The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 53 - Spring 2025

Episode Date: June 12, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Spring 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 53, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2025In this energizing episode, Gina shares why the urge to move your body might be creeping back in—and what it actually means. From feeling stronger and sleeping better to craving movement that fits who you are now, she reminds us that change doesn't have to look like a gym routine or chasing old versions of ourselves. She also explains why the scale might go up while real progress is happening, and why waiting for motivation is a losing game. Gina brings her signature real talk on how action creates momentum, how splitting your meals this week helps you build trust with food, and why feeding the metabolism challenges old diet brain. Plus, a fresh perspective on movement: it’s not about punishment—it’s a celebration. If you’ve been stuck in your head or waiting for the “right time,” this is the episode you need.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.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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is how we do all of our live guest segments. And then that way we can turn them into podcasts and the audio and the visual and all of that is great. Except today it wasn't working. And we tried and we tried and we tried and we tried. And it was just kind of glitching out. So there's some sort of issue with the live platform that we use.

So unfortunately we are unable to get Andrew to join us today. He is fabulous. He's a fitness and aging expert. Andrew Blakey is his name. We're going to have him on. We're going to reschedule him next week. The team is currently on the phone with our streaming service and saying

what the heck is going on. So I apologize a that we're starting late and B that we're unable to get Andrew to join us this morning. Hi, Dave. Hello, hi, Linda. Good morning, guys. He's really cool though. What I love about Andrew is he's on the younger-ish side

and he has this passion for aging and just helping people move, let alone get in shape. So I think it's a great perspective. We're obviously gonna talk about fitness and weight loss and start talking about that. It's a good time right now to start talking about that because this is where, with where you're at in the program, your body's starting to give you energy.

You might notice that. So you ever feel like exercising before and you just like, then you go to do it and you're just like, I don't feel like I have the energy for it. You have energy. It's just when your body is storing excess fat, it's feeling the need to keep you on reserve mode. It's like, No, I need all of this fat, your fat is your like emergency reserve. And so your body's like, No, I need all this fat, and therefore you can't have

it. So I'm going to be really reserved about my energy expenditure. That's where when your metabolism is low, your metabolism is like how much energy your body's using on a daily basis. And so when your body's feeling you need to store fat, you have a low metabolism, it keeps you on reserve mode. And now that you've been giving your body all this good nutrient rich foods,

you're probably noticing your energies are increasing, and this is where you might feel like you feel a little bit jiggy, like I feel like I got to go for a walk. I feel like I got to do something. So it's much easier to start exercising. And then on top of that, because you're eating all this good nutrient-rich foods, you're going to notice your body

actually changing. You may have tried exercising before and nothing really happens. You just do your exercise. You can't really notice a difference. Now that you're giving the body the nutrients it needs and your body's more efficient at utilizing that nutrients, you're gonna notice your body actually changing. So you do like a weightlifting harder workout

where you're taxing your muscles on a Monday, you might feel it on a Tuesday, on a Wednesday, by Thursday, you can actually like feel a difference in your workout. So that's the difference between weight loss and fat loss that we're after here by giving your body what it needs. If you're just joining me this morning, I had some technical issues with Andrew. We tried and we tried the live streaming service

that we use called StreamYard. It just kept glitching out. And we just thought it's gonna make for a hard conversation. It's probably gonna drive you guys crazy. So we're gonna reschedule Andrew. We're gonna reschedule Andrew for next week. Exercise is not my problem. It's the habits associated around junk food.

Yeah, well, are you also exercising though? That is really important. Moving your body helps with stress. Reaching for the junk food could be tied into stress. When you're feeling really good and you're feeling like you are moving your body, you are less likely you want you are more likely to continue that behavior and less likely to sabotage that behavior that makes you feel all kind of just like not motivated. The junk food one, if you missed it, definitely check out the conversations

that we've had with Sandra Alia, not just the conversation we had with her yesterday, but we've had her on before discussing food, food addiction. And so we have a whole resource library over on our podcast, the living method. So you can go to the living method podcast and search Sandra Aliyah and all of the podcast segments that we've done with her will pop up. And she's got really hardcore into breaking those habits and what they might be and things that you can do about that for sure. My weight is about five pounds is program.

I think it's muscle as I've been strengthening. Yeah, I mean, you should be noticing, your body will really focus on fat loss or making change, right? And if you're constantly keeping your body in a state of change, you should be noticing change. So with this, you should be noticing dress sizes change. You should be, there should be a visible sign in your body.

