The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 5 - Winter 2025

Episode Date: January 10, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 3, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025In this episode, we’re diving into Day 5 and asking the big question: Will you stick around long enough to succeed? Tune in as we discuss the importance of giving your body what it truly needs and why early frustrations with the scale not moving don’t define your journey. We’ll talk about embracing your unique experience, sticking to The Food Plan, and the difference between deprivation dieting and losing weight in a sustainable, healthy way. The weekend is coming, so we’ll also share tips to help you catch up, set intentions, and tackle those evening cravings. End your week strong and start Week 1 with clarity and confidence.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi 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 relisten to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place.

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relevant to where we are at. So if you got any questions, load them up, let's go. But I just got a message from my group manager, Kim, who makes sure I'm on top of everything that's going on in the group. And she said to me, heads up, people are starting to get frustrated that they haven't lost weight yet.

So let's start with that. Let's talk about that. So first of all, I am not concerned if you're gonna lose weight. What keeps me up at night, and think about this for a second, my job is to help 30,000 people successfully lose their weight

in order for me to continue to pay my bills and provide a great income for the people who work for me. There's a little bit of stress there. There's a little bit of stress there. Think about that for a second. I have to help you lose your weight. If I am not good at helping people lose weight then chances are I going to have to find a whole different career. Right? So I want you to lose weight more than probably anybody else here. My team also really wants you to lose weight. They've all been through the program. They know what you can do. They know you can do it. But here's the thing. This is not a quick fix program. I am not into helping you lose weight quickly for next week's thing or the, you know, your whatever

you got going on. I want you, yes, I want you to lose the weight, but I want you to lose the weight in a way that's going to make you healthier in a way that I can sleep at night and in a way that you're actually going to be able to maintain and sustain. So you're going to notice we do things a little differently around here, including how you lose weight. Now, people who lose weight quickly in the beginning tend to carry a little bit more weight, right? They tend to have everything in their life aligning and they're able to follow super consistently from the get. And they probably don't have crazy things happening in their life.

They're able to follow along, make the changes that need to make. They're probably sleeping quite decent at night, right? Now it is normal for some people to start seeing the scale move right away because the the program is designed to work. I don't fuck around. I'm not fucking around. I want you to lose as much weight as quickly as possible but I also want you to do it in the healthiest way possible. So the program, it's designed to work. So some of you are going to see the scale move right away. For others, your body is still working very hard to repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate, to address why it's feeling the need to store fat in the first place. Some of you are coming off starvation diets, not eating all day. Some of you are coming off starvation diets, not eating all day. Some of you are coming

off being super stressed, not doing anything to help manage your health and wellness. Some of you coming off party city from the holidays and you're probably just trying to recover. You got a lot going on, right? For many reasons, it's so normal to still not lose weight for weeks still. As people gasp, yes, it's still normal. Some of you won't lose for like four more weeks now. Does that make me lose sleep? Absolutely not. What makes me lose sleep is not can I help you, not will you lose weight. It is will you stick around long enough to be successful? Everybody wants to see the results, but you have got to show up and do the work.

So I would wrap your head around 91 days of the program. Now, if around week four, not only are you not seeing the scale move, but you are not experiencing any kind of non-scale victories. Like if your weight isn't dropping, you should be noticing your body changing. You should be noticing your energy is improving. You are sleeping better, feeling better, pooping better.

You should be noticing change. We are in the pursuit of change, so you absolutely should be noticing change. It is way too early to tell if the program is working for you or not. And what hurts my heart and soul is when I hear people say, I'm doing all of the things, the scale hasn't moved, what am I doing wrong?

And it's not that you're doing anything wrong, it's just that your body's like, okay, can you just give me a minute to address some things over here? I'm finally getting all the nutrients that I need. You are finally eating. You are finally moving your body. You are finally trying to get better sleep.

You are finally taking care of yourself. Can you give me a hot fucking minute over here? Right, before you start stressing me out about what's going on this scale. Your body wants you to be healthy. Your body, if you think that your body's trying to make you fat and your body just wants the fat, your body's looking at you like, are you serious?

