The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 44 - Winter 2025

Episode Date: February 18, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 44, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025In this episode, some key weight loss strategies and mindset shifts! We're downsizing one last time and breaking down how this tweak will help you move the needle on the scale. Feeling under the weather? Gina talks about when and how to use the Sickness Protocol. Plus, scale obsession—should you really be weighing yourself multiple times a day? She also gets into food combining for sustained energy, the power of non-scale victories, and the importance of rewiring your mindset for lasting change. Speaking of change, are you embracing it or resisting it? And let’s not forget—language matters! Instead of asking, "What am I doing wrong?" shift to "What's going on with me?" If you're struggling on the weekends or feeling stuck, there are strategies to help. Finally, if you’ve been sick and haven’t been following along, Gina discusses how to get back on track without stress.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Okay, so I'm still away due to the massive snowstorm and all the flight cancellations and whatnot. I am still in Beth, but I am about to make my way back shortly. Hopefully, I have a good connection today. Yesterday I got spotty after about 20 minutes so I'll stay on as long as I can as long as the connection is good. Okay so this week we are downsizing one last time. This is a really really exciting time or place to be in the program. Six weeks in including prep week really showing up being mindful giving your body what it needs addressing its needs. Now we're in the program six weeks in including prep week really showing up being mindful giving your body what it needs addressing its needs now we're in the helping it specifically focus on fat loss

so not only are you following the food plan not only are you following the tweaks each week that are designed to really get and keep this process going you're also maximizing you're also focused on all the other things that you can do to help the body release that fat, making sure you are trying to get the best sleep possible. Sleep is so important because that's when the body repairs and rebuilds and regenerates and rejuvenates and detoxes, making sure you are managing your stress levels. So your cortisol levels are calming down, making sure you are moving your body, building that muscle mass, especially if you have a history of doing diets, you're getting older or you're going through menopause that

becomes even more important. And then yesterday I talked about decreasing the amounts of insulin your body is used to using because you get used to consuming larger amounts of food, plus going longer periods of time without eating, plus high stress and cortisol can create insulin resistance and that can cause your body to feel the need to store fat not just in your liver, not just in your muscle, but also in your fat as well. And so it's everything that you're doing in combination that is really working towards getting and keeping that scale

moving as opposed to just eating less and exercising more. So one last time to get into those portions by downsizing, and then we're gonna be switching gears the next couple weeks. We're gonna be implementing other techniques and tweaks to get you in tune to those portions, and then by the end, we're gonna get you eating even more in tune to your body's needs.

I'm just trying to find that live here so I can answer some of the questions that you have. So it was a long weekend here in Canada. How are you doing? How did you make it? How are you feeling today? Lots of inflammation from shoveling. Hi Michelle.

So if you were outside, if you were shoveling, chances are you probably were, even if you're just pushing those snowblowers, man, that's a lot of work. If you are sore today, that will have your weight up. So if you've been really on point with everything that you've been doing and you got on the scale today and you're like, my weight is up, way up. I would imagine when your body is sore, mine from skiing, for example, I can barely move today.

Probably, if I got on the scale, my weight would be up three or four pounds easily. So if your weight is up today and you are sore, that's probably why I'm back starting to get on track again after three weeks of sickness. Yes. So don't forget we do have that. We do have that sickness protocol. You may have not needed to use it up until this point. We posted it way back, I believe, in week one of the program. So if ever you're not feeling well and you don't have an appetite

or you just can't, don't have the capacity to follow. So this is physical sickness. This is mentally, if you got something going on and you just, you don't have that capacity. You don't have to force yourself to eat your meals and snacks. There's a protocol that we have for that. The most important thing is that you focus on feeling better physically, mentally. Then you'll notice

when your appetite starts to come back, then you can jump on program again. Two things will happen when you're sick. You'll either not be hungry at all, which is totally normal. So don't worry about not eating when you're sick because your body will keep you low energy to fight whatever is causing you to not feel great. Digestion takes a lot of energy. And so in order to conserve energy, focus on healing causing you to not feel great. Digestion takes a lot of energy. And so in order to conserve energy, focus on healing, you won't be all that hungry. And that was where your body will actually utilize your fat reserves. Your body utilizing fat reserves when you're not feeling so hot is not the same as you

not giving your body what it needs and starving and depriving yourself when you fully function. So don't worry about that. The other side of that is you can crave a lot of carbs and sugar and a lot of people be like, my body just needs carbs and sugar. It never needs carbs and sugar when you're sick. Chances are you're just dehydrated and that's your body trying to get you to drink high water content foods, which are sweet, which you think you need carbs and sugar. So get on that water and get lots of rest.

