The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 66 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: June 26, 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 66, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:An overview of the tweak this week - Food Plan Revamp!How the tweaks provide the opportunity for your body to focus on fat lossHaving trouble eating mindfully? Here’s what you can doThere is no shame in doing another round of The ProgramAre you struggling? Yesterday’s live with Dr. Beverley is a must-watchIf you’ve almost hit your goal, it’s time to think about what’s nextWhat you can learn from situational changeHow to navigate a weekend away while following The ProgramIt can take time to reconnect with your bodyThe important role that stress and sleep play in weight lossExperiencing changes in your menstrual cycle while following The ProgramWe only have one life - let’s live our best one!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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Happy day 66 of the program. I'm having some technical issues, but here I am. Hello, hello, hello. So we are rolling through our revamp week and tweak. One of my favorite weeks. It provides a lot of flexibility, especially with where we are at in the summer. How are you loving it? Or maybe are you not loving it? I mean, it's not too much change off the heels of feeding the metabolism last week in terms of the basic food plan. Now, of course, we're not splitting up those meals and snacks anymore, but we have a few variations.

So protein, really the focus at breakfast always has been, but you want to make sure you're getting the most bang for your buck. Morning snack can be pretty much anything you want from the list that we provided. You can still have fruit. It's still a great idea to have fruit, but combine it with a protein and a fat. For lunch and dinner, you're just switching up the star of the meal really. And then your two afternoon snacks are down to one afternoon snack. The easiest way is just to combine the two, but you have options there. Really interesting. Someone asked yesterday,

well, do I even need to have fruit anymore? So I know for a variety of reasons, some people don't like fruit. They don't like the texture of fruit. They have issue with fruit. I mean, fruit is super nutrient rich. It's definitely a benefit, especially with the seasonal tweak that we're in. Now, if this was asked in winter time, I'd be like, no, you're okay. You don't really need any fruit. But given that it's summer, you really do want to follow the seasonal tweaks. So bumping up your fruit intake, decreasing those heavier carbs, right? And so that's also the tweak this week as well. And so this is where if you want to add fruit to your breakfast or fruit to your lunch, like berries on a salad or grilled pineapple

at dinner type of thing, you can do that, right? So you don't necessarily have to have fruit, but it's a great idea. It would be maximizing your efforts to make sure you're adding in fruit. All right, let's see where you're at. Hi, Judy. I did awesome. I believe in my first program, this one, I started out strong, but have been slacking quite a bit. I've not been up to speed on water, snacking too much, but not following the plan, but following the plan about 80% each day. Then I hit my lowest low today. So I guess I'm still doing enough things right to make my body release what it doesn't need. Here's to a new day and lots

of water and doing as much as I can to make it stay this time. Yeah. I mean, I set the bar really, really, really, really high. Like the other day we were talking about how if you just followed the basic food plan, you would lose weight. It's just the tweaks are there to help things progress a little bit quicker to really get into your issues and associations and beliefs and habits by the tweaks that we're making. It helps us approach weight loss in a variety of different ways. So therefore a really well-rounded approach at weight loss, which is beneficial for a variety of reasons. But you have to remember, especially after you've done one program, your body doesn't want the fat

any more than you do. So it's really about clearing a path, right? Or setting the stage or providing the opportunity for your body to be able to focus on fat loss when there are so many things that it needs to focus on, right? So even if you're doing some of the things, I even say even if you're just doing half of the things, you're doing a lot of things. I mean, think about other diets that you've done, right? Like you probably weren't putting much focus on your stress and your sleep and maximizing on all these things that you can do. You're just kind of eating less, exercising more, not even paying attention to the kind of foods really that you're eating, especially if counting calories. So you're already doing so much, already doing so much, already doing so much. Hi, Helen. It's avocado breakfast daily for me, no dairy, and I have to shop for alternatives.

So yeah, so you want to go for more higher protein breads. There are some great options. So there's the kind of make your own with the cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese type of thing. There's things that you can do for breakfast for your higher protein week. Avocado is high in fat, not all that high in protein and like something like 5% carbs or something like that. So do so do what you can to try to bump up that protein and fat. Oh, no dairy, no dairy. You said, right? No dairy. So cottage cheese, not going to work. That's not going to work. That's not going to work. Good morning. Good morning. Hi, Ashley. I don't know why, but I can't stop myself from eating. Even with the

four questions, food is so good. So I'm now trying to portion control myself. Hopefully this helps so I can really focus. That is not it. Portion control is not the way to go. That is not your problem. What is what's going on? Let's break it down. Let's break it down. Okay, because food is really good. That's not you. Come on. I don't know how old you are. How old are you? But you're a grown-up i'm assuming right because we're 18 and over so you can eat what you want. You can buy what you want. You can eat what you want I'm, assuming that you live in a place where there's no shortage of food, right? So

