The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 4 - Winter 2024

Episode Date: April 4, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 4, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:Are you going to be here at the end?Take a step back and assess your WHYHow the Livy Method is differentThe various detox symptoms you may experienceTaking the time to get caught up on the informationFollowing the program as a diabeticLevelling up each time you do another round of the Livy MethodSticking to the basics when it comes to supplementsIncorporating heavier carbs during the colder monthsThe importance of investing the time into making life-changing changeThe Set Point TheoryThe Four Stages of Finally & ForeverThere is still time to join the Winter 2024 Program, tell your friends and family!Working through the feels that come up while on your weight loss journeyThe benefits of incorporating exercise while following the ProgramThe many reasons your scale can be up that have nothing to do with weight gainBe consistent with the Food Plan and Eat to satisfactionIf you are able, now is a great time to check in with your doctorSleep hygiene and upcoming sleep expert segmentsLife is going to happen while you are on your weight loss journey. Are you going to be here at the end?The rhyme and the reason behind the Food Plan and the importance of following it as designedTo 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 four of the program. Okay. Are you going to be here at the end? That's what I'm thinking about today. Everyone's so excited when they start a new diet. What do you think it takes to lose your weight finally and forever? You've done all the diets. So many of you have been trying to lose weight for so long. What do you think's got to be different this time around? That's what I love about the program. It is so different than any other diet that's out there, which can really fuck some people up. Because they're just like, they're afraid to eat fat. They're afraid to eat more food or more often. They're afraid to eat fruit. My goodness. You know, the diet industry is detrimental for a lot of reasons. It can really mess you up. Also the timeline, right? Like, aren't we, aren't, aren't we told that you should lose weight quickly, right? Like, I don't know, like 21 days,

75 days, you know, like you should be able to lose your weight within a few weeks. You see magazines at the checkout counter, you know, lose 20 pounds in three days, right? And so we're also told that when you hit a plateau, your diet's no longer working for you. So you have to eat even less and exercise even more or worse. If you gain a plateau, your diet's no longer working for you. So you have to eat even less and exercise even more or worse. If you gain weight back, it's your fault, right? It's your fault. Think about other programs out there and their lifetime membership. I've heard so many stories of people who lost weight and then they go back for their, you know, weekly weigh-in, whatever, and, you know, they're up four pounds or above however much you can, you know, weekly weigh-in, whatever. And, you know, they're up four pounds or above

however much you can, you know, your weight can be up. And then they get their lifetime membership pin taken away from them. You know, like it's just, it's really, really, really messed up. So you have to kind of take a step back. Like, have you assessed your why yet? Have you asked yourself why you're here and why you're doing this? It's no joke, right? We're four days in, you're seeing there's a ton of information. It's a lot. There's so much it freaks some people out, but I don't apologize for it because I really want this to be the last diet that you've ever done. And there's a lot of information because there's a lot to know. And maybe you know a lot of it. Sometimes you know what you need to do, but it's not a matter of doing it. It's a matter of showing

up and doing it. How many of you think, I know what I need to do. It's just a matter of doing it, prioritizing yourself and recognizing that working through the fields, working through the issues, working through the associations, working through the habits, working through the beliefs, working through past traumas, that's really where the work is for you, you know? So what do you think it's going to take? Assess your why. Why are you here?

Take a minute to reflect on all of the past diets that you've done and recognize how this is different. So the information is pretty extensive. What you eat and when changes and evolves as we go. We're no counting, no weighing, no measuring. You're going to see a lot of motivation by way of our returning members who are back for another round to continue to reach their goals. We are going to highlight members. We're going to talk to real people. I mean, there's, there's thousands. I'm not a big fan of before and afters, although I do find them really motivating. I'm more about the story behind the before and after, because haven't we seen thousands of before and afters? Like we know you can lose weight. No one is debating if you can lose weight

or not. We, the problem is maintaining and sustaining. And so I just want you to take a minute and make sure you take the time to figure out why you're here. Cause that's really important because you're not going to be motivated every day. So you have to have a really strong, like, why am I here? Why am I doing this? Especially on days where you're just like, okay, someone keeps asking, um, if nighttime nausea is that normal, is a detox? So if ever you feel something is off with your body, you want to make sure you like if something feels off, check in with your doctor, right? Like you people will still get sick, you'll still get you know, you still be dealing with health issues or be diagnosed with some health issues while you're trying to be healthy and lose weight,

right? So so always, if you feel like something is often not normal, make sure you check in with your doctor. We did do the post on detox yesterday, which is what like, it's a very loose general term that I use to describe when your body is releasing fat. Some people will actually feel the process of that happening, they can feel, I mean, to very typical signs, when your weight is about to drop, and you know, because you're doing all of the things, is that you are feeling kind of, you know, bloated and just kind of like, why do I feel fatter and grosser than ever? And I'm being so healthy. I'm being extra hungry either in the evening, when you've eaten all the nutrient real meals and snacks to satisfaction. Like some of you are like, I'm

