The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 47 - Spring 2025

Episode Date: June 6, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Spring 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 47, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2025In this episode, Gina gets real about what progress actually looks like—because it doesn’t always show up on the scale. From setting morning intentions that ground your day to recognizing the power of small wins, she reminds listeners that showing up for yourself is success in itself. Gina also breaks down why skipping meals isn't selfless, how burnout is your body waving a white flag, and why your next choice, not next Monday, can be the shift you need. Whether you're using medications like Ozempic or just feeling behind, this one’s about tuning out the noise, trusting the process, and remembering: forward is forward.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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and then we are gonna roll out our guidelines for next week. Really super cool tweak. I want you to remember with all of the tweaks that it's not just what you're doing in terms of what you are eating, it's the thoughts and the feels and the things that you are learning while you are attempting those tweaks. So downsizing less about eating less and more about the issues and associations and things that are going to pop up while you are trying to downsize, like leaving food on your plate,

like that old diet mentality, like food waste issues. And so next week, what's really cool is we are going to approach your portions from a different angle. One that takes the pressure off of you having to leave food on your plate cool is we are going to approach your portions from a different angle. One that takes the pressure off of you having to leave food on your plate and not being able to eat the rest, which can make you feel really restrictive.

The feeding the metabolism is going to be taking the same portions that you're going to eat to satisfaction for the first few days of next week and then split them in two. Now, you don't have to do it for all your meals and snacks, even just some of your meals and snacks. And you're gonna eat that first portion mindfully, asking the four mindful eating questions, and then you're gonna wait 20 minutes, 30 minutes, and eat that second portion. And you will be amazed at how,

when you can have that second portion, in fact, you have to have at least a few token bites of that second portion, even if you're not hungry, how that takes the pressure off. And your mind just thinks completely different because you're not in that restrictive mode. Anyway, I don't wanna get too much into that tweak next week. You probably have a lot of questions about it.

It's a week that people can be really reactive to because now you have to think even more about what to eat and when, but all of the thinking, all of the work that you are doing while you are following the program, bigger picture is going to feed into you being able to maintain and sustain your weight. Again, I'm already assuming you've lost your weight. You're going to reach your goal. It's really about acquiring the tools and the skills and the self-awareness and understanding to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. So all of this putting you in tune with when to eat, really being super clear on your hunger cues, what to eat, understanding how you feel after

eating certain foods, which is also something that we're going to get into next week. We're going to separate your proteins from your carbs to help you understand how protein and fat just hits differently. It feeds into your satiety hormones, makes you feel more satisfied, also gives you energy but in a different way from your carbs and then of course how much to eat and that comes in with those four steps of mindful eating. At this point in the program they can feel a little monotonous, continue asking those four questions. Again that is because once you're done losing your weight, you put time into solidifying your weight, we want you to just live your life and know the minute that you, if you

take one more bite, you're going to overeat or really being confident that you're still hungry and you need more so that even if you're going to overeat, it's going to be a conscious choice because you're going to be so aware that if I choose to eat a few more bites, I'm going to walk away feeling full. So bigger picture with all of this and that's what the tweaks are about. Now, before we get into the tweak next week

or even the tweak this week, if for whatever reason you can't downsize or you can't split up your meals and snacks, just what you are doing alone with the basic food plan and being in tune to those portions, being mindful of stress, trying to get better sleep, move your body, that is already doing so much. Even just the kinds of foods that you're following on the program are helping strengthen digestion. They are helping to decrease inflammation.

So sometimes this far into the program, it can seem like you're not really doing a lot when in reality you're already doing so much just by following the basic food plan. So if you just follow the basic food plan, you would eventually lose your weight. It's gonna take a little bit longer because the tweaks are designed to kind of keep things moving forward,

to build on the previous week, to help you dig deeper and to help you level up even more. So time to reconnect with my goals, meaning do all the things that will get me there. Haven't been getting prepared to leave my house with my veggies. I'm out of kale, which I've been shoving into my mouth as I walk out the door. I made a simple green cabbage slaw last night and my body sang with joy. Help me reconnect with my body in this kind of crazy busy time with my mom. Shake your tits, it's Friday ladies. I love that. Okay, this.

I check in with myself every day. And the days that I don't, it just seems like it's chaos. Before I get out of bed, especially if I'm like, the first thing I'm gonna do is reach for my phone and my mind is already racing about the million things I need to do. I make myself lie in my bed and I close my eyes and I'm like, okay,

deep breath in, let me ground myself, let me connect up. And let me take a minute to just feel my breath, to think about my day, but not in a chaotic way. So I'll think about, okay, so I have to go to this place, I'm going to get there safely. And this meeting is going to go the way I want it to go. And throughout the day, I'm going to feel calm or joyful, or kind of set my intention for the day, right? This day, just like I do before I sit down. I'm like, what is my intention sitting here? What is my message? What is it?

