that. Hi, Joanna. I did that. And it was super beneficial in my journey when I started. Joanna! How are you? How's it going? Are you

okay? You are. So Joanna has been in the hospital after back surgery. She has been a member with us for a while. She's a rock star. She's a valued member of our community. I follow her on Instagram and we've been thinking about you. She's been giving us her updates every day and it has not been easy for her. So I just want to say hi. I'm thinking about you. I'm thinking about you. I'm sending you power and love and strength and all the things that you need to make it through. You're doing so great. You're doing so great, honestly. And you're just so inspiring. So I just want a minute and say that. But to her point, investing in your health. So I'm also very cognizant when we have

conversations with our experts that a lot of people don't have access. Some people financially can't afford to go to a naturopathic doctor and pay out of pocket. So they have to, you know, this is why also we have these conversations so that you can work, work the healthcare system or whatever you have. If you maybe if you don't have a healthcare system like we have in here in Canada, then you can you can get specific and make the most of the time that you are paying for with your healthcare providers. You know, you could end up saving yourself a lot of money by you know, listening to the conversation that we're having and really getting investigative and knowing what you're doing and how you're feeling and what's going on, be able to have more conversations with

your doctor that are more productive. You know, so I'm very aware that some people, you know, or if you do live in Canada, and you have access to our healthcare, how to utilize the time, a lot of you talking about not having enough time, I have an amazing doctor, she will go down the rabbit hole with me. But it does get to a point where you can just keep adding things and adding things and adding things and adding things, you know, and they have to get on to the next client that they have. Or I've dealt with the healthcare system before where it's like, okay, well, let's do a couple tests, then you have to wait on the test, then you have to wait for the appointment with your doctor to discuss the test. And then you have to like, be

like, okay, what's the next thing. And it can take a really long time to figure out what's going on. And so if we can kind of close the gap on that a little bit, and there was a way that you can start feeling better sooner rather than later, because at the end of the day, this is about your health and wellness, then I'm all about that, right? If you can, if you can invest your time and your money into going to see someone like a naturopathic doctor, who can help you kind of get to the bottom of it, rather than you trying to figure it out, that's amazing. But you know, if you don't have access to that, I'm going to do my best to try to share with you what I know and what our guests know to help you the best we possibly can. You are doing great.

Yeah. Sometimes we just need to hear that we're doing great, right? We're just, you're doing great. We're all doing great. If you show, if you woke up today and you are alive, you are living your best life. If you showed up today and you are listening right now, you are doing great. You are doing great. And you are exactly where you are supposed to be. So maybe you're falling behind the program. Maybe you feel like you haven't been able to do what you needed to do. Guaranteed. You are doing the best you can at the capacity you have. You are where you are, and that is perfect. I just want to take a minute out to say that because I think it's really important. A lot of times we put pressure on ourselves to be doing this, be doing that, to be doing

somewhere that we're not, you know, and really not factoring in how difficult it can be just to make it through the fucking tail already. When you say plateau, what do you mean? How many pounds could your plateau be? Oh, a plateau. So you're definitely going to want to review the scale post where we talk about plateaus. So a plateau for some people, depending on this is why you want to track your weight every day, because you want to look for what weight loss looks like and feels like to you. Maybe you drop in little bits and then you have little plateaus. Some people lose what seems like in big chunks, like four pounds in one day, and then they'll have like a longer plateau. Some people will lose in one program, they'll lose what it seems like every day down because you know, it's 91

days. So if you lose 60 pounds, you lose more than that, you're losing almost every day. And so it seems like they're just losing, losing, losing, losing, losing, losing, losing. And then they go into their next program. And their body's like, yo, we mean, we need a minute here. And so then you'll have like, you can have a six week plateau, we've had people have a whole program plateau, you know, where they've lost a lot of weight, the whole next program, they don't lose any weight. They'll talk about how their body's changing and they're dropping dress sizes, but the scale doesn't move. And then they do the next program. They're down another 30 pounds. We've learned that's just like the body just needs time to adjust to the weight that it's lost. So that's really what plateaus are about. Plateaus doesn't mean that you're not

