The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 50 - Fall 2024

Episode Date: October 28, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 50, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2024Topics covered:Finishing strong to become a success story.Using the Sickness Protocol is maximizing when you are not feeling your best.Unravelling the habits, issues and associations to chase the feeling of feeling good.Investing the time to develop your mind-body connection.Embracing the inconvenience to make the most of Feeding the Metabolism.The benefit of reflecting when life shows up for you.How medication can affect the process.The basics of The Program support you in every stage of The Process.Personalizing The Livy Method for your specific needs.Introducing Ruth Kane.Let’s talk about portion sizes versus nutrient value.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. It is day 50 of the program. Day 5-0 of the program. How are you doing? How are you feeling? It's also a Monday, which means you're rolling in after the weekend. We have Halloween coming up later this week. There's a lot going on. We've got some amazing guests

joining us. Dr. Dina Karashefer and Dr. Beverly will be joining me tomorrow to talk about the messy middle. How do we follow through? How do we finish? How do we become a success story? How do we work through all of our shit to make sure we keep showing up, including all of the feels that we are having about the program and the process and the progress that you are seeing. On Wednesday, Dr. not doctor, sorry, Erin Degagne, who is a pelvic health specialist will be joining us to talk about pelvic health. And then on Thursday, Dr. Ruth is going to join us. She joining us to talk about pelvic health. And then on Thursday, Dr. Ruth is going to join us. She's going to talk about the research behind the Livi method. She's been studying the Livi method for the last couple of years, and she knows a lot about it. She's lost

a lot of weight with it herself, but she's been talking to thousands of people who've been successful and people who haven't been successful, and she's learned a lot. So she's going to share that with us. So I'm looking forward to that conversation with her. Okay. Let me know how you are doing, where you're at. We are feeding the metabolism this week. People tend to love this tweak or they get, they get a little bit pissy about it because it makes you have to think about eating even more often. It's not the most convenient tweak when we start splitting up the meals and snacks. I know that, but it's so worth doing. There's a rhyme and a reason to everything that we're suggesting. It's really super cool when you're bringing it back to satisfaction after downsizing last week and you're following the basic food plan,

right? Portion wise, asking the four questions just enough. So you're following the basic food plan, right? Portion-wise, asking the four questions just enough so you're walking away feeling satisfied and not stuffed 10, 15 minutes later. You've got to really tune in to those body's cues, really tune into those portions along with maximizing and doing all the things. It's really cool when you take the same portions that you've been consuming to satisfaction

and you split them in two and you eat the first portion. And for lack of a better word, you're allowed to eat the second portion. How you realize without the stress involved in downsizing and the issues with food waste or food scarcity, food scarcity, food scarcity, or anything like that, when you are allowed to have that second portion, in fact, you have to have that second portion, you won't want it. You will realize, oh shit, after I've had the first portion, I'm not actually all that hungry for the second portion. Now, I know you might have a lot of questions about the splitting up the meals and snacks part. People are worried they won't be able to do it as often as they need. Even if you

just split up a couple meals and snacks each day, that's still doing the tweak. So don't stress about that. Even if you can't split up the meals and snacks, if you just really focus on maximizing the basic food plan, you should still expect that scale to move. So Wednesday, Kim and I are going to talk about the tweak this week. We're going to talk about the splitting up of the meals and snacks part. And then we'll have another post going out on Wednesday that talks more in depth about it as well. But make sure you pop into the group and ask as many questions as you need.

All right, let's get into your questions. Good morning. Such a fantastic weekend meeting and fangirling over Gina live in person and so many losers. Hi, Andrea. So we were at the National Menopause Show on the weekend. It was so fantastic. It's always great to meet our members. The conversation never really is on how much weight people are losing. It's really on how they're feeling, the changes that they're making. It is so great to put faces to the names that we see in the group. And it's so

great to meet so many of you who are not all that vocal in the group. It's a whole vibe meeting real people. It's a game changer. This is why I love our spotlight each week. And this is why I love our real people, real journey conversation, because honestly, it's one thing to hear from me. It's another, you need like real tangible proof and there's nothing like hearing from real people. There was a lot of takeaways that I had from meeting our members. We need to normalize that weight loss is not a straight line down. We need to normalize that everybody's journey is different. crushed it, crushed it, crushed it, then, you know, had a harder time in maintenance. And some people crushed it, had a hard time, crushed it, had a hard time. Somebody crushed it, crushed it, crushed it, super successful. So this is what I love about the 91 day structure of the Libby method is that it's contained in digestible chunks of time where you can reflect back on what was going on in your life and what, what was, you know, what were the things that you're working through and each group is a little different. We really need to normalize that.