But a new scale and my weight is different. Do I just keep using the old scale? No, no. All scales are gonna be different unless they're like exactly calibrated. So honestly, you can try calibrating it. Put it like if you have a five pound weight at home or something that you know is, I would go with a weight.

I wouldn't just like weigh a bag of something. If you have a five pound weight, put it on the scale and you can calibrate your scale that way. Otherwise a pound is a pound. It doesn't matter what your start weight is, your current weight is. I know it might be a bit depressing, for lack of a better word, if you thought your weight was lower, but you're still the same you that you were yesterday that you got on the other scale. So a pound is a pound is a pound on a scale. So I would just start weighing yourself on your new scale

and just go by that number. And it might mess your tracking a little bit, but honestly, you're probably gonna have so many ups and downs on your, if you're tracking on your graphs anyway, you can just kind of note it and be like, on this day is when I switched scales. So if you're using the app, for example, there's a place for notes and then just write, this is the day I switched my scale and that's my weight

was at this weight. Scale said 162, 163, 165 and 166 this morning. Why am I, should I just call that first number? Why am I still getting on four or five times? I don't know. I should have stopped at the first one. I hear you. I don't, you know, sometimes if you've lost weight, disbelief, if you haven't lost yet, you want it to move. Maybe, I think it's interesting if you lean to one side, you lift up a leg and you go, like, you know,

you can switch the number at the end of the day. It's the first one. It's the first one. Speaking of though, why do you, in case it has to do something with something a little deeper, I did do that post for you guys today about just your relationship with yourself, your relationship with food, and just you know how your history of dieting, if you do have one, if you're lucky enough not to have a history of dieting, I do have one if you're lucky enough not to have a history of dieting I love that for you can can affect can affect you and your current journey as well so there's lots of reasons especially if we

ever tried to lose weight a friend of mine in the program recommended glucose goddess absolutely fantastic for me even though I'm not a diabetic yeah I mean there's there is such a thing that we get into sort of food combining There is some research for example that when you are When you take apple cider vinegar before you consume your meals it can prevent I don't like using like the word glucose spike. I find it's very dramatic But really what it is is your your blood sugar goes up your insulin also goes up and that's what's problematic We're trying to keep that down. And this is sort of where, if you,

but is it the apple cider vinegar, or is it because apple cider vinegar, for example, stimulates your digestive system, and your digestive system is functioning better when you're consuming these foods. The other one is food combining. So when you take, if you take a carbohydrate, like a fruit, for example, and you take, if you take a carbohydrate, like a fruit for example,

and you combine it with a protein and fat, that will actually give you sort of more sustaining energy and can keep your blood sugar a little bit lower. And this is something that we actually get into towards the end of the program, where you start adding a protein and fat to your fruit. Now there's a rhyme and a reason to why we're just having a fruit right now.

So we wanna stick with that. We don't wanna go messing with the food plan. But down the road, we do talk about how the sustaining energy of protein and fat. It's really what the protein and fat is doing for you. So if you took an apple, you're gonna get a certain amount of energy from it. And if you combine nuts and seeds with that apple,

you get that energy from that apple, and then the sustaining energy from the nuts and and seeds so there is something to be said about food combining there's another guy who is on Instagram I can't remember his name but he wears he actually wears a glucose monitor and he's a diabetic and he will eat certain foods and eat them in certain combinations or the other day. He did a great one about Eating at night before bed while you really shouldn't eat at night before bed Which is really interesting as well anything you anything to learn more about your body and so someone might say Well, hopping up a side of vinegar before your meals isn't gonna necessarily gonna help you lose weight

But I beg to differ that all the things that you do Add up and make a big difference It's not any one thing that you're doing in the program Especially if you do have digestive issues if you're missing a gallbladder or something like that can be very beneficial So she talks about the orders of foods and whatnot Up two pounds and down six point five inches for a total of 14 inches heartburn gone and sleep amazing cheers to non-scale victories We don't talk about non-scale victories enough honestly And I guess this is why it's very exciting to be here at this point because you should be noticing your body change You should be noticing and changing your energy levels in the way that you're sleeping pooping feeling

Maybe your rings are feeding again. Non-scale victories I love because they show you signs that your hard work is paying off besides just what's happening on the scale. Oh, it's nice when the scale moves as well. It's nice. You guys are down 11 pounds, don't have measurements yet, but my shirts no longer get stuck at the midriff. How it hangs over my ass now. Progress!

