The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 60 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: June 20, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Spring/Summer 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 60, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Let us know ALL the things you are doing – We love details! Help us help you.The heat messes with that scale, but all of those efforts are adding up!Summertime change – What is your body asking for and what can you do?Our fluctuating hunger and energy levels – Portions are still what they feel like.Set-point – The body loves comfort and routine. Shift that energy.Embrace the value of plateaus. The body does not want to store fat. It is on your side.It feels good to feel good and help each other. We are not done yet! The benefits of having that slice of pizza – An opportunity to learn and keep moving along.When the scale is bouncing up and down – Get curious and check in on all the things.The most helpful tool you have – Share your answers from the Maximizing Checklist. We are here to help.Advocate for yourself. Your questions and shares bring value to you and others.Don’t future-trip about summer – We got you. Be here now.Old coping mechanisms and habits – What is it that you need? Why and what?Setbacks are setups for moving forward. Move forward with what you know now.Stress and setbacks will always happen. What would you have done differently?What are your takeaways and what do you want to get out of this? Have some fun!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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Let's get rolling. Day 60 of the program. You've been on your weight loss journey with the Livian Method at least this round, even if you are a returning member for 60 freaking days. 60 days. You should be proud of yourself, showing up for yourself, prioritizing yourself, being in tune with yourself, paying attention to yourself, being self-aware, working through your issues, your associations, your habits, your beliefs, how you use food to cope. My goodness. Take a minute. I think it's a great idea just to take a minute and be so grateful and proud of yourself. Some of you showing up and sharing some big numbers. Some of you still struggling. Let me remind you, reach out at any time. We have a whole team here for

you. Here's what I don't want to fucking hear if you're having a hard time. Let me be real honest. Here's what I don't want to fucking hear if you are having a hard time. I'm doing all the things. I'm following the food plan. I'm drinking the water. That is not it. It's such a tiny teeny little part of this whole program and process. You know what I want to fucking hear? I want like, this is what I'm doing with my foods. I'm making them nutrient rich. This is how I'm being in tuned to my portions. This is what I'm doing with my sleep. This is what I've done to get better quality sleep. This is how much sleep I'm getting. This is what I'm doing to move my body. Details, people. Details. If you want us to help you to use our expertise to take everything that we've learned by helping hundreds of thousands of people to lose weight, we need more than I am doing everything, following the food plan,

and drinking my water because that ain't it. Are you taking supplements? What's going on with your health? What is happening in your life? Like break it down for us. I want to hear all of it. Details, details, details. Otherwise, what the fuck are you doing? You're not doing nothing about nothing. You're not doing nothing about nothing. It might make you feel good that you are doing something that you came in and you complained about where you are at and what's going on. It might validate how you feel, but it ain't doing nothing about nothing. Help us help you help yourself own where you are at. Get into it. If you are having a hard time and you have not gone back and tracked your weight history, what are you waiting for? You have got to know where you have been and what you have

gone through and work through to understand where you are at now and what you need to focus on moving forward. What is your why? Why are you here? What is your motivator? Have you taken time to reassess your why? Right? Have you listened to all of our guest experts, the supplements, the conversations on sleep, on stress, on hormones, not just listen to them, but being open to them, really hearing our guests. And then are you taking the time to really put it all together? Right? That is what it's going to take. This is not a quick fix program. I do not sell it as a quick fix program. In fact, I don't even barely sell it at all. It's all about you wanting to make change. You understanding that weight loss is so much more complicated than what you are eating and when

it's not the calories. It's not eat less exercise more. If you've been doing that for 20 years, that ain't it. That ain't it. So I want you to be proactive. I want you to show up. I want you to reach out and ask for help. I want you to help us help you. I want you to help yourself like you fucking want this done already. Like you want it done already because there is still time. There is still time. I see some of you coming back after not being here for a while. Here's what I got to say to you. Welcome back. Welcome back. I don't care where you've been. I don't care why you haven't been following. I really don't. I am just so happy that you are back. Reach out, ask for help. We are here for you. It is what it is. It's going to

take the time that it's going to take. This is where you really want to get excited because if you've been here for 60 days, everything is aligning for you. Everything that you have been through, everything that you are learning about yourself, even if you perceive it as a step back or a negative, sometimes we have to step back, fall back in order to really launch ourselves forward. There is no mistakes made in this program. There is no doing anything wrong with this program, because even when you're not doing the things, you are learning so much, so much, so much. All right. I want to get into your questions today. See how you're feeling. See what's going on. Of course, my questions, are they popping up? Great. Talk

about the heat. It is so freaking hot. I love it. I love it. I love when you walk outside and like, it's like the heat is hitting your nostrils. That's me. I love the heat. I know other people, not so much. Regardless, it's probably messing with the scale. It's going to mess with the scale. Your body expands in heat just like anything else in heat. So try to stay cool. Try not to let the scale frustrate you. Although I know it's going to. Here's what I need you to know about this.