Just a fabulous conversations all around. I've had gut issues for a week, struggling to get it under control. Been doing some sickness protocols, but not really hungry. Yeah. So follow the sickness protocol. It's the time of year, cold, flu season, stomach bugs. I was up legit all night last night because I had some ridiculously spicy wings last night for dinner and I didn't get much sleep. Probiotics, prebiotics, digestive bitters, all those can help. We talk about those in our supplement post. We've had some conversations about our guest experts, really strengthening your digestive system, a real focus around here, not just with supplements, but all the nutrient rich foods that you are eating.

But I do want to remind you, and it's a great reminder, Marianne, and I hope that you're feeling much better soon, is our sickness protocol. It is there for times when you just are not feeling great physically, mentally, whatever you have going on. There is a way to still follow that can honor your needs and where you're at. If you're looking for that post, you can search it by using the search icon in the group. You can also pull it up on your app as well. So you can search any of the posts using our app.

Rough weekend. The Halloween candy made its way in. Sleep was terrible. Stomach not happy. Lesson learned. Back to the grind today. Good. This is good. This is great. This is great. When we talk about issues and associations tied into food, this is what I'm talking about. You probably thought Halloween candy. It's fun. It's yummy, right? Well, was it fun? Was it yummy? How did it make you feel, right? It's our association to it that creates that dopamine hit we're going in for when we go for it. We open up that bag of candy and we think about it. Oh, I want the candy. Yeah, it's going to be fun. That's going to be delicious. And now your new association is, oh, mess with my sleep, right?

Stomach not happy, like just how I feel today. So this is a good thing. And you know, you can't get to that point without actually, like you need a reference point for it. So this is why it's not all about being perfect when you're following the program. It's about having the thing. If you're obsessing with thing, have it, you're going to realize, okay, you had it. Um, you know, you, maybe you enjoyed it and then you just move along and it doesn't stop you from reaching your goals or you had it and it

doesn't really do what you thought it was going to do, or you have it and you recognize how you actually feel after you have it. you recognize how you actually feel after you have it. All of that is part of the program and the process. All of that is the unlearning, the relearning and learning, right? This is rewiring how your body's come to function physically, right? You have the candy, doesn't make you good physically. Oh, that's my association. So next time you see that candy, you're going to be like, oh, now you might have it again a couple more times, but then you're going to realize, oh, it doesn't make me feel good. So then when you see that candy, you're going to like, yeah, no, thanks. It doesn't make me feel good.

And then you're also rewiring your brain. When you realize you connect that dopamine hit didn't really give me what I wanted, you are less likely to go and have it again next time, right? And you are rewiring your association to it. So I love this. I love this. This is an opportunity to reconnect. Good morning, down 8.4 pounds, seeing so much change on my body. I'm getting better on the mindfulness and understanding what satisfaction means. It can take a while. It can take a while. I was talking to someone on the weekend who was talking, I think she's done,

she's been done the program for two years. And she finally was just like picking up on her body's cues and realized she sits back and takes a breath. And that's how she knows she's had enough. And that may seem very simple, but it reminded me that when you are doing the four steps of mindful eating, and we have a, we have a revisit, a review of that in the group today, it's not in your head. This is not a feeling in your head. It's more a feeling in your body. And sometimes when we're asked the four mindful eating questions, we could be in our head about it and actually missing our body's physical cues.

But it's really about these are techniques that help you practice. It's what it is practice and seeing the tweaks each week are approaching weight loss, and your associations with food and all of that from a different perspective and a different angle, right, which is really cool. So get out of your head about it and really get into your body about it. And then practice, practice, practice The whole idea of the four mindful eating questions, not just getting in tune with your portions, but so that once you've lost your weight, you don't even have to ask those anymore. And you can trust your body's going to tell you when to eat, what to eat, and also how much to eat, right? That's a big part of that maintenance piece of it is being really in tune with your body's needs.