This is progress! So, okay, what's really exciting about this, think about this. So this is the accumulation of all the hard work we've been doing up until this point, and then moving forward, we just build and we build and we build and we build on that. So continuing to address your body's needs and why it was feeling you need to store fat in the first place. Continually following that food plan, creating that routine and then the slight changes are gonna get your body's attention. It's gonna get it to take action. Your body's had enough time at this point six weeks in to actually make

change and you're unraveling right? You're working through issues and associations to food. You're starting to be more self-aware because you've been asking those four questions so you're starting to be more self-aware because you've been asking those four questions. So you're just paying attention, having to follow that food plan so often. There's a lot that's going on that is really feeding into not just losing weight, being able to maintain and sustain your weight, including habits. And so now you're working through and breaking old habits while you are getting a handle on creating those new habits that are gonna support your new life.

So it's a really great time to be in the program. Good morning, hi Kim. I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I had way too many carbs and the scale is hating on me today, back on track. So lots of water today, back on track. Try to really dig into that routine. Try to eat as early as possible tonight.

Get a good night's sleep and that'll get that weight going right back down don't forget don't up a few pounds after the weekend That's okay back on track today. I love it good. That's how it should be Are you noticing how you are calm about that? That's a non-scale victory getting to the point where maybe you did indulge this weekend for whatever it was Family Day weekend People were stuck inside with snowstorms. There was a lot going on. If you've noticed that you're more calm about what's happening on the scale come Monday, Tuesday, that's a win. That's a massive non-scale victory.

I'm still waiting and hoping for a spot in the app measurements. I tend to forget about taking them. So we are doing a lot of work on our app currently. There's one of the things I've learned about designing an app and creating an app is it takes so long to do everything with all the coding and how it all works together and whatnot. So there's a couple things we're working on. We are working on measurements on there, maybe bowel movements, maybe a period tracker. There's a lot of things, a place to chat,

a community chat feature. We're also working on the app that you can start the program at any time. So there's a lot of features that we're working on with the app. We're looking for the app that this is not an Apple watch, but to sync up with your Apple watches, with your digital scales, all of that.

So at the end of every program, I know it's way too early, because we're like, we still have the whole half of the program left. But the end of every program, I know it's way too early, because we still have the whole half of the program left, but at the end of every program, if you're new, we do a survey. So we like you to fill it out at the end of the program so you can kind of see how it all works together. You'll have an opportunity to tell us what you loved,

what you didn't like, things that you'd like to see changed, resources that you use, all that, so you can give us your feedback. We actually do want to hear it. We've made a lot of changes to the program based on the feedback from our members. We're far from perfect around here. And I also feel like we're just getting started.

So after you've gone through the program, you'll have an opportunity to talk about the program. Erin Degagne is coming on tomorrow. I do want to mention that. So she is a pelvic health specialist, which is really interesting. The first time I our head around this conversation I've my mind was blown

About how many people were interested in the topic of pelvic health Sometimes you think you're drinking more water and you're going to the bathroom just because you're not used to drinking that much water when in Reality, it could be a pelvic health issue. Not that I want you to have pelvic health issues So that made for a really interesting conversation. Also talked a lot about incontinence. A lot of people deal with that, especially as they get older. Some people think it's because their muscles aren't tight enough. Others in reality, it could be because they are too tight.

This conversation is also not just for women who've had children. It literally is a conversation for everybody. So she's going to be joining me tomorrow. If you wanna hang around with that, what was that called? Good morning, downsizing has been tough this round. Feeling unsatisfied triggered lots of difficult thoughts and memories from me.

Yeah, interesting. Times I felt alone or neglected, times I was overwhelmed. I did tons of journaling yesterday and feel much so much stronger today. It's been a healing journey Yeah, so The program is designed I don't want to use the word triggering because I'm not purposely looking to trigger But I've come to realize in my years of helping people lose weight, it's just sustainable weight loss. For most people,

is so much more than just what you've been eating. Habits, obviously, issues and associations tied into food. And associations could be how you utilize food, your association to food, how you've been taught to eat food, habits obviously is a big one, past traumas, past traumas is another one as well. There's just so much and because we also use food for so many things, right, we use food to show love, to console ourselves, to console other people.