Obviously muscle does weigh more than fat. In fact, I have like, I got one of these things. Haven't busted it out. So this is two pounds, two pounds muscle, two pounds fat or one pound muscle, one pound fat. It feels like one pound, one pound of muscle versus one pound of fat. So if you can imagine, right. So if this is where you're decreasing fat and then increasing muscle, it depends on

how hard you're working out. I mean, that's a lot easier said than done at the end of the day, but your weight can also be up for a variety of reasons, but you should be dropping just dress sizes and really noticing a change in your body. Good morning. First live this week, I had an unexpected detour on my journey, decided to have a stay in the hospital for the first time besides two births still here being released today. Hi Pam. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. Well I'm glad that you could join us. Diverticulitis perforation. A big scare and almost did an emergency surgery. Yeah. My goodness. That's not a joke. Some people have some major

digestive issues. Crohn's, colitis, diverticulitis, IBS. That can cause some serious issues. At the same time, you're strengthening your digestive system, but really be mindful, not just the foods that you're eating, the stress that you're under. As you know, there's a lot of things that can lead into that.

This is a good reminder to be checking in with your doctors along the way. Pam, I know that you do that because we think we're eating, we're making all these changes in a healthy way. Sometimes we're invincible and we forget. Sometimes it doesn't stop us from still encountering these moments.

It doesn't have to weigh more. It takes, it's the space that it takes up. Yeah, exactly, right? Obviously fat takes up more space than muscle takes up at the end of the day. So if your weight is up from exercising, and this is one of the things that happens. So you take everyone January 1st,

who's like, I'm gonna start eating healthier and then I start exercising. And then you know, your weight can go up before it drops and people start exercising their weight when they start adding an exercise can go up five or six pounds. And so if you can imagine, this is why people don't follow through

on a healthy eating program, because they're like, screw this, right? Cause if you do a deprivation diet, you get that loss right away. Whereas if you try to lose weight in a healthy way and you start exercising at the same time, it can have your weight up, which is obviously incredibly frustrating.

So you can be like, here I am eating all this good food and now I'm exercising and my weight is up. And if your weight's about to drop, you're feeling bloated, you're feeling eh, this isn't working, let me go back to my, you know, quick fix diet. I'm having trouble getting back into exercise and I can't understand why. I was a group fitness leader in my younger days

and I loved it. Pat, you and me both, I, listen, if you go back, oh, I have a photo here, I think. I have a photo of my exercise days. I was like one of those aerobics people on stage. Like I used to teach like 20 classes a week, I'm not kidding, hardcore aerobics classes. I caught the last tail of the heyday

of the whole aerobics scene before it turned into Pilates and yoga and all of that. I used to teach step classes and go to those big conferences and spin classes and you name it hardcore like in a room in front of hundreds of people teaching aerobics. And I was super fit plus I was a personal trainer for most of my life. And then I had you know one kid two kids three kids after my fourth kid I noticed a change where my body was just like I don't think so honey sit your ass like, I don't think so, honey.

Sit your ass down. I don't know what it is. Could have just been getting older because I think I had my fourth kid in my 30s. Don't ask me how old I was. I don't know. And I noticed a change. And then I tried to get back into it and it just wasn't... And I don't know whether it's my association to it.

There's a club in town called Function Studio where they had like the most insane, amazing classes and instructors on the planet, I swear. They have the best classes. And every now and then I think about going. And then I just, there's something that's just like, hmm, I don't think so. This is like not, I don't know.

So I even have a membership. Tony said to me the other day, he's like, are you gonna go to the function studio? Didn't you buy all those classes? Literally two days ago, he said that to me. And I'm like, yeah, I did. And I just like you, I was like, what's my problem here? What's my problem?

Honestly, I think it's fitness classes are around people. And I think going through menopause, I used to think it was pandemic related, because I like, you know, I can go to a Beyond Stage at the home show or the women's show or whatever and talk and I love meeting our community. I feel safe in my community. For me, I think it's like I don't want to go and be around people that I don't know and do fitness.

I know that sounds really weird because you think I'm probably a personal outgoing person. I think that's my my deal. It's so close to my house. So that's not an excuse. They have a super flexible schedule. That's not an excuse. And so I think for me, it's just being around people. And so what can I do that feels more comfortable? That's the go to a lot of times we like to go back to what we did before. And in so many many ways that's good because there's muscle memory there. Like your body remembers that so it's good to go back to exercises that you have done before because they are familiar but maybe it's just the setting. Maybe it's the setting and you think oh my god I'm just lazy or I don't have the energy or I'm not so motivated. It could be your association with wherever that you went and did the fitness classes, right?