Your body doesn't want this fat any more than you do. And I'll tell you why. Because although carrying excess weight doesn't necessarily make you unhealthy and being skinny doesn't necessarily make you healthy, it is unhealthy for your body to carry excess fat. Every pound of excess fat that your body doesn't need causes inflammation in your body, causes all sorts of health issues.

And we're going to do a post on this. Our first post is on set point, which is the basis of the living method. Your body gets used to functioning at a certain weight. We're going to drop your set point. We'll talk more about that in the days and weeks to come. We're also going to talk about all the ways that carrying excess fat is detrimental to your health. So it's not that your body loves fat, it's not trying to make you fat, it's that you have told it that it needs the fat if you have a history of dieting or your stress levels go through the roof or you are not trying to get the best sleep pulse. Maybe you can't get more sleep, but you can definitely

get better sleep, right? So, so, so it is so normal. Again, we're talking about if you just missed this and joined us now, we're talking about how people are already frustrated that the scale isn't moving and you are allowed. So first of all, let me just say you are allowed to be frustrated, but chances are you are not frustrated with the program or what you're doing this week. Because if you really are following, you know how good this is for you. This is going to work for you.

Chances are you are frustrated that you have spent the last 20 years, 10 years, five years, two years, two months, whatever, trying to lose weight, have probably lost your weight and gained it back so many times, too many times to count. And that is probably you're probably frustrated with your history of dieting, not the five days that you spent with me. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, listen or watch the conversation with our guest experts from yesterday. If you have not done that, oh my God, it will be a game changer for you.

It's not what you think it is. Our guest experts are in segments are not what you think they are going to be. They are so much more than that. So you're gonna have all sorts of feels. You're gonna be frustrated, right? But don't fester in your funk. Don't let being frustrated stop you

from doing the things that you need to do. You're probably gonna wanna quit. You're gonna doubt. You're gonna second guess. You're gonna all those things. The scale is gonna make you mad. It's gonna make you crazy. But you will get to a place where're going to doubt, you're going to second guess, you're going to all those things. The scale is going to make you mad, it's going to make you crazy, but you will get to a place where you come to enjoy getting on the scale. You will get to a place where you will feel calm and confident and you will know that you're going to be able to do this. So there's a lot of feels that

come with the first week of the program. I'm not going to say try not to be frustrated with the scale. I'm just trying to really emphasize that it is so normal. So for the people who are losing right away, and what we can do in this program is really be open to everybody's own individual experience. Some people have hundreds of pounds to lose, and maybe you have 10 pounds to lose. You notice I didn't say only 10 pounds, right? Because for somebody losing 10 pounds can be just as hard for somebody else losing 30, 40 pounds, right? Everyone's

on their own journey. So for the people who are losing now, and if you're not, find hope in the fact that they are. And it doesn't mean that you are doing anything wrong. When the people who are losing now, their bodies decide to go on a plateau, they will stop losing. Their body will take time to adjust the weight that they've lost and then you will start losing. So everyone who's losing now will go on a plateau and the people who aren't losing now their weight will start moving. So it is way too early to think that you are doing something wrong if the scale isn't

moving. The best thing you can do is focus on that food plan and being as consistent as possible with following it. Program works really well for ATA people who just follow and do what I tell them to do, right? Just really consistent, just do what they need to do. If you just follow the food plan, you'll start to notice that you'll have a lot more energy. You'll feel a lot less bloated. You'll start to notice that you're hungrier, but you also get satisfied quicker. On the other side of that, you and you'll notice your body change. On the other side of that, for the people who are dropping, you may notice that you have kind of not great

energy and maybe you feel bloated and gross and you're not sleeping so great because your body is in the state of releasing fat. The other thing is all of the posts, before I go, I'm gonna get to your questions, I promise. Before I go, there are two things that you need to focus on this week. The prep week guidelines, with all the information posted, there's only two things that you need to review, and that's the prep week guidelines, which is the what you are to do each week,

and we're starting with prep week, and the food plan in that. That's the important things. But there is a lot of supplemental information that is meant to put your mind at ease, answer any questions that you have, give you the knowledge to make change. So in the supplemental information, some of the things we talked about is what real healthy weight loss looks like and feels like. So it's different when you do those deprivation diets, you lose that quick hit in the beginning, but you forget it gets hard and

feels like a fight after a while. With the living method, it actually gets easier when it comes to physically losing the weight because you're addressing your body's needs, you're in tune with your body's needs, your body doesn't want this fat anymore. So it's really just about supporting the body and its needs. So when you do those deprivation diets, you starve your body, you force it to burn fat, it will burn that fat, but then it will feel like a fight and it will stop, right? And then you have to eat even less and exercise even more. And if you do manage to lose more weight, what happens?

