The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 68 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: June 28, 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 68, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Setting intentions - utilize the app and the daily post in the Facebook Support GroupSelf-sabotage and late-night eating - assessing why you’re feeling the need to eat at nightLong weekends - make a plan to set yourself up for successWhen The Program ends - what comes next?Habit of eating at night - routines can trigger habitsFlying and cravings - dehydration can lead to sugar cravingsStarting to recognize how certain foods make us feel - understanding our body’s signalsAdjusting food choices when exploring the outdoors - check out your health food store for great optionsLower energy levels - assessing what your body needs when your energy dips Summer nights changing sleep patterns - how to adjust to changes in routinesEven when we can’t show up “perfectly” - our efforts add upSending prayers and strength to Brenda Huxley from our community Celebrating milestones and accomplishments! Vacations - learning to trust that you can enjoy time away and maintain the progress you’ve madeDressing your new body - adjusting to the new youResistance training - the importance of it, especially if you have a history of dietingTo learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on Acast, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple,

and Amazon Music. Well, happy day 68 of the program. I say that a lot, happy day. I think it's just because it's all about sort of setting the tone, setting the intentions. And that's one of the things that you guys are doing on the check-in post today. So as you know, featured at the top of the page in the Facebook support group. And actually you might not know because we have so many people who just follow along using our Libby Method app that they don't actually get into the Facebook support group. And so many of you are using that check-in to set your intentions, which I absolutely love. I want to remind you of a couple of things.

I saw someone this morning talk about how they haven't lost any weight since like last week. And is that normal? And wow, if you have been losing and losing and losing every single week up till this week, that is amazing. On average, about one to two pounds per week. That is amazing. On average, about one to two pounds per week, but that can be like in one week, someone loses five and then they don't lose any in the next week and whatever. But this is really where you want to dig your heels in and do the things that you can do to

set you up for success. Like set your intentions in the morning, end of day reflections, start using our living method app. If you haven't, or if you haven't been popping into the Facebook support group, pop in. We had a great conversation with Jason a few groups back, and he was someone who just used the app. And it wasn't really until he popped into the Facebook support group one day that he was like, wow, it really helps you understand there are a lot of people on a very similar journey as you. Everyone's on their own individual and profound journey, but you are not alone in your journey. And there's a lot to be learned by not just like watching the lives, but reading the comments in the lives, not just, you know, watching the spill the tea, but reading the comments and spill the tea and being part of the conversation in the Facebook

support group. So what are, what aren't you doing that you could do in these last few weeks of the program to really be as proactive as possible? I want to remind you of the maximizing post, of course, which we have, uh, the 20 questions checklist. That's where you can go through that, given where you're at now and take a look at the things's where you can go through that given where you're at now and take a look at the things that maybe you're not doing that you didn't need to do before, but you could do now. And what are the things you can focus on that you haven't really been focusing on that you can focus on now? You know, I was thinking like going back, I saw someone was talking about how they're missing their gallbladder. And so they want to investigate digestive bitters. And they're like, do you have any suggestions for digestive bitters?

And that got me thinking, well, we could all go over that supplement post again, right? Like take a look at that first basic set of supplements, the second set of supplements. Also, a lot of the information that we posted in the first couple of weeks of the program, although we have been reviewing, it might not have meant as much to you because maybe you were just kind of like focusing on the food plan or whatever. Or for example, if you're finding that maybe you're sabotaging yourself and you don't understand why, we had some great posts on sabotage. So it can be good to go back, review the information, also the guest segments from beginning to end as well. So I don't know if you got some spare time this weekend.