So if food is yummy, yes, okay, but then you're eating six times a day eating six times a day So or if something's really yummy for lunch, you can put it, you know, leftovers in the fridge, and you have it for the next day if you want. So I doubt it's really that because food is really yummy. I mean, it could be but if it is, like I said, then you kind of have to be like, okay, this is delicious, but I, you know, I can eat it for dinner, probably, chances are, right? It's just such a surface, what I'm trying to say is that a surface thing. So food is really yummy, therefore, I'm going to control my portions. That's not it. That's not it. So what is it? Are you extra hungry, right? So start with a basic food plan. Are you making your food choices

nutrient rich? Are you eating all your meals and snacks? Are you skipping breakfast? If you are, start having breakfast, right? What's going on with your water? Are you making sure you're getting your water in? Are you making sure you're getting lots of good fats in? Are you having cravings like for sugar or for salt, right? And then what can you do? So portion control is not teaching you anything. And so this is why you have to address what is going on. So are you is not teaching you anything. And so this is why you have to address what is going on. So are you setting your intentions in the morning and end of day reflections? Something so simple that can remind you that you are still focused on reaching this goal. What's your why, right? Do you wake up in the morning, focus on your why, set your intention,

right? And the end of day, focus on your why and do those reflections. That's sort of bringing the process to the forefront of your mind and making you realize like over the food being yummy, I am, I am, I'm motivated to reach a goal here. Then there is like taking a minute and just being really calm. So if you say even the four questions aren't asking, you're probably asking them in a state of stress or asking them in a state of thinking that you should do portion control or in a state of, you know, stressing about what you're doing or not doing. And so this is where you just like make a conscious choice, maybe on your intentions to take a few minutes and do a few deep breaths before you even start eating, right? Like just kind of sit here,

do either the box breathing or in, you know, in for seven, out for seven, whatever that might be, take a look at your food. And then then you can also try indulging in your food. Like, listen, I get first of all, I do want to say I know it's a lot easier said than done. So I don't want to dismiss that you're having a hard time. But let's think about what you can do, right? And your indulgence in your food could come from slowly chewing your food, smelling your food, truly tasting your food. Like if you stop and think about it, are you actually taking the time to enjoy your food or are you just kind of eating like just, it's so yummy. I'm eating it. Oh my God, I shouldn't be eating it. Why'd I eat it? And then also when you're done, what is the thought

process that is going through your mind and then connect with how you feel, right? Like connect with, so cause you really want it. It's beyond asking the four questions. It's the asking the four questions to connect with how you're feeling that first question. And this is why it's really key that you ask it in a state, a calm state is how is this portion for me and feel it not in your head, but in your belly, in your visceral, in your body. If I was to eat this whole portion,

how would I feel? Is it too much? Is it not enough? Is it too little? And you have to just not just ask, is it too much, right? You have to also ask, is it too little? Is it just right? And then really feel it, right? And then as you're eating, you're trying to make, make, um, you make, trying to make the connections between you're starting to eat. Are you feeling any effects? What happens if I take a few more bites? What happens if I stop eating now? Right? If I stop eating now, I'd be pissed off. I'm still hungry. Oh, if I stop, if I, if I take a few more, I'd be pissed off. I'm still hungry. Oh, if I stop, if I, if I take a few more bites, yeah, I don't know. I don't really need to. Right. Um, and then when you're done, am I, am I actually done? How do I know I'm done? Do I feel

like I've had enough so that when I walk away, I am feeling satisfied. And then when you walk away, be like, okay, how am I feeling? Do I feel like I had enough? Do I feel like I could eat more? Like, so, so if you ask those questions in that way, you would have to make a conscious choice. You'd have to recognize I've eaten enough. I'm making a conscious choice to go back in. So what you can do is leave your plate and then wait 15, 20 minutes. And if you are still hungry, you can have more. Sometimes it's allowing yourself to have more because I have so many questions like, how did you do last week with splitting up the meals and snacks? Is your mindset back to, oh, if I don't eat it now, I can't have it later. Or if I don't eat it now, I won't be eating enough. Like, think about that, right? Off the heels of

splitting the meals and snacks, you were allowed to have that next portion. In fact, you had to have that next portion. So that really kind of like did away with the mindset of like, oh my God, I need to eat it now. Or if I don't eat it now, I'll never get it. That type of thing. So I think if you just set, like assess your why every morning, set your intentions, end of day reflections, and slow it down when asking those four questions and be really in tune to those, that is going to do you so much better and put you back into it so

much quicker than portion control, right? Because then you're just going to fall back into it. This is the time to overeat. This is the time to, you must ask those questions before you can learn it. Yes, that's exactly right. You have to, it's asking the questions about learning it. And so this is also the time that you are to learn that, right? You don't want to like control things to get back into it. You want to learn your way, do your way back into it. Cause this is where you can kind of figure that out. Cause I got, I got lots of tips for you. I got, we'll figure this out. I'll figure that. Hopefully that'll help. Who wrote, I am struggling. I'm going to scroll all the way down the bottom