eating more than I ever have. How come I'm hungry? So I mean, one, your body's working extra hard, you're now paying attention to it. So it's communicating back and hunger can mean a few different things. But being X feeling bloated and just kind of feeling extra hungry heading into the evening, especially if you've eaten all your meals and snacks, and you're like, I shouldn't be hungry, but why am I so hungry, heading, waking up at three, four o'clock in the morning, having to go the bathroom, and even waking up in the morning and feeling a little like nauseated a little bit. I'm mindful not to brush off some, you know, severe symptoms as detox. And if you are feeling a bit nauseated, for example, the scale moving should follow. That's how you'll know it's related to

weight loss because the scale will be moving as well at the same time. It's very similar, like detox when it comes to losing weight can be very similar to if you have ever had a menstrual cycle and PMS, right? The days leading up to your period coming, you feel bloated, you are craving carbs and sugar, you're extra hungry, you're feeling tired, you're feeling run down, you could some people feel a little nauseous, especially in the morning. It's the same detox process that we are piggybacking in order to release the fat. The same detox process that when you get your period every month, when you are sick, and your body's detoxing. So I tell you when you're sick, drink lots of fluids because your body's trying to get that sickness out of your body. The same detox process that your body uses when you get food poisoning. And the same detox process that it basically uses day in, day out,

right? So these symptoms should align with the scale moving. And that's the thing, right? So you think, oh, I'm going to be so super healthy. I'm going to start eating healthy, drinking my water, doing all the things and exercising. And then you feel like garbage. You're like, what? And your weight will be up because it's so normal for your weight to go up. Just like when you get your period, for those of you who obviously have experienced this, I'm sorry, for those of you who haven't, it might not resonate. Um, but you know, your weight will go up, you know, you're not even doing anything different. You just wake up your weights up. That's because your body's retaining water, because it's about to detox. And so that same thing happens. And so your body stores toxins

in your fat. That's just where your body stores toxins. And in other diets, when you starve and deprive yourself, those those, you know, the you burn the fat, the toxins are left, they get into your gunk, gunk up your gallbladder. And we were talking about that yesterday. And someone actually asked, and they said, well, am I going to lose my gallbladder doing this program? I mean, no. I mean, you might for other reasons, but this is a healthy weight loss program, right?

Like it's not starving and depriving and restricting and any of those things. But those same toxins, when you are really helping the body release fat, so you're giving the body what it needs. And then I was like, okay, I don't need this fat anymore. So I'm going to release it in the most simplest terms. We do have a lot of science behind the program. If you want to, you know, take time to read that over, it's available in the app. It's also available in the book, and we're going to be rolling out in the next little bit. But those same toxins are being released as you lose weight. And so you feel that some of you will feel that some people will feel really strong detox symptoms, and some

people won't feel anything. How strong your detox symptoms are have nothing to do with how successful you are going to be after the program, right? So just keep in mind, but that's we want you to we want you to be aware of how you might feel, right? That's the whole point of that, that detox. I want to talk about the post for a second because there's a lot of them. We keep, we keep things really super quiet around here on the weekends. So it gives you an opportunity to get caught up in everything that you might have missed. Ask all the questions that you have.

We have a full team of staff working on the weekend. So you do want to make sure you are taking time to review the post, even if you're a returning member, because they're going to resonate differently. But it's a, it's a lot of information. If I show you the book, which is still available on Amazon. So if you, if you want to pick that up, we're going to keep it up there for a while. But I think most of the information like here, this is like, this here is like the first two weeks of the program. Like a lot of it is really in the first couple weeks of the program, because we have just learned 21 groups later that people ask so many questions, we want to make sure you are able to get them asked and answered.

That's why using our amazing Livi AI in our app is so cool, because we've taken the whole book and uploaded it into the AI. And we've taken thousands of questions that have been asked over the last 21 groups and the thousands of responses and inputted them into the AI, which is really cool. So make sure you're asking all the questions that you need. All right, I'm going to get into, here's my type two diabetic. I joined the program. Oh, let me read this because that's a good one. Let me get in here and just scroll up, see if I can find that. I got to get better at learning how to use this and seeing all these questions come in. We have a lot of people who

have diabetes doing the program. We have actually a post for you. I'm dealing with pre-diabetes, so it's a bit of a challenge. Let me see if I can expand that. I can't expand that on my thing, but I can read the response that someone gave. I'm type 2 diabetic. I joined this program in the fall. My A1C went from 12.3 down to 6 during the program. So we obviously have to be very mindful not to diagnose and to really be mindful about the