So today my message is like, okay, let's reconnect. Let's rally going into this weekend. Now you think that's more of a Monday energy, but I'm like, let's do this on a Friday, right? Heading into the weekend, because this is the reality is when this is when things start to fall apart for people. They're really great. Monday, they get back at it.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, crushing it. And then this is where things start to go off the rails. Sometimes because we've done so well during the week, we think we have that wiggle room. And so this is about reconnect, getting back at it, understanding that there's still a lot of time because you're going to have to put the time in that you're going to need to put in

regardless of when the end of the program is because you want to keep going until you reach your goals. So I do this every day. And whether I have something big coming up or just a regular day, or I kind of feeling how I feel. I want a calm day, I want a super fun day, I want a day where I'm like productive,

and I don't go into too much detail, I just set the tone for my day and I kind of visualize going through my day. And on days I do that, oh my goodness, it's a game changer. And this is what's setting your intentions and end of day reflections. Tony was just telling me that this group in particular, we have more and more people using the app, more people using the app than ever before and continuing to check in. And there are a lot of studies that talk about if you are journaling every day or you are checking in every

day, chances are you are going to be more successful. You're going to be more successful if you do it with somebody else or you do something like this within a community that makes you more successful. But chances are, because that makes you more likely to continue to show up. And so things like journaling and using the Libby Method app or setting your intention each day and then the day reflection, it helps you bring the things that you need to focus on to the forefront of your mind

so you're more likely to do them. And this is where things can fall apart on the weekend. If you just like your routine is off, you don't have that same routine. So every day I'm connecting with myself. How am I feeling? Right, where am I at? Like today I was feeling a little down

because yesterday I got into the studio and we're here now, we're at the studio. I'll show you this. So if you missed it yesterday, got into the studio and we're here now we're at the studio. I'll show you. So if you missed it yesterday, there's the team out there. We're shooting a bunch of fun new videos for the program. I love, I love first of all, working with my team in a live setting and kind of like creating and, and, um, shooting new videos. Cause I used to work in television. So I love doing it. So of course I didn't sleep all the night before yesterday. It was a high energy today day. And then today I woke up and I felt a little. So of course I didn't sleep all the night before. Yesterday was a high energy day. And then today I woke up and I felt a little bit kind of down.

And I was like, am I just down or am I just tired? And then I realized, I'm just relaxed. But off the high energy day yesterday, I just feel relaxed about it today. And of course tomorrow I'm going to be at the Healthy Women's Show, so it was a lot I had going on. So check in with yourself and meet yourself where you're at. That doesn't just, that's just like, that'll help you in life, but especially when it comes to focusing on the things

that you need to do for the program. So like your snacks, for example, you would never dream, if you have children, you would never even think about leaving the house without snacks for your kids. Like if you had a baby and you were, had a bottle, bottle feeding, you would never even think about leaving the house without snacks for your kids. Like if you had a baby and you had a bottle, bottle feeding, you would never leave the house without a bottle for your baby. If you had young kids, you'd never leave the house without snacks for your kids. And so why do we leave the house without food for ourselves? And it's great that we live a life of convenience that hopefully like we have a food service here all day today.

So there's like food all day long. That's great, but that's not how it usually is. Right, so throwing some nuts and seeds in your purse, or making sure you're bringing your water bottle, or grabbing a banana, or an orange, or an apple, something that you can grab and bring with you and make all the difference. And so it's never too late to reconnect and regroup,

and be like, what do I need? What do I need? Stress is really taking a toll on my body right now. I've barely any appetite and feeling completely burnt out. Start of the day outside meditating and try to go into work. You know, Cynthia Loist who joined us, if you're new to the program,

so Cynthia Loist, you might know her from, she's one of the hosts on the social and national show here in Canada. And she joined us last week to talk about burnout. She's actually gonna to be joining us again and burnout is different from burnout is different than maybe what you're going on with menopause or even stress like there's stress and then there's just burnout or you just you're just done and it's hard to get a handle on that and so going out meditating getting outside even if you

don't feel it comes with, that motivation comes with action. We're waiting to be motivated to take action. Oh, I just forgot I'm not even on wifi. I love this. I love this for you. So burnout is a burnout is a different beast. My point is if you go to our, if you go to our podcast, the Libby method and search burnout, you can listen to that conversation with Cynthia from our last group.

It's a good one, I highly suggest. Burnout is no joke, man. And it takes a while to recover from burnout. Start the day meditating and trying to go into work, feeling relaxed. Yeah, and don't forget your deep breathing throughout the day, or maybe get up, walk around, go outside if you can, right?