and see who wrote that. Who wrote, I am struggling with this second round too. I seem to be all over the place. I'm aware that I am not maximizing and through the summer, uh, thought the summer would be easy. Need to realize that I need another program now that I have learned what I need to do consistently. So can we just talk about the fact there is no shame in doing another program. Sometimes with weight loss or this program, people feel like, well, I feel like I should be able to do it on my own. And I'm like, why though? Like if you got 75 bucks, I could see if finances were an issue, but if you had 75 bucks, why wouldn't you sign up again? Why wouldn't you sign up for the community, for me guiding you through, for being able to ask all the questions, like why wouldn't you sign up, right? Like a lot

of times people feel like, oh, I shouldn't need it. I don't need it. It's like any other diet, you start it and then you follow through all the way to the end, right? So there's absolutely no shame in that. But I want to get back to struggling. So who asked that? Marilyn, you've got to watch the conversation that we had with Dr. Beverly yesterday. And we talked about struggle. And we talked about what is it, what does struggle mean? You have to break that down. Is it, is it emotional stuff that you're dealing with? Is it physical stuff that you're dealing with? Is it, is it your behavior? And then how is that affecting your thoughts? And really clearly, clearly defining the thing that you're struggling. So we have this sense that we're struggling, right? But there's no way in to address that to figure out exactly why are we struggling, right? So what you're saying

is like, you know, you're aware you're not maximizing, you thought it would be easy, but in one sense, what sense are you struggling? And so we did that little time clock where you, you know, you write down, you know, at the top are your thoughts and then you put your emotions at three o'clock, you put your behavior at six o'clock and you put your, what's the other one? Physical, right? At nine o'clock and just draw that and then put the struggle in the middle and then write down the different ways that you are struggling and that will help you define exactly what you are struggling with, right? Is that Brenda Huxley? Hello, Brenda Huxley. Hi.

Hi, Jeanette. Hi, Cheryl. Let me scroll down. Oh my God, I couldn't live without fruit all year round. In season, out of season, I know. If you just missed it, we were talking off the top. Someone had asked yesterday if they have to have fruit since you have the option of doing other things for snacks. You don't have to have it every day. But then I was talking about seasonal tweaks. You do want to be increasing your fruit intake, decreasing your heavier carbs. Hi, Joan.

Or Joe. Yeah. Joanne. Joanne. Joanne. Hi, Joanne. Hit my new low this morning. Don't even remember when I was even this weight freaking

years ago. For sure. 40 plus at least. Oh, I love that. Congratulations, man. This is why we are not done. Put the pedal to the metal. We're not laying off. We're not laying off. That's amazing. There's Linda down 33 pounds and passed my goal. Feels so good. Nice. Hi, Jennifer. I went out to the keg last night to celebrate my former work partner's retirement and surprised myself with my choice. Vegetarian shepherd's pie made with lentils and chickpeas with a side salad. And it was so good. Almost down 15 pounds this round and feeling amazing. I said the other day, I've contemplated going vegan or vegetarian. And then I'm like, you know what? It doesn't have to be all or nothing for me. So I've been trying to get a lot more plant protein in. And it's actually pretty amazing

how I'm just coming to crave that. When you start to get decreasing that meat protein and bumping up the plant protein. I had like on Friday, we had a zucchini lasagna. And even the kids were like, you guys want meat in it? We're like, no, we don't don't know don't want any meat in it. And even the kids, we were like, do you guys want meat in it? We're like, no, we don't. Don't know. Don't want any meat in it. And I was like, huh, there we go. In tune to your body's needs. I love Dr. Beverly. I've been feeling kind of lost as to what the heck do I do next? Now that I'm close, if not, am I finally in forever goal? Her words of wisdom really helped me validate that it's okay to be where I'm at, but also gave me the help I need to get back on track. Thank you for always looking out for us

and knowing what we need to hear. Yeah. I want to write a book with Dr. Beverly, the psychology behind weight loss. Don't tell her I haven't asked her yet. Just putting it out there. I am manifesting it. I am manifesting it. I'm currently writing a book right now. So I have my program guide. I'm writing a book that talks about all the things that we talk about in these lives with my guests, all the stuff that's not what to eat and when. So I've been working on that. I'm looking forward to that. What to do next. This is a big conversation that we're having in the maintenance group. Now that because think I don't know how long you've been trying to lose weight. But for a lot of people, it can it can define it can be very, it defines who you are.