You may want to just try in your living room and do some YouTube or go to something a little bit more private and small or, you know, just start walking and doing something else. So you might have a or you might have a desire to do the fitness classes, but your body remembering the hardcore classes you used to do is probably like, ah, no. Okay. So I don't know what you are doing, but this is where if you just start going for walks, as soon as you start to use your energy, you feel more energetic. And then the thought of that, what's happening is you are so in tune now that it's you're not only getting into with when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat,

you're also getting into with what works for you and what doesn't work for you. So this is where you're thinking about food, right? This is where you think about exercise, think about your friend, think about the situation, think about whatever. You're gonna start to actually just feel that. And this is where you can say, okay, what is that about?

What is that about? So that's it for me. And I have those classes and I still haven't used them. And I want to, but I'm just, I'm not there. That's okay. That means I have to find something else. That means I have to find something else. Hi, Dave, I remember doing step classes at an office.

I worked in my 20s. It was actually a lot of fun and a great workout. Yeah, right. I taught step classes too, full in. I was addicted to them. Still love to do them once in a while, but prefer weight classes. Yeah, and it's just, sometimes we just get stuck on what's familiar and what we know and rather

than thinking about where we're at now and what we need. And maybe that's still our goal to get there. Like I think all the time, like I should do some fitness videos. And you know, I've done some I've done some fitness videos, like literally I was a personal trainer for 30 years. And I just the other day I was thinking, you know, I could get back into doing some fitness videos and doing some exercise stuff. That'd be amazing.

Yeah. And then I'm like, maybe it's not my thing anymore. I don't know. We'll see. No promises, but we'll see. We'll see. I have a small home gym, which is perfect for me too. Yeah.

So my gym is in my basement. That's no secret. That's where I work. Um, Tony and I have the whole bottom floor that we've turned into our office. And so I can see there's like a boxing bag and there's a Peloton and there's my little walking pad that I love and the area to do weights. I also have this whole front room of my house that I don't know what's even in there. Like there's a basketball net in there and half the time it's just boxes from Amazon or my kids shit everywhere. And it's beautiful light. And I'm thinking, maybe I just don't wanna work out

where I work. And if I move it upstairs, I'll be more inclined to, it's like having a bike in your bedroom and then just hang your clothes over it, right? So, I don't know. As I get older, I found I got peopled out sooner. It takes longer to recharge being away from people. Right, Jackie?

Same thing. And I love, I'm always like, I love being out, but then I need to like, I'm in bed. Like, I don't know how many days after. Hashtag totally worth it. It's not like I don't wanna go, but it does take a lot. And I think that's because we aren't used to it. I think there's a certain resiliency

from being around people. And after the pandemic, when we all't used to it. I think there's a certain resiliency from being around people. And after the pandemic, when we all spent so much time in our homes, I think that absolutely affected people. I don't know whether it's get older or not, because my mom and her crew of people, they're out all the time and being active all the time. And I think that they're just used to that.

And I'm just not used to it. Maybe I just need more friends. Maybe I just need more friends. Hi Judy, I found some great YouTube classes that I love and that got me motivated. Now I can't imagine a day without the workout. Yeah, you get into it and you feel fantastic. The problem is it's the same with this program. Like you end up feeling so good, better than you ever have.

And you're like, I feel amazing. And then you just get off the rails for a little bit and you feel like balls and then it's so hard. You feel like you're like, I feel amazing. And then you just get off the rails for a little bit and you feel like balls. And then it's so hard. You feel like you're so far away from feeling good again. And this is why you just, you start small. You start small. If you haven't been following the program,

start with getting your water in, start get that protein in, do the small things that you can do. And next thing you know, you're back to feeling really good. Exercise is the same way. It's one of those things that when you're doing it, you feel amazing. And then when you stop doing it, it's hard to get back at it. It's one of those things that when you're doing it, you feel amazing. And then when you stop doing it,

it's hard to get back at it. It's kind of just accepting that and being like and grudging your way through it, right? It's kind of like it's kind of like at night when you're trying not to eat the snacks, you just kind of have to kind of be miserable and sit in the uncomfortableness of not eating being like I'm hungry. I want a snack.