All of your efforts are still going to add up. There will be a break in the heat and that's where you're going to see, bam, all of your efforts add up because your weight can be up and down at the same time. So you can be dropping fat, but have your weight be up because it's so hot, your body's retaining that water. So don't think just because the scale isn't moving or the scale is up that you're doing something wrong or you're not doing enough. Probably you're already doing so much. Setbacks are set ups for the comeback. Yes, Michelle. I love that. It's effing hot, like a donkey kick in the face. You know you live on a farm when chickens and donkeys, my goodness. I love this heat too,

such a short season. First time ever not stressing about the scale being up a little. Yes, because I feel great. This is that understanding. You know what I love? If this is your first program, you've lost some weight. This is your first summer where you're actually noticing that. Maybe you're noticing for the first time how your body's reacting to the heat and the scale is up. You just thought it was like a few beers here and there and a burger and fries when in reality it's just the heat. I love how you're paying attention and noticing because your body is always talking to you, communicating with you, letting you know what it needs. So this is why some of you are noticing you are not hungry at all. You are not hungry at all. This is because your body is like, let's shut her down. Let's like,

so digestion takes a lot of energy, probably the most energy of all the things that our body does. And so in the winter time, in order to try to keep you nice and warm and create that, like that, that, that, that heat internally, you crave heavier, hardier foods, carbs, fatty meats, warm foods, soups, and stews to help create that heat. In the summertime, this is where your body, it's like, nah, I don't want to work that hard. So you may notice you don't have an appetite at all. This is why you want to switch over to lighter foods. This is where you really want to be mindful of those portions.

Like you might notice that your portions are a lot smaller during the heat. That's okay. Your body's like, listen, I'm good. Also remember it has that fat reserve, right? It has that fat reserve and there's no need for it to, you know, store that excess fat. So your body will be like, yeah, we could just, it's fine. I got enough. I'm good. Right? So this is where you might be noticing you're craving sugar specifically. If you are drinking tons of water and it's feeling sloshy and you're like, I just can't drink any more water, make sure that you are adding electrolytes in. So salting your food, adding in some trace minerals that will help your body

retain that water without you having to drink so much of it. And it's so important, especially if you're sweating a lot, you really have to be mindful of those electrolytes. You can also do things like add fruit to like some, you know, fruit slices to your water, lemon to your water that makes it help kind of stick a little bit more, add in some coconut water. Sometimes though, when you're craving sugar, you need sugar. So this is where in the summer, you want to bump up your fruit, decrease your heavier carbs. Like in this heat, your body doesn't want potatoes. It wants some watermelon, right? Think about that. You're hot.

You're in the heat. Your body, it don't want potatoes. It wants watermelon. It wants something sweet. It wants something that your body can break down real quick, get the energy from, and move along without creating so much heat in your digestive system. So this is where you want to be bumping up that fruit. Add some fruit berries to your salad. You know, grow pineapple to your dinner at night, you know, whatever, barbecued

pears, whatever that might be, decrease those heavier carbs. Also think about your proteins, right? So this is where you might want to, you know, it's great to have a steak whenever you want, you know, barbecue on a steak, of course, but that can be a little bit heavy, make the body work really hard. This is maybe where you might want to lighten it up, go for like some fish, some plant protein and whatnot, right? Kind of easier to digest. So those small little tweaks, also salt. So in the summer, if you're craving sugar, it might mean sugar. This is where also if you're really feeling your energy drain, because you're going to be so in tune to that, you're just like, I am just like, I don't know what's going on with me. And the thought of eating is like, it's, it's like, you can tell it's going to be

too exhausting. This is where things like frozen lemonade, all natural popsicles are some great recipes to make your own. Something like, you know, where you get that quick sugar into you. So you're going to get to know that kind of like, oh, I need something. I need to pick me up and I need it fast. Now with the living method, because you are eating so often, right? Chances are your, your energy levels are going to be elevated, but this is where you want to be mindful of that leg, that leg that you got going on. And then your body working so hard, it's just like fucking exhausted. So with the splitting of the meals and snacks, right? It will really help you get even more in tune to your portions. And, but some people might notice that more in tune to your portions. But some

people might notice that they're not hungry at all. And some people might notice that they're extra hungry. So I want to talk on that too, because what's happening there is your metabolism is also boosting this time of year. Your body's giving you more access to more energy. So just a reminder, portions are always what they feel like, never about what they look like. So it's not like they need to get smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller, smaller as we go. They might kind of get smaller, then they might be bigger at times and then go back to being smaller, right? So this is where you're picking up on your fluctuating hunger levels. The one thing I want to add before too, if you're craving salt in the summer, it might mean that you need salt. It might mean that your

body needs salt because it needs to retain that water. So, you know, this is where maybe if you get, you know, look, if you're having your nut snack, you can add in some salty nuts if you want. I better best with sea salt, but make sure you're getting in that sodium and electrolytes. Okay, let's get to you guys. Let's see where you at. Let's see where you are at. My long ass plateau is over. I love this.

I had begun to wonder and even come to terms with the fact that perhaps I'd lost enough and didn't need to worry about the last five pounds. We do. We taught. We're like, okay, well, maybe my body's not going to do this. Maybe I'm not going to get there. If you had that visible fat, there's no reason that you can't lose it, but it can seem like it's taken forever for sure for a variety of reasons. But two days in a row down below a barrier

that I haven't previously broken 35 pounds down in round six and feeling confident that I will reach my goal because I always lose more on the back end of the program. So happy. I love this. I'm looking on my phone because I wanted to bring up a comment that I saw earlier. I was perusing the comment section as I tend to do this morning. And I came across a comment of someone who was it who was talking about same thing, been on a plateau, but been through life really recognizing like frustrating long ass plateau. And then you know, finally seeing the scale come down. It is so frustrating. It is so frustrating. But there's one thing that I've learned from my own personal experience over the last couple years, and all the conversations

that we have with our guests, is that the stress, you know, everything in our life, what our bodies have been through, it can take a while, man, it can take a while. But there is that there is that set point. And this happens with clients. I love that you stuck around for this. There is this kind of with clients that I've worked with over the years, they're like, I just can't get past this number. And they'll say this to me sometimes before, like just as we're at our initial meetings. And they're like, yeah, I can always get to this, but I can't get past that number.