I love the set up in the morning, and then what can you do to build on that? Take in five to 10 minutes in the morning before I start my day to just breathe and have some calm time before the busy day starts this huge week. That's it. And then that's it.

And so that's what you wanna do throughout the day. And what happens is the day gets busy. Of course you guys know this, right? And then next thing you know, you're like, what the fuck happened? What happened with my day? And then you take on that stress and then this is where we're going for that glass of wine at night

or trying to stay up and watch TV. For me, that's sort of like, and I'm brutal because for example, I'm up, if I'm busy during the day, I didn't get my work done, so I'm still on my phone working, trying to get work done and all of that. And then finally I'm putting it down 10 30, 1145. And I feel like I haven't had any downtime. So then this is what I start to put on a TV show or whatever, right? Because I'm not building in that time to stress the fuck out during the day, like Alana McGinn.

While I'm at it, definitely go back and listen to that sleep series, especially if you're new to the program, because sometimes we're having these conversations in real time. They might not be resonating with you because you're focused on other things. It's a great idea to go back and listen to any of our guest expert segments in the app. So I love the app. If you're not using the app, it's not too late to start using the app. It's not just tracking things. Yeah, you can track, send intentions, it guides, you can refer to the day's post. It also has a guide section that has all of our guest expert segments in it. So you can go back and listen to any of those.

All right, let's scroll down in the comments here today, which are finally working well. One thing I think at the end of the day, did I have a bad day or did I have a bad five minutes that turn into the entire story of my day? I call this chasing cars, Jackie. I'm the same, I can have the best day and then one small thing happens,

or I go online and read something and then I'm like Spiraling I'm like totally spiraling and chasing this car Like a dog chases cars, I've never seen a dog chase a car like in real life I don't know if that's a real thing But I'm call it chasing cars with my brain goes to like this one thing rather than all these amazing things That are happening which reminds me of that one thing. Let me address it right now. So it's interesting. We had Elizabeth Maither join us as our first real people, real journey conversation a couple weeks ago. And so Elizabeth has lost 152 pounds. And if you haven't heard her story, I would

definitely go back and watch it. That is stored in the guides as well. And her bio, if you want to read. So she signed up, did her first couple of programs, was successful with the Libby method, and then life happened, things got in the way. Her doctor suggested, because she had so much to lose, either doing a gastric bypass surgery or taking some of the weight loss medications. So she started taking the weight loss medications and started to lose weight a little bit, whatever, and then she realized, why don't I do both?

Gina's program would be great, and she's right. And so she's had this amazing story and she's absolutely lovely, and we posted a couple clips on Instagram and Facebook. And I was surprised at the people who were so disappointed in me because I agree with weight loss medications. People were shocked. they were disappointed,

so disappointed in Eugenia, and confused. And I don't see why. So I wanna make it very clear, taking weight loss medications is not a diet. Taking weight loss medications is not a lifestyle. It can be a game changer for a variety of reasons. One, that food noise. Two, to help with appetite. But they're also realizing there's so many other benefits. It's just like I wasn't ever opposed. How is it any different from gastric bypass?

Which is interesting because I asked Dr. Sean Wharton on Wednesday, if you missed it, another great conversation, obesity expert about is, are these medications going to replace gastric bypass? Where people were literally risking their lives. But people who choose to go on weight loss medications and gastric bypass or wherever they choose to do, that's like a very serious decision that they're making. And I'm assuming they're having an informed decision with their healthcare providers. And so I don't know why anyone would be shocked that I would be supportive,

just like I've had clients for years who have had gastric bypass, and it doesn't help them make the choices that they need to make, doesn't help them show up every day and make those choices, it doesn't help them work through their issues and associations tied into food, it doesn't help them with their habits,

it doesn't help them with their beliefs of feeling worthy, it doesn't help them with their habits. It doesn't help them with their beliefs of feeling worthy. It doesn't help them with past traumas at all. So I just want to say out loud for the people in the back who might be disappointed or shocked or confused, I don't see why. I am all on board. And I think people are disappointed and shocked and confused because of the conversations

around celebrities who are already thin, trying to get thinner. But that's not real life and that's not the majority of people. So I was chasing that car. I was chasing that car. But I just wanna say this is a very safe space for anyone who is just trying their best to lose weight

even if they have medical intervention. So I wanna be very clear. I don't even understand what one has to do with another. I think the Libby Method is exactly the kind of program. And here's what I want to say about that. Finally, I think that and then just bear with me. I think that weight loss is like skin care. You'll have people who want to do the Kim Kardashian,

the who, what, whatever. What's her name? Kardashian, the mom who looks amazing, by the way. You might not think so, but I'm going to do all the things. I don't care if I look like a different person, but that's just me totally. To each his own, there are people who are going to get a face lift, right? They're going to get that surgery, just like gastric bypass is a surgery. There are people who are going to do Botox and shots and injections, just like people getting the shots for Zephyg.

