The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 47 - Winter 2024

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 47, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024Topics covered:We're happy you're here! Wherever you are at on the Program, ask all the questions as you move forward!Weight loss is based on momentum.What to do when you have reached your goal weight.Should I be worried if my weight has been slow to lose?The small things you do really add up!The backend of the program is a great time to dig deep. There is a lot of time left to lose the weight!Old habits die hard which is why it's important to be proud of yourself and celebrate all of the small changes.Movement matters! Getting your steps in daily can help you feel great.Check out our Expert discussions! Our guests are amazing and the conversations will help you level up!Finding the glimmers of joy in the small things that matter.These small moments will save you.It doesn’t have to be messy! There is a start and an end, and you get to decide how you frame the middle.Leaning into and noticing our difficult patterns can reveal how we sometimes make things harder for ourselves.The Queen of Making Things Hard.Doing the imperfect, perfectly!Will I lose the weight even with all my health issues?When you have hope, you can see where you are going.You showed up today and we are sending big love out to anyone struggling with life!There is never a silly question! We are here to support so please ask all of the questions you need to!It's hard to break old coping mechanisms.Going beyond the A-Ha moment.Hydration levels will fluctuate for many reasons. Here's when trace minerals may help.Don't get stuck on what worked in the past; bring Fresh Eyes to your current situation.If you are having a hard time getting the scale to move, dig deep into the upcoming tweaks!It's so much more than what you eat and when. Gina shares some final thoughts for the weekend ahead.To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on Acast, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple,

and Amazon Music. New year, new me. Season is here, and honestly, we're already over it. Enter Felix, the healthcare company helping Canadians take a different approach to weight loss this year. Weight loss is more than just diet and exercise. It can be about tackling genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix gets it. They connect you with licensed healthcare practitioners online who'll create a personalized treatment plan that pairs your healthy lifestyle with a little help and a little extra support. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X dot C-A. Hello and happy day 47 of the program. Also, happy Friday if you're following along in current time with our winter program. Now,

I say that because we have so many people who have fallen behind for whatever reason. It happens. It's so normal. Maybe you signed up, you got into the program, you're like, whoa, this is a lot. And you know, you just had a hard time keeping up. It's not too late for you. The program can be done on your own timeline. You can follow along with the app through the 91 days you have access to the Facebook support group after it's done. You have a whole team of people right here, right now, ready to help you. And we are only on week six of the program, only on week six. So many people get behind or are following behind because things happen in life. Maybe you are sick. Maybe you have to travel. You're away. Maybe you just want to enjoy a vacation without having

to worry about your weight and what you're eating and when it's just so normal. So the easiest way to do that is to follow along with your app because in the app, when you follow along day to day to day, like say you, you know, today's day 47, say tomorrow I'm going on vacation. I'm like, I love you, Gina, but I do not want to be worrying about what I'm eating, not tracking nothing. I'm just going to go. I'm going to have fun. Great. When you come back a week later, you pick up on day 48 of the program. So if you haven't been using your app, you're going to open up your app.

It's going to go to the next day and you can start tracking and then follow along. You can watch the check-in videos. You can listen to the lives or you can watch them because they link directly to the Facebook support group. All the posts will be there for you to review. And then you can ask all the questions that you want. Right? The team is not going to say to you, Oh my gosh, where you been? How come you haven't been following along? We're not going to say that we're just we one thing that we don't do here is we don't assume

where you are at or what you know. So we are just happy to answer your questions from wherever you are in the program. It's not like you're like you ask a question from the first week, we're going to be like, you should know this. And how come you're only on week one, we don't care. We're just happy that you're here. We're just happy that you are here. So make sure you ask all the questions that you need. It's the weekend. I hope you're not nervous about that. However, here's what I'm going to say. The back end of the program is where the magic happens. This is where everything is aligning, You know, you're in tune to your body. Your body doesn't want this fat. The tweaks we're going to be making each week are super cool.

They're really going to keep things progressing. So you want to keep your weekends together as much as you possibly can because weight loss is based on momentum, right? It's based on momentum. So when the scale moves today, it's not what you did yesterday. It's what you've been doing in the week leading up to seeing that scale move, right? So you really want to keep those weekends together as much as you possibly can. Although, you know, there is room, of course, for indulgence here and there.

But keep the momentum in mind. The momentum is strong. Let me see if I can find myself here and get to your questions today. I want to roll through as many as I possibly can. It's a gorgeous day, my goodness. The sun is shining today. The weather is getting nicer. The days are getting longer, which makes it a lot easier for your body to focus on fat loss. It's going to pull you out of that natural hibernation mode from the wintertime. Look to boost your metabolism, look to go releasing the fat that it would have stored over the winter time. It's just something that the body

does naturally. And you could absolutely take advantage of this by following the program, especially with where we're at. It's just aligning perfectly. This has probably been discussed before, but what do we do if we've reached our goal at this point? So if you are new to the program and you've reached your goal, see, the thing is you can be done losing your weight physically, but you know, there's still some things mentally that you want to work through. There's still room to get even more in tune to your portions, get even more in tune to your body's needs. So if this is your first time doing the program and you reach your goal before the program is done, you still want to follow through on the rest of the program and plan. I mean, it's a lot harder, right? To lose weight.

So sometimes people are like, but I don't want to lose any more weight. The reality is, once you get your body to a healthy state, it's going to, it's going to weigh what it feels is a healthy weight for you. So you might still lose a few more pounds. But there's a big difference between like eating healthy and eating in a healthy way that's conducive to fat loss and doing all the things you can do to get that scale to move. So you can follow through on the program, you know, obviously don't have to be maximizing all the time and being super hardcore about it, but you want to make the tweaks follow through on the steps. There's a lot to be learned. Plus your body needs time to solidify the weight that you've lost. So you don't just like lose your weight and go back to old life. You got to give your body time to adjust to your new weight.