And sometimes it has to do with your set point, right? That your body is just really uncomfortable or just like really needs a minute to adjust to that weight. And this is where most people give up. And they're like, Oh, forget it, whatever, I'm fine, you know, and you'd probably do feel really good. You're probably like, I feel amazing. I've, you know, I've probably lost enough, you know, you know, I probably won't get there. But again, if you have that visual visible fats, like you, you know, when you can lose more, you can lose more. But there is kind of this, there is this sort of

plateau. It's not a plateau, but there's this like number that you just can't get past. And sure enough, clients will hit that number and they'll just sit there and they're like, oh my God, I never get past this number. And they sit there and they sit there and they sit there. And this is where I usually say, let's take a break. Let's like not take a break, go eat your face off, but let's think about other things. Go do something. Take your mind off of this. Like you need to shift. You need to shift in energy. And sometimes your body does have a heart. It knows what it knows. Your body loves comfort. This is why it's always on the lookout for danger, right? It loves knowing what it knows. It's comfortable with where it's at. This is why

the routine of the program is so important to allow the body to know you're going to continue to give it what it needs. And this is why these tweaks that we make are also like so key because they grab the body's attention. It's like stress, but the right amount of stress to kind of like, sometimes your body just needs like a kind of like to shake it up a little bit. Because a happy, content body sometimes is just like, it's happy, it's content, I'm good. And all these other things I got to think about, like, I'll worry about that later, I'll go there later. Right? So that's why these tweaks kind of really come in and get your body's attention. But your body gets very comfortable.

And sometimes you got to shake that up physically, mentally, you know, sometimes you just got to get to that point and give your body enough time that it's just like, all right, I'm ready to go. I am ready to go, you know, kind of switch things up, change things up. And this is what happens. And sometimes it takes a little, it takes longer than we like. Sometimes it takes longer than we like, longer than we like. Um, yeah, lots of storms going on, lots of storms going on. Mine too. Mine has been going on for two weeks. I've been holding my breath to make sure it's real. Uh, mine after the scale. Yeah. You're, you're, I know it can. So here's the thing. A lot of you have been here before where you've lost a good chunk of weight, right? And you're feeling really good about it. And then something happens and you gain it back. So there is that

belief when we talk about beliefs, right? Especially if you've been trying to lose weight for a really long time and you've been successful, meaning you've lost the weight and then you start to gain it back. And this is where you feel like you, but the difference is you start to gain it back. What feels like uncontrollably, right? Just no matter what you do, you eat normally, whatever. It's just like, your body's just like, let me store, store, store, store, store. You have like one slice of bread and your scales up five pounds. You know, the living method is different. The way you've gone about this, this time is different. You have the tools to get back on track if you need. If you do find yourself indulging, you know, if you indulge over the weekend and your scale is up, however much it's up, it's really just the backlog of food. It is, you know, maybe inflammation from

the foods you chose to indulge in. It's probably also combined with you had some drinks, maybe you had a crappy sleep on the weekend, plus the heat, or maybe you were super active and your body is sore, right? Like the body doesn't want to store fat. This goes back to our very first Science Saturday post where your body is not interested in storing excess fat. Every extra pound of fat is so

hard on your body that it doesn't want it. It's not like it's looking to go and store fat, especially after 60 days, right? And this is why people are like, oh, the first few weeks of the program, like, what is like, that is to make sure that you are giving your body what it needs so it no longer feels the need to store fat. Once you have done that, oh my gosh, your body is like, it wants to let go of this fat. It's just that there are so many other things that your body has to focus on, whether it's stress in your environment or, you know, whatever you got going on. And this is why what you're trying to do is kind of pave the way. This is why you're trying to be really consistent, kind of nudging the body forward, you know,

working through the things that you need to work through, right? That's why it's so important that you lay that really strong foundation in the beginning. And this is why it's really exciting that we are at where we are at today, right? Because this is where everything is aligning. This is where everything is aligning. This is where everything is aligning. So when you're on those plateaus, usually they are because your body is adjusting to change that it has made. You need to allow your body time to adjust. And every time it adjusts to that new, it's adjusting to that new weight. That's what plateaus are. Solidifying time, many amounts of

solidifying time. So when you lose weight and then you're on a plateau, that's your body making that new weight, your new norm. It's adjusting around that new weight. It's adjusting your hormones, your body temperature, your blood flow, your metabolism. Like that's where it's like, it's like, okay, now we need to make adjustments. Nobody thinks about that. Nobody thinks about the adjustments that your body needs to make when you actually do, when your body actually releases fat. So those plateaus are really important. The longer you're on a plateau, the more you're solidifying your weight. So somebody can lose all of their weight and then they'll have to put time into solidifying their weight, maintaining their weight. Like just because you're done losing your weight doesn't mean

that you're done working through your issues and associations and habits and all of that, right? Whereas you take someone else who their pattern is that they lose like little bits and have little plateaus along the way. So if you can learn to embrace plateaus, then that and really understand them for the value that they are, right? That that'll be a huge game changer. That'll be a huge game changer. Let me I just saw this comment I want to see right here. Oh, Gina and Steph, I can't thank you enough for this program. And it's been a life changer for me. It's a whole body change, not just for weight, but mind and body. I have dealt with many health issues and inflammation. But consistently listening every day to your special speakers as well as you, my family have noticed a big change in my body once again. Thank you so

much. You know, this is, it's about empowering you. So don't start thanking me yet. We're not done. Everybody does that at the end. Honestly, you know, that's very kind. You know, it feels good to feel good. Do you know what feels even better? Helping other people feel really good. Honestly, and this is where I do start to say this. I'm just so grateful for each and every one of you who signs up and puts your faith in the program. If you can imagine, this is my life's work. And when I hear, you know, what you're getting out of, what you're putting into the program, I mean, I just am like, ah, it's amazing. And this is where you need to take time, honestly, and thank yourself.