We use it to celebrate and then you take all of that and you need food to survive and to thrive. And so that's where it becomes very complicated. And this is really where the work is for a lot of people because you follow the food plan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Eventually you'll get there. You'll lose your weight.

That's a no brainer. The tweaks are designed to keep it progressing, get your body's attention and get in tune and all of that and to really get and keep that scale moving as we go. But also it's so, and this is why we ask you to do the survey at the end of the program, because each tweak is also designed to kind of, to go deep. And for a lot of people, a lot of feels are brought up and this is why I constantly say and you're probably tired of me saying it,

but your thoughts and your feelings give you great insight into not just where you're at, but the things that you, you, you, you, you specifically need to do and work through in order to change, to rewire how your body's come to function physically. So we do that through the routine, we do that through all the tweaks

and rewire how your bodies come to function physically. So we do that through the routine. We do that through all the tweaks. And rewire how your brain has come to function. Last week I did that post on five ways to change your brain. And that's really what you're doing. And when you're changing how your body's come to be wired and you're changing how your brain has come to be wired, guess what you're doing? You're changing. You're changing and we are meant to change.

You're changing and you're evolving. And so this program is about, as you go along, it's why I love the app, it's collecting data and you're learning. You're learning, you're telling me to get on that scale and your response and you're paying attention to it. You are aware of how you get triggered on the scale and then you might start thinking about things in your past and that might bring up some of the things

that you're dealing with, right? So this is good is this is good. This is good because you want to get to a place. The angle for all of this is to get to a place where you are calm around food physically, sitting in a room full of your favorite foods and not even if you're hungry, bad and eyelash. Or if you are, you want just or you decide to eat something you're going to be like I'm going to eat this and then you are going to enjoy it

and if you're hungry you're gonna eat something you're gonna eat enough to feel like I've had enough and that is it or if it's so delicious you're gonna make a conscious choice to be like this is so good even though I know if I eat more I'm gonna feel it I'm gonna eat more because it's delicious and then nothing else in your brain other than that was amazing you get up the next day that's it you move it along and so that's that calm physically calm mentally and that's the end game and if you can think about all the thoughts and the feels you have right now there's a lot of work to be done. Which I think is very exciting. I love to change.

I think I know for as good as I am at weight loss and all that I know, there's so much for me to learn. There's so much for me to do and work through myself with my own issues. And every group that I go through I may not be on the mission to lose weight, but as I go through the program it continues to bring up feels for me and each program has a kind of a different this my two words to describe this program for me this year is confidence and presence really being in the moment and try not to stress about what's coming up or this or that or whatever just really enjoy the process be in the moment be confident that I know that what I'm doing. There's one thing

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Look out, here we come. Acast helps creators launch, grow, and monetize their podcasts everywhere. Acast.com. I'm still waiting for the cruise. I'm still waiting for the cruise too, Helen. I'm still waiting for the cruise as well. I gained over the weekend, but yes, new week, feel calm. Your weight just went up over the weekend right and that can be simply due to your

body being sore from shoveling or whatnot. Maybe you did indulge but today's a new day and right back at it. If you're still here at this point my goodness. Okay I have failed. I have failed. I have gained and not lost anyway. I know what I'm doing wrong. it's just my mindset is off. I know I have a lot of stress, I'm trying to get on track, I just find it very difficult. Okay, so let's break this down for a second. So let's break this down.

At this point in the program, right, you, we've given you the resources, you've, hopefully, hopefully, I'm gonna assume, and this is not just this is not just for Carol and I appreciate Carol sharing so this is it for everybody because At this point you really got to change where your where your brain is wired because think about the program We know it works. Like I know it works. We've been studying the living method. We've helped hundreds of thousands of people We we like we give you so many resources the guest experts and all of that to figure out what's

going on we're empowering you we're giving you knowledge all of that so at this point six weeks in I want you to be able to know what is going on with you not what's wrong with you but what's going on with you and the same thing with it's and so one of the things I'm going to start with is if you haven't lost thinking that you failed because if you are watching the lives or sorry watching the check-ins because the lives are not lives are not mandatory. It's normal still to have not lost weight and I know that sucks but it's a reality but there are probably reasons why you haven't lost any weight yet. And this hence goes back to our conversations with our guest experts.