I hate this. Gina sucks. She can take her diet and shove it. You know? And then same thing with workouts. It's kind of like, you gotta, okay, let me get up. Let me just, I'm gonna have to do it. And so there's lots of times where I, what really helps is having your clothes ready.

I find that's a game changer. So if I'm gonna get up and work out the next day or leave my house to go work out, I wanna have my clothes ready to go. And then that's a game changer. Cause at least if I know what I'm going to get up and work out the next day or leave my house to go work out, I want to have my clothes ready to go. And then that's a game changer. Because at least if I know what I'm wearing, then I can at least put my clothes on. Put my clothes on, chances are I'm going to go downstairs. If I go downstairs, chance I'm going to leave the house or go for a workout.

James Clear talks about this in his Atomic Habits book. If you haven't read it yet, Atomic Habits, James Clear talks about habit stacking. Honestly, it's just it's a brilliant book and really teaches you how to fit in new change into your life. It's a great compliment to the program if you haven't read it. Jazzercise. Oh my God, I look like a drunk, a drunken monkey. I love it though. I love that though. I love that. I love splitting, especially at breakfast. I have half, especially at breakfast. I have half, then I have a coffee, and then when I'm done,

it's like a reward of another breakfast. So today is the day, thank you for reminding me today, that we are splitting up the meals and snacks part. So there's a couple of reasons for this. And I was talking about it on the tweak this week. So when I was working with clients, it's all about trying to get them more in tune with their portions,

without this really restrictive mindset. A lot of people I work with are people who've tried every single diet. By the time they got around to me, they were like willing to try something new. And so it's all about trying to get them to be in tune to their portions, because you can't just, you know, obviously eating large and large portions,

more food than you need, just not beneficial. And so we do have to be mindful of how much we are eating. And the end game, the end game, if you think about it is to know when to eat. So this is where you have to be in tune with hunger levels, you need to know when you've had too much, which we pretty most of us know that already, when you've had enough, and you're slightly unsatisfied versus hungry. So again, big picture is you being able to maintain and sustain

this weight. And so you're you're learning about when to eat. And now you're also learning about what to eat. And so what to eat, especially separating those proteins from those carbs, but then we're going to really build on that and the next week coming down, you'll get to understand how protein and fat hits a little different. And then also the the the obviously the how much to eat, which is why we're asking those four questions. And so these,

these are like, um, this is just, these are, these are just exercises for you to practice and to kind of really shake. We always talk about how we're rewiring the body physically and rewiring the brain, but in order to do that, we kind of got to shake things up. And so that's why part of this feeding the metabolism is, is really to mess with your mind and to also make your body work hard. Your body constantly processing and digesting foods. It's exhausting. It's exhausting. Now people are concerned that's keeping your insulin levels high, but you're not eating processed foods. You're not even high sugar foods. You're following

and you're eating good nutrient rich foods. So it's the total difference with what we're doing here. So you are making the body work extra hard and then the tweak we have coming next week makes it really easy for your body to get the nutrients it needs. So you might notice when you're splitting up your meals and snacks, you're extra hungry because your body's working hard or you are also just, I don't want to eat. And I think that's really fascinating because you take people who have done diets and you're trying not to eat and now you have to eat, which really messes with you, really messes with you. Also, you take the same portions that you really felt that you needed. If we were to take your portions the last couple of days that made

you downsize, you'd feel very restricted again. You're like, oh my God, I'm hungry, I'm starving. Think about the words that people use when they're downsizing. I'm hungry, I'm starved, oh my gosh. Right? Now we're going to take the same portions, I'm starved, oh my gosh, right? Now you're going to take the same portions literally that you, the same lunch, let's just say for shits and giggles, and you obviously don't have to eat the same food, you can switch up the food, but just take the same portion you ate for lunch yesterday and you have it today. Now, keeping in mind hunger levels change too, right?

Some days you're hungrier than others. You take that same portion and you're going to split it in two and then you eat the first portion mindfully and then after you wait 20 to 30 minutes knowing you can have the second portion you'll be surprised how you're not all that hungry for it now if you are that's also totally normal because your hunger fluctuations can change totally normal if you need that second portion as well and then you're gonna ask those four questions and eat enough and if you need even more you can go back for a third portion but you'll be surprised, you can go back for a third portion.