So following through on the rest of the program is a great way to do that. We still have to do our feeding the metabolism. We can tweak our revamp, we can tweak to get you to a point where you're actually in tune to your body's needs. Because what I don't want you doing is following a food plan for the rest of your life. So we have a whole protocol for not only helping you lose your weight and reach your goal, but also to solidify your weight. And then so there's four stages of the living method, right? There's lose your weight, there's solidify your weight, which you can do now by continuing with the rest of the program. So it's win-win situation. Um, then there's maintaining your weight and learning to get used to what maintenance looks like and feels like to you, learning to test the waters,

to trust that this is going to be your new way. You're going to be able to maintain it until you get to that fourth stage, which is wake up, look good, feel good, go about your day. Now we have a whole maintenance group that I highly suggest you join. You will have access to all of the maintenance information in the app at the end of the program. We have a whole week where we talk about maintenance for those of you who are ready. And for those of you who aren't ready, it's just still focusing on weight loss. But we obviously expand on that information in the, in the, um, the maintenance and mindfulness group. We actually

are working on a whole maintenance program and a whole maintenance book to go along with it, but we probably won't be ready to roll that out until the fall. So you want to follow through on the rest of the program. Um, and then you want to move on to that stage two. Now, like I said, just by following the program, you're going to be solidifying the weight that you've lost moving forward. And at the end of the program, we're going to cover maintenance, which will answer all the questions that you have about maintenance. So you got to put that time in. Now, if you are a returning member, and you've already been through the program, you've already you've heard the conversation about maintenance, you can totally

just roll into solidifying your weight by personalizing the plan. But also we're continuing to follow through on the rest of the program, obviously super effective for solidifying your weight because you're also leveling up at the same time. So if you reached your goal today, you're a new member, keep moving forward. You want to follow through, finish the program, we discuss maintenance at the end. And what you're doing now will factor into the maintenance part of the program, which is solidifying your weight, which you want to do anyway. Um, if you are a returning member, you have options. You can either roll right into personalize the plan for to be for solidifying your weight, or you can follow through on the rest of the program, which also counts as your solidifying time, which also is hugely beneficial because you're also leveling

up and continuing to work on that mental piece while you are working on solidifying your weight. So win, win, win, win, win. That's a great question. That's a great question. We have a lot of time left to lose a lot of weight for everyone who hasn't reached their goal yet though. So we are far from done. We are far from done. I haven't lost much, uh, hovering between two and three pounds. Should I be worried since we're coming into week seven? Not at all. I mean, it is what it is, right? I mean, at this point, I'm assuming you have been listening to our guests, guests, guests, experts.

You have, uh, watched the conversation, read the post on reasons why your weight might be slower to move. You have an idea of why your weight is slower to move. Um, you understand what to do with maximizing and, you know, perhaps you've taken time to do the troubleshooting session. So you should know exactly what's going on and why at this point, right? Why your weight is a little bit slower to move. There's reasons. Some people have for a variety of reasons, inflammation, gut issues, hormones, all the ones that we talked about with our guest experts.

And there's a lot that you can do about that, right? Being proactive beyond the basic supplements, the secondary supplements. So if your weight hasn't been moving up into this point, and you haven't added in any of those basic supplements, I would definitely revisit that conversation. A lot of times people think I don't need them. When that's, you know, that's if you can't see any other reason hormones, your microbiome, digestion, food sensitivities, inflammation, anything like that, health issues that, you know, are causing your body to kind of react a little bit on the slower side to the program in the process, I would definitely start with those basic supplements. We've had people not lose

one pound till week seven and go on to the back end losing 3040 pounds. So there's still a lot of time for you to still lose a big chunk of weight. And I know that's just like, ah, um, that that's, what's really exciting about the program is that it gets easier as you go and all the things that you're doing or adding up to make a big difference. It's that post that we had on, um, it was the excerpt from James Clear's book, Atomic Habits about the ice cube. Um, what like weight, what, what weight loss really looks like. I, if you haven't had the opportunity to read that post, I highly suggest, uh, you do. Ice Cube, what weight loss really looks like.

If you haven't had the opportunity to read that post, I highly suggest you do. It talks about sort of how obviously you want the scale to move and you are going along, we're rolling into week seven next week, and you're sort of perceiving, okay, I'm doing all these things and the scale is like hardly moving here. And it's really about a breaking point. It's where those things that you're doing consistently add up to where it's like, it's like go time. The body's like, okay, here we go. I've addressed my needs. I feel confident in releasing this fat. You know, I've had time to work on this issue, repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate, that kind of thing. And now it's time to focus on fat loss, right? So, so I would go through that maximizing

post, listen to the, the, the, um, guest expert segment, especially the one on sleep. A lot of times people do not take their sleep seriously or their stress. And they look to the program and what they're doing eating wise and drinking their water and exercise, but they're not, they really are underestimate the power of this, uh, uh, the effect that stress and lack of sleep has on your body, especially when it comes to affecting your hormones. Um, so we had a great series that week long where we talked to a psychologist, Dr. Beverly David about the psychology behind sleep and really how that affects your brain and the choices that you're making, how you're functioning. We talked to Alana about sleep,