They are all available over on our Livvy Method podcast. So you can download and listen to them when you're out for a walk or whatnot. So such a great idea. Okay. I got to stop this sabotage of late night snacking. It's so ridiculous. Okay. Let's start with that. So I

love that you recognize that you are late night snacking and sabotaging. Why? Right? So let's deal with the first thing. The first thing would be, are you actually hungry? Are you eating enough throughout the day? Are you skipping breakfast? Because I would suggest if you're extra hungry at night after eating all this nutrient rich foods throughout the day, make sure you're having breakfast. So that's one. Is it cravings or is it hunger? Are you craving sugar? Are you craving salt? Now, normally, if you crave sugar, your body's looking for more water. If you crave salt, your body's looking for more good fat. However, in the summertime and in the heat, if your body is looking for more sugar, that could mean sugar. And if your body is looking for,

like if you're craving salt, it could mean salt. So this is where you want to work that seasonal tweak, right? Decrease those heavier carbs, bump up that fruit intake to make it a little bit easier for your body to replenish your glycogen stores. Also make sure you're getting in enough water and then make sure you are salting your foods. You need that sodium, you need that salt for your electrolytes. So make sure you're getting that salt in there. Plus also make sure you're getting in that good fat. And then could it be the timing of your foods, right? Because we're up a lot later now. And so like, it's still light out now, like 930 at night, whereas in the wintertime, not too long ago, it was like, it was dark at like four, 430. So that can change how your body is sort of

functioning when it comes to your melatonin production, you winding down, and your body getting ready for sleep. So this is where you might want to like spread your meals and snacks out a little bit differently to compensate for that. Um, what else is it triggers? So are you just up like later? Are you, are you being triggered to something going on this time of year in your life? Like in general, like, is this the year that something has happened? And maybe you're kind of like, you're dealing with that. Um, or did something actually happen? And are you dealing with something?, you're dealing with that. Or did something actually happen? And are you dealing with something? So and then be like, okay, what is this purpose of the snacking? Like, why? What was in my mind? Was I just like, oh, fuck it, I'm gonna have it, I'll deal with it tomorrow, in which like, that's fine, just deal with it today, like move it along, right? And

that's, it's not until you like get into the habit of that, where you need to recognize your negative mindset. And then this is where you can be like, every time you are like, why did I do that? Just be like, you know what? I made a choice. I'm happy with my choice. Back at it today. You almost have to catch it and train your brain that it's not the worst thing in the world.

And you made a conscious choice. So making a conscious choice to eat something that is like, that's a non scale victory, rather than should I eat it? Shouldn't I eat it? Oh my god, why do you eat it? Oh my god, right, the fact that you're like, I'm going to eat this, I'm going to have a snack and you made a conscious choice. That is a that's a big deal to be able to do that. Because if you make the conscious choice to have it, you also are like one step away from making a conscious choice to not have it as well. So then what did I why did I have it? Did I think it was going to bring me joy? Was it something that I, is it something that I love? Then did it bring me joy? Like these are sort of making these

connections, right? So the first step is like recognizing it's not working for you. The second step, is it a physical thing? Then is it an environment thing? Like, like going on some, this, this type of year, this is what I got going on in my life, like what is that? Was it a choice thing? Why did I make that choice? What did I think I was going to get out of it? Was it that dopamine hit? Like what is it habit? What was it? How did I feel? And then you want to be like, let's go back and not make that choice last night. Would I have died? Would I have been like, whatever? Like, oh, I would have been fine not make that choice last night. Would I have died? Would I have been like, whatever? Like, oh, I would, I would have been fine not having that snack. Okay. So let me go back and visualize instead of that snack, I did this. I had some tea. I had a glass of water. I

went, I don't know what, like went for a walk. You read a book, you went to bed. Like, I don't know what you did. Right. Um, did the whole new face routine, put on a face mask. I don't know. But envision you did something else other than make that choice. Then you went to bed. How did you feel, right? Because you probably would have slept better because you weren't snacking at night. How would you have felt this morning when you woke up, right? And then like, what was your mindset at?

So that you don't have to like, you're already deciding, you're connecting the dots. You don't, it's not working for you anymore. This is why ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. This is what I did instead. Okay. That feels better. Next time. Now you've recognized it. You've put it out there. So if you snack tonight, you're like, we've gone through this whole conversation. You're going to be snacking being like, Oh, well, it's not working for me. Right. But it's just like training your brain. Cause sometimes it's like that quick hit. You don't think about it next thing you know, you got your hand in the bag or you're eating the thing. And then you're like, Oh, fuck it. I might as well eat her old mentality as well. I might as well eat the whole thing. I might as well keep on going. Right.