Hi, Rhonda. Good morning. I'm finally back on track after midpoint. I actually like splitting up the meals and snacks. Yeah. Yeah. Hi, Helen. Oh my God. So excited to meet you. Yes. I'm still super jazzed. It was a long day at the Menopause Show, but the vibes were through the roof. I live for it. Honestly, I live for meeting our members and talking weight loss. And everyone kept saying that, are you tired? Are you tired? Sure. I was tired at the end of the day. Once things kind of calmed down, I had a good sleep. I had a good sleep. Tony and I went golfing yesterday, which is just great for my mental health. It was nice and calm when all you got to think about is just kind of whacking that ball into the hole.

Honestly, I'm not exhausted yet. I'm exhausted from not sleeping last night and my tummy troubles that I was having. But mentally, I'm super jazzed. It was exactly the pump I needed midway through the program for sure. Good morning, all. Finally in an actual live. Hi, Christine. Good morning. Glad you could join us. My favorite tweak. I'm also getting back on track. So perfect timing. I've

been slacking, but ready to go all in. I love that. Holding yourself accountable. That happens. That happens. Good morning, everyone from the brisk and fluffy white north. Snow. No, say it ain't snow. Say it ain't snow. Oh man, Tony and I were golfing yesterday. I brought a blanket. I said to him, just so you know, I'm bringing a blanket. Yes, I'm going to be that person. I bought like a cozy faux fur blanket and I put it across the golf cart and we were sitting on it at first. And then by the end of it, we were like tucked underneath it. And then I started researching. Someone else had a golf cart that actually had like a canopy on top of it. So I started researching that along with like a little portable battery powered heater. It's so cold. Tis the season, tis the season, tis the season for sure.

How do you manage this if you're running around all day and have a busy week, right? So this is this is what this is what I'm saying to you right now. This is the time that you set aside to work on your weight loss goals. And where there is a will, there is a way. And it's about making time and being mindful. And it is it is an inconvenient tweak. So it's all about maybe how you're packing and preparing your foods. This is about if and when you can split up your meals and snacks. And if you can't, just make sure you're really diving into those four mindful eating questions, right? And maximizing your efforts all around. You should still expect to lose weight, even if you can't split up the meals and snacks. This is a way to really, again, the tweaks each week are to really keep things moving forward,

to really, you know, dive deep, level up, all of those things. You are all doing a lot just by following that basic food plan. So just like everything else, planning, it's only for four days. I know you can't switch the days around, so it's only for four days. So hopefully there's some time on the weekend where you'll be able to split up some meals and snacks. You know, generally, if you're going out for dinner, for example, and you are eating your meal, and you know, you just maybe take time in between, take a minute chat, have some conversations, whatnot, before you go in and you know, finish up the rest of your second part second part of your meal. Um, you

know, there's, there's, I'm sure some members will share some tips with you, but it's really individual and it's kind of figuring out what's going to work for you. But I've worked with, uh, I mean, I've worked with airplane pilots, people who work in the healthcare, um, busy moms, you name it. I worked with a variety of people and it's just kind of, you do what you need to do. And for four days, you do your best to figure out how to make this tweak work. And then at the end of the day, I give, if you want it, here's what you want to do. If you want to give us your situation, rather just say, I'm really busy. Like, what does that entail? Like you, you don't, you like, what exactly does that mean? If you can better define what, what busy and maybe what you

perceive to be the issues that you're going to have in doing this tweak, other than taking the time to eat, which really, you know, just takes a few minutes sometimes, depending on what you're eating, especially if you're splitting up your meals and snacks, it won't be like you're sitting down to a big, large meal. Um, then you let us know your individual circumstances in the group and the, and the team can help you out if you want to get more into the detail there. Thank you, Sue. That's very nice. Happy to meet you, Gina and Tony and your team. You're all just as wonderful as we imagined. We really truly are. I am pretty, listen, I'm pretty much the same person because I put it all out there on the

line. What you see is what you get. Um, I may be a little bit more animated and excited when I'm here talking. Well, I was pretty animated and excited on the weekend cause I was pretty stoked. I'm pretty passionate about the topic of weight loss, but we truly have a team of just incredible caring, uh, people behind the scenes who really, truly want you to be successful, who are really, truly invested and excited in the Livi Method. The proof is in the pudding and they've seen it. They've heard it. Man, honestly, I'm really happy that you got to meet a lot of our team members who were there. We're going to be also back at the National Women's Show in November, I think the 8th, 9th and 10th. We're going to be there for three days. I'll be on the main stage.