hygiene, things that you can do to get better sleep. And of course we talked to a Dr. Alinka about how not getting sleep affects things like your hormones and the way your body processes your foods and insulin and whatnot. So get caught up on any of those. If you have any insight, you have any questions, also be really proactive about asking as many questions as you need at this point in the program. A lot of time left. This is where things are going to really start to come together. You should get excited about that, but also be really proactive in the things that you're doing because we're here for you. It sucks if your weight hasn't moved much by now. Also, I've talked to so many people though, that it's just their reality. As much as it sucks, it's not going to stop you from reaching your

goal. How quickly you lose in the beginning or how much you lose in the beginning, zero indication of how successful you will be. And it's really one of the things that we hear a lot at the end of the program is like, oh my gosh, I can't believe how much, how much that added up in the end. I can't believe what I've done. And you know, the same people who were really struggling at the beginning of the program. It's a great time of year. It's, this is where in the program, your body's aligning, things are coming together, but also it's a great time of year as well. That's why I love the spring summer program. The rolling from spring into summer. It's an awesome time to lose weight. I want to stick to the program to change my bad habits and I that I

have accumulated over the years. Yeah, that's a big one, right? Like, obviously, the way you were living your life, it wasn't really serving you before. So you got to make changes, but old habits are hard to break. So it's about kind of like breaking those habits and then really working to solidify the new habits that you're making. I find a huge factor in this is really taking the time to be proud of yourself and recognizing, oh, wow, I'm making this change, right? Like maybe you're not walking as much as you'd like to. Maybe your nighttime routine isn't as, you know, isn't as conducive to sleep as you would like to yet. But when you are making these new habits, it's really important to take time and be proud of yourself for doing them because then you're more likely to

keep doing them. I think that's kind of the secret sauce to creating those new habits. James Clear, Atomic Habits. Do I have the book here? Let's I do not. It's a good one. It's such a great compliment to the program. It was introduced to me about a year ago. And I could have wrote the book myself. I'm not disrespecting the author, but I was like, holy shit, this is such a perfect compliment to the program. I highly suggest that you pick it up. That's what you'll always see like my book and his book and now Dr. Dina Karraschafer's book on Amazon. Whenever my book's the number one bestseller, James Clear is another one bestseller or usually whenever James Clear's book's the number one bestseller, mine's also. We're usually one and two or two and one or whatever. It's a great compliment to the program. It's about habit stacking. It's about the reality of habits

and how to change your habits and add in new habits. It's a great book if you haven't picked it up yet. James Clear Atomic Habits. You can just pick it up on Amazon. My scale is up the past few days. Frustrating. However, I've been doing a lot of walking. Ah, 10,000 steps a day. I, I got me, you guys might've noticed I started wearing my Apple watch and I got my little walking pad. And, um, as much as I would love to get out, my time is, I don't have a lot of time during the day. So I'm trying to squeak in like these half hour sessions here and there and working on getting my 10,000 steps in because when I was away, uh, at Christmas, I had the luxury of going away And we were walking, walking, walking, walking, walking for two weeks. We walked everywhere. I felt amazing. Not only great was for my physical health and great for my ass, which looked amazing after walking so far. You know, it's great for my

mental health as well. So I've started that as well. My knee is still inflamed. So I know my body is healing, need to increase my water and leafy greens to get things moving again. I'm off for a walk and then a swim after the live. So also I know Suzanne, you've heard the conversation with Dr. Paul more than a few times. But there are some things, you know, the turmeric for one, the curcumin that you can take that might help with a bit with that inflammation in there. Making sure you're getting those omega threes also might help. But I love that. I love that. Dr. Dina. Hi, Lynn. Dr. Dina was so on point yesterday to where I am right now. Right? Oh, my gosh. Lynn's been with us for a while. I love you, Lynn. Hello. And haven't our guests been amazing? The level up of conversations,

you know, it's so cool group over group over group. I mean, our guests are amazing. The level up of conversations, you know, it's so cool group over group over group. Um, I mean, our guests are amazing cause they know the program. Um, but our members are so much, there's like, there's group over group, they're savvier. It's like, you guys are like, so savvy with the information and what you're doing and your insight. And I don't know whether it's like, I don't know whether it is like our returning members, obviously, and all the work that they've done, but even our new members are coming in just more self-aware. It's really cool. It might be one of the sort of the upsides of social media, right? You're seeing all these posts that are causing you to self-reflect or whatever, maybe just after the

pandemic where people are more reflective. I don't know. But our guests have been amazing. It's time to figure out what my real struggle is with. Why am I struggling? I need to dig deep. Life is filled with heartbreaking stress right now that I can't share with many. Seems petty to worry about me. My brain feels like the fog that is outside my house today. Yeah, I was watching something with one of my kids the other day, and it was just talking about how life isn't fair. And I'm like, it's not like their dad died, pandemic happened, then their dad died. And

it's just like, and then you know, they've had another death in the family. And it's like, um, life is just not fair. And I said to them, they're at the ages. So my oldest is turning 24 next week, my goodness, 21, and then 19. And then 17. This is my 19 year old I was talking to. And I said, you're just at an age where you're starting to recognize that life isn't fair. You know, because things are starting to happen to her friends and her friends, parents, and you know, all this stuff. And you know, I said, you were a kid, you were kind of sheltered from all of that. Oh, life's amazing. Just got to go to school and worry about that. And go to my extracurriculars and do this and do that. And now you're starting to realize that life is really incredibly unfair. And, you know, but as hard

as life is, and as unfair as it is, you know, if you woke up this morning, that is a blessing. And I was saying to my daughter, you want to get to a place when you recognize the unfairness of the world, it makes you really appreciate those really good moments in your life. Looking for those glimmers, I know Dr. Dina talked about yesterday, right? Those little tiny moments in your life and your glimmers. And I was talking to my other daughter yesterday who just had a sad dad day. And her birthday is coming up. And she's like, I don't want to celebrate my birthday. Like life is so horrible right now.