The majority of people are just going to want to use good skincare, right? They're just going to want to lose weight through eating healthy and whatnot. So to each his own, we all belong at the end of the day. Let's get back to you guys. But I did want to make that clear. Major non-skilled Victor here. Hi, Dave. I've spent almost every day of the last three weeks visiting in the hospital. Not once did I buy a donut, pastry, and Timmy's only coffee. Packed snacks every day. And one day I had to buy a banana. Realized this morning how awesome it is. Man, can we just like take a minute is so not easy.

First of all, the hospital, and I just have mad respect for everyone who works in a hospital, it's not the most, just the lights alone are draining. The energy and vibe in there is draining. And it's not an easy thing to keep up your energy because you have to show up for people who are there. You have to bring them good energy.

And if you're not feeling good, it's very hard to do that. And it's so easy to go to that vending machine or go to Tim's and get the thing and, you know, eat the chips and the chocolate and survive, or not eat anything and survive on coffee. So first of all, Dave, you know, I adore you and I'm sending you tons of love. And yeah, fucking right. That's a huge, massive, non-scaled victory. That's

a huge, this is why this is so much more than weight loss, because it's not how you're showing up when everything is sunshine and rainbows. It's how you're showing up and shit is hitting the fan. When life is smacking you in the face, these are the changes that you are making. You are changing who you are, how you are showing up for yourself and what you're thinking about. Hey, in this moment, if I'm here to take care of someone else, I've got to take care of myself first. So I love that for you.

I've been so off track this whole program. That's okay. I'm not tracking. I've not been connecting with the community. I've been eating things that do not align with my goal. My weight has gone up, but after a big non-scale victory this weekend, achieving my green belt in karate, yes, good for you, that's huge. I decided it was time to reconnect.

I had been back on track since Tuesday and the scale was moving down, almost two pounds, no cake, no glass of wine, no chippies, and more importantly, feeling good and be able to move. Let's normalize this. Let's normalize this. You signed up for a 91 day program. My diet, lifestyle, whatever you want to call it,

is no different than anything else you've ever done to make change. You started, you keep doing it until you reach your goal. Life is going to make it more difficult for you. You're gonna have some times where you're gonna be busier than others, where something has to give and it's gonna be you. This 91 day structure has a lot of benefit,

but it can also stress you out and thinking you've got to fit in this 91 day box. What I like is that it gives you opportunity to reflect back on the previous 91 day, or it gives you a fresh start on the next 91 day. So you can kind of like break your journey down into digestible chunks of time. And so we need to normalize this.

We need to normalize that there is benefit in showing up, even just to watch the segments with our guest experts, even if you don't do it anything. There is benefit in being part of the community, even if you're not crushing your goals. There is benefit in all the things that you're learning, even if you're, that's it. You got, it's like you're reading a book. You got no time for anything else. So, so let's normalize this. Let's normalize this because that is really huge. And now you're like, okay, maybe I have a little bit more capacity to focus on this. Or now you realize how they both really work together, right?

So let's normalize that. Normalize that. Back at my old job at a huge non-scale victory, able to walk upstairs, carry a backpack, vacuum walk over 10k every day. I'm so thankful for myself for joking the Gina for joining the Gina Libby program. I changed my life and things like this reaffirm my why as I find my age sometimes takes over and I'm turning 62 high DD. I want to enjoy physically as much as I can. Happy Friday. It is never too late and this is what this is about. If you're not happy in your body,

you're probably not happy in your life. And it's the choices that you've made and the way that you're living that made you a byproduct of that. And so you have to make these lifestyle changes. You can't just do what you did before. You can't show up how you did before. You can't think how you thought before.

And you definitely don't wanna feel how you felt before either You can't think how you thought before. And you definitely don't want to feel how you felt before either. And so that's why all of these little changes that you're doing, and that's why these tweaks that we are doing each week are so much more than just the physical part of the food part. Yes, helping you get more in tune to your actual portions. Yes, creating and establishing a routine

that body can rely on, but more than that, is changing the way your brain is wired because your body gets wired a certain way physically. We know that, that's science now, that's studying hands down. We know set point is a real thing. And your brain also gets wired in a way that's trying to protect you. It has learned to survive and function a certain way.

And that's like that food noise that people talk about. That is so ingrained. That's from starting, that's when you're, someone says something to you when you're six years old about your weight or that makes a comment on the amount of food that you're eating and that internal dialogue just starts and you just build that and build it and build it and build it and build it and build it and build it. And then that just becomes your internal dialogue. That food noise is so strong.