But you'll be surprised when you split those portions. You have the first half. You start to wait at 20 to 30 minutes is enough time for your body to start processing and digesting your foods, right? Because that takes time. Like it takes time when you when you realize that you're hungry. Your body is giving you lots of time. So hunger is not an immediate need for food. And I'm thinking once you've lost your weight

and you're in tune to that. So your body's like, hey, based on our glycogen or energy reserves, you might wanna start thinking about eating. Your body knows that it's gonna take you time to find food. It's gonna take you time to prepare the food. It's gonna take you time to eat the food. And it takes your body time to process

and digest your food. And so it's like, if you eat and then you eat again, like soon after and then you eat again, chances are your body is still working through the food that you ate previously. And so once you give your body time to start processing and digesting your food and understanding how you feel, it helps you get more in tune on a whole other level.

So splitting up those meals and snacks makes you constantly mindful about what you're eating and the next meal or snack coming down the pipeline, but think about it. So many of us have that food noise where you're constantly thinking about what you're eating and the next meal or snack coming down the pipeline, but think about it. So many of us have that food noise where you're constantly thinking about the next meal or snack because you're perceiving you can't have it or you need to eat less of it. That's where that comes from.

And so this is constantly thinking about the next meal and snack because you have to have it because you have to have it. So that just gets in there and shakes up your pattern. Your thoughts are based on habit. Your thoughts are based on associations. Your thoughts are based on patterns. And so we're going in there and we're really blowing that up this week. So that's the rhyme and the reason that all of the tweaks are really multi-layered, not just the physical element, but the mindful elements, which is what makes it, which is why at the end of the program, this is your first program, stick around just for the sheer fact that you make it to the end, you're going

to be like, holy shit, that is so cool. I can't believe I did that. And that time went by really fast. Oh my goodness. Right. That's why people love the program. It's hard when you're a new member and you don't know what's coming down the pipeline and you're trying to understand what the fuck are we doing in this, but you'll be able to

reflect back and see how it all works together and be like, oh, that's really cool. The living method is really hard to explain because it's a method. It's how it works in its whole entirety. And that's where you have people who will drop out, whatever, four or five and be like, oh, it didn't work for me. And I'm like, ah, you just, you really, you missed out, right? And this is why we have people keep coming back and understanding how effective it is,

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My house isn't that big. It's just I have a whole front room that I don't use. An official 10 foot basketball net? No, it's one of those little like, it's like one of those little, what's that called? Like the pop shot? Yeah, a pop shot thing. Tony and I originally got it for our basement to manage our stress,

but it's just sitting up there. It usually just holds a bunch of jackets and clothes and now golf season, so Tony's golf stuff. I've been waiting for a workout due to my knee pain, which I've dealt with through the physio and orthotics. Then I got an awful stomach bug almost two weeks ago and it still bothered me. So now it feels like starting over

to get into routine and movement again. I know I feel great, but it's worth to get back. Yeah, it is right. And I think that's where you just recognize like that's it. It's never going to change. Oh, you and you could be the most in shape person and you take like a week off and you come back and it's still hard. It's still hard because it's that resiliency, right? It's that it's that that your body's not used to it. So it doesn't matter how in shape or out of shape you are, as soon as you take a break from it, you come back and it's difficult.

So kind of knowing that, like I'm a, that knowing that is a game changer. I drive to the gym, I'm not a member, sat in my car, then drove away. Why am I so intimidated? I walk now, but at 53, no, I need to be lifting heavier for my future. Pre one year burnout off work, I was working out three times a week at another

gym. Cynthia Lewis is going to be joining us again. I can't wait to have a conversation with her. She, if you might know her from the social, she dealt with burnout, how to take time off work. And she comes on, she talks about burnout. Burnout is different from being stressed. Burnout is different from just menopause. Burnout is different. It's that complete flatline exhaustion, right? You got nothing in your tank.

And it's like you go out and then you just, you're dead again energetically. And so I think people don't realize a couple of things. Just driving your car is very stressful. I learned this because a few years back I had a health issue and I was in the hospital for a bit and I was like completely drained. And coming back, I couldn't do a lot of things. And then just driving, I thought one day,

oh, I can drive my son to school. And his school is five minutes away. And everything like the cars coming in front of me, what's happening at the intersection, then there was construction, then they put these stupid like lane blocker things, you have to drive between them. It was so stressful.

I got home and I was exhausted. And when you just don't have any gas in the tank, I think we don't really realize how just exhausting normal life is. It's stressful getting in your car and trying to pay attention to all the things that you need to pay attention to. It's stressful when you don't have anything in your tank and just having to communicate to other people is hard because you're tired and you don't want to other people is hard because you're tired and you don't want to have a conversation.