I don't want to celebrate. I feel awful. I feel whatever. And I said, okay. She's like, I'm just so sad. Dad's not here. And, you know, he used to make them cakes and do all that stuff. And I can't bake worth shit. So I can't really do anything about that. And I said, you know,

you can be sad, and life can be unfair, but you can still laugh with your friends and celebrate your birthday. And you know, find moments, you know, of joy and hope and in your life. In fact, it's so important to look for them because what you are thinking about and focusing on, you are attracting. I'm not saying you're attracting like bad stuff in your life, but it's like that. I was, you know, it's that red car thing or white car thing. When you, when you buy a car, you know, you're looking at a, I don't know, white Honda, right? All of a sudden all you see is white Hondas everywhere. It's like what your brain is looking for those things. So when you are in that negative mindset, and I don't mean negative because life is fucking shit ass

hard sometimes. Um, but when you're in that mindset and you're not looking for those glimmers, right? And those hopes and whatever, you're constantly just focused on the shitty stuff that's happening. It's kind of all you, it's what you get used to seeing. And then your brain gets used to that every day. Same old shit, same old shit, shame, old shit, shame, old shit. Like it's a lot, it's a lot, it's a lot. And it's so important to look for those glimmers, even if they're far, few and far between. And they just, they will do, make all the difference in terms of lifting you up. And this is so, like, if you go for a walk, you know, like, feel your body, listen, feel the breeze, you know, feel the cold air, feel the sun,

hear the birds, you know, watch the people walking with their cute little dogs. I find some of those moments, they will really save you. They will really save you. Sometimes we look for these big sweeping things to pull us out of where we're at in our fields and especially when it seems like there's no light at the end of the tunnel, you have to kind of find it. You have to go searching for the light. And that's where those glimmers before you see the light, it's those little glimmers and the glimpses that you're getting, you know, that's just my that's how I kind of try to do it because life has been a bit of a shit sandwich for me. But at the same time, my life is so amazing. I love what I do. I have a great husband, my you know, everyone in my family,

but at this point is they're healthy, they're not so happy, but you know, I got cute puppies. I, you know, I got a lot going on and you know, even when my life is amazing, you know, I'm still really struggling. Um, so Dr. Dina Cara was just, she really had a, we had, we talked about the messy middle is what we do. So if you missed it, you need to watch that segment with her. It was so great. All of our guest segments, we talked about the messy middle, obviously relevant to where we're at with weight loss, but isn't there a whole messy middle to life? There's like a beginning, there's an end, and then there's this kind of messy middle part, you know? So the tools that she's giving us to get through the middle part of the program or your weight loss journey, like there's a start and end

date, right? To these 91 days. That's the whole point of them is to kind of like, especially if you have a lot of weight to lose, you start a program, you run through it, you end it. You've done that. Check, right? Break it down in another digestible bit. Start again, go through, level up, end. And that's part of the reasons why I didn't leave it this open-ended, just, you know, just to have a, you know, subscription to weight loss for the rest of your life, lifetime membership thing. It's not what I wanted to do. There had to be an end and there's going to be an end to your weight loss journey as well. Right. But she also described, you know, you don't have to call it the messy middle. You can call it whatever you want, you know, and she also talked about choosing to be challenged,

which is really great. I mean, unfortunately, there are so many times in life where we don't, we didn't choose to be challenged. Thank you, life. I didn't choose this challenge. But the way that you're framing the messy middle, right, or the way that you're framing your situation helps to frame how you're seeing it at the same time too. You know, it was such a great conversation. Oh my God, it was amazing. I'm in hardcore detox right now. I've lost 14 pounds so far. I'm going to keep maximizing my days and get my water in and then some. Oh, I love that. I love that good setting your intention. I love it. That's a whole vibe today. I love it. I love it. I love it. Good morning. I had a rough week. I was stressed, overwhelmed,

and I wasn't very good to myself or my body and my weight is up because of it. Okay. Love this. I love that you recognize that. That's huge. Okay. I am disappointed in myself. However, instead of berating myself and throwing myself into the shame spiral, I am turning it into a learning experience and leaning into the why. Yes. Yes. Yes. Why did I do that to myself when the scale was on its way down? Yeah. Why did you? Oh my God. Right. Why did you? Uh, like, come on, this is my fifth group and I'm still working through the shit. It's like every time I get over the 65 pound down mark, part of me freaks out and then I start sabotaging.

Oh, this is so interesting. It has taken me three groups to realize this pattern. Yeah, it's right. I used to have this guru and I say used to because he passed away and he, whenever I was challenged in life and dealing with stuff, he would help me kind of figure it out and work through it. He's my Reiki master that became more than that to me. And he'd be like, man, you just love getting hit over the head with that two by four. And I'm like, what do you mean? He's like, the messages have been there for you all along. You're just not seeing them. You're not taking time to see them. This is what grounding yourself, meditation. This

is what like, you know, taking that time to be in tune, keep your energy directed at yourself. Because once you have that aha moment, right now that you know this, and I know you know this because you're saying that pattern, you recognize the pattern. So now that you look back, you're like, oh, okay. I totally knew that. Okay. Do you know? And you'll find that these messages I find whenever I'm working through anything or it's time for me to change, there's messages. I keep saying the same phrase over and over, or I keep hearing people talk

about something over and over. It's kind of like a message. There's messages all around for you to kind of recognize what you're dealing with and where you're at. And you'd be like, you just love getting hit by a two by four over the head time and time again. He's like, why does it take you so long to learn these things? Like, come on, you know? It's like, I enjoy the, the same. There's something about me that I needed to make it hard.