How do you change that? By capturing it, canceling, correcting it by changing your thoughts. That's a lot of hard work, right? Changing how your body functions and changing how your brain functions. But that's what the systematic nature of the Libby method does, right? And so that's why the small things that you're doing that you think are making a difference just in showing up and thinking about it and thinking differently. That's making that change, right?

That's making, I'm so happy too, Dee Dee, I'm so happy for you as well. It's not an easy thing to do because especially we take a look back where we're like, oh my God, I got so many things I gotta change. But in reality, there's not a lot of things to do. It's the small things that you're,

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That can be a sign your weight's about to drop. I understand the concept of a plateau, but still feeling frustrated with down 30 pounds until a plateau. So 30 pounds is a lot of weight. So I don't know if this is your second program. That means you lost 30 pounds in your first. That's a lot.

That's a lot. So it could be your body saying, Hey, just wait a minute. But that is like eight weeks is kind of like, okay, now what's going on? So what, what's changed? What's changed? Where are you at? What's changed in your environment? Anything, any high stress change in sleep, Maybe you changed your job, change in routine,

change in hours that you're working, right? What changed in medication? Maybe you've been dealing with some sicknesses, like there's a lot of flus and shit going around, colds this season still coming around to people. What's been going on? Are there other reasons for a plateau? Right? Have you started working out? Is your body changing, you're noticing, but the weight isn't dropping, right? Are you trying to keep your portions small

when now your metabolism might be higher and you need a little bit more? So that's one thing you want to do, right? And then if you really are doing all the things, you're following that maximizing post and you can't see your reason why your weight isn't budging, then probably it is time. And that two pounds up is a sign that your weight is on the way down. Also feeding the metabolism is a great week for that.

Feeding the metabolism is like, cause you're going to be eating more often. That's a great week. That's a break. I wouldn't be surprised. Check back with me, but I wouldn't be surprised if you can't find any other reason that your weight actually starts moving with our, with our feeding the metabolism, that's usually what does that. That's usually what does it, especially after a plateau, your body's like, okay, it's good timing.

Let me know. Keep me updated. But you're allowed to feel like that. But first of all, let's just say that's amazing. And so 30 pounds lost, 30 pounds maintained for eight weeks. Also really great, and I'll tell you why. Because that is eight weeks of your body adjusting to the weight that you've lost.

Eight weeks of making this 30 pound loss, your new norm, your new set point. Right, so your body is now adjusting homeostasis, your hormones around that, your blood flow, your metabolism, your heart rate, all of that is now being factored in. That's your new, that's your new, new weight. Right? So that in itself is huge.

Even if you didn't lose one pound, that is work. That in itself is like that. That is gold. That is gold. Hi, Terry. Dealing with emotional stress is so difficult because it follows you everywhere you go has left my body feeling stuck after I was doing so well still following a plan that feels absolutely so different now too. I mean, we talked to we talked to Dr. Alinka about this,

and this is where people think, you know, how do hormones aren't my problem. And it's interesting, we talked to Dr. Alinka, we finishing up the two part series and she talks about stress. And she used to think that sleep was like, that was like the thing, because sleep obviously helps with your cortisol and your insulin and your hunger hormones and all that, but really stress. Stress does a real number on the body.

And it's not the stress itself, it's the inability to recover from the stress. So if you're feeling that chronic stress all the time, that you're never getting that, you're never getting relief from the stress. So it's not the stress, it's the inability for your body to calm down and for the stress. And then it feels heightened sense of awareness. And then it needs all that extra stored fat because what if you need, you need an adrenaline kick and you got to dip into those fat reserves really quick because you're always walking around, you're on edge, you're stressed, you're like, ah.

Right? So the little things you can do, and sometimes we need permission to do this, say no. Say no. Get up early in the morning, go for a walk. Nobody has woken up early and been tired and dragged themselves out for a walk and regretted it. You'll come back every time being like, okay. Right. And I hate the word, I stopped using the word prioritize yourself

because after my conversations with Dr. Dena and Dr. Beverly, what the fuck does that mean anyway? Prioritize yourself, make space for yourself, make a plan for yourself, right? Create some non-negotiables for you in this hard time for you right? Create some non-negotiables for you in this hard time for you. What are your non-negotiables? That if you have to put other people and other things above your needs, what are you holding space for you?

What are some non-negotiables for you? This is something with Rainey, for example. So Rainey, I talked to her on Tuesday for our Real People, Real Journey, made a commitment to herself to walk every day since January. And she's now on day 156 or day 157. I know it's crazy, I'm keeping track. And that's her time.