What's going on mentally? What's going on with the choices that you're making? What's going on with your sleep with your stress? Remember that whole series we did with your hormones, your cortisol, your insulin, all of that. The conversation we have with Dr. Paul, right? So if your takeaways that you failed, even though the scale hasn't moved,

you got something going on in your mind because you're being told it's normal for the scale not to move yet. And not only am I saying that, but our guest experts are saying that. So what is going on in your mind? Right. And not that there's something wrong with you, but there's what is what is going on with you. That's the thing. So you haven't failed. If you're here six weeks in, you have not failed because you have been showing up. If again, I'm assuming you are doing the work, you have been giving your body nutrient-rich foods, you have been super mindful, you are drinking

your water, keeping yourself hydrated, you probably added in supplements at this point that are addressing any of your body's needs because if your scales isn't moving, you definitely want to be looking into supplements because it could be your magnesium deficient, your vitamin D, you're not getting enough omega-3. All of those basic supplements, if you're deficient in them, can hinder your progress. So again, I'm assuming that you're taking those, right? And so at this point, it's about figuring out,

okay, so what is going on? And so if you've been here six weeks in, doing all of that, you have far from failed. You've been very successful because you are still here. Have gained. So you're not going to gain weight following the Libby Method. Now, if you have not been following and you have been indulging like crazy, then maybe you have gained, but it's actually a lot harder to gain weight than you think. The scale can fluctuate a lot, but to have your body take the foods you're eating and convert them into fat, you'd have to be not following

it all and purposely trying to gain weight. So if you are gaining true weight, you want to go to the doctor. Not to be an alarmist, but there are lots of health issues that cause your body to gain weight your hormones being off other hormones Reactions to new medications. So if you really feel like you've gained weight Definitely going and it's time to visit your doctor if you're doing all of this and you're not seeing any change at all No, non-scale victory sign of change and your weight is growing up You got ahead to your doctor because the reality is even though you're doing all this stuff You can still be diagnosed with certain health issues and whatnot. I know what I'm doing. I know what I'm doing wrong

so so it's interesting to say I have failed and I'm doing something wrong and So it's like what? It's not that you're doing something wrong It's it's about making as many choices each day that fall in line with your goals. So I have failed I know what I'm doing wrong. I failed and I've wronged. And so those two in combination are very problematic. What does it say about yourself? Right? You probably feel like you can't do anything, right? You probably don't follow through on things when things get tough or you think

that you're not doing them the right way or things are not aligning in the way that you like. This might have to do with a childhood issue, maybe the way that you were raised, maybe you had a parent or someone in your life who was very hard on you. Maybe you just feel like you fail at everything. And so that's an internal thing. You are never going to be successful unless you deal with that. Chances are you will never be successful at any of the things you want to do in life unless you deal with that, right?

That mindset. I know I have a lot of stress. So this goes beyond stress because just that mindset alone is very stressful. I'm just finding it very difficult. And so this is where you got to break this down. And this is, I think, a good conversation with Dr. Beverly. She's going to be coming and joining us in the next couple of weeks. That cognitive behavioral therapy model.

Is it your thoughts? Is it your thoughts? Is it your feelings? Is it your behavior? Like what is going on with you? Not what is wrong, what is going on with you? And be like, where does that mindset come from? And so this isn't about you getting back, and this is not about the food,

this is not about the water. It's none of those things. I would bet money if I would bet my children's lives on the fact if I, sorry kids, I love you, but I'm very confident in this right now. If I sat down with you, this wouldn't have anything to do with the foods that you're eating or not eating at the end of the day.

This is way bigger than that. And not bigger in a way that you can't work through it and make change there. You just got to sit down and spend some quiet time and be like, okay, let me just losing this weight is really important to me. Maybe you've been trying it for a really long time. So let's go back to when did my weight issue start and do I know why? And then what was happening in my lives when I gained weight, lost weight, all of those

things. How do I get here right now? What is my mindset around all of this? And so are you journaling? Are you setting your intentions? Are you reflecting at the end of the day? Is your reflection thoughtful? Is your reflection, what did I do well today? Or do you just rag on yourself?

What is your internal voice like? So when you get up every day or you get on that scale, what do you say to yourself? What are you saying yourself throughout the day to motivate yourself? What is your why? Like, why are you putting yourself through this? Why are you putting yourself through this? Like, what's it going to mean to you?

What's your motivator, right? So it's so much deeper than that. And so what I love about this is the big feels. The big feels. This is not about getting on track. This has nothing to do with that. This has to do with there's a reason why you're not getting on track.