doing what you need to do. Plateaus doesn't mean that what you're doing isn't working for you. Plateaus don't mean you have to eat even less exercise, even more plateaus. Sometimes they're just like your body saying, I need a second. I need to adjust to the weight that I've lost. How, you know, hormones, body temperature, blood flow, metabolism, the size of your heart. There's a lot going on internally that needs to be adjusted when you are losing weight or losing fat. So plateaus can be different for everybody. I always say when you're on a plateau, don't like, you know, sit there and be like, oh, I'm knitting sweaters. You know, what you want to do is like be as proactive as possible in doing the things that you can do. So dig, you know, dig a little deeper, um, into those

portions. Not that you need to make them smaller. Maybe you need to make them bigger, really get in tune to your body's needs, get better sleep, move your body, do those things like show up. Like you're expecting the scale to move every day, even though it's not right. It's like, this is, this is the game we're playing. You're playing it for 91 days. You want to do make sure you're doing as many things as possible. First blood work results in starting with Gina in September after 10 years, a very high dose of meds for hypothyroid. My dosage will be reduced non-scale victory that I am so happy with. Those are, let me just stop right there because that is what this program is about. You are going to lose weight, right?

And we talked about this with Dr. Paul yesterday. You know, losing weight, like is like losing weight, it makes you healthier because, okay, if you lose weight, there's less inflammation, there's less, you know, pressure on your joints, there's whatever. But losing weight through those diets where you start to deprive yourself, like that's, you lost weight. So that's, okay, your joints or whatever. But losing weight through those diets where you starve, deprive yourself like that's you lost weight. So that's okay, that's the bonus. But at at what cost of starving and depriving and disconnecting and neglecting yourself. And with the living method is it really is about being as healthy as you possibly can.

You cannot lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way unless you are healthy first. So in helping your body be as healthy as possible and function on the most optimal level, your body functioning on the most optimal level is not going to want to lug around a bunch of excess fat that no longer serves a purpose. And really that is what this program is about. It's helping you be as healthy as possible. Yes, losing your weight, but you know, to hear this pre-diabetic into normal range, decreasing your thyroid medications, getting off cholesterol meds, blood pressure medications, actually making a change, being able to leave your house because you've had IBS so bad you can't leave, you know, like there's just there's so much benefit into what we are doing here for far and beyond a weight loss. I love it. I love it. I love it. I love it. I also love where we're at. Okay. So tomorrow's Friday. Um, we're going to be rolling back into downsizing

next week. So really get in tune with satisfaction when it comes to those portions. Um, really build up on that momentum of this week. We remember weight loss is based on momentum. So keep that shit going, especially if you know you have plans for this weekend, don't lay off, right? If you have plans for this weekend, you can still follow the best you can and then indulge if and when you can, where you want to, you know, of course I, the summer is coming. We got weddings, we got vacays, we got holidays. So buckle down when you can buckle down, right? Do what you need to do when you can do it, which will give you wiggle room. Anyway, I'll be back tomorrow. If you want to join me. So today, Michelle Pfeiffer, who is a Libby loser, she also is a part of our team. She works in learning and training. So she knows what people need in order

to be supported on their weight loss journey. She basically teaches our team how to support our members. She is also the creator of sprouted love. You may be hearing our members talk about sprouted love. It's like, it's like some, you know, sprouted grains that you can use like hemp hearts and chia seeds and stuff like that, that we talked about, that you can use to bump up the nutrient value of your food. So she's going to share with us one, her story, her journey, but also more so she's going to share some great recipes with us as well. Whether you can sprouted love, you have to order from our website. Some of you will not be able to get it, but there are alternatives you can use like hemp hearts and

whatnot. So it's going to be super valuable for everybody. If you're looking for some ideas, uh, join us. We're going to go, we're going to hang out in the kitchen at 11 AM. So I will see you then. Have an amazing day, everyone. Um, thanks for all the comments. Thanks for the conversation today. I appreciate every single one of you. If, uh, there was a question that didn't get answered, just pop it over on the question of the day page and the team will answer it over there for you. Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.