You just want to go, you know, so you could go. I, what I do is I always bring my earbuds. And so I just am like, I find if I wear my earbuds, people don't talk to me. And I feel like that way people know, okay, just leave this, you know, leave this person alone. And I don't mean like anyone's no one's coming up and rushing at me and trying no one's trying to bother me. It's not like people are bothering me. But in my mind, I'm like, Oh, my God, I don't want to see anybody. I don't want to talk to anybody. I just like I want to just get my weight work in. And right, so maybe you get big,

huge headphones, and you don't even have to listen to music. I have the time I just have noise, noise counseling, counsel, counsel, noise canceling, noisy. This is how I know. It's been a while since I've had a day off. This is how I know that I am like maxing out is that my words start to go all over. So I wear the big headphones. If you, I don't, I wear the noise canceling ones and I don't even listen to music. It's just, it's quiet. So maybe if you've got some big headphones.

But I hear this, right? I know I need to be lifting heavy for my future. You could also, I don't even listen to music. It's just, it's quiet. So maybe if you've got some big headphones, but I hear this, right? I know I need to be lifting heavy for my future. You could also, I don't know if you invest, you don't have to have a big gym to invest in like some heavier weights that you can lift. A weighted vest to do some squats in, you know, but I feel you on this. I feel you on this.

But I think people just don't recognize how stressful life is. And then, and it's constant. And we talked about this with Dr. Paul. It's not the stressful episodes. There's no down from the stress, right? So even when you come from work, you're in the safety of your home, you maybe pick up your phone and you're scrolling, or there seems to be always something that you need

to do, get done or whatever. I always find it's interesting though, because if you were just sick and couldn couldn't do anything the world would still keep going and you would be fine but we have a hard time just like taking that downtime for ourselves. There's a book called The Quiet about being an introvert in an extrovert's world that expands that phenomenon of needed to recharge after being social situations. Yeah, or people where you're with people. It's a lot. It's interesting. Yeah. I mean, we don't think about that and how that might also affect our choices, right? From day to day. And I think what's happening here is that you're realizing keeping your energy directed at yourself, which is what you do with constantly having to drink your water and eat all the food. You know that meme that you drink so much water, you don't have time for other people's shit

because you're always in the bathroom. Well, the living method, you don't have time for other people's shit because you're so busy thinking about what you're eating or drinking next. And that keeps you keeping that energy directed at yourself. It helps you really be in tune with yourself and really understand what's working for you and what doesn't work for you. And this change that you're making is beyond just the foods that you're eating. It's the lifestyle that you are creating that's going to support the life you want to live.

The person that you want to be the person you are becoming right. It's not just taking weight off. That's not just being skinnier wearing smaller jeans. It's actually it's actually changing changing your habits changing your associations, changing the way you think, changing the way you feel, all of that. So you're in the pursuit of change, you have to change, and you're going to notice the change happening along the way. And this is where you might sort of be noticing your thoughts and feels changing when you think about doing something or you're having a conversation with someone, right? And this is where you have that, that you're going

to acquire this tools and the skills to not just know when to eat, what to eat, how much to eat, but to learn about yourself. What is my deal here? Why do I, why am I driving to the gym? Why can't I get out of the car? What if I drove to the park? Would I get out and go for a walk? What if I did this instead?

Worst case scenario, I'll do this all the time with my kids because I have anxiety. I'm like, what's the worst case scenario? You get into the gym and you walk in everyone laughs at you and said, you're the worst person in the world. What are you doing here? You fool. Okay, that's not going to happen. But what if it does?

I'd say fuck you everybody and turn around and walk out. That's it. Right? Like that's like sometimes sometimes thinking about what's the worst thing that can happen and then be like oh all right that's not so bad. So this is sort of like you figuring out what you need. What works for you and what doesn't work for you. Maybe the gym just doesn't work for you anymore just because everyone's telling us that you know we need to go to the gym and have to have your weights.

Doesn't mean we actually have to go to a gym. I haven't been to a class in two years. I'm gonna sign up for yoga tomorrow, but I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't. The last time I signed up, I missed a lot of classes. So it's that accountability piece, right? Like I've had a gym membership that I'm pretty sure Tony's gonna cancel on me because I was going with him to the gym.

And then I was like, I'm gonna go. And so I bought a membership full transparency so I could take my son. My son wanted to go to the gym. And then I was like, I'm gonna go. And so I bought a membership, full transparency so I could take my son. My son wanted to go to the gym with me. We're gonna do that every morning through school. There's now two days left of school and we haven't been to the gym once. What is that about?