And I was like the queen of making things harder for myself. I don't know what it was like. I loved the, okay, I made this, this got hard for me. And then I did that. Right. But I can do the same thing and not make it so hard for myself. So why do I keep doing that? I don't do it anymore. I really think to myself now I have the skills to say, okay, if I do this, is this going to make it easier for me to do what I need to do? Or is it gonna make it harder for me to do? Like, maybe it's letting me indulge in my feels. But is that gonna like, is this gonna create more drama? Is this gonna make it harder for me? Like, it's like you have that job and you want to like pursue something else. And you're like, fuck it, I'm just gonna quit my job. And then you're like, fuck, I totally just could have

kept my job. And I would have had an income. And on the side, I've could have worked on this thing. But because I was pissy at my job and I wanted to do this thing, I was just like, fuck you. I quit because I knew I was going to do this thing. But then there's this whole middle part where I didn't have a paycheck coming in and I totally fucked myself over and now I'm struggling and I haven't done this, this thing yet. So I wish I was still doing that thing. So I had a paycheck, you know what I mean? I mean, and I haven't done this thing yet. So I wish I was still doing that thing. So I had to pay, you know what I mean? I mean, and that's just like one sort of example. In case nobody's told you,

weight loss goes beyond the old, just eat less and move more narrative. And that's where Felix comes in. Felix is redefining weight loss for Canadians with a smarter, more personalized approach to help you crush your health goals this year. Losing weight is about more than diet and exercise. It can also be about our genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix connects you with online licensed healthcare practitioners who

understand that everybody is different and can pair your healthy lifestyle with the right support to reach your goals. Start your visit today at Felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X.ca. But we do this. It has taken me three groups to realize this pattern. Progress over perfection. No doubt in my mind that I will reach my family and forever know how, no matter how long it goes. Here's the other thing that I've learned is that you're doing it perfectly. And I did it perfectly too, because I wouldn't change anything that I did to make things harder for myself because it got me to exactly where I'm at. And I learned the things that I need to learn through the choices that I made. So you are always doing it perfectly.

In hindsight, you did it perfectly because you did it the way you did it. You did the best you knew how at the time. and now you know differently, right? I love this, the whole aha moment. I love this whole thing that you got going on. The thing is the shit never ends. We talked about this with Dina as well. We were like, okay, well, does the middle ever end? Are we always looking for something? And I'm always looking to change and evolve, right? I've lost my weight, you know, however many years ago, but I'm still working through a shit ton of things. And it's like the shit falls in your lap, you work through it, you have your aha moment. Oh, that's why I do that. And then it passes. And then look, more shit drops in your lap.

I think that's the universe, say, giving you the tools, putting you putting things in front of you that give you the tools to challenge you to learn the things that you need to learn to work through that you will in the future look back and be like, ah, okay, I understand that. Now that doesn't dismiss the really unfair things that happen to us in life, right? And I'm not trying to make a shit sandwich into like, you know, yummy avocado sandwich or anything like that. But I think with weight loss, so many of us, what we do is like, when I lose my weight, I'm going to this, this, this, this, this, this, and this. So not only do you have your weight loss goal tied into you this journey right now, but a lot of you have, when I lose my weight, I'm going to quit my job, start a business, start dating, travel the world, write a

book, do this thing, la la la la, live my best life my best life, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So the universe is like, okay, that's what you want. All right. Well, in order for you to do all of these things, you need to work through this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this. And then there you are. And now you have to work through not just the things you need to work through in order to lose weight, but all the other shit you got to work through so that when you lose your weight, you can do all these other things. It's like dreams. I think if you can visualize it and see it, you're dreaming about it, you can achieve it. Now you may have these dreams that may seem unrealistic, but it's a guiding light on your path, right? You may never

be, I don't know, you never, you might never climb a mountain, but you might go on a lot of really amazing hikes and travel the world on your road to climbing the mountain one day. You might learn a lot of things while climbing that mountain. You might meet the love of your life while climbing that mountain. You might meet people and friendships and situations on the way. You might, you know, who knows what it is, right? An aha moment. It's not menopause that stops weight from moving. It's the 47 years of yo-yo dieting that has altered so many things in my body. Yes. Yes. Yes.

It's not your hormones factor into your everyday life and you have such a variety of hormones and they all get fucked over when you starve yourself and deprive yourself. That's it. This was why I'm at this beautiful aha moment because so many of you I know came in and were like, I, hormone issues, perimenopausal, menopausal, postmenopausal, whatever it might be. Will I be able to lose weight? I have thyroid issues. I have this. I'm a diabetic.

Insulin, that's hormones. I'm stressed out. I'm this. I'm that. Am I going to be able to lose weight? But yes, because this is the program you want to be doing in order to lose weight, because you're doing all the things that you need to do to address all the issues that you have, which is so fucking exciting. So fucking exciting, honestly. So exciting. This is round three for me. I didn't finish the first one, but completed round two. And I felt so happy, even though I didn't lose. I kept feeling frustrated at this bouncing up and

down between the same three or four pounds. But when I look back to round one, I realized that my start weight in 2022 was 13 pounds more than I am right now. I've had success and not even realized it. Yeah. You got to just keep showing up. I know. I just love this so much. I love everything today, apparently. It's such a great place. It's such a great place to be in the program. It is because we're having these realizations. You know, when you move past doing a diet for longer than you've ever done, right, this kind of diet, you start to be like, okay, I get it. And then there's hope and you realize and you can see. Sometimes, back to the sabotage comments, sometimes it's when you see your goal, that's when you start to sabotage yourself. Or you see yourself going back to who

you were before, which can have you kind of sabotaging yourself as well. Like maybe when you, like you're getting close to your goal weight, but maybe when you're at that goal weight, that's like triggering something in you, you know, and part of your history. You know what I would do if you sabotage, if you're sabotaging yourself and you think, because whenever you like, you get ahead and the scale moves and you sabotage yourself, that could be treating yourself. That could be that like kind of reward, dopamine hit reward, you know, that kind of pattern of treating yourself, you've gotten yourself into. Um, but if you're really thinking that you're sabotaging yourself and especially when the scale goes down and you're in a good groove, go back and map your weight history journey.