And chances are that goes pretty deep. And so this is where your thoughts and your feels is a perfect example are gonna give you insight into the things that you need to do and work through. And that is going to make you a success. That's gonna get you to the end of the program. Now, will that feel maybe like a struggle? And again, what is the,

like when you say I'm struggling, for example, what is the word? What exactly are you struggling with? And it's not just getting the foods in because okay. And let's just say this. Let's just say you for someone else who's just having a hard time getting the foods in. Make a plan. Have you written out what you're eating each day?

Are you doing any kind of meal prep? Are you buying foods that are easier for you to consume? Right. Well, what can you do to make it easy for you? And so that's where you're sitting down and thinking, okay, what do I need? And that's where we are. And so moving forward, for example,

this is where if you say, I don't know what's going on, I can't lose weight, I'm like, you tell me. You tell me why you think that you can't lose weight, and let's start there, because we got lots of things that we can help advise you on. The other thing I want to do is remind you

of the maximizing 20 questions checklist. And so this is where I, you know, you could go through this and score yourself on a scale of one to 10, where do you land on exercise? On a scale of one to 10, where do you land on consistency? On a scale of one to 10, how you doing with your sleep? And so this is where you can go through it and give yourself a bit of a reality check

and look for areas of opportunities and things you can focus on. And this is what I that that 20 questions checklist. And if you go into the file section, there's the whole printed list with like a hundred and fifty four subset questions that you can really dig into and ask yourself. And so these are the types of questions I would ask my clients before I started working with them or periodically checking in with them. And let's see where you're at with this. Let's see where you're at.

So you have a lot of resources to go through and really figure out specifically what you need to do at this point to get and keep that scale of it. Just showing up will get it done. It's just a matter of like, you know, it's going to take longer if you're not showing up and doing the things to be more proactive about it. I'm doing so well in my weekend there aren't perfect but much better than past programs. This is amazing. I love this. I love this. I haven't been as focused. The weekends and TV been on my been my struggle. The change in routine and snacking in front of the TV has become a trigger. This week is focusing on it breaking that habit. I'm still here which is an NSF, a non-scale victory for me. So this could be simply out of like, for example,

like being snowed in, not being able to do the things that you wanna do, that stress and feeling. So TV could have been a coping mechanism for you. So I know with my ex-husband, for example, he had an abusive father, and he would wake up at the middle of the nights and watch TV And eat everything in the fridge because that was like when everyone was sleeping that was his like calm place in the house

And so even when we were together he would be like up late watching TV and eating all the food in the house and That was just part of like especially when things were stressed or there was a lot going on, that would be the revert back, right? And so this is where you're looking at, okay, what is going on in my life right now? Sometimes you need to recognize, what do I got going on right now

that I've kind of reverted back to this behavior? And then that is the dealing with that. And this is where, what's really cool about the program is that you're not just asking those four questions to get in tune with your portions. Is to get in tune with when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat, be able to trust that. You're not just following this program and doing all these things to be self-aware to lose weight.

You're doing all these things to be self-aware, to get back in tune, to be able to trust your instinct, to repair your relationship with yourself, which is gonna repair your relationship with food, with other people, and you're actually changing who you are. And so this puts you in tune with everything across the board. What works in your life, what doesn't work in your life, when things are bothering you,

this is like problem solving. Now you won't have any weight to lose, but when something's bothering you, what's going on with me? What's going on in my life right now? What is triggering me? What is, you know, why do I feel like I'm struggling? Why do I have strong emotions?

Why am I, so all of this is really connecting you with yourself to have a stronger sense of self, to know what you need far beyond just what to eat and when. Is it still normal to balance a pound or two up? Yeah, I mean your weight is going to fluctuate like crazy. Even when you've lost weight and you're maintaining your weight, your weight still is going to fluctuate

because the same things that cause your weight to be up are going to continue. Lack of sleep, your body being sore, high stress, hard to digest foods, salty foods, alcohol, so many reasons your weight will be up. And of course, while you're in the pursuit of losing weight, your scale will be coming down. So it'll be going up and down and up and down.