And it's beyond just the exercise and getting steps in when it's done for her mind. Right? So not an easy thing to do. Not an easy thing to do for sure. First time I had a real treat because I wanted it, I went to school a fun night and totally enjoyed an ice cream. No guilt, loved it. Scaled and not budge either. Yes, this, this is why I'm so glad

that you had that ice cream. This is why it's not always about being perfect because what did you learn? You learned that you had an ice cream, you made a conscious choice. Not should I have it, shouldn't I have it, shouldn't I have it, shouldn should I have it shouldn't have it shouldn't have it shouldn't have it. Oh my god, I had it. You had it. No guilt. No. Oh my god. Why do you eat that? Oh my god. I'm a loser. I'm never

ever going to be able to lose this weight. I'm a loser. I'm never gonna lose this weight. Um, this is funny. Um, but not funny. You know what I'm saying? And then berated yourself and and start to deprive and punish yourself the next day, right? So but now you know you had the ice cream and now you know it didn't make it, that's it. That's it, it's not gonna stop you from reaching your goal. To learn that, like that is huge. Not that I'm saying everyone should go out

and make it a free for all, but that's why if you are berating yourself still about, that if your go to is to berate yourself when you have the ice cream, not to learn about why did I make that choice? How did it make me feel? What happens in my mind after? What is my response the next day?

Whoa, I got some diet dialogue happening in my brain still. I need to work on that. Or you learn that you had it, you enjoyed it, and that's it. And so you move it along. And so that was the part that really, that's the part that is detrimental. It's not having the thing,

it's then the aftermath, the spiraling. So if you have one ice cream cone, and then you go home, and you're like, oh my God, I ruined everything, so let me also then eat a bag of chips, and try to like eat everything I can tonight, because tomorrow I'm gonna starve myself to make up for the fact that I did this, right. So then I'm going to punish myself for the next

couple of days. That overeating and then that followed by the under eating. That's a recipe for weight gain. Right. So this is great. Are you okay today? You look a little different. Your eyes are missing the spark. Is this the? Yeah, I'm fucking tired. I'm exhausted. I was in the studio. So this this week, we're working on new scripts. I have a thing coming up. I have had a lot going on in the last month. So I am absolutely fucking exhausted. I'm also sleeping downtown Toronto. So we're staying here and I I the place that we're staying is lovely, but it's on the corner of a main street. And

I'm like, I like I'm a small town. Like I got coyotes in my backyard and geese and we have ambulances and stuff. So yeah, I'm not sleeping great. So thank you. But I'm also relaxed. I also relax. So I had a really super high energy day yesterday.

You know, here's what I'm in a, what I call my fuck it mode. Fuck it. Fuck it, I am doing the best I can, right? And a lot of times I put a lot of pressure on myself every day to, you know, kind of help everybody and I got to this and I got to be the best mom and I have to do this.

And so I'm in my, it's kind of like my relaxed fuck it mode rather than I'm like jacked up thinking about a million things I got to do more. But thank you. Thank you. I am I'm fucking tired for sure. I'm fucking tired. Going into the weekend after really busy and stressful like many, like many of you, right, like many of you, like, are we all just fucking tired at the end of the day?

I mean, I have I have of you, like, aren't we all just fucking tired at the end of the day? I have no complaints, though, because I love what I'm doing. Things are really good. But it has been a lot. I'm also coming off, as you guys know, because it's TMI all the time, a pretty stressful last month was, you know, our week where we almost had to put our dog down. Literally, we had, you know, we had a kid coming out of rehab, we had to get set up. We had my birthday, Mother's Day, we had the anniversary of my kid's dad dying,

my son had two prompts, we had, like there was so much going on, incredibly amazing stuff. And then also like it was a gut wrenching month for a variety of reasons. And so I list now it's June. That's June. So I'm probably like a little tired from that. I'm a little tired than that, right?

But everyone, we all have our own stuff going on, right? Burnout is no joke. I would say it took me two years to recover after I retired to feel normal again. I love that you shared that Joanne to Joanne. I love that you shared that because burnout is a real thing. And so it's interesting because we had Cynthia, we had, another one of the things that I did was at a conference last weekend, because I'm doing some research on putting together our own conference and Cynthia Lois was there. So I had an opportunity to connect with her in person and she was doing a talk on burnout because she had to come on. And one of the

questions she's got was like, how do you know it's popping up again? Right. And this is where we need to bring awareness to like, okay, what can we do? What can we do to help? And then how do we get better recognizing it when we're pushing the envelope again, right? When we're pushing that a little bit. And when we're pushing the envelope again, right? When we're pushing that a little bit. And that's that part of awareness too, right? It's not just damage control all the time, it's that prevention piece.