You're the person who's always trying to lose weight, you're always on a diet, it's like a hobby diets become a hobby for you this thing that you do. It can be very defining. You could have spent a lot of time, energy, and money on dieting. And now that you've reached your goal, it's just like, okay, now what? Who am I also, right? Like, who am I now? That's a conversation that they're having over in the maintenance group. Who am I after making all these change? What do I like? What do I don't like? Not just with your foods, but with everything, your style, which reminds me, Tanya Gelsomino is going to join us tomorrow. We're going to be talking about that. It's not going to be what to wear. It's going to be a whole conversation about

who are you. But that's a big conversation is now that you are done losing your weight, what is motivating you? Because a lot of people will say, oh, it's great. I'm maintaining my weight, but I don't feel as good as I felt when mentally, physically as when I was doing the program. And that's because you were chasing a goal. So you were doing all of the things you could, right? Managing your stress and trying to get better sleep and moving your body and doing all this mindful work and whatnot. And that now you don't have to reach your goal anymore. Like what, what is it? And that's why it's good to have new goals. Like some people are like, they get into fitness because I really loved it. I want to do more of it. They change

their jobs. They add a new hobbies, right? Or they just make their life about feeling their best every day because you don't want to be chasing your lowest low when you're in maintenance, right? You just want to be living your life or eventually getting to a place where you're just living your life. But that's a big conversation that we're having over there. So if you haven't done it yet, I would definitely join our maintenance program because that is the conversation. I mean, there's a lot of conversations. Hi, Sandra. Sandra, I put on a skirt that was too tight this time last year to the point the snap was popping open. It hangs off me now. Right? Way too big. Yes. Pull out those clothes. Pull out those clothes. I always say, oh, thanks. Thank you. Tony got me, Tony got me my coffee. Tony got me my coffee. Um, we should always, we should do a clothing swap. We should do a, uh, Libby loser clothing swap.

Makes sense why I'm hungry for a snack. If avocado doesn't have much protein, add hemp, heart, and bacon. Yeah, Helen, exactly. Yeah, right. So avocado is more fat than it is protein and very little carb in it. So I don't know exactly what the split is that. It could be 5% protein rather than 5% carb. I can't really remember, but it's primarily fats. So it's great for you, but definitely bump up. Hemp hearts would be perfect to add. Hemp hearts and bacon would be perfect to add on that. Ooh, bacon. I love bacon. I love bacon. Yesterday's call was great. Thank you, Gina. First round, I lost 13 pounds and life slapped me in the face. In round. And now round three, I put on most of the weight back. I know what I did and didn't do, but I'm giving myself grace and I'm back and showing

up every day. Love the program and it works. Okay. So this is what happens, right? So let me just explain to some of you who like gaining the weight back. Three reasons why you gain that weight back. One, you don't put time into solidifying your weight. That's really important. But if you're not even done your weight loss journey and something traumatic or something happens or life smacks you in the face, you don't have time to do that, right? So putting, solidifying your weight, and we're going to talk about that at the end of the program in terms of maintenance. Number two is the big one, situational change. Situational change can be physical, changing your job, changing where you live, changing like physical ailment,

something that you have going on. But it can also be your state of stress and living and being like all of a sudden you're getting a divorce, somebody passes away, you know, like that situational change, right? And then the other one is mindfulness, which really can come into effect when you have situational change. And depending on how you cope, how you utilize food, your stress levels that you, you know, you only have so much control over when they are just like so super high. It's really just a matter of like survival mode, right? Not get on top of it and continue seeing that scale move. So it's so easy for the reasons to fall back. But we, you know, I like that saying, if you fall back,

if you have a setback, it's the set up that really propels you forward. And so the thing about life is you're going to continue to get smacked by it. You're going to continue to have these moments of situational change. You're going to continue to have these times where you can't prioritize yourself. It's hard to be mindful and all those things. But what you are learning from that is that when that happens and then you have that, aha, okay, how did I navigate that? What were the choices I was making? Why was I making those choices? How did I feel during those choices, right? This is where you could be like, okay, how can I do that differently? How do I want to do that

differently moving forward? Because that is what factors into maintenance. That's what factors into maintenance. It's not just the way you've lost your weight and put time into solidifying your weight. It's your, it's what you have learned working through old habits. You know, why you're supporting new ones. It's those coping mechanisms. It's understanding your body's resiliency, especially when it comes to stress, what you're dealing with. It could be like stress, like me the last year, stress hormones. like there was a lot of physical like ailments, my back, my stomach, things going on all at once. I would have had to been like, and I and I know what I'm doing. And I've been doing it for 30 years, right. And that was a moment in my life, because never before have I run in such a big business Never before has my kid's dad died, right? Never before have I turned 50 and dealt with hormones.