Plus, also it's normal for your weight to go up before it goes down. Sometimes your weight can go up and down because your body's trying to detox and release fat, but you need more water. If you haven't been drinking a lot of water or not drinking enough water, that can cause that up and down

kind of bounce back effect as well. It's normal for your weight to go down and see a new low and your weight to go back up again. All of which is courses maddening. All of which is very maddening. Someone brought goldfish as an appetizer to a party. I tried them for the first time, empty calories, not tasty, dry pellets. My body craves tasty and nutritious. There is a

massive difference. Finally, finally, although calories in versus calories out has been a battle for me for sure because that's the only way to lose weight. People are now starting to realize that even when it comes down to calories, what you're eating is really important and your body processes different types of foods differently. And so for example, how many of those calories your body is absorbing, what you are eating and how the energy your body is using to process that food, the energy that you get from that food, the energy that your body is expending

from having more energy from good, nutrient-rich foods. And so you can take two people who are eating the same calorie, and one is fish crackers and triscuits and diet coke, and the other is like, I don't know, egg and vegetables and whatever, and the same calories, and your body will process them differently. Yes, balloons.

Your body will process them differently. So we're starting to realize that a calorie is not just a calorie what you are consuming absolutely matters and makes a difference and this this I'm telling you will break down into sugars because everyone's like sugar is a sugar and I'm just like mmm no it's about the nutrient value of the sugar that you're consuming so the sugar you get from actual sugar as opposed to what you get from fruit is not the same. Yes, both do affect your blood sugar, but they have different effects on the body. So it's becoming really interesting.

The science is now catching up to that. So it's not just the calories that you're eating, it's what you are eating and the energy that you're getting from those foods and what it is doing to your body when your body's breaking them down, which is really cool. I finally have that calm feeling. Even though we've had mom's 80th birthday, Valentine's Day, Family Day,

the stress about food was completely absent. This is huge. This is the goal. This is the goal because those days are going to continue. Your mom's 81st birthday will come next year. You know, Valentine's Day, Christmas Day, and we want to be able to enjoy food. This is the part of the program.

And so this is where I'm saying to you, if you're stressing about this process, which includes giving your body nutrient-rich foods and just being really good to your body, these are things you got to work on because you want to get to a place where you can actually enjoy food and enjoy your life. I like to say all the yummy bites of bits that come with life and so much beyond. Now if you're just here for a quick fix with weight loss, follow the program, do what you need to do, you'll lose the weight. But for so many people, it's so much more than that.

I went from mindfulness week to being wicked sick on sickness protocol for one and a half week. Should I go back to mindfulness to downsizing or straight to downsizing? I would, so if you've been sick, right, and don't have much of an appetite, you're kind of not going to have the effect of downsizing. And so this is where I would at very least go back to do a week like do last week's and then do like a week of stabilizing following that food plan and then then do downsizing. So maybe follow week behind.

It is more ideal if the if one because one week leads into the next leads into the next we're building on that. So downsizing in effect doesn't really have its effect in that physical way. If you unless you come from eating dissatisfaction right. So otherwise you're just eating less and that's not really it. So ideally I would go back to sort of where you left off. Now, sometimes people just don't have the capacity

and their motivation just isn't there. And yes, you're not always going to be motivated and you got to do what you need to do. What I would do is just go what feels right. Can I do the capacity to go back and pick up and go through on my own timeline? Or do I just want to jump in now and then just keep moving forward from there? So ideally picking up from where you left off But if you want to give us sort of more the particulars on that the team can help you figure that out exactly

So because one and a half weeks just takes you back to the first week of downsizing So you've got to bring it back to stabilizing. And it depends on what you've been eating up until this point. So if you've been following along, but if you haven't been following at all, then you want to do a week of stabilizing. That's my time, I gotta go. All right, I gotta go.

Yay, my connection was so much better today. That makes me so happy. So I'm flying back, literally we're packing up. We are heading out. I mean, flying back, so I'm gonna be back tomorrow with Erin Degagne. And then I'll be heading off again, but I'll be back. I'll be back.

So really excited about this week. I hope you are to really dig into it downsizing. The fact that you are here now today, no matter what you are dealing with or how you are feeling or what is going on the scale, you are going to be successful at the end. Unlike other diets that get harder and feel like a fight, you are building with the living method.

It just gets better. Yeah, there might be things a fight you are building with the living method. It just gets better Yeah, there might be things mentally that you're struggling with that come up that make it a little bit trickier for you You want to be here take time today be proud of the fact that you are here Keep showing up as long as you keep showing up. You can't mess up keep journaling Keep setting intentions keep doing end-of- reflections, keep pulling out that maximizing pose. Find that renewed sense of purpose. Evaluate your why. Sometimes your why that you start with changes as you go.

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