Thank me. I'm thanking me for showing up. I'm thanking me for stepping out of my comfort zone. I'm thanking me for doing the things that I need to do. Right. But I love that. You are absolutely welcome. This is where I think what's happening is you are starting to, I talked about this yesterday.

You are starting to see the big picture. Like as you reflect back, wait, wait, just wait until we roll through the next couple tweaks. Oh my gosh. I know I always say that every tweak is my favorite tweak, but I love getting to this point because this is where we get even more in tune to your body's needs. It's super cool that the tweaks that are coming up the next couple of weeks. I think this is where you can start to reflect back and see how all the things that you have been doing are coming together. Plus 60 days is enough time that your body has had time to actually make change. Like 12 weeks, it takes 12 weeks for your skin to start to regenerate around your frame, 12 weeks for you to create new habits, like 12 weeks to give your body time, the physical time to make

the changes it needs to make. It's not a lot of time, but it's enough time. And I think this is where you're starting to feel the momentum, right? You're starting to feel the momentum and you're starting to see how it all works. And you are making real change, not just physically, but also mentally. On holidays this week, doing a staycation, normally my scale would be up, but I decided if I have the pizza or pasta, so be it. So with not restricting myself, I'm finding myself not stressed and down another two pounds. You can, yes, you can have the pizza and the pasta and still lose weight. You can still enjoy some drinks on the patio and still lose weight. It wasn't the actual having of the pizza. It was the aftermath that followed. Well, if I have one slice, I might as well have four

slices rather than maybe have a couple slices and add a side salad with, right? And then you'd have the pizza. And then because you indulged in one slice, you ate all the rest of the slices. And then you, you know, then you didn't have a great sleep. And then the next day, you're like, well, I've ruined everything anyway. So I might as well just keep it going. And this is where you indulge in this. And that's when you indulge in that. And then you physically feel you don't feel great.

Then you keep looking for those pick-me-ups. And then you go, OK, let me do something about this. And then you starve yourself. So it was the overeating and then the starving yourself after, which is just a recipe for weight gain. It's a recipe for weight gain. It was never just having the pizza or just having the thing on its own. And this is why it's so important and or not so important. I don't suggest everyone go do this, but this is why it can actually be a benefit to have the pizza. Like this is why it's, it's, it can actually be a benefit to

have the pizza. Like this is when people be, well, when I do your program that I'm never going out, I'm not eating anything. I'm not doing, I'm just going to do everything I need to do. Okay, great. And that might have you losing the weight quickly, but that doesn't mean the work, you don't still have to do the same work. And this is why I love, like, if you're obsessing about pizza, just have the pizza, just have it. If you're waking up and every day, oh, I can't wait to have pizza. I can't wait to have pizza. Don't wait, just have the pizza. What you're going to realize is what's not as magical and amazing as I thought it was going to be, or, oh, this is delicious. Great. You have it. You just move it along and

it doesn't stop you from reaching your goal. It's a, it's the same thing. If you're, if you, you got in your car and you're driving to Disneyland, right? And you stop and you grab a pizza. Okay, so maybe you don't get there as fast, but you're still going to get there. You're still going to get there. And this is why some people do take that all or nothing approach. And then you know, there's people who are like, hey, like, I'm still going to enjoy my life while I'm working on this journey. And I don't think one is any better than the other. Honestly, I think there's actually more benefits in, you know, having the thing and then recognizing what's happening mentally while you're on your journey. Or, you know, the takeaway is you're going to realize that it doesn't bring you joy when you berate yourself

for days after. That's not fun. Or you're going to realize that you have it and it's no big deal and you're just going to move it along, right? That's it. That's it. I have lost 10 pounds. Where's this comment? I have lost 10 pounds, need to lose 50. I've been going up to and down to for the last month. It's frustrating for sure. Okay. So Debbie, I love this. First of all, 10 pounds lost in eight weeks is amazing. It's no short of amazing, especially done in a really healthy way. So first of all, that's great. I know when you have like a lot, I've been there, right? I lost over a hundred pounds myself. It can seem so daunting. Oh my gosh, it's going to take forever. Time flies by like this. Time literally goes by so quickly. And also while you're trying to lose

this weight, you're doing so much more than that. But what is going on? So up and down, up and down, usually when the scale is bouncing like that is a sign that your body is trying to detox, but something is getting in the way of it. Just want to, you want to make sure you're drinking enough water. That's not like the only thing that you need to do, but like step one, right? Make sure you're supporting the body and detox. Make sure you're getting your sleep. So what's going on with your sleep? What's going on with your stress? What's been happening in your life the last month? What are you, how are you showing up? Like, are you falling back? You want this so bad. You're falling back into old diet mentality. You're trying to keep your portions really small, right? Are you, how consistent are you with following the food plan and the program?