health advice that we're providing for people. And this is why I say if you have any health issues, it's really important that you're working hand in hand with your healthcare provider. I can tell you we've had so many people do the program who've gone from pre-diabetic into normal range, people who have diabetes who have made like huge, massive improvements in all areas in regards to all different health issues, whether it's thyroid issues, heart health issues, cholesterol issues, digestive issues, whatever that might be, because the program is about being in tune to your body's needs and giving your body what it needs in order for it to

make change. Your body wants you to be healthy. Every minute of the day, it's repairing and rebuilding and regenerating and rejuvenating. It's on your side. And the last thing it wants, especially if you're a diabetic, is to be carrying all this excess fat, which is problematic. And the reason why it's so hard to lose it is the method that is the standard for helping you lose the weight is starving yourself, depriving yourself, restricting like essential nutrients that your body needs, right? So and along with that, whenever you do a diet that's very depriving, you're losing a lot of muscle mass that your body needs, in this case, especially to regulate your insulin and your blood sugar, right? So if you do have any health issues, you do not

need to be concerned. The living method is safe. It is sound. Although with that said, it's a great idea to be working hand in hand with your healthcare provider, especially if it's, you know, within a specific, like there's specific issues that you're dealing with. And there are experts in that realm that can help you focus on that while you are also focusing on losing weight in a healthy, sustainable way. So good morning from my treadmill, listening to Gina a fourth time around the pulse, certainly to, to resin the posts certainly do resonate differently. Yeah. It's because you've made so much change. So we have a lot of returning members. It's normal to complete as many rounds of the living

method as needed until you reach your goal. Each time you do it, you are really leveling up and building on everything that you've done and learned. So chances are there are new things for you to focus on. And when you read the information, you are reading it from where you're at now. So it's going to resonate on a whole other level, which is really super cool. And that's where you, if you are a returning member, you know, aside from everyone assessing their why, you know, and, you know, taking a, reflecting back on their weight history, if you are a returning member, reflect on what you've worked through and sit with yourself and be like, okay, what do I need to focus on now? Where am I at in my life now? Like, are my stress levels higher?

Am I moving my body more? How's my sleep been? How's my mental health? It has been so like, every day has been gray. It's just like, I woke up today. I'm like, oh, amazing. Another gray day. Are you adding in vitamin D? We're going to talk supplements with Dr. Paul in week two. He's super great. He is a naturopathic doctor. I love him. If you know him is to love him. But he I love him because we have really real frank conversation. And he spent a lot of time in the supplement space. And I don't want you spending any more money than what you need to. And so we have a very real conversations. And I really stick to the basics. So you may think, oh, supplements, we got some ketones, we got some fat burners, we got all this stuff. No, we don't. We have basics like vitamin D, which is really

important, especially if you live in Canada, where I live, and the days are short, and the nights and the darkness is long, definitely adding that vitamin D or jacking it up. If you're taking omega-3, it's good fat. Without enough good fat coming in, your body can be really reluctant to let go of fat that makes you fat. Magnesium, so important for so many things. It's a basic body function. And if you're deficient in magnesium, which is something like 74% of people are, and which is like the first kind of mineral to deplete when you're stressed. So if you can imagine. And we have some other great ones that we're going to talk about as well. Definitely supplements not make or break. I do highly suggest if you don't take them right now,

you wait until we post that information. We have a conversation with Dr. Paul, you have some time to review what you think might be a benefit for you and then go talk to your healthcare providers or pharmacists about that. So there's no rush on that. Right now, the focus is the basic food plan, hitting all your meals and snacks, making those food choices nutrient rich as possible and eating to satisfaction. Like if you're still consistently hungry in the evening after dinner and you're skipping breakfast or maybe for veg snack, you're just having some carrots, right? Make sure you start having breakfast. Make sure for that veg snack that you not just have like vegetables, but add some dip like guacamole or

hummus or, you know, add something more substantial in there like an egg or some cheese or something to go along with it to give it as much oomph, you know? If you're forcing yourself to eat salads because you think that's diet food and it's going to get you there faster, it won't, especially in the wintertime. The wintertime, your body tends to crave heavier, heartier carbohydrates. Yeah, you can still add grains and rices and whatnot to your lunch, but you can also do sweet potatoes and squashes and, you know, any sort of those winter veggies are really great. Heavier carbs, fatty meats, soups, stews, actually warm foods tend to be more appealing in the winter. I know we have people all over. I mean, we've been in as many as 55 countries per group. And I've heard a lot of people are coming at us from a variety

of different time zones. So as we're experiencing winter, you might be experiencing your summer. And the alternative to that is you may not feel like those heavier, heartier foods, and you might actually feel like salads, which is totally fine. And you can also add fruit to your meals as well, like fruit on a salad, like berries or whatnot, or some, you know, grilled pineapple, you know, for dinner. So if you are in that kind of different time zone, you can definitely reach out and sort of ask for suggestions on that. Can you imagine what a diet protest would look like? The signs would say no more depriving, no more counting, weighing or measuring, eating healthy fats, stop eating less. Yeah, this, but you know, people don't believe that you can lose weight in a healthy way. And I'll tell you why. Because people try every year, and then, you know, a few weeks into it, they feel worse, and their weight goes up. And they're like,

this isn't working. People don't put the time into investing the amount of time that it's going to take for your like, you can't just you think like, a lot of people don't think about this, but you can't just take pounds of fat out of your body and not have your body need to adjust along the way. That's why you need plateaus. You want plateaus, you need plateaus. We have our first science already post coming out. I don't know if it's this Saturday or next Saturday. And it talks about set point theory. So set point theory is what we're basing this on. And a lot of people will tell you, okay, you know, you can't change your set point. Yeah, you can.