If you want to come and check me out, our guest speakers are going to join us. You're going to be able to meet Dr. Dina and Dr. Beverly and Dr. Alinka. Dr. Beverly and Dr. Alinka and Dr. Ruth joined us on the weekend as well. But I just want you to know, truly, you are supported here by people who truly want to see you succeed. We want you to be successful. We need you to be successful. We all love our jobs and we want to run a successful business, but they are the best. They are the best. Tony and I were reflecting on our team. So much hard work and effort went into every detail of creating a space that was inviting and just had great vibes all around. So I love hearing that. I love hearing that. I had guests all weekend. Hi, Phyllis. I'm just going to take a sip of my coffee. I had guests

all weekend and went up 0.3 pounds, didn't follow the program and instead ate chocolate and pizza and drank the wine. What do you feel about protein pancakes? Most recipes add flour. There are some, as long as it's the protein is the focus, right? Like you could throw some nuts on top of your pancakes. You can add some protein powder into your pancake mix. There are higher protein pancake mixes out there as well. So you can add, I don't know, yogurt as a side to your pancakes. It doesn't have to just be pancakes. So there are ways of

bumping up the nutrients. You can add some sprouted love or some like hemp seeds on top of your pancakes. Really minimize any added like syrups. If you want to use a sweetener, you want to use ideally like natural maple syrup that doesn't have added sweeteners to it. Just be mindful of that. You just want to make protein the focus. You could also maybe make an egg to go along with your pancakes as well. But there are some better and higher protein pancake mixes out there. You can find it usually in the health food section. or you can always just add some, uh, protein powder to the mix as well. Nothing wrong with flour in things. Um, as long as you're making protein, the focus there. Uh, will you have living merch for us common folk who can't travel across the country to see you stop? So we are, um, we've created some fun merch, just a minimal amount of

merchandise just to see, um, we're still working on getting some t-shirts and whatnot. We've had to throw these things together quite quickly. We want to make sure we're looking for quality products that we're able to, um, you know, sell for an affordable cost, right? Um, shipping definitely makes things a little bit trickier when there's shipping costs involved and there's people who need to ship the stuff. So we're thinking about drop shippers and whatnot and how that might all work in the future. So eventually we're going to see what we have left over from the women's show and perhaps throw up any of the merchandise that we have up on our website and just kind of see how it

goes. We are I mean, it seems like we're this big, massive company. And we do have hundreds of thousands of people follow through every year. But not everyone is interested in merchandise. And we do want to make sure we're mindful of our company costs so that we can continue to offer the program at a cost that's affordable for everybody. So that's just a little bit of that sort of what's going on behind the scenes. But eventually, man, I want to have like a, you know, a variety of different great merchandise products available, you know, to share the stoke about the living method. So, so we're working on that. We're working on that, that we're working on that. We are working on it. Hi, Risa. I know you couldn't make it, but you're going to the National Women's Show. It's

going to be great. It's going to be great to see everyone there. New week and time to refocus. Been dealing with new medication, sickness in the house, family visit, was trying to do progress over perfection. Good. Perfect week to focus back on prioritizing myself in this plan. So Brittany, like reflect back on the week. How could you have better supported yourself? Now, you know, right? Like when you're in the midst of feeling like that, you're in survival mode. You're just trying to figure it out. And so this is where, okay, you know, what, what could I do to best prepare myself next time? What are some of the strategies maybe that I can implement? We do have a sickness protocol. New medication can definitely mess with you. Um, it can take a while for your body to calm down. But what I love about the Libby method,

because it's so, there's so much routine to it, is that the routine of the Libby method helps to calm the body down. Of course, and then we mess with that routine. It shake things up, gets the body attention. This is what keeps us moving forward. And then the body calms down, right? You'll notice downsizing last week, you started to feel more calm about downsizing towards the end of the week. And then this is why we're reestablishing that baseline with the basic food plan again, off the heels of downsizing to calm the body down again, before we implement the tweak of splitting up the meals and snacks. And so a lot of people, when they're trying to lose weight, do this and do this and do this and do this and do this,