So all of this was happening. And so it's taken a while for me to get back to doing the things, right? Equal and opposite reaction. And so that's that. And now I'm like, okay, yeah, I know. I know stress- wise, right? I've learned so much about stress and, you know, tied into trauma and emotions and all of that. And I'm get to the place where, you know, like I had, you know, wine the other night and you guys saw me Monday night, I had some wine. I didn't,

I didn't drink it the whole thing, by the way, just so you guys know, partly because the fly flew in it. And that really grossed me out. It wasn't a fruit fly. It was like a big fly, but whatever. Um, I'm really to the place where I'm just like, no, no thanks. So before I would have had wine and I would have had wine the next day and the next day and the next day and the next day and the next day. And now I'm like, nah, I'm good. Thanks. That's not what I do anymore. It's not who I am. You know, I've been drinking some, um, because I've been tired and am. You know, I've been drinking some because I've been tired and dealing with some stuff. I've been drinking like regular caffeine again. And today Tony's like, do you want decaf? And I'm like, yeah, I want to get back on decaf. I've had it

like back at it, you know, and, but sometimes it like happens a couple of times until we get to a place, but this is why these things happen to make you stronger, to make you more resilient, to help you learn, to recognize what you don't want to do, which is going to factor into, it's not losing the weight, it's the maintenance of the weight. That's where you want to learn these things

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So here's the exciting thing. Your body knows the program. Your body is like, oh, okay, bitches, we're back. All right, we're back. So you should feel like as you're pulling things together, your body immediately goes to what it knows, which is like, Oh yeah, we're doing this again. Oh, I love this. This works for me. And weight that comes on real quick also comes off real quick too. That's, that's another thing that's important to understand. So you, you've done this before your body knows what you're doing. It'll do it again. And it's

like, it, because it's like a low stress, no stress fall back into the routine weight that comes on quick goes off quick. So make sure you reach out though and let us know if you've got any questions. I'm going on holidays Thursday for work. My plan is to stay close to the program, but I'm worried that that's not going to happen. Okay. So what are you worried about? What are you worried about? Are you worried that like, what exactly is the worry? But I think that's, you got to define the worry, right? It's like that, like the little time thing. Um, what is the worry is the worry that like, so like I'm thinking, Oh, I won't be able to control myself. So what does that mean? You don't want to control yourself

on vacation. What is the worry? What is the worry, right? So you got to break that down. So here's what I got to say. It could be that when you frame it, like you're worried you won't be able to stick and do everything perfectly. So don't make it about that. You could say, I want to go on vacation and I want to make choices that make me feel amazing. I want to look my best. I want to feel my best. I don't want to leave my vacation wanting to come back home because I feel so gross. And so this is where if you want to have drinks, maybe bring some pro a probiotic with you that will help, you know, with the processing of the alcohol that can be helpful. Um, you, when you do have drinks, make sure you also have a glass of

water, try to start your day high protein or focus on the protein. Try to get those leafy greens in at lunch. The very least, if you have chicken wings, you're having all these other things, right? Try to move your body as much as possible, which actually tends to happen on vacation, whether that's if you're going for a walk on the beach or you're sightseeing or whatever you're doing. You could also be like, make a thing to after my bigger meals, I'm going to go for a 10 minute walk, right? Like things, things that, that things that aren't work that kind of tie into a vacation. And so this is where this is your opportunity to be like, who am I now on vacation? Right? Who am I now? Right? Not the person who goes drinks,

all the stuff, trashes herself, feels like garbage by the time, you know, I leave, I can't wait to get home. I just want to eat my own food and sleep in my own bed and whenever this vacation that I wanted to go on and dreamt on so badly, but now I just want to leave it and go back home. Right? How did you feel waking up every morning and how, you know what I mean? Like, what was your thought process going to dinner or putting on your clothes? You know, that type of thing. Like, who am I now? Who is it? Like, what was your thought process going to dinner or putting on your clothes? You know, that type of thing. Like, who am I now? Who is it? Like, you have an opportunity to do vacations in a whole new way.

And you don't have to be like Mrs. Healthy Pants going to the gym with her beet juice every morning. Like, you don't have to do that. There can be different variations that sort of minimize the impact. Because a week is not long enough to, a week is not, or two weeks, you said holidays, so I don't know how long, is not long enough to gain weight back. And I don't know, maybe you're like a teacher and teachers, you're like, you got, you're looking at the whole summer as holidays, which I love.

So what can you do differently now? Get up in the morning, go for a walk, really indulge in the morning routine that maybe you can't do, you know, during the regular, regular school year. Like, how would you set up like your light dream life? And now maybe that's living in a big mansion and being on a yacht. You can't have that. But like, if you could set up like your dream you and your dream routine, what would that be? Right? Or your, the dream you on vacation? How, how would that be? I used to be one of those people that was like, you see people go into the gym, and you're like, everyone's like going to

the gym in the morning. And you know, we're just getting getting coffee, I'm just rolling out of bed, whatever. Now I quite enjoy going to the gym. I quite enjoy going to the gym, I always now bring clothes with me whenever I'm staying at a hotel or whatever. Sometimes I go, sometimes I don't, right. But at least now I'm to the point where I bring the gym stuff with me and I think about it and it may not go every day, but I'll go maybe like once or twice, you know? So think about that. I feel like a human today. I had in my iron infusion yesterday and feel so much better already. Let's hope this feeling continues. Yeah. So really staying on top of that. You may want to look into it. I don't know your situation. I'm not prescribing, but blood builders can be really great. I have a kid with