I've actually, when we were at the Canadian Obesity Summit in the spring, I talked to the brightest minds in obesity research there. You absolutely can change your set point. The problem is, and you can rewire your brain and your body and how it's come to function, which is the hardest part of losing weight because you keep losing and keep going back up to that point because your body's wired that way. Do you know you absolutely can change that, but most people don't put enough time into actually changing that. So your body is used to functioning at a certain weight and it's called homeostasis. So your body has adjusted

everything around your weight, not just one number, but a bit of a 10 pound range, your blood flow, your heart rate, your body temperature, like your hormones, everything has been adjusted around a set point, a set weight for you. That's why some of you could like lose a certain amount, but you can't get past a certain number or you keep going back to that amount plus more because you've starved and deprived yourself. So your body goes back to that set point and then stores a little extra because you just starved yourself. Like that's why that happens. You know, why, why isn't, why aren't more people talking about this? But anyway, um, so your set point, that's what you're starting with. That's what your body's used to. And as your body releases fat, because you're giving it what it needs and you're helping it

provide the opportunity for it to do that, you're going to lose weight and then you're going to plateau and you want plateaus. You need plateaus because plateaus are like, okay, we just, you know, made some major change in the body. We released a certain amount of fat, which is factored into homeostasis. So we need to readjust around our new weight. And so your body does like little mini versions of that. You lose weight, your body adjusts to your new weight. You lose weight, your body adjusts to your new weight. You lose weight, your body adjusts to your new weight. You reach your goal. Then you actually put a serious amount of time into solidifying your weight. We have people now who are redoing the program. They don't have any weight to lose.

They're here to solidify their weight, level up, all of that so they can move on to the third stage of finally and forever. So there are four stages of the Libby Method. Lose your weight, right? Then you got to solidify your weight. You got to put time into helping your body make your new weight, your new norm, right? Like really solidify that set point. And then there's the third stage of like, okay,

you know, what is, what is like living a life of maintenance? Like getting used to what maintenance is like for you, what, what's normal fluctuation wise on the scale for you. And, you know, maybe you stop asking the four questions, stop weighing every day, stop being as diligent, you know, utilizing back on track, which is a technique. If you're new to the program, you're going to hear people talk about back on track. Back on track is a technique. We're gonna talk about week 10 for you. If you're new, you won't need it until then. That, you know, whenever you do find yourself indulging here or there, you can implement yourself back on track, but you don't need that right now because right now we're basically doing that every day. And then the fourth stage is move on, live your life, right? Like just go, go, go,

go live your life. So you want plateaus, you need plateaus. So most people don't give their body time to, to adjust their weights and solidify the weight that they've lost along the way. And then the minute they lose, they lose their weight, they just go back to doing everything the same, same, like, you know, same, same lifestyle, same coping mechanism, same as whatever, even the same, whatever, without like really allowing their weight to solidify. So, so you want plateaus, you need plateaus along the way. They are very important. Hi, Victoria. Good morning. My second time around. I just missed the fall program sign up. I follow you as much as possible. Now I'm a full member. Loving it. We have so many people who don't get signed up, which reminds me. We have spots that are still open. The questions are more than manageable at this point. We're

going to leave it open, I think, to the end of the weekend. So this is the last call. If you know anyone who wants to sign up for the program, you're new to the program, you just got in, you're like, this is amazing. Or maybe you're back with us and realizing how great it is. You have friends and family. I will guarantee you after Monday, they will not be able to sign up. They will, they will like Victoria. Once you miss the cutoff date, you miss the cutoff date, it doesn't matter, you can beg and plead and what I even my family members, I don't add them. Once the program has a weekend, it's just we want everyone to kind of move forward at the same pace. Although it's normal for people to be going through on their own pace. Once you miss the cutoff, you miss the cutoff. So if you know anyone who is interested, tell them to run to the website,

get signed up. Victoria, I love that we do, however, have so many people who are successful. They get their hands on the book. They start making some slight changes before the program. I have mad respect for that. Mad respect for that. So I'm so excited that you're here with us. Thank you to Sylvia Bray for introducing me to the program. I was in a horrific car accident in 2000 with my Y2K. I gained 100 pounds. I have several health issues due to the car accident. I want to change my life, gain more mobility, lose weight, and change my mind.