and they get bits and pieces of results. And it's all about consistently doing all the things and putting them under one umbrella and then moving forward. That's where the momentum and the things that you are doing are adding up. When you add in something like a new medication, it's like comes in, it's like a stress bomb and blows everything up again. And then your body has to kind of like reestablish that baseline and that routine. Now factoring in that medication and then I'll move forward. But the body will adjust to adding it in. But this is where you might see some disturbances in your sleep, in your digestive system. You might see your weight fluctuate and go

up a little bit, but then your body will like calm back down from that. It just takes a bit of time. And same thing with sickness. So whenever you're sick, cold, flu, whatever virus, whatever that might be, you might notice your weight up. That's your body retaining water because it's trying to detox the cold or flu virus, whatever it is, out of your system. And then when you'll notice you're sick, you'll either not be hungry at all, or you will be craving carbs and sugar. Craving carbs and sugar is usually a call for increasing your fluids, again, because your body's trying to get you to drink more water and retain it to detox the cold or virus out. And then you're not hungry. A lot of people are concerned about

not being hungry. And like, if I don't eat, my body's going to use my fat reserves. And that's going to reinforce the need for fat. Your body utilizing your fat reserves, when in a time of need, like when you are sick is not the same as you being fully functioning and healthy and you forcing the body to burn fat because you are starving and depriving it. So not the same thing. So don't worry if you're not hungry when you are sick. That's okay. You want to really honor that. With the sickness protocol, you can choose to eat, not eat. Just keep foods nice and light if you are eating. Your body is not interested in processing and digesting food because it's trying to heal

you. It's trying to detox whatever it's got going on out of you. And that's why you will not be all that hungry. And so that's totally normal and nothing to worry about. So your weight will probably be up a little bit. And then once you start to feel better, your weight will drop down. Once you start to feel better, your appetite will come back. Sickness is like its own protocol. Think about it. You got your body's attention. It's detoxing. It's healing. It's doing all those things. And when you've been addressing the body's needs and giving the body what it needs, and so it no longer needs to feel the need to store this excess fat, it will use that detox opportunity to not just detox this cold flu virus, whatever you got going on in your system. It will also release fat along the way

as well. So being sick, although it can be a bummer because it feels like you can't do the things that you want to do in the program, but it actually helps. It actually helps fast track the process when you are legitimately sick, because it's just like a, it's like a massive detox all around. So, um, I mean, listen, if I would never want anyone to hear this conversation out of the context of the program, you know, it's this girl's telling people it's good to be sick because you can lose weight. I mean, it sounds horrible, but in knowing what you're doing with the Libby method, being in tune to your body's needs, eating all this nutrient-rich foods all the time, sickness can be a benefit. And let's just face it, let's take the fat loss where we get the fat loss at the end of the day.

So as much as it can be a bummer when you are sick, because of the way you're supporting yourself before you are sick, during sick, and after sick, it can actually be quite helpful when doing the program. 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.

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the craziness, the craziness women do to lose weight. Damn. Tried to explain the program, the benefits, and they were all sadly stuck on their crazy plans. Got them to follow me on Facebook or Instagram so they can see how it works. Listen, people are going to do what people are going to do. People are going to do what people are going to do. I'm thinking of, I had a lovely woman introduce me and ask me questions for this learning lattes and learning segment. And, you know, she got to hear a little bit about the living method and in front of, I don't know, three to 500 of our incredible members. It was just a whole vibe. And afterwards, she's like, oh, we're talking about weight loss. She's like, oh, yeah, I'm doing a six-week fat loss method. Have you heard of it? And I'm just like, okay. You know what I mean?

To each his own, though. Here's the thing. I cannot, what I didn't do is stand there and try to convince her otherwise. I mean, if the proof isn't in the pudding, I don't know what to say. Um, people have to just be in the right frame of mind. Sometimes people are not in the space to do the kind of stuff that we need to do that we're doing on the program. Um, and when they're ready, they're ready. You can, you can, I've learned through personal clients that you cannot pay me enough to work with somebody who is not ready to do the work. And so if you have friends and family and they're not ready, I wouldn't even try to

push it. The living method is hard to explain. Man, we've been sitting around trying to figure out how do we explain it to people? How do we get the word out without that educational piece of what the like, why we break it down into 91 days, how it's different, how you lose weight without counting and weighing and measuring, understanding like how to lose weight in a way that you'll be able to maintain and sustain, you know, everything that's involved in it. It's quite difficult. It's quite difficult. And I'm talking about this now because this will become more of a conversation down the road, especially towards the end of the program where you're really starting to see your efforts

add up and people do start asking you what you are doing. We have been working on revamping our website to try to make it more clear on what the program itself is about. But listen, even when I was writing my program online in the early days, I didn't know what the fuck to call it. Um, I didn't know how to explain it because it's such a long process that encompasses legitimately three months. Uh, it's hard to explain.