Go back and map your history of dieting and sort of when you gained weight and sort of what happened. That might give you some insight there into why you're sort of like, what's stopping me from going, getting there, right? What's going to happen when I get there? That can be good practice. Hit a new low this morning. Hi, Liz. I got stressed

about a situation on Monday and the number on the scale went up two pounds. Work through it and now I keep moving forward. Yeah, so good. Dave, Dave Stewart, six weeks until anything happened for me initially. Yeah. I mean, I choose 12 weeks of the program because it takes at least 12 weeks for your body to make actual change. And so, you know, 12 weeks for it to make actual change. So there's that whole mythic. So there's the beginning part of making change. There's the end part where you've made the change. And of course, this is where it's all coming together, right? Which is really cool. I love that you shared that. I love that you shared that. I love that you shared that. Annette, good morning, everyone. I'm just

popping on for a few minutes just to see a little bit of normal. I lost my brother three days ago and things have been a little hectic. I don't have many more words. I just don't have it in me to listen to the live right now. Hope everyone has a really good day. Love my Libby loser tribe. Yeah, well, we're going to send you love. We're going to send you love. I mean, that's the thing about this, right? You can go on this mission to live your best life and lose your weight and feel amazing. And then life hits and it's shit. And it's really unfair. And it's really in those moments too. I always say, you know, it's not when life is sunshine and rainbows that you show up for yourself. It's when life gets really hard. And this I'm, I'm assuming is a safe place for you.

And you showed up today and one foot in front of the other one foot in front of the other. I remember, um, there was a woman who did the program and I, this is, I have a conversation with my team all the time. Um, before we start a new group, whenever we have any new, we hire any new people. And I say, the goal is to get everything, every person who starts this program across the finish line. And we do that by answering their questions, being there and supporting them. And I said, it's really important that you never assume this. I guess this is a full circle moment to this conversation today, because I talked about this. We never assume where you are at. Never assume where someone is at. Never assume what they've read, what they haven't read. never assume where you are at. Never assume where someone is at. Never assume what

they've read, what they haven't read. Never assume where they are in the program. Never assume anything about them. I once had, and I tell you why, because I once had this woman, and this is when the groups were smaller. And man, I swear she was just pushing my buttons and making me crazy. She would ask these questions. I swear I was like, I would get in, I'd be asking questions all day. I'd be answering questions all day in the group. I can't do that so much anymore. One, because Facebook kicks me out of my own group for commenting too much. And you know, two, I got this big thing to run now, but you'll notice I'm still in there answering questions. I love it. And I swear, I'd be like, what is going on with this woman? She'd ask questions on post. I'm like, it's right there. Like, what is going on? And it was just something about her. And it just was like

the universe got every time I popped onto Facebook, her question would be there. So it was just like, what is happening? I'm like, is she like pulling, like, what is she like, seriously? She like, I don't know what, like, is she, what is she doing? And she'd ask the craziest questions. And I would be like, cause I'd followed her through her journey. And you know, at the end of the program, you know, she ended up losing some weight, but she sent me an email. She sent me an email afterwards. And this was like noticeable. This was like, this person is like, okay, what is she's like, she's making me fucking crazy. What is going on? It's like, she's like, she's like, I've told her the same thing a hundred times, but I'm like, didn't like, I didn't express that to her, but I'm going to be honest with you. She really,

really tested me. At the end of the program, I, every time I tell this story, it's where I cry. So just bear with me. I've told her so many times. At the end of the program, she sent me an email and she said, Gina, I just want to thank you. And I'm like, cause I'm like, I saw her email coming. I'm like, okay, okay, here she is. What is she got? What is she going to tell me now? She's going to complain about something. She's going to whatever. And she's like, I just have to tell you, I have to thank you. She's like, my husband died three days before the program started. And she's like, I was so lost. Half the time, I didn't know what day it was. I didn't know where I was. And, you know,

just popping into the group every day just became this beacon of light for me where I just watched you and watch the lives and just, you know, try to stay engaged and engaging in your group helped me stay engaged in life. And I was just like, whoa. And it just like, then I felt like a horse's fucking ass because I been judging her silently to myself this whole time. And never again, I promised myself never again would I ever judge anybody. Never comment, never question, never whatever. And that is why there is never a silly question. There is never a question asked too late. There is like, and this is why I'm always saying ask as many questions as you need day to day to day. And this is what I this is what I tell my team to, you know, like never assume

what someone's going through and what they're dealing with. And so, you know, I just kind of sharing that because, you know, one, I want you guys to know where we're coming from. But two, you know, it may seem really insignificant to an indulgent or whatever to focus on weight loss while such a big thing has happened in your life. Sarah Perry's sister is in the group this year. Hi, Jen. I know Jennifer Craig lost her brother-in-law last week. You know, we have many members who are continuing to show up in the program while dealing with some really big things that are going on in their lives. And you may think, well, it's just weight loss. Who might have wanted to lose weight when there's big things going on in life? But it's in those times. And this is where you are popping into a safe place to focus on yourself, to take the time to focus on yourself, to feed yourself, make sure you stay strong, right? To help you through these hard times, to drink your water, to mind your stress, to try to get some sleep, to prioritize yourself and your