Oh my gosh. Okay. This is so huge. I love this why. I don't love that this happened to you. Here's what I want you to know. We are here for you. Reach out every single day. First of all, immerse yourself in our amazing, beautiful, supportive community. We have some members in here who have lost big numbers.

It's a huge task. I know what that's like, having lost over 100 pounds myself, that thought of like 100 pounds day by day. And next thing you know, Brenda Huxley, let me talk about Brenda Huxley, you should go find her on Instagram if you're on Instagram. Happy birthday, Brenda, by the way. We've had an opportunity to talk to Brenda in the last group. Brenda, she reached the 100 pound mark. She just had a birthday the other day and celebrated not only another year, but a year with us. And I hope you don't mind me speaking for you, Brenda, but I'm sure she would agree that the program has been really life-changing for her.

And her goal was really mobility. She'd been sort of stuck at home, for lack of a better term. And her goal was really to leave her house and to get out there again. And, uh, she accomplished that. Oh my God, I'm going to cry thinking about this. Um, I have such mad love for Brenda because I know what that did. We have so many amazing members who, uh, are in the over a hundred pound club who are just doing the real work.

And there's going to be a lot of feels in this for you, right? Like what happened to you is shit. It sucks. And you're probably letting go to a past life and a past you. You're probably reconciling the future that you thought you were going to have and where you would be. And so this is a lot more, I know, than weight loss for you. And so this is why this is the perfect program for you. We're going to get into, I mean, whether you are having big things to deal with, um, you know, like Victoria or, you know, listen, and it's not about big numbers either. It can be just as hard for someone to lose 10, 20 pounds as it is for someone else to lose a hundred. There could be some major blocks happening there.

Some major issues that people are dealing with, some major fields that people are dealing with, you know, it's not, it's not necessarily any easier for someone to lose less weight than more weight, it definitely sometimes takes a little bit more time, obviously, to lose those bigger numbers. But in our own ways, every single person is going to have to dig deep work through some serious fields, you know, and that's why I do suggest again, take time to assess why are you here? Why is this so important to you? Because I want to get this done. I don't want to see you two, three, five years from now still trying to spend the rest of your life trying to get caught up on what happened to you and get back to living your life and feeling your best, right?

Like, let's fucking get it done for you. Let's get this done for you. I'm here for you. I'll be here every day. Good days, bad days, which is why my hair looks like this this morning. Today's not my most sunshine and rainbowy day. But I'm here. I'm here for it. And reach out. We have an amazing team of program specialists who have been through their own journeys and ask as many questions as you need, because we are here for every single

one of them, every single one of them. I also can I just talk about people who take time to share big shares. I want to thank each and every one of you who have already asked a question, shared something and are going to continue to do that over the next however many days we have. Because this creates the conversation, this creates the community, what you don't know, and we'll come to realize that there are thousands of people who never ask a question. They never say anything, but they are here. They're watching and they're listening

and they are benefiting from those of you who are taking the time to share. So I just want to say thank you for that. I've incorporated some, hi, Christina, weight training a few times a week, but seeing the scale go up. Should I scale back on the training? No, this is totally normal. So listen, resistance training, weight training a few times a week, but seeing the scale go up. Should I scale back on the training? No, this is totally normal. So listen, resistance training, weight training,

so great for long-term weight loss because increasing your muscle mass is just so hugely beneficial. It really is. I mean, there's benefits to every, someone asked me the other day on Instagram, what's the number one best exercise for weight loss? I love boxing. Boxing is great. There's resistance training, it increase it like it stimulates your fight or flight in your body. I really love boxing. Personally, that's me. But you know, there's benefits to every different type of exercise. If you saw my post today, I'm really trying to work on stretching. Right? Stretching is very healing for the body. I want to work on my mobility. That's what I want to work on. If I'm feeling more mobile, my body's more relaxed, I have chances I'm going to be able to move a little

bit more in my life. Yoga, Pilates, great for body alignment. Again, great for, you know, just kind of, you know, refreshing, but also challenging that body as well. Your mind-body connection, those are really great for that. Cardio is great. You know, just running and getting your heart rate up, so great for your heart health. Also long distance, walking, really great for endurance, right? There's so many benefits to it. Exercise will have your weight up because you are, especially weights, because you are ripping and tearing your muscles. So if I do a bicep curl, I'm lifting a weight to do that, to tear my muscles. That's what I'm doing, to tax and tear my muscles. In which then, when I go to bed, my body works hard to repair and rebuild those muscles.