It's hard to explain. Um, I love the stoke. I love that we keep trying. I love that we keep trying. Um, because at some point I think that I call this awareness, right? What you're doing is you're bringing awareness to people and sharing is caring. 95% of our members are through referrals. So I'm so grateful for each to each and every one of you who are talking about the program. This is why it's really important to for me to create a program

that you are proud of all around, even however, we're representing our community, because I'm so grateful for that. So, you know, just kind of like telling them a little bit about it. And then you never know, maybe they will see an ad or they'll come across a podcast or a post and, you know, eventually will like, you know, eventually they might come around and be like, Oh, yeah, I remember someone told me about that program once. Let me give it a try. Let me give it a try. I feel the same, Susan. I feel like every person needs to know about this program. Forget about weight loss, even just to be healthy. This is like a how to get healthy 101. I feel, I truly feel the same. And this is how you will feel at the end of the program, if you're new to the program. And, you know, it was interesting because the woman who introduced me on Saturday

also referred to groupies. You know, you got a bunch of groupies here. And I'm like, no, no, no, no, no. This is not groupies. We are not a cult. We are people who've worked really hard to make change, really hard to make change. A lot of people after years and years and years of spending a lot of time and energy on money, right? Like they were really proud of what we've accomplished. It's not an easy feat to make real foundational, concrete change at the end of the day, you know? But listen, I love that. I love that at the end of the program, if you're new, you're going to understand the hype because when you're able to reflect back and see how it all works together, you're going to be like, wow, this makes so much sense. Obviously, you're new to the program. You might be like,

what the fuck is this splitting up the meals and snacks tweak all about? Come on. And we have other tweaks coming down the pipeline. Did this one just like try to just like be in with it? Like I want you to be successful. There's a rhyme and a reason behind it. But at the end of the program, you'll reflect back and be like, okay, everyone needs to understand this because you'll amass so much knowledge. And then you'll understand, right? Like physically and mentally the rhyme and the reason behind it. And you'll be like, this makes a lot of sense. This makes a lot of sense. And then you'll want everyone to know about it, right? But it's really hard in the beginning if you're new to the program and you don't know what's coming or you haven't

experienced, there's no reference for that, right? There's no reference for that. No reference for that. Hi, Kathy. I think I've been in detox, headache, metal taste, hoping so, been stuck, but committed to doing that. So don't forget, yes, those sounds like signs of detox. Don't forget the basics. As we introduce new tweaks each week, don't forget about the basics, right? Extra hungry in the evening, even though you've been eating all those meals and snacks, sign that your weight's about to drop. Getting up in the middle of the night, especially around that three or four o'clock time, go in the bathroom. It should be easy to get back to bed though. To sleep, sign a detox. Your weight being up, sign that your weight's about to drop. Feeling bloated and just sign that

your weight is about to drop, right? Also, don't forget about supporting the body in detox. So the things that you can do to help support the body in that, avoid that temptation to hold back, right? And skip meals and snacks, eat less is more, it's not. You know, you got that body into detox by giving the body what it needs. So you don't want to pull back and fall back into old diet shit. Don't forget, right? The basics of what your body releasing fat can look like and feel like, and then how to support the body in that. That's a good reminder. Great post on andropause. Hi, Robert. Hello. Thank you. Yes. So there's been a lot of talk about menopause, and I don't want to lose the men in the group. The program is inclusive in the sense that every day the Livi Method addresses everybody,

regardless of gender and whatnot. The Livi Method program itself works for everybody. What we do is try to teach you how to make it more individual to your needs. And the reality is that weight gain is a real issue or having a hard time losing weight is a real issue in perimen hard time losing weight is a real issue in perimenopause, menopause and postmenopause. And I believe that these conversations are relevant to anyone who is not in that phase or stage yet as well. It's also, you know, there are people who have diabetes. There are people who have thyroid issues, people with PCOS, people with