What's happening with moving your body? Like, is there, do you, how do you feel right? Like, are you seeing some movement? Are you feeling better? Is your body changing? Has your body taken time to be like, oh my gosh, I'm getting all these amazing resources. Let me repair and rebuild and regenerate and rejuvenate and let me make change. Like, are you seeing non-scale or and feeling non-scale victories? Like, is your body changing? If your body is changing, cool. Everything is great. Eventually it's going to go back to focusing on fat loss. Is it 10 pounds lost in, you know, eight weeks? That's a lot. That's a lot. I know there are people losing more, but usually when people are losing more, they have more to lose. And this could just be your pattern. You're more of like a, you know, one to two pounds a week kind

of person. You have the, maybe those, or you have those sort of, you drop and you have those longer plateaus. Again, whether you lose quick or you lose slow, I don't know that one is better than the other. It's just that that's, everybody's a little different. So that's where I would go. That's where I would be like, you know, what is happening? What's going on? What is my reasoning? Like, why do you think that is happening? And so then I would start with that, maybe write some things down and then be like, what more can I do? And I don't mean more and more and more and more and more. What can I do that I'm not doing? Like setting your intentions, end of day reflections, maybe if you've been moving your body and going for walks, maybe adding in some resistance training. I don't know how old you are. I don't

know what's going on there. I don't know what your mental health is like, your lifestyle and your situation. So this is where you want to be like, okay, I've learned so much from the program. Let me reflect back on the last month and what is going on. It could be that I've been doing all the things. I feel really great about what I'm doing. I feel really good. I feel better than I ever have. My body is changing. Actually, okay, it could be that lots of things are happening, but you're not noticing because you're just, you're stuck on that scale, which of course is incredibly frustrating, incredibly frustrating. So what do we need to do to get and keep that scale moving again? If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered.

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This is where, yeah, there's Marie. I think I need to step up my exercise with my last five pounds. Not necessarily that you need to step up your exercise, but maybe you need to add some resistance training. Maybe you need to add some yoga. Maybe you need to add some stress release and some stretching, right? Like what, what is it? What does your body need? Are you super stressed out right now? Maybe like running your ass off on the treadmill or outside and pounding the shit out of your body is not the way to go, right? So it's about figuring out what's going on, where am I at right now and what do I need today, this week, right? Like really, but really taking time to assess your situation and figuring out, you know, outside of that. So, so here's the thing, people, this is, I'm going to be a full circle moment back to my beginning conversation. If ever you're struggling

with the scale, you do want to take some time to figure out what is going on, but we are here for you. So this is where I was saying, like, a lot of times we'll say, post your, post your, like when someone says, oh, I'm so frustrated, this is what I'm doing. Usually I'm following the food plan, I'm drinking the water, and I'm like, okay, I don't know anything about you. That's told me nothing. So fill out the questions to the 20 questions, right? Like use that maximizing post, give us some detailed information. A lot of times it might seem obvious. And what happens a lot of the times is that when someone actually goes through this, they already tell us. They're like, oh, once I've gone through them, like actually gone through them and provided

detailed responses, they're able to assess their own situation. They're like, well, now that I've written this down for you, I can clearly see that I need to focus on this or I haven't been doing that. Or here's where I can focus on it or make improvements. And so we really are like, we will figure it out with you. We'll do back and forth. We'll like, you know, we'll, we'll try to figure out what you can do. So if you want to post your answers, which I think is an amazing service. I mean, if you want to post your answers, that's just to start. Because when I work with my clients, like I, you know, someone will be like, what do I need to do to lose weight? I'm like, well, do you have two hours just for me

to figure out who you are and what your body thinks about you and where you're coming from and what you need to do? Like, it's not just like, oh, okay, drink more water. Okay, those are the basic things. But usually it's more than that. So we don't, we've had a lot of people lately reaching out asking for DMs. So here's what I got to say about that. That's not what you signed up for. And although I would love to have personal assessments with everybody, that would be impossible. We have like, I think, 26,000 people signed up for the current program. So we don't do DMs. And I'll tell you why. One, it's a liability. It's a liability. So everything that's run in the group is contained in this program in the group program. And so a lot

of times what we have what happens is we get someone saying, Well, I don't want to like talk about that. I just want to be private about it. And so this is where we say, we can't DM you if you are not comfortable sharing your information in the Facebook support group, then then go find someone you can share it with. So this is why we'll say like, well, maybe, you know, go have a conversation with your doctor, or, you know, maybe maybe go and seek out a naturopathic doctor, you know, this is where okay, like we've sort of given you the information, and we brought in these guests. But if you don't, if you're not comfortable working with us in this platform, then this is where you're going to have to, you know, seek someone

outside. I do not, I would have to literally charge, I did the math the other day, about $3,000 an hour to help somebody because my time is so valuable because I literally help hundreds of thousands of people a year. So as much as I love doing this, and I've done this with some members who won some giveaways and spent some time with me, it's my favorite thing to do. I love nothing more than to sit down with someone and talk to them. But I would have to charge an insane amount of money, literally $3,000 is how much I would charge. And I'm not doing that. That's crazy pants. That's crazy pants. Plus my time is better spent helping more people. I've chosen to take my time and to spend, to help more people. That's why I make the program affordable and accessible and doable. But for