low iron and I've been low iron in my life, not to the point of infusions, obviously. Um, but in keeping up, so what can you do to keep up with that? But man, that's a game changer. This is something a lot of people don't factor in is iron and low iron and how that can affect your weight loss journey and your body to be able to focus on fat loss. This is why it's such a great idea to go and get that blood work done. But I love that feeling human is good. It's good. It's the little things, right? It's the little things. It took me until this round five to actually connect with my body, keep plugging away. Right? And doesn't that make sense? Because

years and years and years and years and years and years and years of disconnecting, even from when we're little, can leave us really disconnected. And people's way of like presenting to mind-body connection isn't really a how to do. They come from a place where they're assuming you have it, which you are born with it, but you have to like practice it. Some people have to learn it. And there's a lot of noise. There is a lot of noise that we got to cut through. And we also live in a very quick society, right?

We're like, everyone thinks fast or quick. Do it now. Don't know something? Google it. You know, want something? Order it. Like it's this thing. So we take very little time to actually, to be connected, right? To sit down before a meal. So I, it's, it's great to pray for a meal, you know, sitting down and doing a prayer

before a meal. Think about that. Being thankful, showing gratitude, you know, blessing. That's like, I'm taking a moment to like that, that in a way, if you think about it is connecting with yourself and connecting with your meal and taking the time to do that. Right. But people don't tend to do that so much anymore. They definitely don't take the time outside of that to do that. And we had this really busy, like who, who, who, who has a lunch where they think they even have time for lunch, right? Like Tony and I, we sit down and we gobble our lunch in like five, 10 minutes, like done. Then we're always like, you know, okay, maybe we should take time and like, but we don't cause like, you know, and not that I couldn't take time. I just feel like I got so many things to do. I gotta do this.

I gotta do that. I gotta do this, do that. You know what I mean? So it's kind of, it can take a while for so many reasons. It can take a while. Hi, Angie. This is my second round and definitely harder this time. Okay.

Why? What's going on? Harder physically. What's going on there? Harder mentally, different season, different season in your life. I lost 15 pounds in the first round and I've gained one to two pounds so far. Okay. Why? However, I'm really learning how my body reacts to nutrient rich foods and I love how great meals make me feel. Okay. But I want to get to the weight wise, right? I love that you said this. Okay. This is happening, but I'm also appreciating that. I love

that, but there is nothing wrong also with wanting to get to the bottom of what is happening with your weight. So let's do that. My biggest struggle is stress and sleep, but I'm focusing on both of those to help my total wellness. Yesterday, I decided to try on a pair of pants that didn't fit and boom, not only did they fit, but I wore a shirt tucked in with them. This was a huge non-scale victory for me. I think the last time I tucked a shirt in, I was 15.

I'm 49. So it has been a couple of years, received loads of compliments on my outfit and even had some coworkers ask if I had a job interview. This definitely helped me take my focus off the fucking scale. So what's happened is you've lost that 15 pounds and now that is solidifying. So that in itself is huge. So that is huge, right? I don't know how much more you have to lose. So I don't know where you're without that. But so whether you lose, lose, lose, lose, lose, solidify at the end or these little bits of solidifying. So you've solidified that weight. I love that. That's a sign that your your hard work is paying off. I do want to get into the

stress and sleep and just remind you of that whole stress and sleep series that we did a few weeks back with Dr. Alinka, Dr. Beverly, and Alana. And this is where like I, you know, had issues with my sleep and didn't really take them seriously. Like we were talking about the other day, I was talking with my, who was I talking with when I talked about Dr. Beverly, I think it was on a live on Monday night, when she said, try, stop trying to sleep. I thought she was so full of horseshit. I was like, what the fuck are you saying? So dumb. Try to stop, stop trying to fall asleep. Well, it turns out she was right. And as soon as I stopped trying to fall asleep, I like, and I was like moving my, no, I did a lot of things, right? I moved my office

out of my room. You know, I try to keep the lights down. I try not to watch TV or try to do more reading now. Like really there's a lot of other things that I did, but that, that one thing of trying not to sleep really helped. And then stress too, like, are you taking L-theanine, right? There's things that you can do that, the ashwagandha, the, you know, there are things, those supplements, right? This is where you might want to look into that. Now, I love that, like, no doubt in time, your weight is going to start moving again. But if you know that is your ticket, I just want to remind you kind of like, even if you just kind of come to that realization now, this is where you might want to go back and watch those segments with like that fresh eyes of

being like, okay, obviously this is affecting me more than I thought. What more can I do? What more can period start again after weight loss and or hormone patches? Yes, of course they can. Yeah. Uh, not of course, but yes, yes, they can. I'm 54 and don't even remember the last time I had a cycle, no periods for years. I'm so done with this. I already have a doctor's appointment book next week for something else. So I'll check with them. Just wondering if spotting has happened for anyone else. So we actually have a post on this and you probably skipped right by it because it was on menstruation. It's like getting your period, fertility and fertility issues. I think it