First chance your body gets you store it all back plus more, right? So we're not into that. We're not into that. We really are about losing your weight in a healthy, sustainable, maintainable, permanent-ish, as much as possible, kind of way, kind of way, right? So in the supplemental information, we talk also about the scale and how the scale is going to fluctuate, right?

Like, you could have gone on the scale today, and you think that you haven't lost any weight, but really, your weight is up because your weight is actually down, but it's your weight is actually down, but it's showing the same because maybe you worked out and your body sore or you got a crappy sleep last night. So sometimes the scale can be up and down at the same time or it can be the same and actually down.

So we have a whole post that explains this on the scale post. We have a whole post on detox that talks about what wheat loss might look and feel to you. So although there are only two posts that you want to seek out or need to seek out the prep week guidelines and the food plan to know what you are doing, all the other supplemental information is there to kind of like help you understand what you're doing and why you're doing it. So this weekend, we keep things real quiet on the weekend. So if you haven't had an opportunity, and I know people are still getting into the group because there are still spots open if you know anyone,

regardless of how many people sign up. On Sunday, we shut down registration. So you will not be able to join the program on Monday. So if you have a friend or family, whatever, they can beg and they can plead and they can reach out to us on Monday, we will say no for this exact reason because we want everyone to get caught up and up to speed

so we can all move forward as a group. But get caught up on that information. All right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right, all right. Okay, Gina, I've been here six times, lost 10 pounds and haven't budged. I know it's the snacking at night so far this week and the snacking at night is not so much what you are eating

It's messing with your sleep And then if your stress levels are kind of high and if you're dealing with any kind of hormonal issues That's just a recipe for like weight gain or your your weight being stuck, right? I know it's a snacking at night So far this week I've resisted the urge to eat in the evening. What do you recommend for us to keep that habit? I've tried to go to bed early strategy sometimes help. Well, as we know and we've learned, and we're gonna learn for those of you who are new from our sleep experts,

getting a good night's sleep isn't necessarily about forcing yourself to go to bed early. So I don't wanna be messing with your like good sleep hygiene, right? So what can you do? First of all, what is it? What is it? So make sure you're eating all your meals and snacks, right? Make sure can you do? First of all, what is it? What is it? So make sure you're eating all your meals and snacks, right? Make sure you're making

them nutrient-rich. Make sure you're eating them to satisfaction, right? Sometimes people skip meals and snacks. They try to under eat and they, you know, you're just, you're having some salad with some lettuce and some chicken on it. It's not very nutrient-rich. It's not gonna make you feel more satisfied enough, right? So make sure you figure out what's going on during your day. Is it your water, right? And are you craving? Is it sugar cravings? Chances are you need to bump up your water. So try to get on it earlier in the day, spread it out, try to just jack that up a little bit. Is it salt? Are you craving salty

things? It could be that you're having a particularly stressful period of life. So add in some omega-3, maybe some L-thinine. We're going to talk about supplements that can be beneficial in the weeks to come. So what can you do about your stress? Right? The other is once you figure out, is it cravings or is it hunger? How can I address my hunger? Because your body has no natural need to eat in the evening because especially after you've eaten all day long, that's where I can preface that when you're following the

food plan. As soon as it gets dark out, what happens is your body starts producing like melatonin floods your system with melatonin, which is a hormone that kind of preps the body for sleep. So your cortisol levels are supposed to lower your your melatonin is supposed to rise, and this is getting your body ready for a nice sleep. There's a whole wind down process that happens. So when you eat, because eating takes up so much energy,

it kind of like wakes you up again. It's kind of like breaking the fast in the morning. You eat to break the fast, to wake your body up from sleeping all night. Your body goes into this wind down process. And then if you snack after it's already started that, then you're kind of wake your body up from sleeping all night. Your body goes into this wind down process and then if you snack after it's already started that then you're kind of waking your body your body's like oh shit we must be doing something active later on because you're eating right. So are you actually satisfied throughout the day? That's number one. Is it craving based? What's