$75, you might, and what you get is amazing. You might need more than that. You might need more than that. So we are here to help you. Here's what I want to say. This is my whole point. Sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent. This group, if someone was to ever say anything about anything that you would post, anything negative, derogative, I would kick their ass out so fast, so fast. There is also a way to share your information without getting too personal about it. You know, so we, we will do our best to, you know, if you kind of, if you can kind of give us as much information as possible. I mean, we don't have to get like super personal. You could say, maybe there's something, maybe you're going through a divorce or your husband cheated on you,

or, you know, you have friends and family in the group and you don't really want to, you know, tell them everything. Cause then they're going to call you up and be like, oh my God, I saw your whenever. This is where you could say, I am dealing with some personal stress right now, or I am dealing with a, you know, I'm dealing with a lot more extra stress than I normally deal with. And that stress is affecting my sleep. You know, it's doing this, it's doing that. So there is a way where you can share your information and not have to like air your dirty laundry and your deepest, darkest, darkest secrets. I just want you to know that we really are here for you. But you don't need us. You also don't need us. At this point, we've given you so much

information. And if you haven't been doing it yet, try journaling, right? Try journaling. You know, it's here. I think the community is a place where you can be honest and open because most likely many of us are in the same boat. Yeah, or have been or get it. Yeah, I mean, exactly. Right, exactly. This is sort of, you know, we get so many comments at the end of the program. So I would think that there's probably a small percentage. Tony, what percentage of the members do you think actually comment? Have we done the math on that? Yeah. Like if you were to take a guess of like 26,000 members right now, how many, what percentage do you think actually ask a question or comment? 20 to 30%. Well, that's a lot more than I thought. So 20 to 30% of people ask questions. Maybe you might just ask one question or you comment or whatever. So that means like the rest of the people, they're not, they're not saying anything. And at the end of

the program, what we always hear is people who will come in during the lives and they'll be like, just want to thank you. Thank all the members. Like I have never asked a question. This is first time commenting, but I have learned so much from the questions that everybody else asks. So when you ask a question, chances are there's like a hundred, if not a thousand people who have the same question.

Like honestly, you know, if you share a concern, there's probably a thousand people who have the same concern. Right. And this is why, this is why these groups came about is that I, I knew people would have questions about the program and I wanted to create a place where people could ask the question. So it's not, you don't know what to do because you're asking a question. It's not that you don't know what to do because you like, you're, you're putting it out there. I think sometimes like writing it down, you're like, oh shit. Like I said, a lot of times, and I'll say, go, you know, if you want to post your responses to the 20 questions and then they're like, oh, I went through that. And then just by doing that, I've, I figured it out. I can work on this. I need to do this. I need to do that.

Right. So you've learned a lot through your 60 days. You have learned y'all. You've learned a lot. Um, down 14.5 pounds, got 40 more to go. Love the program. Can't wait for the fall. We'll definitely try to continue the good habits through the summer. Vanessa, stop it right now. We are not done. You guys, stop it. Stop it right now. We are not done. We have like the rest of this week plus four solid weeks. We have like, it's interesting people like you have, they expect the world in the first four, four, four, first four weeks of the program, all the time in the world, last four weeks of the program, not enough time. Stop it. Knock it off. Um, yes, you are going to do great over the summer. So we're working on a bridging the gap group. Um, we are going to do great over the summer. So we're working on a Bridging the Gap group. We are going to make sure that we set you guys up for success. Please do not stress

about the summer at all. We're going to tell you everything that you need to do at the end of the program. In fact, the last two weeks are really all about that. Understanding how to move forward. It's good to give your body time and good to give your mind time where you're just kind of being and doing without like, you know, getting up and the lives every day and doing this and doing that. I call it, it's like kind of like a step back. I think it's great to take a bit of a break and step back a little bit, which is why I like the breaks. Some of my best ideas have come in between, in between groups, because when I'm doing the groups, I'm doing the groups. And then, you know, when we have a bit of a break, it's just like, oh, then you can sit back and be like, okay.

So like the end of the program, we do a survey. At the end of the program, we do a survey where you guys can tell us what you loved about the program, what you didn't like about the program, what you'd like us to change about the program. We've actually made a lot of adjustments to the program. We never make them during the program because we just, there's so many working parts to it. Like we have 50 people working behind the scenes. But we do take time and assess our situation at the end. And we listen to the feedback and this is where we've made some adjustments.

And so I think this is great even for you to do. So if you know you're going to come back, right, or you've done a few rounds, or this is your first round, kind of just take stock of like, okay, what happened there? What, how would I, and now in hindsight, how am I going to set myself up for success moving forward? You know, what are the things I'm going to need to work on and really be like, what have I accomplished? What have I done? This is why I love our app and the fact that you can like, you can track all your non-scale victories. If you're not using our app, I hope you're writing them down somewhere. It's very therapeutic to go through and write down all of the amazing things that you've accomplished over the last two months only because we still have four to go.

Round seven here. One and two were great for weight loss. Then life hit hard with family illness and much more, but managed to loosely follow for third round. Then I thought round seven would finally be the one. I had put on all the weight I lost and more recently, and also back to where I started round one. And then up it goes again, just looking for a few others out there that might be in a similar situation. There's so many, there's so many, and I'll tell you why in a second. There has been so many non-scale victories along the way, and I'm learning so much about my body works, but I would like to hear other situations. So what you want to do is go back to a couple posts. You want to go

back to the words of encouragement post and the midway motivation post. And I can tell you personally, because I've had conversations, you might also want to go back and listen to our Spill the Tea guest from, I think, the winter session. This was a real theme. So we've had a lot of Spill the Tea guests. We've talked to a lot of members, very real conversations about their very real journey. For example, Kim, our manager, and you might not know this, like she did something like three groups where she lost like 13 pounds or something like that in the first group. And then she, she couldn't follow through for whatever reason, then sign up for the next one. And then, then sign up for the

next one. Um, I mean, we've had, we've had some people on our team who went six programs before they actually like were able to pull things together. Um. Life happens, right? So here's your advantage. You've done this before. You know what you need to do. You are reflecting back and looking at where you've been, but what are you, what are you wanting to know? Right? Like what, so when you do a call out and you've been like, what you, what you want to hear from people, like what is it that you need? Because this is not something you're going to get from other people, right? Do you want to hear from people, like what is it that you need? Because this is not something you're going to get from other people, right? Do you need to just believe that this is going to work for you? Well, you already know, right?