And now I'm like, shit, he said that the other day. I'm like, when school done? He's like, I have three days left. I'm like, what? But we haven't even gone to the gym. We haven't done our thing. Now I'm thinking, okay school done, he's like, I have three days left. I'm like, what? But we haven't even gone to the gym. We haven't done our thing. Now. I'm thinking, okay, if I really want to do it, it's the summertime. He's got more flexibility with time. Maybe going at six o'clock in the morning is not my jam. Going to the gym. Why is it just, I think it's me. I don't want to go to the gym. Don't want to go alone. So maybe I'll do that. Right. But I don't know. I don't know. But is it, is it, is it worth going to some classes, even if you can't make all of the classes?

If financially you can afford that, you going to some classes is better than not going to any classes. And if you do start going to some classes, maybe you'll start to want to go to more. If it's a scheduling thing, then you still deserve to go, even if you can't go to all classes. Also, you're making this kind of change.

So this is not you trying to do the classes before while you're doing some deprivation diet where you don't have any energy, right? This is where you're actually making a change. So this might feel different. It might feel different this time. It might feel different. Just got home from 19 days in Scotland. Hi, Leslie. So happy to say up one pound.

We walked our asses off all over Scotland, which totally kept my weight stable. Happy to be back on track and know I have to keep moving now. Well, yeah, moving is great for you. It's probably less the less stress, the change in routine. Your body loves that, right? Good food, even though it might have been like rich food, you might have overeaten food. Like this is it. Your body has no need to store fat at this point.

It'd be very difficult at this point to gain weight. In order to actually gain weight, you'd have to try really hard. My guess is your weight is probably up a pound from flying. You fly that far, I don't know, I'm assuming you live wherever you live. I'm assuming that you live far away from Scotland. Maybe not, maybe not. But the flying alone, the dehydration of that, that would have your weight up. So I'm going to guess after a couple of days, your weight's going to drop right down, which means you didn't actually gain a pound to begin with. At this point, you'd have to actually try really hard to gain weight.

Home gym for the win, free weights, a bench, a yoga mat feels really good. Yeah, and you listen, that's not cheap. If you have the space, if you have the space, right, there's, there's like, we have like a play it again sports. We have places where you can go by secondhand. There's like Facebook marketplace. There's all sorts of, I'm sure you can find some, get your hands on some gym equipment that no one is using anymore. Um, can be a great idea. Recently started Pilates. Took me a while to get going, but loving it. So happy to get into doing something again, back to the gym super brave every day I get there I never regret it and this might be it this might be it right um I don't understand the weighted vest my knees just lost 23 pounds and I'd like to lose 20 more so what is the point of the vest yeah well great point um

it could be about the distribution of the vest or like lifting the weights and actually bending down. Like it's the what you're doing with the weights as opposed to just walking around in a, you know, 20 extra pound body. I think the whole purpose of the weights is the load. And this is why some people are saying this is why some people are saying that the weighted vest isn't doing a whole lot.

So I have a heavy weighted pound vest that I used to do squats because I find with my shoulders if I hold weights that it's actually it's hard for me to do those squats because I'm carrying the weight and it just does a number on my shoulders. So this is why there is there are people saying, well, you know, unless you're like, unless you're doing more squats and more movements, it's not really doing much more. Now, when people are talking about weighted weighted vest, carrying that extra load is making your body work harder, but not before when you had your 20 pounds of weight on that's fat, that's inflammation, that's actually not helping your body at all.

So now that you've lost that weight, you're carrying that load, now your body is lifting that in a different way. So, I mean, it's good to get your heart rate up when you're carrying that extra weight. If you lost 20 pounds, you go put on a 20 pound weighted vest, you'd be like, holy shit. Now bone density might not be an issue for you, right?

Bone quality, however, might be an issue because that comes down to something completely different other than loading, right? So, yeah, this is I think why there's mixed reviews about a weighted vest. I know that I don't have that extra muscle mass. I lost all of that when I was sick a few years ago. So to me, I put on that extra weight and that's where I do my squats or if I go for a walk. Sometimes I wear it for a bit and then I carry it for the rest of the way. So it just depends.