was what it was. Oh, double detox. I can't remember the post exactly right now. You think I would, I can't remember the exact title is eluding me right now. Um, but we have a whole post on this talking about it because believe it or not. So first of all, always check in with your doctor. Always, always, always, always, always, always, always never blow this off as doing the program. Just like same thing with like, if you're not feeling great, never blow it off as detox. Always, always, always check in with your doctor about it. But just to set your mind at ease in some sense, it is not unusual for there are two times a year where your period, if you have regular periods, you might skip a period, you might double up on your period or might kind of like switch weeks or whatever is in the fall and the spring. When your body's going through

that fall transition from summer into winter, which is affecting your body temperature and how your body functions. And then in the, from the winter to spring, where your body's now pulling you out of that winter hibernation mode, boosting your metabolism, right? Like that, it's actually, there's a whole thing to how our body functions season to season. And so that can mess with your periods. That can mess with your periods as they kind of re-sync, they re-sync with the tides and the seasons and stuff like that. So you might not have paid much attention to it, but while you're doing the program, you're so hyper-focused on it. It's also not unusual to have not had a period in a really long time and have it come back because

you are literally kind of re, like you are, like you're balancing out your hormones, your your your body's actually getting healthier. And so for that reason, it's not unusual to see maybe if you were in menopause, you do the program, you start having more regular consistent periods that can happen or to not have it and then have some come back. Now, with the hormone patch as well, that could be factoring that in as well. So this is why definitely check in with your doctor. Again, I wouldn't say it's normal, but it's not unusual. It's not unusual when you're following the program and making this kind of change. But again, I do want to reiterate, definitely don't take my word for it. Like help use that to put your mind at ease,

but definitely check in with your doctor. Definitely check in with your doctor. Shingles. Who has shingles? Someone has shingles. Did I read that there? I had shingles before. Someone up four pounds since the weekend, but I know it's not real weight gain was diagnosed with shingles Monday. So I'm not going to stress about the scale. Yeah. Your body is just going to be a massive state of like stress and inflammation on that. So just think calming, keep your foods easy, follow the sickness protocol. So the sickness protocol is like just kind of maintaining the basic food plan. Um, not forcing yourself to eat if you're not hungry, keeping your foods nice and light and whatnot. So use that. Shingles is not fun. Shingles is not

fun. Hit my new low this morning as well. Down 44 pounds since January. I'm so pumped, Kathy. I love that. Good for you. Those numbers coming together. It's amazing how they come together in the end. It's amazing how they come together in the end. I love that. Sign up for the next round. Eight. Been trying to get into the next decade for a year plus. I feel in the end. I love that. Sign up for the next round eight been trying to get into the next decade for a year plus I feel in the next decade, I'll be closer to know if I'm not finally in forever with all this trying, I'm not being myself up after all this time. That's a non scale victory. And it's it is, you know, what I love about the Libby method is like, what else are you gonna do? Right? Like you are prioritizing

yourself, you're being mindful, you're making choices that fall in line with your goals and make you feel good. You're still all still while living your life. You are trying to help your body be as healthy as possible, not just physically, but mentally. It's kind of like, why would you ever stop? You know, why would you ever stop? Like I journal, I set intentions, end of day reflections, you know, I'm not necessarily looking to lose weight, but on things I want to do for business, I make my to do lists, you know, I'm always thinking about and working towards, you know, other things in life. And, you know, this sort of like, I think because it's weight loss, maybe there's this stigma to it. And of course, it's weight loss, because we want

to lose this fucking weight already. And it's not, it's totally fine to make it's weight loss, maybe there's this stigma to it. And of course it's weight loss because we want to lose this fucking weight already. And it's totally fine to make it about weight loss. But it's so much more than that. It's so much more than that, right? And that is something to be incredibly proud of, incredibly proud of. I am 1.8 pounds away from my goal, lowest yet. I also had a chocolate bar in bed last night. Yay. That chocolate bar is not going to stop you from reaching your goal. You're going to get there

unless it was a bit of sabotage, but I love that. Did your weight drop today? Even though you had a chocolate bar? I love that. I, this is like, I love that. I love, and if you didn't have a chocolate bar, you would never, you would never know that. And isn't that a wonderful thing to know that you can have a chocolate bar and not only is your weight not going to be up, your weight can actually be down? Like that, just making that connection that it's not the foods that are causing you necessarily to put on the weight. You know, it's so much more than that. So much more than that.

I'll be starting a karate program in September. Okay, this, I love that. And it's just for adults or older youth. I'll be doing it with my neighbor and my 17 year old son. I can't wait. I'll be a black belt in a number of years. I love this for you. I love, I love learning new things. I think this is so great. I think that is so great. Hi, Dee. I retire tomorrow after 25 years of working in the government. Good for you. Who shall I now become? I don't know.