It's that prevention piece. Do do. There are many moments of overwhelm of having so much information in a short time and trying to apply, check oneself on any of all the check boxes, what's the best way to navigate through those? Well, this is such a great question. And you know, I've been thinking about this, to be honest with the program that I offer,

because it started, this is my 25th program. And I just kind of like my first group, for example, my first group was free. I just did a shout out, who wants to do mine? So I knew, so let me tell you a little bit of the story about how this Friday of our new members, how this came about. So I've been helping people lose weight for over 30 years. And that was before I needed to lose weight myself.

And that's kind of how I created the living method is that I had spent years helping other people lose weight. And then I ended up gaining over 150 pounds and then eating less and exercising more wasn't working for me. And so that sent me on a mission to figure out why, why I'm supposed to eat less, exercise more, I'm eating less, I'm exercising way more. And not only did I not lose weight, I was gaining weight. Now I know it was high stress, lack of sleep, working like three jobs, trying to put myself through university at the same time.

Anyway, so I became quite good at helping other people lose weight and I created a business out of it. And so I got very busy. I think at one point I was juggling like 50 personal clients a month and where people were texting me all day and I'm meeting with people and all of that.

And I had this opportunity, I met with a friend who works in television and they're like, hey, we should turn what you do into this big infomercial program. We'll sell it all over the world. We're gonna make tons of money. And I was like, mm, okay. And I'd worked in television.

So this is although anyone would have jumped at this opportunity. I was like, I don't know, like, I know I have something special. And I know people will have questions because it's different than what the diet industry is offering. And so I went home that night after that meeting, and I sat down with Tony, and I said, like, this is such a great opportunity for me, except I feel like I don't want this to be my, my like, my one chance to get my program that I know is gonna help people out to the world. Because if I don't do it right, it could just be a flop.

And I think it'll be a flop because people have questions. And so I'm like, why don't I start a Facebook group and see how people, if people can learn it en masse online. Cause I knew one-on-one, I could help anyone lose weight. So I started this Facebook support group overnight and I expected a few people to sign up and had 484, I think people signed up. And then I was like, fuck, now I need to figure out

how to help people, 400 and something people lose weight. And I I was like, fuck, now I need to figure out how to help people, 400 something people this way. And I would just show up randomly. Like it was chaos. There was no app. There was no structure. There were no set live times. I would literally go on live sometimes and sit there for three hours and I would work on my own. Hey, how's it going? Got a question? Like it was craziness. And slowly it evolved into this structure and this program that I offer now. And so a lot of this has been built in. The program is originally $60. If you can imagine the value of that, I think it's like 40 bucks US. And I wanted people to pay money to buy in because at the time you could just join a Facebook group and

you have all these people taking up my time who weren't really interested or really like wanting to do the work and ready. And so I was like, I'm going to charge people like a buy-in fee. And of course now it's not just me, I have 43 people on my team and it's become so much bigger. And so the information has just been built and built and built and built. And actually my full transparency, my mission for this program in particular is to think about the customer experience, to think about how you feel while following it. And there is a lot of it. This is my point. So one day I wanted you to understand

how I got here. So it was about trying to answer all the questions for everyone. It's about my personal need to help everybody and to have all the answers. And so now I want to take a look at the information. It is a lot. It's a lot of information. It's not all meant for you, right? Because there are 26,000 people following along. Some people are worried. Some people are pregnant trying to lose weight. Some people are worried about fertility issues. There's men, there's women, there's, you know, people have their own health issues that they're dealing with. And so this is where you have to get good at like, what's for me, and what's not for me? And what time do I have? And what resources work best? And this is where we

had a really great conversation, you might have missed it with Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer in the beginning of the program. I would highly go and search that segment out. It's in the, it's in the guides where she talks about, maybe you just use the Facebook support group, or maybe you just use the app, or maybe you can't listen to all the lives, so you just listen to the guest expert lives, right? You have to choose what you're going to do to stay connected every day. So maybe it's popping into Facebook support group, set your intention on the check-in

post, watch the check-in video. That's it. Remember when it comes to the information, the only thing you really need to pay attention to is those guidelines. But this, I can give you all the tips. This isn't about me. This is about you. And chances are, this is how you function in life.