Because you've been successful and you've done that. Are you concerned that you're going to gain weight back again? Okay, so why did you gain the weight? This is really important. And this is something that nobody else can help you with because this is about you and your journey. Why did you gain the weight back? What was going on in your life?

Now, this is not, don't blame yourself. This is what I would call situational change. There are three reasons why people gain weight back. One, they don't put time into solidifying their weight. So this is why once you reach your goal, you've got to put time into solidifying your weight. But if you are on your weight loss journey and then something big happens to you, chances are you're going to fall back into old coping mechanisms, right? You're going to fall back into old habits.

So you haven't even had time to solidify that weight yet before you're being pulled back into old habits, before your old coping mechanisms, before the stress, maybe it's a new, new situation. So the other reason why people don't buy, people gain weight back, situational change. Situational change can be like physical, like I've lost my weight at home and now I'm going, I got a new job. My whole, everything has changed. My routine has changed. My stress level has changed. Sleep patterns, maybe I'm working shift work. It's all changed. And then not adapting to that, not adapting to that. The other thing is not being mindful. And I don't know that this is your situation. I would tend to guess that it's more a combination of not having the time to solidify plus situational change. So you've got something really stressful

has happened to you. And then you want to go deeper. So okay, you see, ah, this is what happens. And I think you see that then you got to go into your mindset and what was going on. Right? What were your food choices like? Now, you could have gone one of two ways, you could have either used food to cope and just like eating all the things and done all the stuff. Or you could have also gone into going all day long without eating, right? Both kind of re or combination, both reinforcing the fact that, oh, here we go, we actually need this fat back, right? Also, then there could be stress going on in your life. So cortisol levels through the roof, this is affecting your sleep, when you don't get enough sleep, this affects the way your body processes the foods that you are consuming, and what is choosing to do. This also

could be, you know, you've done years of dieting, and now your hormones are hitting and you know, through all of that weight loss that you had before, and your body lost a considerable amount of muscle mass. Now, this is where if you're putting weight on differently, right, and it's different than what it's been before, it could be your it could be the hormones, it could be that you're going through hormones, this is where you know, that, that muscle mass is really important. And if your body doesn't have the muscle mass to store that glycogen, it's going to store it into your fat. And so you could have a variety of different things going on. So this is where the first thing

that you want to do is sit down and assess what's been happening with you specifically, because all anybody else is going to tell you is like, yeah, been there back at it, right? Like anybody who's in the group right now is going to tell you that, yeah, they've, they've, you know, they've been the, they've done the program. There's a, there's a, there was a comment today. If you just go through the queue about someone who something happened, they gained the weight back. Now they're back at it. And now they're, you know, now they're, they're back to the weight that they had lost previously, but it's been a real fight to get there. So, so there's a lot of comments like that. Um, if you just want to peruse the question of the day post, like the post of the main top, you'll, you'll, you'll probably hear somebody like that

every single day. And so what you need to understand, and I'm glad that you shared this, Diane, is that it's so normal. It's so normal. Weight loss for most people is not one and done. It's not one and done. It's just not because life makes things very difficult. But what you are doing in this program is you are getting a real sense and understanding of what your body needs, how it functions.

You are working through old habits, right? While you create new ones, but maybe you're not there yet, which is why you got pulled back into the old ones. What is that setbacks are, you know, really set ups for moving forward. Also, there's a probably a lot going on, perhaps with your history of dieting. So there's a lot there to unpack, right? So this is that kind of like, okay, this happened. It's a big challenge in a chest. This is what I did. What could I have done differently? And now you know that.

Now you know that. And yet, does it suck that you have to like kind of how you feel start again? But you're not starting again. You're starting knowing what you need now. And so when you go along and you lose your weight, and it sounds like whatever you've been dealing with is pretty big, right? Pretty big. So it sounds like the next time you are hit with something as big, you understand how to navigate that. And you will, you will have never learned that unless you experienced that. And now you know. So there's

a lot for you to have learned in that experience for you. I am not going to dismiss the fact that it sucks, man, you got to start over. I've many times in my life, I'm like, here I am square one again. But always what it does is it makes me better. I'm not going to dismiss the feels because the feels is real. So it could be your belief. And this is why sometimes when people reach out to the group, and they want validation, they want to believe that it's going to work for you, but there is no reason it won't. You've did it before, there's no reason you can't do it again. And if you can kind of see what you've been through as like really kind of an opportunity to learn, so that you know, it's just it's just, okay, physically, yes, right? But mentally, you're stronger. Mentally, you are learning the things that you need to learn, like your coping mechanisms, right? To be able to not just lose your weight, because again, this is bigger picture, equal and opposite reaction. This isn't about you losing the weight, it's about you learning and

working through the things you need to learn and work through to be able to maintain it at the end. So I don't look at this as a failure. This is a situational change. This is a life hit the fan in ways you've never experienced before. This is very similar to me. Um, I, you know, been maintaining my weight for over 30 years. No problem.

Easy peasy. Eat the chips, drink the wine, whatever. Not like I'm not super exerciser person, hit and miss, whatever. No problem. Easy peasy. Eat the chips, drink the wine, whatever. Not like I'm not super exerciser person, hit and miss, whatever. No problem. And then I ended up in the hospital. I had this sickness thing and I lost 30 pounds, which you'd think would be great. But I literally, Tony was like touching my arms. He's like, you've got no muscle. Like you are just skin and bone. And then during that same summer, my kid had some real severe mental health issues, which is probably the most stress I thought the most stress I've ever had in my life.