going on there? Adjust and then think about your routine and what's happening. So are you being triggered? Is it a trigger thing? Do you have a habit of snacking? And if you do, what's the habit of that? So you have dinner, you clean up after dinner, you do whatever you do. I don't know what you do. Do you go to bed? Tony and I go to bed. We watch TV, I know, which is horrible. And he snacks all the time. I don't know what you do. Do you go to bed? Tony and I go to bed. We watch TV. I know which is horrible. And he snacks all the time. I'm not snacking, but it's it's hard to not snack when that's our habit of snacking. Right. So maybe it's like, OK, you go for a walk after dinner. In fact, going for a 10 minute walk after your larger meals can be so hugely beneficial for you. So maybe it's after dinner, you're going to go for a walk, 10 minute walk, not an hour, not run a marathon, not join a running club, just put on your shoes.

Now I also recognize where I live, it's like minus 14,000, so it's maybe not like all that appealing. Try to go out for a walk, switch up your routine, because if it's habit and you're being triggered, you're going to want to switch up your routine, whatever that might be. Try indulging in some tea try indulging in reading try indulging in your skincare routine right like maybe like spend some more time washing your face rubbing in some creamies or something right like it's all about that routine and then

the next thing i'm going to tell you is be uncomfortable with it. Talk your way through it and be like, okay, and then just commit for the next three days, I'm going to not snack, right? Just three days at a time, whatever that might be. And set your intentions in the morning. My intentions this morning is to make it through my day, eat nutrient foods, drink my water, do my thing and not snack at night. So you're bringing it to the forefront of your mind. End of day intentions. Maybe this is where if you're not doing the end of day intentions in journaling,

there's a place in our journal, this is available on Amazon or just use your own. You can journal, what's your day. And end of day reflections are not berating yourself. It's like, what did you do really well today? What did I do really well today? I got my water in, I did this. And what do you need to maybe focus on tomorrow? Okay, well, I didn't do really well today? I got my water in, I did this, and what do you need to

maybe focus on tomorrow? Okay, well I didn't do so great on this or that, so I'm going to work on that tomorrow. It's not to berate yourself, punish yourself, and anything like that. And so then you're bringing it to the forefront of your mind again, and then you can say, okay, I want a snack, I really want a snack, I'm miserable, I want a snack, I am unhappy that I can't have a snack. Okay, like talk your way through it. You don't have to be like, oh this is so great, here I am unhappy that I can't have a snack. Okay, like talk your way through it You don't have to be like, oh, this is so great. Here I am not snacking at night You know what I mean? So just kind of like deal with the feels like face the feels of the uncomfortableness of not feeding into

Because it's all about feeding into your dopamine. It's not about the actual snack I guarantee you when you have the snack, you're so stressed out eating the snack. I shouldn't have the snack. Why am I eating the snack that you're not actually enjoying the snack that you think is going to bring you joy. So you want to recognize that, right? You recognize that and you can sit there and be like, okay, I'm not, I'm not, I really want this snack. I'm having a hard time not having this snack. I'm going to, you know, I'm going to not have the snack, but I don't have to be happy about having a snack and kind of just really be open to what you're thinking, what's going on, your routine being triggered. You know, what is this about my need to have these snacks? And let's say you have the snack, right? So let's say I'm going to have the

snack. Okay. So then let's think about what's happening in our mind. Do we actually want the snack? Am I hungry for it? What is it about this snack? Sometimes your snack represents your you time. For me, my why time was a glass of wine. A glass of wine for me represented don't talk to me, don't ask me to do anything, this is my time. To the point I taught my kids this when they were very young. Thursday nights, Grey's Anatomy, mommy is opening a bottle of wine and I am eating a bag of sour cream and onion chips. Do not talk to me for the next hour and all I would have to do is hold the wine and look at them and they'd be like okay well wait well wait. So to me I taught myself that my wine is that is my time that's my

sacred me time. So your snack might be your sacred you time. You can't kind of eat and think at the same time. It might be whatever that might be right. So basically you got to figure out what's going on here. So that's my suggestion. That's my suggestion. Hopefully that helps. Hopefully that helps. Day by day energy levels are better. Yeah so the whole goal is every day you wake up you look better, you feel better than you did the day before. And if you don't, you can understand why.