a variety of health issues in which the Libby Method addresses all of those things. And hormones in general, regardless of what sex you are, the hormones are relevant to every single person. So I do want to remind you, and although I love the conversation on Andropause on Thursday and the post today, the program does work very well for men. I used to have a post for men and this is what it said. Hi, I want to address the men in the program because we do have a lot of women and eventually maybe I'll have my own men's program. But right now the program is for everybody. This is why I took the menopause conversation out of the group and why we have the ad on because

there's a lot to talk about there. But my post for men used to be, hi men, welcome. Here's what you need to know. The program works really well for you. Almost too well because you can see results happen so fast because men's bodies are less inclined to store and hold on to fat like women's bodies. And not to say that they don't have their issues and associations and things to work through and don't have their own hormonal issues. Their hormonal changes tend to be more gradual. But for men, the issue with men is that you can lose weight so quickly, it can affect medications that you are taking. Because it's not unusual for men to, you know, halfway through the program have to decrease or get off cholesterol medications, blood pressure medications and whatnot. The program works really well for men.

The main takeaway there is make sure you are working with your healthcare provider and checking in because if you are still taking your blood pressure medication, for example, when you no longer need it, that can cause issues. So, you know, this conversation has got me thinking, what can we do to be more vocal about that? But the program really allows anyone to ask all the individual questions that you need. So I just want to remind everyone, no matter what you are dealing with, what your background is, what sex you are, where you come from, anything like that, please reach out in the group and let us know if you have any questions. One of the other things I'm going to be working on in terms of new additions next group is I'm looking for experts to come in

and talk about Ozempic. I do realize that we have a lot of our members taking Ozempic. They always have some of them to manage diabetes, so that's nothing new. This program is a great complement to anyone taking Ozempic, which is a personal choice. And I completely believe it can be a lifesaver and a game changer for some people. I'm not going to get into side effects and whatnot, because I assume people are having those conversations with their healthcare providers. But I want this to be a safe space for anyone who is taking weight loss medications, or maybe have gone through weight loss. Whatever you're dealing with weight loss, where you are working with a medical advisor, that this is a great program for you to be

following alongside. And I want you to be able to feel like you are free to ask all the questions you need as well. So I really want to create a truly inclusive environment that meets everybody's needs to the best of our ability. Obviously, we have to be mindful, we can't offer a medical advice per se, we can't prescribe, we can't diagnose, we can't do those things. But what we can do is try to be as informative as possible. So just a little heads up on that. So listen, this is our 23rd group. I've been helping people lose weight for over 30 years. And I feel like I'm just getting started. I feel like I'm just, you know what I mean? Like I've

got so much more to talk about. There are, I'm like, I'm working on tweaking and finessing ways. I really want, that's why I love Ruth Kane and the fact she's going to be joining us on Thursday. So Ruth, Ruth is one of our members. She's lost 70 pounds of the program herself. And she received funding from the government, SHRC funding from the government a few years ago to study the Libby Method. And at first, she was interested in studying the online learning process. So how people are learning online and are actually able to make change. Because if you think about this, this is how you can reach like remote communities,

people who are isolated. This is how you can help people en masse, right? Then she got into studying the efficacy of the Libby method. Does it actually work? And yes, we know it does. People are actually losing a clinical amount of weight in three months, which is more than the standard,

which is really cool. And now she is working her way and wants to reach out and talk to, and she has, what was the word she used? She had like a ton of people who've been in maintenance for over a year that she's going to be talking to, to get into that maintenance piece. And we are learning so much from Ruth about what people need in order to be able to learn, to make change, what people need to, um, to be successful in losing weight and what people need to be able to maintain their weight. So I feel like, man, there's so many more changes and additions,

uh, to come. My portion seems so small. Am I getting enough nutrition? Okay. So Elaine, here's what I got to ask. So this is what, why do you think that you are not? This is the big thing. People can eat a lot of food. I love this. People can eat a lot of food. It does not mean that you are getting the nutritional requirements that you need from that food. Let me say it again. People can eat a lot of food. It doesn't mean that they are getting the nutritional requirements that they need from that food. My question to you is why do you think that you are not getting enough? And portions, this is why portions are never what they look like and always what they feel like. We live in a supersized society. It is probably not your portions. It's what you are seeing out there