life when you are dealing with these really big things. You know, it's not like you just you're doing a diet and you're starving and depriving yourself and trying to fit your ass into the bikini. That's not it. You know, it's so it's so not it for so many people. It's so not it for so many people. That's not why you're here. So let me just so kindness, kindness. Yeah, just be kind to yourself. And I just want to send in anyone who's listening who's dealing with and I know so many of you are any kind of struggles, um, just sending you love and wanting you to know that we're here for you. And you know, you can focus on yourself. If you need to hear, you can focus on yourself when things are getting really hard because you need to focus on

yourself so that other people, you know, don't have to worry about you. You got to worry about yourself. You've got to make space for that so that other people don't have to come along and take care of you. You know, um, not an easy thing to do. Not an easy thing to do. Not an easy thing to do. Oh my goodness. You guys. Yeah. Okay. Here's another. My friend had a stroke and wasn't found for two days. I was very upset and right away ate food, which is what I do when I get really upset. I tried not to, but I just couldn't. I packed a high protein snack. So I guess that is better than what I usually do. And I have no idea how to change that habit. Okay. So don't, of course you don't have an idea how to change that habit because this has never happened to you before. And your coping mechanism up until this point has been to binge eat, eat and whatever. Okay. So now, you know, now, you know, and so this is why you can't be

hard on yourself or think ways or whatever, because, you know, I mean, yeah. Okay. You pack some snacks with you, right? That's amazing. And that's just because of what you're working on now. But it takes, it's hard to break old habits and it's even harder to break old coping mechanisms where this has been your go-to. So it's not in the big moments that you're going to change this. It's not in the big moments that you're going to change that. It's in the little things that you are doing. It's in the stuff that you do every single day, as you continue to reach your goal, that is going to give you the tools that eventually in these bigger moments, you're going to be like, okay, I've shared before, a few programs ago, about three years ago, my son was in the hospital for like a month. And it was very upsetting. It was during COVID. And at one point, they told me

he was going to be in the hospital, like he could be in the hospital for six months. It was very upsetting. All I wanted to do, I swear, was just drink fucking wine and cry. I wanted to not eat all day. I wanted to drink wine. I wanted to cry. But what I realized was that if I got sick because I was stressed out, not sleeping, drinking wine and just doing a number on myself, they weren't going to let me in the hospital. He was down at Sick Kids, which is a children's hospital in Toronto. And you couldn't get in the door if your eyes were red. You had one little sniffle, you weren't, I wasn't going to be able to see my son. And as you guys know, my husband, my, so my ex-husband, his dad at the time wasn't, he's not a well, he wasn't a well person a few years ago either. He's been sick for a while. So he couldn't really do it. He would go

and do the overnights where he could sleep, but he couldn't do a lot of the stuff during the day. Couldn't do the day stuff. So it was up to me. And so I knew, okay, I needed to stay strong. Because if I don't take care of myself, and I kind of just give in to, you know, wanting to drink wine, I even thought about bringing it with me. How horrible is that? I thought about bringing a thermos of wine with me. Awful. Because that's how strong my coping mechanism was, was like, I got to drink wine, I had to do something like how can I go? And I didn't. And it wasn't easy. But I made myself go down to the cafeteria, I made myself eat, I made myself drink the water, I made myself do all those things, right. But that's a lot easier said than done. But you will be able to get to that

point where you will recognize what you need in that moment. your new habits that you are creating will replace your old habits. But you're not going to switch that overnight and it's not going to happen in the big moments. So if you have these big moments and you don't handle them really well, just show yourself some kindness there because it's in the little things. It's the small changes over time that are going to add up that are going to be like, okay, because then when you're doing that, you're going to be like, Oh, I don't feel good. This is not what I need right now. You're going to and that'll come quicker and quicker and quicker and quicker. That's why it's

you know, this way, it's good to have those moments where you indulge you have the thing, because it allows you opportunity to recognize, Oh, I don't really want this. This isn't really working for me. Why am I doing this? Why am I having that? You can't learn those by being perfect all the time. That's why like, while you're doing the program is a great time to indulge and have these moments that you can reflect on because it's the aha moment of why you are doing something that creates the, okay, that's what helped. Now you might do it a few more times. So now that you've recognized that you might do it a few more times, but you're going to get to a place where we're going to stop doing that. Right? You're going to get to a place where

we're going to stop doing that. I'm still peeing consistently. Am I drinking too much water? I'm drinking three to five to four liters a day. You might not be drinking enough. I don't know how tall you are, how much weight you have to lose, how much you're exercising. A lot of times we pee more often because you're dehydrated still. So your body's still cycling through the water that quickly. Like if you are exercising, you live in a dry environment, you are not all that tall and you don't have that much weight to lose, you know, then, then I don't think it's drinking it. Like you don't, you don't go to the bathroom often because you're drinking too much. That's not, that's not what happens. But what can happen if you're drinking a lot of water and you're not getting enough sodium

in your diet, then you can find yourself like kind of not retaining the water. So it could be you need to drink more, right? Now I'm going to assume like three and a half, four liters. I'm going to assume like you are just kind of, you know, medium height, like five, five, maybe you probably only have like 1520 pounds to lose, I'm assuming you're kind of not really exercising at all. Don't take any medications that are dehydrating, like you're just kind of like basic a little bit more than basic hydration, right? That's going to help, you know, because you're carrying that excess weight, whatever. Depends, are you hitting the three and a half most of the time? Are you hitting the four or the four and a half, right? Just sort of depends. And then that can change. If you drink alcohol, that can change salty food that can change, you need more. So variety of reasons.