If you don't, you can understand why. And this means also not that you're not doing all the things, but maybe this is a sign that you're not feeling so hot today that you're heading into detox, or perhaps you got a cold or flu or virus you need to manage. But essentially every day you should look and feel better. You are going to feel better than you ever have in your entire life while following the program. So that's the goal.

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and develop a new routine. Wine fighting with myself that they left because of my weight. Yeah, well, fuck them. Fuck them. If that is even a thought in your mind, like, but it doesn't stop you from being sad and feeling broken and feeling all the feels. So my suggestion to you is feel all the feels.

Really go into, I'm like a walk through the fire, walk through the feeling. If you don't deal with your feelings, they'll catch up to you at some point. And this is a time to also understand that maybe this is how inside situations, stressful situations, you utilize food to cope. So you're not gonna fix that today. You're not gonna start a nut fix.

You don't need fixing. You're not gonna address that today. But awareness is really huge on the program. A lot of this program and how your feels is your awareness. Let's say, like I talked from off the top, if you are frustrated about your weight not dropping yet and it's been five days, what is that about? What is that about? Because I would bet on you that if you keep showing up, you're here in the end, you're

going to lose your weight. I'm not concerned about that. I get you are concerned. But it's not your actual that you haven't dropped weight yet. Do you get me? Like it's not that you signed up for a weight loss program. Obviously you're going to lose weight. Your body is not a machine.

But what is it about? What is that frustrated feeling? Why am I frustrated about having not lost any weight in five days when I'm doing, I'm eating all this good nutrient rich foods, I'm drinking my water, I'm being mindful. And as we start going and rolling, we're going to start talking about maximizing, which is making an effort to move your body more, making an effort to manage your stress, making an effort to get better sleep. So what is it about your feelings? So we're gonna talk to Dr. Beverly David

and she has this thing called the cognitive behavioral therapy model. And on it, she talks about how is it, it's kind of naming it. Is it behavior, right, that you're doing? Is it thoughts that you're having or is it feelings? Which one is it? And try to name it, try to name it,

try to name your struggle. We talk a lot about the struggle bus, right? We talk a lot about the struggle bus and people will be like, the struggle bus is parked outside my window. Oh my God. And every day they wake up, there's a struggle bus and there's a struggle bus. Oh my God, there's a struggle bus. Meanwhile, the driver is like, is she going to get on this bus?

Like the struggle bus is waiting for you to get on the bus to figure out what you're struggling with so you can work through that, right? So it's a matter of naming it. So journaling is so great. I actually putting pen to paper and journaling your feeling every day. So maybe like how your honor and how you feel like I'm in a funk, I feel sad, I feel whatever that it is and really own that. This process can be very therapeutic for you because it brings up a lot of feels and because we utilize food like you when you were probably in a relationship and something great happened you celebrated with food when you were dating initially and everything was amazing you probably went out for dinner you know like you probably had drinks and wine and like we utilize food for so many things and so this is a great opportunity

to reconnect with yourself figure out what is important the program also makes you make yourself a priority because of all the things you need to do, you have to constantly focus on yourself. And you don't got time for anyone else, what they got, what they think, what they're doing, whatever, it's like that meme, that name, I'm drinking so much water,

I don't have time for anyone else's bullshit. Same thing with the program, you get so used to being in tune to your body's needs, how the choices that you are making are affecting you, how you're feeling when it comes to your portions. How do you feel before you eat, while you eat, after you eat, after you eat? What's going on with your body? How's your body changing? Right? How's your energy levels? How are you sleeping? How are you pooping? All of that. You get so self-involved in all the best ways. You've got time for no one else's stuff, right? And so this is a really great opportunity for you to become the best you,

to figure out what works for you. And the program is really great because you'll figure out not only what works for you in terms of when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat, but you're going to be so in tune with yourself by the time you leave. You're going to know what works for you in life, work situations, friendships, relationships, all of that. You're going to have such a great sense of self. Let me scroll down. Do men lose weight faster differently than women? It seems my husband glances away from food and drop spouts. We are definitely going to be addressing the men in the