So that's where you want to, that's where you want to like, that's where you're at is that you want to go through that whole process and that's rewiring your brain. That's reconnecting your association with snacking, that food, that feeling that causes you to snack and the sabotage. So the, so then you can be like, am I sabotaging? Right? So this is where we have those two posts on sabotage. We go back. Am I sabotaging? Why am I close to my goal? Did the scale move for me yesterday? Am I trying to prove that this isn't going to work for me? Did someone say something to me? Like you have to spend time and, and actually like say things out loud and then they will start like the thing that it is will probably, you'll feel it. It's like,

just like when you ask the four questions, you know, how's this for me, whatever you're asking those and you're feeling that it's the same thing. Push, push it, all these things, or pull out that sabotage post and read them, read them out loud. And the one that if it's, if you are sabotaging yourself, it's going to resonate and you're going to feel that. And then you go into why, why, like, what's that about? What's that about? Right. But the first thing is just to own it, which you have. Working in the kitchen with Gina and Libby people, what could be better? Why are you taking with me when you listen to me when you're working in the kitchen? Good morning. Hello. It's the long weekend here. Hi, Victoria. Good morning. Hope. It's the long weekend here. Hi, Victoria. Good morning. Hope everyone has an amazing long weekend here in Canada. So we have the long weekend here. And then I know in the US you have the fourth, I think, is it on Thursday or Friday? So the long

weekend next weekend. So make a plan. What's your plan for this weekend? What do you guys got going on? What's the plan? What's the plan for the weekend? How are you going to navigate that? Do you have plans? I have a wedding coming up this weekend. I'm going golfing later today. Saturday I have like the day off. So I'm going to put her on my house. Like, what do you, what do you have going on? What have you got going on? Do you have any celebratory things where, you know, you're going to want to indulge? So this is where you might want to make a plan to like get a walk in, get that high protein breakfast in? What can I do to set myself up for success? Because I know I'm going to want to go to that wedding and it's

going to be a 12 course meal. And I'm not trying to exercise it off and make sure I have a great day leading up to the wedding so that my digestive system is stimulated. I'm not overly hungry. I can get there and enjoy the food and you know, not walk away feeling like I binged all night or whatever and enjoy the moment rather than having to be focused about food. So make a plan, make a plan. I love the app. Would love to be able to continue to use for tracking purposes until the fall program. So you can, if you guys want to talk about that.

I'm not a fan of talking about the program ending until the program ends, but here's a couple of things that you would need to know. So those of you who are following behind in the program, you'll still have access to the Facebook support group. So on the last day, obviously we stopped posting, we stopped answering questions, but you can still access the Facebook support group. Once you're done the 91 days of the program, the app will turn into a general tracker. So you'll continue to use the app and be able to track the things that you want to track. Now it won't guide you through the program, you won't have access to the AI that's only available while doing the program. But you keep all of your data

and you keep all of your data, and you can continue tracking. And then when you sign up for the fall program, what you do is that you you open up and you use your new code after you register to unlock the fall program within the app. And then so once you do that, when the fall program starts, the countdown will start and then you'll be able to start tracking on the first day of the fall program. So you'll be able to retain all the information in your app and the data that you've been collecting for yourself, I don't eat at night. Yeah, it could be a habit. It could very well just be as simple as a habit. And this is where sometimes you have that residual, that residual like cravings, I call it just out of habit, but usually it's out of triggers. Like your habits are triggers. If you do a routine and then that routine triggers what you normally do, and this is where you want to try to break that routine,

right? What can you do to break that routine? Hi, Lynn. Good morning. My intention, finish with the eagerness that I started. Daily, I'm examining one of the questions, one of the 20 questions, and I'm thinking of it all day. I love that. If it looks like I'm kind of doing weird stuff with my iPad, it's because Facebook has gone and changed some settings and I can't see the comments like I normally do. So if you're wondering what I'm doing, that's what I'm doing. Lynn, I love that. Okay. My intention, finish with the eagerness that I started. I love this. You want to finish stronger than when you started. Let me say that again. You want to finish stronger than when you started, right? That's the mission around here. Like this is where you put