It just depends. And especially if you have pressure on your knees, you might just want to just focus on walking and then do loading exercises with actual weights for your arms, for your back, deep squats and whatnot. I have to work out, but I really have to find my routine to get in more consistently. Yes, same. I prefer going to the gym, but getting myself there

consistently is tough. I hate at-home workouts, but that may have to be what I do. Okay, what's your takeaway gonna be? We're gonna have Andrew Blakey on again. If you missed it, he was supposed to join us. We had some technical issues. Let's, this is an opportunity for you to figure out

what's gonna work for you. Maybe you will always hate exercise, but you just need to do it anyway. Right. That resistance training, whatever you're doing, maybe it's in the backyard, you're lifting logs, you're gardening, you're being more active. What can you do to be more active? Right. And what can you do to be able to change your own tire and change your tire and lift it and put it in your car to carry a bottle of, you know, thing of water bottles to carry some, I don't know, dirt to be independent, to be able to have strength. That's what this is about, right? So so you want to build strength.

You want to increase muscle mass. You want to also de-stress. You want to work on flexibility. So let's not go back to our all or nothing, all or nothing kind of attitudes, because that's me, I'm talking to myself all or nothing kind of think about what's going to work for you. Just sit there and think about different types of exercises that you'd like to do. How would I feel if I went for a walk? How would I feel if I joined a fitness class? How would I feel if I and then if it's go to fitness class?

OK, I want to go to the fit like me. I want to go to the fitness class. What's stopping me? Is it driving there? No. Is it getting through the front door? Yes. Soon as I hit that reception, I'm all like, right.

And then, okay, if I can get past reception and I go to the change room and then I'm standing in the class waiting for it to start, I'm feeling very uncomfortable. I'm feeling very uncomfortable, but can I just sit there and breathe, drink my water, smile, maybe I'll keep my earbuds in. And then go into the class now I'm in the class okay now I'm in the class I can go in the back and I can do my workout and I might be uncoordinated and I might not be able to whatever but I'm in the back I'm okay I'm there classes started we're having fun I feel feel great. Oh my god. Look at me. Oh class is done. I feel like a fucking rock star and Then I walk out

Thank you. Okay, the past reception. Thank you Sighing I get in my car. I Feel great. I did that I did that Right. So this is we have to follow through on the whole experience and that for a lot of us, I'm sure the reason why we're not going to the gym is not the workout part. It's everything that gets us there and through and whatever. And if you can catch that feeling of how you're going to feel when you're done, then that might make that might make help you get there. If you know what it's all about and then help you get there again when you think,

okay, how did I feel last time? It's the same thing with nighttime eating, right? If you can just focus on how you're gonna feel the next day, right? Okay, I really wanna eat this, but I'm gonna not eat it, I'm feeling uncomfortable, I'm just like, I'm miserable, I'm whatever, but if I can just not eat it,

then I'm gonna have a great sleep, wake up the next day, and I'm gonna feel great. So this is where you have that. You have that ability to experience it before you need to experience it. So experience that with whatever. You feel like going for a walk? Close your eyes. Get out the door, put your shoes on.

Sun is shining. It's a great day. Maybe you got some music. Maybe you're just enjoying the bird's chirping. You go around the neighborhood, someone's dog barks at you. I hate that. Someone's coming at you down the street. Oh my god, I hate that. Cross the street, whatever you're on your way, you're doing your own thing. You got your headphones in. If you're worried

about people, you make it around the block, you're huffing, you're puffing, you come back, you come back home feel great. Right. So this is where you're in tune to your body. You already know how you're gonna feel before you eat the thing. You already know how you're gonna feel before you do the class. You already know how you're gonna feel before you do the walk, whatever that is.

So spend some time, spend some time, figure it out. Did anyone have any opinions about the Peloton bike and program? I love my Peloton bike. Have I used it since I got my walking pad? No, but what's great about the new Peloton bike is they have the screen can change and you can do a bunch of fitness classes with some light weights there. So I actually really love my Peloton. Should actually get back on it.

I got to go everyone. Just some food for thought. That's what this is about, right? Food for thought, thinking about getting more active this time in the program. It's going to be different. It's going to be different this time from when you did it last time because you are different. You are changing physically, mentally. So it's not going to be the same old thing. So this is your opportunity to be like, okay, I got a second chance here, third chance, 57th chance, 99th chance to do this again.

What's going to bring me joy? What am I going to enjoy doing? What's going to make me feel really great? What's a safe place? What's a safe move for me with this, right? Some food for thought. I've got to go. Have a great rest of your day, everyone.

I will see you tomorrow. Bye.