that is messed up. That's where the problem is. The portions that we have gotten used to, not just used to consuming, but the portions that we have gotten used to seeing, right? So we got to bring it back to what the body actually needs. So my question would be to you, how are you feeling? Are you feeling, do you have energy? Are you sleeping good? Is your body changing? Like, are you, you know what energy are you sleeping good is your body changing like are you you know what I mean eating five six times a day is actually not normal it's part of the method and we're going to be phasing off this as we go but you're what you're doing is you're eating good nutrient rich foods throughout the day that are giving your body the nutrients it

needs which is helping to manage blood sugar and energy levels. So it's not about like, if you were hungry, if you needed more, you'd probably be hungrier for it, right, at the end of the day. So that's why I would say to you, are you trying to eat less or are you actually following the program, eating all your meals and snacks?

Are you making them nutrient rich? Are you asking those four questions? And for example, this week, eating enough that you are feeling satisfied. And then my question would be, if you are doing all that and eating enough to feel satisfied, is your concern actually, are you concerned actually with how you're with the size of your portions? Or you are, are you concerned with trusting yourself? Are you actually eating enough? Or are you undercutting yourself? Are you actually eating enough or are you undercutting and trying to eat less? Like what is going on there?

And then why don't you trust that if you're eating all this good nutrient-rich foods, you're eating it often throughout the day and you are eating enough to truly feel satisfied, why don't you trust that? Why don't you trust that, right? So there could be an issue with feeling like, fear of being hungry, fear of not eating enough and what's going on there, right? So those are sort of the markers. People, you'll

be surprised about how much food you don't need. Think about our bodies still function on a very primitive level, we would not be eating all this nutrient rich food as often as we are each and every day. It's generally not a concern if you're following the Libby method. Although if you are going by what your portions look like, rather than what you feel like, you might notice some days that, wow, I'm not really all that hungry here. Again, it's all about the food that you are consuming throughout the day and meeting your body's needs and requirements, as opposed to what you are used to eating, what you are used to seeing. For example, this concept of larger meals makes zero fucking sense. Think about that. Think about that for a second. In fact, the way that we

sleep and the way that we eat is completely messed up from the way that our bodies are designed. Why would you need a significantly larger portion of food throughout the day at certain times? You don't. That's the reality, you don't. So what you will find is that as you're eating more often throughout the day, you may notice your larger meals and your portion sizes are actually being reduced, because you never really needed that much. This is where you know, if you are overeating your foods, especially with your with your leptin in society, you can actually get leptin resistance. And this is where your body is no longer telling you when you've had enough because you just like keep eating more than what you

actually need. We talked about this with Dr. Paul in the last conversation that we've had with him. So people are really surprised at how much food they don't need. But the markers would be to make you would know when you're not eating purposely not eating and eating enough and starving and depriving yourself, right? You know that you're doing that. Most people would know that they're doing that. Depending on your energy, how you feel. If you weren't eating enough, you'd feel really tired, really lethargic outside of detox symptoms, obviously, right? And obviously outside of anything like colds or flu or viruses and stuff that you might not be dealing with. Your body wouldn't be changing because you wouldn't get the resources and stuff that you would need. So there's a definitely difference.

How do you feel? And then I would trust that. And get the resources and stuff that you would need. So there's a definitely difference. Like, how do you feel? And then I would trust that. And then if you were hungry, you would be hungry. At this point, your body would let you know if you weren't getting enough, you would feel hungry for that. I love this question because a lot of people really feel like this. This is why I keep driving home the concept that portions are not what they look like and they're all about what they feel like.

And that's sort of the rhyme and the reason behind why I do that. So I appreciate you asking this. Okay, everyone. Uh, I'm excited about this week. We've got a great week ahead, man. We got a great rest of the program ahead. I'm so excited with where we're at. You should be too. Dig in, level up, ask yourself what you need, assess what you have done, assess where you are at, make a plan moving forward. How can you step up even more? How can you dive in even more? How, and that doesn't mean do more and more. It doesn't mean do more and more. It means assess where you are at right now. Reflect on what you've done in the last few weeks of the program and what you can do to best set yourself up for success.

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