the pedal to the metal. You do not lay off. You do not lay off. I love that daily. I'm going to, I'm examining one of the 20 questions and thinking of it all day. I'm breaking it down, breaking it down, breaking it down, breaking it down. I could have eaten the whole candy aisle last night after a long haul flight, obviously craving that water. Yeah. So flying super dehydrating, craving like also tiredness. When you are tired, you, you tend to crave more carbs. And then when you're tired, your body processes them differently as well. Right? So I love just paying attention to that, even just knowing and being aware that that's going on. I had a wrap yesterday at a restaurant, only ate half the wrap and ate the inside of the

second, felt so bloated and tired after, I'm sure it was the wrap, would never have noticed it before. Yes. And so this is sort of like when you, one thing, when you get to feeling really good. So someone once said in the maintenance group, I went and had a thing, it was like a sandwich, and I felt awful afterwards. When am I going to feel normal eating these foods again? I thought that was really interesting. And I said, weight loss or not weight loss, you always felt like that after eating something like that after eating something like that. It's just that if you weren't communicating with yourself and weren't paying attention, or you just felt all the time, you probably never

noticed. And now that you know what it feels like to feel really good and your body is communicating with you, you're noticing because your body's like, hey, don't make me feel real good. Right? And this is where you might not have noticed that before. Now you're noticing. That happens a lot. That happens a lot. That happens a lot. I am going on a five day hike and can't eat the way I do now with fresh fruits and veggies won't be on the trail, but I'm anxious about what to take. Summer is about hitting the trails for me and help me regulate and breathe. But with my new eating habits, I can't be maintained on the trail. So I would, I mean, it's five days. It's no big deal. Five days on the trail. What I would take a look at is what you normally do and go to the health food store and look for healthier versions of that.

So if you can't take fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, I'm not sure what you do. I don't know if you take those packets of foods, which are probably high in sodium, which isn't so bad because if you're on a long hike, you need that kind of salt, right? So you think, oh my God, they're so salty. But in that situation, you really need it if you're really exerting yourself, especially if it's hot. There's things that you can do like get that like nut and seed bars, like really like beyond, they don't have to be chocolate covered nut and seed bars. There's some great nut and seed bars that they have at the health food store or health food section. They have, they have the level, I'm thinking of like things like raisins. So maybe you can't do like fruit fruit, but you could do dried fruit because

you want to replenish those glycogen stores and get the energy that you need. So I would sort of break down what you normally take or what they suggest to take on a hike, right? And the purpose behind it. And then I would go look for the best quality versions, avoid artificial flavors and colors. Cause that's less like that just means the product's not that great. It's not doing a whole heck of a lot for you either, probably other than probably giving you a whack of sugar in it. I don't know if you're doing canned stuff. I don't, I don't know. I'm not a hiker. I don't know how, I don't, I don't know, but that's what I would do. It's very similar to runners, right? Sometimes runners will use gels. They'll use like same thing. So they'll pop candy when they're running and whatnot

and like just do raisins or do something, go, go to the, go to the health food store and look for a healthier version of that. But you know, you're, this is supposed to be healthy for you, right? You're getting outside, you're walking. So you want to, you want to make sure the things that you're eating are also healthy for you. So it all works together. So this is where I might like, might take a bit of planning, bit of Googling, and you know, how do I prepare the healthiest snacks possible when I go for a hike, especially if this is something that you really love to do, really love to do. My mindset is ready for the choices that are coming this weekend. I love that. I love that. Oh, sorry. These questions here. Hi, Sandy. Good morning. Question. I don't seem to have as much energy

this week as I have been having. Is it the revamp or is it, sorry, where are the questions? Something my body is going through. So any changes that we're making with the food plan are nothing but healthy and it builds and builds and builds and builds. So we don't go backwards with what we're doing. We're building it up. And so this week is about making sure, you know, you're getting your, it's just the slight adjustments. We're making it easier for the body to get the nutrients that it needs. If anything, last week was a lot harder for the body than this week. A lot of times people think like, so this is where I would be. What part of the revamp do you think that it is and what is going on?