And, you know, my weight started to come back to normal, which okay, is, you know, fine. And then what happened is I've, you know, I'm running a business never in my life have I ever run a business with like 50 employees, I don't even like calling them employees. They're like team, 50 people on my team. It's a lot. It's a lot of pressure. It's a lot of money I'm forking out for paychecks. And in order for to pay paychecks, people have to be successful at losing weight. So I have to help hundreds of thousands of people lose weight and be successful so I can pay my team of amazing people. That's a lot of stress. That's a lot of stress. And then hormones hit.

And then hormones. And actually, then I got like some stomach thing and I needed to go on to antibiotics. And then hormones started to hit me. And the stress on top of that. And then my kid's dad died. Well, then I got married. And then I turned 50. And then my kid's dad died.

Like I've never been through anything more stressful in my life. And so I just saw my weight was going up. I wasn't, I wasn't eating more chips. I hadn't changed anything. It's all stress. And then these really exciting things happened to me. But then I realized that exciting things, awful things, all stress. And it wasn't really until I started to really like prioritize that and understand that, that now it's finally like calming down.

I'm feeling a million times better. It's been a year since my kid's dad died. I've had a year of trying to prioritize myself. I've really taken my health and wellness seriously. I've actually made some real changes in my life, right? But that's been happening over two years. And I've been, I have lost, I've been maintaining my weight for two years. And I've been, I have lost me. I've been maintaining my weight for 30 years. And so this is going to happen once you've, once you reach your goal, as you go through the

seasons of life and through the years, things are going to happen to you, but you will have, you have, will have amassed the tools that you need in order to change and adapt and work through. I was just stubborn as fuck. I was like, I know what to do. I know what I need to do. I didn't go to my doctor when I needed to, because I'm just going to, I got to, I can, I can do this when I really needed help. Right. I thought I could do it all. I had that. I can do it all. I got this. I don't need to, I can still do this, this and this and that and do whatever and whatever, whatever, you know, just like stubborn as fuck. I'm a Taurus. I'm a bull. Stubborn. And so that's my own. Like, could I have made this a lot easier on myself? Yes. Did I? No, no, I didn't. So this, my point is, this is even going to happen when you're on your weight journey. When you are on your weight journey,

things are going to happen. You're going to have setbacks. You're going to have life smacking you in the face. You're going to have, do you know what I mean? And so here's what I got to say. You've got this. You've already done it. But validate the feelings that you're not happy to be back here. So what you need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again. What did you learn this time?

And then go through that scenario. What would you have done differently, right? Maybe you would have doubled down on Utah. Maybe you would have done more walks. Maybe you would have had more conversations. Maybe you would have reached out for help. I know that the minute something is off in my body, I'm going to check in with my doctor. I am not a doctor. What am I doing? Go, go see my doctor. Right? I know that, you know, when I'm getting stressed, I need to prioritize, I need to make hard decisions for myself. So what I'm getting stressed, I need to prioritize, I need to make hard decisions for myself. So what I've learned over the last couple of years, super invaluable.

And you know what it's got me? It's got me to this place where I'm just like, yeah, fuck now. Nope. Thank you. But no, like this is where I've actually learned, like, I need to be really protective over my energy, over my me time, over my prioritizing. You know, this is where even I've learned to say no to my kids. I'm like, no, no, I'm not doing that. I love you, but no, I'm not doing that. Whereas before I would have been like, well, I have to do this. I have to do that. So, so it's such a learning opportunity, the hard shit, the hard shit that you go through and the big feels that you have is an opportunity to really kind of like move forward. And I guess that's the conversation today. It's so much more than

what you are eating and when it's so much more than that. Uh, I just want to say that we are here for you, right? That is so true. Stress, stressful more this year than ever. Stress is what is killing my weight. Yeah. But remember to understand that, right? I, again, this is two days in a row I have failed. I have said that I was going to go on for a half an hour and here I am. Um, for, don't feel like you have to stick around, but for those of you who have stuck around, thanks for hanging out with me. Hopefully, you know, and again, I'm just throwing shit at the wall, hoping something sticks. Like literally, I'm just kind of thinking all the questions I've been asked, all the scenarios. So what I've done there has been like, what's all the conversations that I've had with people who have been in this situation before, right? Like, what's the takeaways from there? And that's what

I'm that's what I'm kind of trying different angles, sharing a variety of different things, hoping that you have that aha moment. Hopefully, hopefully that you see, okay, yeah, I get Oh, yeah, I got to get that. So hopefully, you hopefully you feel for us. Yeah, I get that. Oh, yeah, I got to get that. So hopefully you fail for us. Yeah, I failed. I failed today. I'm okay with it. Tomorrow is a new day. I will try again. Have an amazing day, everyone. Today's the day we're splitting up those meals in stacks. Please have fun with it. Please have fun with it. It's one last time. It's only for a few days. What do you want to get out of it? What are your takeaways, right? Like step up, ask those four questions because next week is a whole new tweak. It's where we start to revamp

the food plan. It's going to give you so much more flexibility, honestly. It's kind of where the hard work is put behind us. Then it's just finessing. It's the nuance and the finesse, you know, as opposed to the work that you need to do right now. So please indulge in it. Let us know if you have any questions about it. Have an amazing day, everyone. Stay cool. Bye.