You function in life with needing to do all the things. And chances are, if you're not doing all the things, you feel like you're not doing enough. So this is about the stress that you are putting on yourself to do all the things. So this isn't really about me giving you tips. This is about you understanding why am I like that? Why is, you know, just doing the things that I have

time for? Why is that not enough? Why am I feeling all the stress? Because Gina says all I have to do is read those guidelines once a week, right? It's beneficial to check in, see what's going on. It's beneficial to listen to the guest experts because those are just worth the price of admission alone, my goodness. We know that keeping a journal or using the app is going to keep you better on track. You're more likely to continue to do the things that you know you need to do. If you keep forgetting to eat lunch, set an alarm. So you have to know you, you have to know you

and what are the things that you need to focus on and do? How can you best support yourself? But in terms of the overwhelm, that is the pressure that you are putting on yourself. Even if you just half-assed it, even if you just watched the videos and did nothing, like I said, that's a benefit, right? Even if you just went through the program and didn't take any action, and

you're like, let me just see how this all works and how this might fit into my day so that when I sign up in the fall, I can have an understanding of how it all comes together in a calm way rather than trying to figure it out in real time. Right. So so this is really, you know, I know you want tips, but this is you sitting down and being like, Okay, what's my deal here? Why am I feeling overwhelmed?

It's great for the $99 or if you're lucky enough, $75 that I paid for this program, there's a shit fucking ton of information. This is incredible. But what is going to be beneficial for me? So the guidelines are non-negotiable. Have to read those because that's the instructions. The check-ins will keep me aligned and keep me up to date with everything that I need

that's going on, so I can be aware of what's for me and what's for not. The guest experts are definitely a huge value. Learning is always amazing. Learning is always, there's always a benefit in that. So that's where there's that. And that's part of how we started this conversation today is just checking where you're at, regrouping,

reconnecting. So this is an opportunity for you to be like, okay, so this is how I feel six weeks in. This is how I've been showing up and I've been showing up feeling like I'm not doing enough, putting that pressure on myself. Why? Just showing up. And even if you didn't do anything, it's amazing. You're showing up for yourself, you're self-aware, right? So what is happening in your brain? So this is a

capture cancel corrected every time you think you're not doing enough and like hey I had a busy ass day today. I got a lot done and if I'm not happy with how I showed up how can I show up better for myself tomorrow? So I like setting intentions but let me just give you this tip. Your intentions shouldn't do shouldn't be a to-do list that stresses you out. Your intention can be like, you know what? I'm gonna try just being in the moment today. I'm gonna take a deep breath in before I eat today.

I'm gonna not try to do all the things today. I'm gonna pick one thing today and do that, right? And then I want you to do the end of day reflection, where at the end of the day, I want you to assess how your day was, not in a negative way, not put pressure on yourself, not judge yourself, not score yourself. I want you to point out what you did really well today.

And so that will train your brain to look at the things that you are doing as being like, Oh my God, that's amazing. I did that. Right. So I don't know if that helps, but I'm like you. And the reason why I'm sharing this is because I'm like, if I'm not doing a million things, am I doing anything? And then I put my stress, I put pressure on'm like, if I'm not doing a million things, am I doing anything? And then I put my stress, I put pressure on myself

because I'm not doing this, not doing that, meanwhile I'm doing a million other things, right? So, but that's how I function in life. And so that's where I have to like, that's where it comes down to me in the morning being like, okay, what's my intention today? Because if I don't calm myself and set my intention for the day and take that time in the morning,

it's fucking chaos because I'm all over the place. I'm all over the place. Um... You guys are talking about a turd up Dairy Queen. Summertime, 26,000. I heard that stat the other day when I was walking and listening to one of the segments and it stopped me in my tracks.

Yeah, our community. So we think about there's such a small group of people who are vocal and I love our vocal members. They create the community, but there's so many people who feel like they are part of something because of those of you who share, ask questions. So I just wanna take a minute before I check out on Friday.

Thank you. Thank you for showing up with me every day. I love doing this. I love doing this even when my life is chaotic. I love doing this. This helps me in life be grounded and make no mistake, I may not be losing weight, but I'm right here with you

trying to work towards my goals as well. I hope everyone has a super fantastic fucking weekend. Make a plan for yourself. Think about how you want to feel on Monday. Maybe your plan is be in the moment. Maybe your plan is eat all the things and not care. Make a plan for yourself. Think about your weekend.

Remember if you're keeping your shit together, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but start to fall apart, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, that's almost half the week, half the week that you're trying to play catch up on, right? So get caught up in the segments this week. Pop into the group at any time. Let us know if you have any questions.

My, here's my thing I got to say about next week's tweet. If you read over the tweet and your first time member and your body goes like, good, good, good. Cause that means that there is so much for you to learn and do and work through next week. Remember these weeks are not meant to punish you. They're meant to bring up the fields, to see things from a different perspective because that is how you make change.

Thanks everyone, have an amazing day. I will see you on Monday. I'll check in during the weekend, but I'll see you on Monday. Bye. Oh, also I'm gonna be at the Women's Healthy Living Show Saturday. So tomorrow, you wanna come join me 9.15 in the morning. I'm gonna hit the stage.

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