group. I know it might seem that there are a lot more women because there are, but there are also quite a few men doing the program as well We're gonna talk about women's hormones. We're gonna talk about men's hormones program works really well for men in the sense that The thing that men need to be mindful when following the program is that the program works really well for them and they do lose weight quite quickly so if If you are a man and you are watching or listening right now, or your spouse is doing the program with you, if they take things like blood pressure medication, cholesterol meds, any type of medication,

chances are they will have to get those adjusted or come off them completely within like a month, month and a half of the program. So it's very important for men who have any health issues to make sure they're working hand-in-hand with their health care provider because they can lose weight a lot quickly. Their bodies are less inclined to store fat. Women's bodies are more inclined to store fat, especially when we have babies with our hormones and whatnot. We are just designed differently. This is why we'll talk when it does come time to talk about menopause, perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause, the importance of adding muscle

and maintaining your muscle mass. Because one of the ways when your body breaks down your foods and utilizes insulin in order for your body to store all that glycogen in your system, it does that in your liver, in your muscles. And when you don't have the muscle, it stores it in your fat. So it's the muscle mass that really does help men. Their metabolism tends to be much higher, they tend to have more muscle mass. So in that sense, it tends to be easier for them to lose weight.

Now, I'm generalizing there because for some men it can be quite difficult. But for men, they tend to approach weight loss a little differently. For men, weight loss means not eating junk food and going to the gym. And so with most men, especially if they have that belly, it's because they are going long periods of time without eating and then when they do tend to eat, they overeat. So with the living method, just adding those snacks in is like, it seems like they can

just do the bare minimum and have their weight drop, which is really exciting for them. But if you're following along with your spouse can also be very frustrating for you. So men definitely are, they definitely are different. So if you study that, that started the differences between men and women, so women start their weight issues a lot earlier in life. And I think a big part of this has to do with our diet culture. So women as young women will start diets real early. And so there's a much more,

there's higher obesity rates amongst girls and women from a younger age. But then what happens with men is that then there are there are more men that are overweight than women, but it doesn't start until an older age when they get high stress, lack of sleep, you know, because you think about guys, they they have super high metabolisms, and they just eat whatever they want to eat all the time. You know, those people who just eat all the time, and they never seem to gain weight is because they eat all the time, You know those people who just eat all the time and they never seem to gain weight? It's because they eat all the time. They're constantly giving their body what it needs. So it doesn't have any need to store fat because it's constantly getting food.

And so what happens is that tends to change later in life when they get jobs, families responsibilities, you know, high stress, all of that starts to creep in an effect. So, so yeah, so it can be infuriating if you're doing it with somebody. But I mean, everybody's different just individually. You'll have someone like I said, you'll start losing in the beginning of the program. And then you know, someone else that takes some weeks before they see that scale move. And then they'll kind of switch off. Everyone's a little different. Everyone's a little different in how they draw up. Some people lose in like bigger chunks. And then some people and then have longer

plateaus. And then some people have like, they lose in little bits and have like little plateaus. Everyone's a little different. Hi Tiffany, I'm in my second consecutive round, fourth round, gained over Christmas. Also you've done four, but this is your, this is back to back, okay. Gained over Christmas, but down 5.1 since Monday.

I stopped and bought a measuring tape so I can measure something I wish I'd done last round and picks to track progress." Yeah, you are gonna be amazed at how your body will change. So there's a big difference between fat loss and weight loss, right? Like we are after fat loss. And I talked about this the other day, when you lose weight on the living method,

you're gonna lose it in layers all over, as opposed to anyone's like any like any one area more than others that you might have seen on other diets. When you did those deprivation diets and you forced your body to burn fat, it took it from places where it felt at least needed it. So that's where you see like a big loss right away. With the living method, you're going to notice it's all over in layers, which is much healthier for you, is an indication of fat loss over weight loss where you're losing, yes, some fat, also some muscle and water weight.