Also a reason why you don't want to be eating at night, because you really want your body to be able to focus on doing the things it needs to do at night, like repair, like rebuild, like detox and make change. So with that, because your muscles are, and that's why they're sore the next day, they're also inflamed in a good way, in a good way. So that will have your body retaining water and that will have your weight up. So it is normal to have your weight up whenever you're doing any kind of workouts, especially that are leaving you sore. So, um, definitely do not need to scale back on that at all. A lot of people

asking about exercise. I think we had a post on it yesterday and needing to worry about what they're eating before or after or any of those things. You have to understand that the exercise industry is, it's an industry. And we have all these products, pre-workout, post-workout, all of that stuff, bars and balls and all of that. Most people don't need that. If you're not a professional athlete working out four or six hours a day, you don't need any of those things. Back in the day, we used to like run our food down for days.

The human body is meant to move. And our little spin class or yoga class or whatever it is, even weightlifting for an hour is really nothing. I mean, we do feel it because a lot of times we're out of shape, but really our body can more than handle that. And so with eating so often throughout the day, you have to remember you're not eating to give you energy. When your body's functioning throughout the day, this is why you can skip breakfast. If you've had a great day of eating the night before, when you wake up

the day before, sorry, you're already full of energy. So it's not what you're eating for breakfast that's giving you the energy for your day. If you get up and work out, you roll out of bed and work out, you have lots of energy to do that because your body uses, even if you were to eat breakfast right then, your body is using the energy from food you previously ate that it's broken down and stored as glycogen. So your body's using the energy that's stored for you to have the energy to do things. Really, if you think about it, eating is like replenishing your stores, right? And because people also don't think about this is how long it takes for certain foods to break down in your system. I do love like a banana, if you're looking for a little bit of oomph before a workout, bananas break down quite quickly in the

body. So you do like a half a banana before, a half a banana after if you feel like you need. But really, sometimes what you're eating for breakfast takes an hour or two hours for your body to really break it down, digest it and store it as energy. So we think, oh, we're going to have something to eat right after thinking that's going to replenish our glycogen stores. And it takes a lot longer than that. And usually by the time you have that next meal or snack coming along, you have that next meal or snack coming along. With that though said, we're going to introduce what's called bonus snacks next week. So bonus snacks are going to be extra snacks that you can add in at specific times after your morning fruit snack and before lunch,

and then after lunch before your veg snack, there are specific times that you can add these snacks in. If you feel like you're not getting enough because you are really active, maybe you are training, I don't know, or you have a really active job, or people who get up really early in the morning, like people getting up at five, obviously what they might need or may not need, you know, compared to people getting up at eight or nine would be different. Or people who are doing shift work hours, we're going to be adding more food. But please don't be afraid of exercise. Not to say that that's what you're saying. But you know, exercise is amazing. It does mess with the scale. And there are so many reasons why your weight will be up that have

nothing to do with real weight gain. So you're not going to gain weight by doing any type of exercise. You're not. Your weight can be up for so many reasons, like working out and your muscles are sore, whether it's at the gym or shoveling your driveway. Not getting a great sleep will have your weight up. Salty food will have your weight up. Hard to digest food, like if you have a steak, you might notice your weight's up the next day. Not a reason to not eat steak. It's just some foods take longer than others to process. Steak, pork, they're a little bit harder to digest. Great for you though.

So many reasons why your weight, and also the fact that your weight also, this is so important. This is why weight loss is so complicated. Your weight can also be up because your weight's about to drop. It is so normal for so many people to, because you're weighing yourself every day, to pick up on the fact that your weight goes up right before it drops as the body's retaining water in order to release the fat. So if you have been exercising and doing all the things, right, you think, what's going on? My weight should be going down instead of up. If your weight all of a sudden is up, it could be a sign that your weight is actually about to drop as well. can I add nut butters to my yogurt? If yes, how much do I add? So we

don't count, we don't weigh, we don't measure, right? When it's let's say if this is for your breakfast, you're having yogurt for breakfast, you want to focus on protein, right? So that's why you don't want to do low fat or no fat yogurt, because they tend to be higher in sugar and lower in protein, not that we go by a number. But you can add what would be better than nut butter is like actual nuts and seeds, although they can be a little harder to digest, especially in the morning. So you can totally do nut butter, you want to add as much and eat as much as you need to feel satisfied. And a lot of you might not have a handle on that yet. It's way too soon. A lot of people are coming just completely disconnected from their bodies,

counting, weighing, measuring, not actually being in tune at all, which is totally normal. It's way too soon. A lot of people are coming just completely disconnected from their bodies, counting, weighing, measuring, not actually being in tune at all, which is totally normal. It's going to take a while for you to get in tune. That's why you want to be consistent with following the food plan. And I know that might be nerve wracking for some of you for so many reasons, but your body will start to adjust. If you're human, you have a body, the living method is going to work for each and every one of you. Just it's a matter of the timeline and the things that you're going to need to do and focus on, right? But you can totally add some nut butter to your yogurt, however much you like at this point. Now, people do tend to, like what we don't want people doing is getting spoons out and start licking and eating peanut

butter because for some of us that can be like an issue. I know you know what I'm talking about. I know you know what I'm talking about. But if you're adding it on there to bump up the protein and fat value, you can add as much as you feel like you need. As much as you feel like you need. Is there any on here with diabetes? There are so many people who are diabetic. We've had, so 21 programs. I mean, I've been helping people lose weight for 36 years.