So I wouldn't guess for that much water, because it's not really like two and a half to three and a half liters is that's basic body function. That's a basic amount, average amount that most people need. So that's really not a lot of water. I know for you, it might seem like it's a lot of water and it might be if you're really small and don't have a lot of weight to lose. So I wouldn't guess that you have now it could be that you are not spreading it out throughout the day, you are guzzling it, and then that tends to cause it to run through you quickly. So spreading it out throughout the day, it could be that you're trying to jam it all in at the end of your day just to get it in. That could be it. Or it could be that you need to add some salt to

your diet. I know people think, oh, too much salt is bad. But when you're eating a program, it's just all healthy whole foods. You're not getting a lot of sodium in your diet. So I would try like salting your food. And if you don't want to salt your food, you can put some trace minerals into your water. Do I have one here? This is trace minerals. I have them from the secondary supplement conversation the other day. Concentrase, it's called trace minerals. You just put a couple drops in your water. And that helps you, it's like salt in your body, helps your body retain water, which you need your body to retain water to help keep you hydrated. So that might help. I gotta go. Let me scroll down and see if I can get any questions towards the end here. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. This is my second round. Uh, lost eight in the first, not losing any of this round, but major non-scale victories, which feels as satisfying. I don't even know it about non-scale victories before. I never anticipated how good they would feel. Yeah, they're amazing. Non-scale victories are awesome. Could be when you lost the weight. If you lost the weight towards the end of the last program and your body's solidifying

your weight, it could be something else. So here's my tip for you. Here's my tip for anyone returning. Try not to get stuck on what you did last time, right? So kind of reassess where you're at. That's where that fresh eyes is. And the things that you focused on last time might not be the things that you need to focus on this time, right? Like maybe you, whatever it was that you focused on, now you kind of address that. And now maybe your stress levels are higher this time

of year. Maybe you're not getting as much sleep this time of year. Maybe you're not being as active or moving as much this time of year. and maybe after losing the weight and seeing all these non-scale victories which are showing that your body is making change your portions uh are bigger than what they were at the end of the last program so remember that portions are what they feel like not about what they look like so just a tip on that um for people who have really low metabolisms here's what i got to say also oh i'm glad i remembered this before go. So those of you who didn't lose during much during the downsizing, so you have had a hard time getting your weight to lose, whether you're a returning member or you're a new member, um, you know, kind of resetting whatever, and then going through the

first few weeks and downsizing. If you have metabolism issues, meaning that you're, you, you've done a lot of diets and you've starved deprived, you lost weight, you gained it back, you lost weight, you gained it back, it can really affect your metabolism, which is like your body keeps you on like, no, you can't have my fat. I need it because just in case I starve again, like your body becomes very protective of that fat. Next week's tweak is such a great tweak for that because it's called

feeding the metabolism. It's such a great tweak with that. That's where people will be like, oh, I never thought that eating more often was what I needed to actually get my weight moving. So downsizing is, that's why I keep saying it's, it's our weakest tweak. It's not the be all end all tweak, right? So really dig it. If you haven't seen much movement on the scale, whether you're a new member or returning member next week, going to be your jam. And it's, you're going to be like, what, why trust me? It's such a great week. It's such a great week for that. Uh, the feeding the metabolism, cause it's called feeding the metabolism. Um, cause it really gets your body working really hard. Also gets you really in tune to those portions as well, which is really super cool. Really super cool.

There are lots of ways. Yeah. There are lots of ways to sabotage yourself i'm constantly hitting myself with a two by four it's really starting to hurt yeah yesterday's live with dr dina was my aha yes okay on that note i'm gonna get i'm gonna go i'm gonna go i don't want to go um i don't want to go because i'm loving this conversation today i love where every how many times have i used the word love today's a love day i guess um I always love this point in the conversation because of the program, because of the conversations that we're having, you're really recognizing it's so much more than just what you're eating and when. You have the tools.

We've talked troubleshooting. We've talked reasons why your weight might be slower to move. We've had amazing guests on. We're not going to stop. This is where we also get into the really cool tweaks and making changes and keeping things progressing and moving forward. This is why I keep saying like, if you're here at this point, chances are you're going to be here and you're going to be a success story at the end. And you're not even going to care how much it says on that scale. You're just going to be so happy you made

it to the end. So happy with how you feel so happy with everything you've accomplished physically and mentally. Now, obviously the goal is to lose as much weight as possible. So we're all about that. I'm all about that. I'm all about that. Um, but it's a really great place to be in the program. Um, and it's a really great place for me because I feel like this is where we can really get into the conversations that we're having. However, if, like I said, off the top, if you are falling behind, if you haven't been following along, if you bailed the first week of program, that's okay. We are just happy that you are back. So whether you are just back or you're following along day 47 today, make sure you pop into the Facebook support group at any time and let us know if you have any questions. The team

is working all weekend long. So we're here for you. Although we are going to keep the information light. We got some, our science Saturday posts. We have some new recipes for you. We're going to be rolling out. We'll have some more weekend inspiration. What else? What else? What else? Yeah, I think that's it. I'm not going to see you.

I will be checking in, but not going live. So I'll see you guys on Monday. Have an amazing weekend, everyone. And I will see you then. Bye. New year, new me. Season is here. And honestly, we're already over it. felix the health care company helping canadians

take a different approach to weight loss this year weight loss is more than just diet and exercise it can be about tackling genetics hormones metabolism felix gets it they connect you with licensed health care practitioners online who'll create a personalized treatment plan that pairs your healthy lifestyle with a little help and a little extra support. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X dot C-A.