Obviously with the living method is not water weight, you're drinking so much water. So that's a different, it's kind of like if you took a pound of butter, right? So you took a pound of butter and you smeared it all over your body. I know this is weird, but if you took a pound of butter and you smeared it all over your body, I know this is weird, but if you took a pound of butter and you smeared it all over your body you would hardly notice much of a difference, you'd hardly notice much of a difference, right? So that's sort of the difference with the Libby method, taking measurements, taking photos, because it's amazing how much your body can change, because when you lose weight you will go on a plateau and your body will adjust

to that plateau and because you're losing weight in a healthy way, you're giving your body nutrients to repair and rebuild and regenerate, you will notice that your body will change. So you will find that your weight will be dropping and when it's not dropping, your body will be changing. So 10 pounds on the living method will look like 20 pounds on any other diets.

It's just healthy weight loss. It totally hits differently. It totally hits differently. You guys are talking about some tips for herbal tea at night can be great. Sleepy time tea, calm tea, all of that's really great. For intentions, do I need a few or is it one a day? I like morning intentions and end of day reflections is what I like.

So set your intentions in the morning. It brings the process to the forefront of your mind and then at the end of the day, right? Okay, this is what I did really well. This is what I did. You know, I need to focus on tomorrow. You can put that to bed, put that to rest and then wake up the next day and set your intentions again.

It just, and again, there is, there's science behind writing things down and setting intentions and end of day reflections in terms of in the morning, bringing it to the forefront of your mind and at night putting it to rest. So you're not stressing, you're not going to bed thinking, oh my God, tomorrow I got to starve myself all day and not eat like you know what I mean? So it's great that routine of that is really great, too This is why we say open up the app watch the check-in video review post ask questions And then just kind of like or whatever midday whatever your routine is right. Hi Dave. Hello

My weight has been plateauing this week. Yeah. So you have to, again, with your weight, you've got to pay attention to what we're talking about. You've got to pay attention to what we're talking about. Otherwise, you are going to drive yourself crazy with being upset about what's going on the scale. It's only been five days. You might still not lose for five weeks.

Are you going gonna stick around? Because you can lose 30, 40 pounds on the back end of the program, right? So some of you are not gonna make it. Let me end with this. Some of you are not gonna make it. Some of you, you're not gonna lose weight quick enough. Here's what's gonna happen to you.

Your feels are valid though. It's really important to understand your feels are valid. So what is that all about? Why are you sad because you haven't lost any weight five days into your weight loss program when the program makes sense, it's safe, it's sound, there's proof in the pudding. There are thousands of returning members

talking about how they've lost weight, where they're at, like there's so much proof in the pudding around here, right? The program worked for them, it's gonna work for you. So what is that feeling about? What is that feeling about? But the reality is, is that some of you are going to quit because you didn't lose weight quick enough,

fast enough, whatever it is. And here's what I'm gonna tell you. You're gonna come back at the end and you're gonna see people who've lost weight and you're gonna be like, how did they do that? They did it by showing up every single day. It's kind of like because of the systematic nature like right now I don't even care if the scale moves for you. We're not even think about this we're not even trying to get the scale move moving. We're

not even trying to lose weight right now. We're not not we're not even trying to lose weight but so many people are losing weight. We're not trying. All we do is just giving the body what it needs, laying the foundation. We're not even trying to lose weight right now, if you can think about that. So can you imagine when we actually start trying to lose weight, right?

So we're trying to lose weight. The focus right now is on giving the body what it needs. So it's gonna trust that you're gonna keep giving it what it needs, so it can trust that it doesn't need to store this fat. If your body is storing fat, it's because you taught it that it needs the fat. You have trained it to believe that it needs to store fat

either through all the diets that you've done or long periods of time without eating or through your high stress or your lack of sleep or your health issues that you are not addressing through healthy eating, managing your stress, managing your sleep and all of those things, right? So totally normal to have a lot of feels about what's happening on the scale,

but don't let it stop you. Like honor your mood, but follow the plan. That's kind of a mantra around here. Don't let it stop you because at the end of the day, it's not how quickly you lose in the beginning. It's about being here at the end, being here at the end. That's the most important thing. Is hummus considered a protein? Yeah, it's chickpeas. Chickpeas have carbohydrates in them, but they're also a great protein to add to vegetable snacks. Someone else is asking about salt. Someone else is asking about salt. Salt is

one of those things you want to be mindful of your low sodium when you start eating healthy and not eating as much foods that are high in sodium or processed foods. Low sodium can be an issue. We have a post coming on that I think next week. So you can just sort of salt your food to taste however you like. I'm trying to get to this comment. I'm also feeling overwhelmed by all the information and trying to figure out this Facebook page. It's a bit frustrating.