I'm 50. So it's been most of my life. And we, I don't know, I'm going to be straight up with this. We're assuming you have weight issues. And we're assuming a lot of people are diabetic, because we're talking, we're talking weight loss. Right? I don't want to be I'm not judgmental. I'm just observing it is what it is at the end of the day. And I don't like to dwell on that where you've come from what you've done any of those things you're here right now. So let's focus on that and what you need to do. You will find in the group,

there are a lot of people who have a lot of very similar health issues. But with that said, also remember that you are all individual, you know, even when it comes to having diabetes, different types, right, and that kind of thing. So we have a post that is going to be coming out next week, I think. And that's where you'll be able to kind of all congregate and hear from our returning members, which is great, who actually has some experience this. I do want to say, if you are nervous about some of the changes that we're asking you to make, make them slowly. Make them slowly. Make the ones that you're comfortable with. You have time to pull everything together. I know some people are like, someone mentioned the other day, they're like, how are people losing weight right away when they just found out what they need to

do today? So some people have, they know their friends and family have told them, get the book, you can start, you know, like doing what you need to do early. We have so we have that email that we sent out, okay, you signed up now what and there was some tips on there for people to get started, right? Some people are going to hit the ground running, some people are going to take a more relaxed approach. Some people are going to start losing right away and then other people's going to notice their body changing, right? Everyone is a little different. So just keep that in mind. Just keep that in mind. Good morning. I just got my blood work done. Looking forward to seeing results as I know I'm so much healthier on plan. Yeah,

so we suggest this. We also know it's not as easy for some people to see a doctor, let alone get some blood work as it is for other people. But if you have the opportunity to get a baseline, or you haven't visited your doctor for a checkup in a while, now is a really great time to do that, to know what you're dealing with. And then it can be real tangible evidence of all your hard work paying off that has nothing to do with the scale, which is really cool. It's one of my favorite things that happens at the end of the program is people do go to their doctors and start talking about the significant change in terms of their health issues that they've been able to make, which is really super cool. So I love hearing that. I love hearing that. I'm having trouble sleeping through the night. Any

recommendations? Yeah. So we have the best. We have the best experts. Lana McGinn is going to be joining us. She is a sleep expert. We're going to talk about sleep hygiene. And man, she is just a wealth of information. I know I have learned a lot from her. It's whether or not you take what she says seriously, because it's hard, hard to get off our phones at night, hard to turn off our TVs at night, hard to, you know, get to bed a little early. Although sometimes it's not about getting to bed early, believe it or not. I've learned a lot. You think you know about sleep and then you listen to our experts and you're like, huh, not only that, but our returning members, you guys know that Dr. Beverly has been involved in sleep research. And so you have been itching to get me to ask her

about her sleep research. So we are actually going to have Alana and Dr. Beverly together. And we're going to talk about sleep, which is this going to be, I know it's going to be like a mind blowing conversation. Um, with that said, though, I just want to say it is so normal to some people are sleeping better than they ever have. Some people like, oh my gosh, I have never slept so better in my life, so good in my life. Other people, because you're making changes to your diet. And because for some of you, this is so huge. You want this so bad. Like you just, you're thinking about it, you want it. And also the new year puts a lot of other pressure and whatever else you got going on in your life. It is normal not to be getting great sleep either. So, you know, you might see some people saying, oh my God, I'm getting the best

sleep. And you're like, well, why am I not? Right. So it's normal to go either way to get great sleep better. So you are going to notice improved sleep all around, improved energy all around, improved bowel movements, improved, you're just going to see improvements all around. But especially when it comes to sleep can be very disrupted in the beginning as you actually start making changes to your diet. So that's totally normal. If you have if you have the book, we do have a post on sleep and stress. For some people, getting a handle on your sleep and your stress is going to be a game changer when it comes to moving the dial on that scale. We're gonna start talking about maximizing all those other things.