And some people are like, oh, it's the bumping up the protein and fat. You're really just kind of adding some extra protein and fat to that morning snack. So it's not really a lot, but this is what can happen. If you're feeling like your body is slow and sluggish, it could be that you're not asking the four questions and you're not adding in the leafy greens and making your food choices as nutrient rich as you normally do. That can happen nine weeks into the program. You're looking for quick, you're really convenient, whatever. You want to look at your, so if it's your body and how it's feeling, make sure you're really into and adding in those leafy greens and making your food choices nutrient rich. It could be what you did last week, extra exertion, especially in the heat.

So I don't know where you live, but we had a heat wave here last week. And it could be your body just trying to still catch up to that, just kind of like a next level kind of tired. It could be your energy. It could be your weight's about to drop. It could be, you know, it could be a variety of things. It's okay for your energy to be super high one day and a little bit lower and more chill the next day, also depending on what you got going on mentally. So this is why maybe what you're picking up on

too is that your hunger levels will change every day because your energy output is going to change every day and your body's needs change every day. So you might be noticing like you don't necessarily like if you're not all that active or you're not feeling all that energetic you're probably also not really all that hungry and so you really want it's like ebbs and flows you really want to pay attention to that because this is why counting calories and all of that isn't working because your body needs change so you could just be picking up on your body's you know fluctuating energy levels and where, where you're at. You could take a look at anything that you're adding in that you weren't eating before. You could have

a sensitivity to that, but you'd also be bloated. You'd kind of physically feel that. Um, I would never blow anything off as just like, Oh, it's so normal. So if you feel like there is something, if it continues and you feel like it is something, uh is off. The thing is, the thing about being this far into the program or doing the living method is you get to really understand your body and be in tune with it. So if you think something is off, make sure you check in with your doctor and just say, Hey, I'm doing this program. I'm eating super healthy. I'm being active. I'm doing all these things, getting great sleep, all this stuff. And yet I'm feeling tired what's going what's going on right it could be low and low iron it could be a variety of things so uh I would just I it could be also like your body's

making change that can be really tiring for the body I would just keep an eye on it if you if you you could um keep a journal and and see what's going on but definitely don't blow it off uh program wise if you feel like something is off, maybe check in with your doctor. Hi, Sandra, magic, witchcraft, hard work. I tell you the Libby method is all that and more weight is down 46 pounds in round three. And I reached my halfway there milestone. I love the, I love the program. Well, I love you. That's so great. That is a great way to go rolling in to the weekend. Let me tell you, that's amazing. That honestly, that love you. That's so great. That is a great way to go rolling in to the weekend. Let me tell you. That's amazing. Honestly, that's amazing. That's amazing. That's a vibe. That's a vibe. That's a vibe. That's a vibe. Good morning. I need a bit of advice. Hi, Justine. My two youngest

have not been sleeping well. Therefore, I have been getting some pretty crappy sleep last week. They are going to bed later now that the summer and it's light outside. It's starting to derail me a bit. I find the time between eating dinner and going to bed is further apart and therefore I'm getting hungry. I'm tired looking for that energy. I know I need to go to bed, but I can't. Okay. So So try shifting, try shifting, um, try shifting your foods, spreading them out a little bit more, really making sure you're, you're bumping up that protein and fat, that sustaining energy. So if you're up later, so say it's 10 o'clock at night. So I wish I knew the timeframe that you're talking about. So if you're up 10 o'clock at night and you're hungry, if you eat something at 10 o'clock

at night, it's still going to take an hour or two hours to break down before you actually get energy from it. Right? So also if you're, so it's not really doing you much good. So depending on what time it is that you're hungry, I mean, if you're up in the middle, it's like you've literally been awake all night long and you have to stay awake. So eating stimulates your digestive system. Even though you're awake, you don't necessarily need to eat at night, especially if you've eaten throughout the day. In fact, you're like your metabolism, everything slows down at night, even when you're