Okay, stop and take a breath because what I'm not gonna do is focus on people who are frustrated and whatever. Cause here's what I'm gonna tell you. If you watch the very first check-in video, right? If you watch the very first check-in video, right? If you watch the very first check-in video, I tell you what you need to do. You need to do two things. Find the prep week guidelines posted in day one and find the food plan.

And then take your time. Take your time. Probably you are feeling overwhelmed because you're trying to figure it all out. And be like, how do we start losing weight today? Right? So deep breath, deep breath, deep breath. This is prep week. This is a week that's all about giving you the information. Yes. And it's a lot of information, but there are two posts you need to focus on. Prop week guidelines, which are the instructions each week of all the information

in this big ass book, you only need to find the guidelines. This program is so easy to follow because all you need to do about all this information is find the prep week guidelines and then next week the week one guidelines. Next week week two guidelines, next week week three guidelines and so on. Right? I want to make that very clear because it's so easy to get in our fields and feel overwhelmed. Look for the prep week guidelines. They are posted on day one and then look for the food plan. And the food plans you're going to be like, what? This is a lot of information. There are 20 posts here. There is one post with an overview of the food plan.

The rest is talks more individually about your meals and snacks. So invest in the time to figure out and understand the food plan. That's your task for this weekend. That's what I'm gonna task you all to for this weekend is read about all the individuals, meals and snacks. So you're really informed because the food plan is the base of the program itself, right? So prep week guidelines, food plan.

On Sunday, we roll out the guidelines for week one. So pop into the Facebook support group on Sunday, open up your app, read over those guidelines. The next thing that I want you to do is to make sure you ask questions before I go today. A lot of times what people do is they make statements or comments and they don't ask for help. They just like, I'm so frustrated. It's too much information blah, blah, blah, blah, blah." And I'm like, and your question is? So pop into the group. There's a post pinned to the top of the page. So the lives of the one place that we don't circle around and answer any questions. But go on there and say, hi, I am new,

just started today. I'm feeling a little lost. Can you help me figure out how to get started and set myself up for success? And my team will spend all day holding your hand, helping you figure it out. So help us help you. That's my two things this weekend. Okay, so I'm gonna add more to it. If you haven't done it yet, figure out why you're here. What's your why, right?

Your motivation is what got you signed up. What is your why? Your why is what's gonna help you make it to the end, knowing why you're here. If you also haven't done it, take some time and track your history with your weight loss journey Understand how you got here today and really didn't recognize where you are at right now today Which is gonna help you figure out what you need number two and number three is the prep week guidelines and the food plan and

Number four is please reach out for help. Please reach out for help. We want you to be successful. We want you to stick around and we are so happy to be here to help you. We love talking about all of this so do not be shy. If you also haven't done it yet, if I can add one more, start using our Living Method app. It's so great. It's so easy to use. It will run you through the program starting at day one. It has all the information in there. You can track everything and it has a really cool AI feature where you can ask a question and get a response within seconds. Speaking of I know you asked a lot of questions today. I hardly got to any of them. I'll get more into answering your individual questions as we go. Just want to make sure everyone's getting the information they need. And I'm going to add one more thing.

Check out that conversation with our guest experts from yesterday. Check out the conversation from our guest experts from yesterday. You will not be disappointed. Have a super fantastic day. That is my time for today. I know it's the weekend. I will not be going live on the weekend, but I will be checking in over the next couple of pop in review the guidelines on Sunday And I'll see you all back here Monday at 9 a.m. Have a fantastic weekend and remember there is nothing you can do on the weekend And that can't be undone by getting right back at it So just do the best that you can sometimes your routine is off on the weekend

It's okay for your food to be off. Nobody needs to stress because we are just starting and we have a lot of time left to lose a lot of weight. Bye everyone, have a great day.