Sorry. Hi, Edith. My mom passed away last Monday. So I had to at least check in today, the funeral's tomorrow. Oh, I'm sending you some love. I'm sending you some love. I'm sure we're all collectively sending you some love. Here's the thing, you guys, is that we all set out this time to focus on weight loss and why we do that. Life is going to happen to so many of you, probably all of us in, you know, different ways. And when I started this conversation today, I said, are you going to be here at the end? And, you know, you're going to be able to work through big feels

and feel those and work through them and process them and give them the time and attention that they need and still be able to show up for yourself. That is this is what I love about the Libby method because you have to eat. In times when, you know, hard moments hit, it's your job to prioritize yourself and take care of yourself, right? You have to keep showing up for yourself, especially in those hard moments. And this program is not just trying to eat healthier. It is about prioritizing your needs, being in tune, meeting yourself where you're at, showing yourself some kindness when you're going through things. It's about managing your sleep and your

stress and maybe recognizing, okay, I'm working through this really painful thing right now. Maybe drinking a bottle of wine every night is not helping me. You know, maybe like going for that walk, calling a friend, you know, really recognizing what you need, being in tune to your needs, because ultimately at the end of the day, it's your responsibility to take care of yourself. But there are definitely going to be some moments that don't make it easy in life. And I can say that because I the living method is something you can feel really good about and the ask, and the changes that we are suggesting that you make are all just so beneficial, far beyond weight loss at the end of the day, you know?

So, you know, that's where I sort of full circle moment on that. Are you going to be here at the end? Not just because it's easy, not just because you're motivated, not just because you have a trip coming up, but because you're really here for it and ready to work through the things that you're going to need to work through. And then also when big moments happen, it's how we've coped, right? Like think about it, you know, like how we show love to other people. We bring food, we share food, we indulge, we cope, we commiserate. We also sometimes punish ourselves or neglect ourselves because we're

trying to equal and match the feelings that we're feeling. I feel so emotionally broken. So I feel like it's only right for me to feel physically broken as well to match truly and own how I feel. And that's what I mean. Like you can go in and honor where you are at and still follow the plan and do the things that you need to do that are going to get you to where you want to go at the end of the day, you know, so big feels and sending you so much love today. See what else we have. Everyone given Brenda Huxley some love for her birthday. Wait till you start like I so we have these spill the tea conversations. I'm so looking forward to we actually I'm we're all about real this. This is an example of real people on real journeys trying really hard to really lose their weight

finally and forever. You know, I make my own protein balls using natural nut butter and chia and oats. Is this okay as a snack? Can I admit the dark chocolate from the recipe? So not as a snack, no. So my piece of advice today is to watch the food plan video and invest in the time to read and watch the videos that go along with each of the individual meal and snacks. Like everything is very specific and a rhyme and a reason. There's a lot of flexibility in that. But with your morning snack, it's fruit, fruit on its own. And I do tell you why, and that will change as we go. And then your afternoon snack is vegetables. You can have them raw.

You can have them cooked. You can add some dip. You can add like, you know, something more substance like a boiled egg or whatever to them, some cheese or whatnot. And then your afternoon snack is nuts and or seeds. And so just plain nuts and or seeds or together or whatever is the snack, right? And there's a rhyme and a reason to all of those. And really creating that simplicity, also not buying into what you like and what you

love. Like those balls sound great, but you can't tell me they're more convenient than just some straight up nuts or seeds, you know? So a lot of times we like the idea, maybe you indulge in your like baking, and that's part of it, which is great. And we're going to have you circle back around and enjoy baking again, right? So a lot of times we have to kind of disconnect from things in order to come back reconnected in a whole other way. And that's why it's really about simplifying the food plan and creating that routine. For example, you know, next week is just going to be about like really kind of being super consistent with it. Then we're going to

focus on maximizing all the other things that you can do. And then we're going to work through mindfulness and portions. And we really have to kind of be really routine with it to really see and feel how our body's responding to it. And there's a lot of noise that can get caught up in that wanting to make food exciting or indulging in this indulging that so that the more consistent you can be. And you know, if you can simplify the things that you are doing, in terms of like just doing what you need to, that doesn't mean if you if you love to cook, you can make super fancy recipes if you want. But yeah, really keeping things simple and routine and following the food plan as consistently as possible is definitely the way I will tell you, there will be a time where you can add in those energy balls and bars

and stuff like that down the road for sure. So there'll be an opportunity to add those in. But for right now, if you can just kind of stick to those nuts and seeds. I mean, in a pinch, though, like, I mean, again, I could say like in a pinch, they're great if you don't have anything else, but also like throw a bag of nuts in your purse or whatever. It's easy to go. That's my time for today, you guys. I went a little bit over, but I'm here for it.

It's our first week. I hope that you are enjoying it. I hope that you're enjoying the conversation. We are going to get so into it as we go. This is really what it's all about. Remember, if you asked a question and I didn't answer it, pop it over on the question of the day page. The team will answer it over there happily. You can also download and listen to this by way of our podcast, Way and Regina at your

leisure. And of course, if you ever miss a live live, you can always get caught up on it later. And if you don't want to listen to the lives, you don't have to because all the information you need is in the Facebook support group and in the book. Remember, this is the last chance. If you know anyone who's interested in signing up again, this is not a sales thing. This is like a serious, we shut her down next week. Tell them to get in sooner rather than later if they're interested. Have an amazing day, everyone. I'll see you later. Bye.