Are you going to sign up for karate like Judy? Are you going to start karate? What are you going to do? What will I do now? Great questions to explore. Thank you for all you do and all the information you provide. You and your guests have been helping me work through all these questions through this session. The fall program will be different for me.

So looking forward to all the new tidbits of life. Oh man, listen, that's what I want. This is like life. I've always had this thing about life. Like this is our, this is your one chance as you right now to live. We're on this amazing planet. This is going to sound a little kooky. Just stick with me.

We are on this, I look up at the sky and we are on this planet rolling through the universe. And here we are. And you have this opportunity at life. And I feel and I fear sometimes at the end of people's lives or when they move on, they're like, fuck, fuck that up. What did I, what'd I do? I spent my whole life stressing, you know what I mean? Not doing the things like, and I think this, this, this beyond weight loss and feeling your best is, is really about connecting with yourself. What works for you? Like, I mean, the people in your life, the friends, like, man, I kind of changed my whole friend group. It actually wasn't my choice. It was my friend's choice. And I'm so glad that that happened. She's later come back and apologize. I'm like, do you want to talk? And I'm like, no, no, I don't actually. And that

opened up a whole world to all these amazing people in my life that I'm so grateful for. And to be able to connect, like I could have gone my whole life with that friend life that I'm so grateful for. And to be able to connect, like I could have gone my whole life with that friend. And I'm so glad I didn't. And that job, you know, that relationship, making choices that don't make you feel good coping, not dealing with your trauma, not prioritizing yourself in your own life. Right. And that's what this is about. It's yes, it's weight loss, but what gets me excited is once you guys lose all your weight, y'all, I'm going to start a third group, lose your weight, go into maintenance. And I'm going to start a third group and a third program that is this space for people to focus on doing all

of these things to achieve all the things that you want to do in your life, to truly live your best life. I know that sounds so crazy, but I think that's like the foundation of my motivation is like, I want to be the best person I can. I want to be happy. I want to be joyful. I want to enjoy my life. I know it can't all be sunshine and rainbows. I want to be able to handle stress better, be more resilient. I want to be, you know, have a great relationship with my kids. So I'm working really hard on that. You know, my kids are my youngest is 17. He's a guy, he's going to be out. Is he ever going to come back? Why do they come back? Like I want them to come back, not come back and live with me forever. But so you know,

like I know we're like, same thing retiring like who are you you spend so much of your life doing that now you get to do something new like I am the worst when people like get changed jobs I'm like how exciting what are you gonna do now you know like what what are you gonna do now and so that's what I really hope for everybody and I love that you shared that the program is helping yes but our amazing amazing community, what a better place than being in a safe, supportive space with our amazing community to work towards these types of goals, because it's very vulnerable. And your journey can be very individual and very profound. And I love that you love our guests. It takes me a while to find guests because I think it's about,

I think when we find the right guests, oh my God, like our guests are just so giving. They're so grateful to have the opportunity to work with our members. Um, anyway, I'm not, I don't want to talk like the program is done. I'm done for today. I just want to reinforce that, that if you are feeling that this is so much bigger than weight loss, it's because it is so much bigger than weight loss. The work that you are doing is making it so much more than weight loss, but let's not forget it's about weight loss right now. And that's okay. That's okay. It can be about weight loss, but I just want to take a minute

because when I say you should be proud of the things that you're doing each week or take time to be proud, that's the scale that I am thinking about when I'm saying that you should be proud. So this is why I have the chocolate bar. Look what you've learned. You know what I mean? Fall back. That's okay. Right? As long as you're learning and making those connections, that, that setback is the setup like for propelling you forward. You know, there's, there's no way you can fuck this up as long as you continue to show up, continue to show up. Right? Um, let's be proud. Let's be proud of all of us. Okay. You guys, I gotta go. Um, uh, thank you for, as always, I'm so grateful that you

joined me today for the conversation. I fucking love talking about this stuff. Love talking about weight loss. Um, I hope that you enjoyed it. I hope that you got something out of it. Uh, if not, I'll be back tomorrow with Tanya Gelsomino. So I love Tanya. She has a store. She's a bit of a fashionista, but more than that, she really gets the challenge of weight loss and dressing your body and kind of your identity. And she's not only that, but she gives us great tips. So we're going to talk a lot about all of that with her. So I hope that you kind of like a spill the tea, but with a fashion twist, I think it's going to be a good old fashioned chat. So come hang out with me tomorrow during the 9am live and I'll see you then. Otherwise, have an amazing day. We'll be back

with Kim for the tweak this week. So if you're interested to learn more about the tweak this week, that'll be today at 12. And of course, if you can't join us live, we'll repost it. Have an amazing day, everyone. I'll see you later. Bye.