awake. So this is why you might notice shift workers, when you guys are, when you're doing the night shift, you're not really all that hungry, unless you're like, overly tired. And then you're looking for that pick me up because you're looking for a pick me up. So are you looking for is it a pick me up thing? or is it like you're actually legitimately hungry thing? And so also once your body starts the wind down process, if you miss the window for that and you are awake, this is where your body will be like, Hey, no, I see you're awake. You know, maybe might want to start thinking about eating, um, if you're going to be awake. Um, but also eating is not going to help you. So I have something in my eye. Eating is're going to be awake. Um, but also eating is not going to help you. So I have something in my eye. Eating is not going to help you really get back to sleep. It's not great to help you

get back to sleep. So if I knew some, the different circumstances here, I got lots of questions. I find the time between eating dinner and going to bed is further apart. Yeah. So that, that's sort of where the summer is too, right? Like a lot of people are finding that. So if you normally have your, your, and you, this is why also your kids, you might want to adjust their eating time as well. Um, this is where you might want to adjust that and, you know, put a little bit more time between your morning and push your lunch back if you can, or, you know, whatever, um, with your eating time. Worst comes to worst, you can add in a snack because this is like a one off, like this is like your kids aren't always going to do this. So you could definitely add, what I would do is maybe have a second serving of dinner.

So kind of go back to whatever you had for dinner and have a second serving of that as opposed to adding in a snack, snacking, like snacky, snacky, snacky type of thing. Therefore, you're just looking at it as a second serving of dinner. So kind of like when we're splitting up our meals and snacks, you have that first serving of dinner, and then maybe have a second serving of dinner a little bit later on is a good way to go. Because it's not like at night, what can you eat at like 12 o'clock at night, it's if it's that push, and you're eating later, like the days are longer with dinner until you get that melatonin production. That's what I would do. Outside of that, you know, any of the snacks on our snack list, I'd probably avoid nuts and seeds

because they're very hard to digest. Vegetables are very hard to digest. Fruits are kind of like, you know, just you're going to jack your insulin levels up. You could do like some yogurt if you wanted to do some yogurt, you know, a little bit like some oats or something like that before bed that like later in the evening. But I think the best thing to do for the sake of like not getting back and adding in snacks would be to separate to have a second portion of your dinner. That would work. Hang in there, mama. Hang in there. Hang in there. I didn't even really get my butt in here this round. Hi, Amberlynn. I didn't really get my butt in here this round until about week five, but I'm happy

to say I'm down just over 10 pounds. Just keep showing up. Even if it's not the best effort, even if it feels like you're not doing the things, it adds up. It sure does. And what else are you going to do? Right? That's the thing about the program. I think it's the expectations we put on ourselves. It's okay if this wasn't your best round, best, best, best, because what happened on the scale or best round because it wasn't easy for you to show up. Like what else are you going to do? Not prioritize yourself, not eat nutrient rich meals, not drink water, not try to get good sleep, not move your body, not try to manage your stress. I mean, essentially, those are the things that you're doing. And so even if you can do some of the things, that's still a lot of things that add up to

address your body's needs, to give your body what it needs so it doesn't feel the need to store fat. And that's probably the biggest issue that most people have, especially after years and years and years of dieting, is how your body is wired. Your body is wired to come to believe that it needs this fat. It's at a certain set point. So the little things that you're doing are adding up to address that. So it's so worth doing. And it's also, it's all working certain set point. So the little things that you're doing are adding up to address that.

So it's so worth doing. And it's also, it's all working towards you getting healthier, you even more in tune. And so if you need to continue your weight loss journey and you're doing another round, you're setting yourself up for success with that. So, you know, I have so much respect for people who are like, you know, I, maybe I, like I, for whatever happened, I couldn't follow, but you're here now, you're here now. And I love that. That's, that, maybe I, I, for whatever happened, I couldn't follow, but you're here now. You're here now. And I love that. That's, that's inspiring. Cause I think a lot of people feel like, oh my gosh, especially the time that we have, we don't have, this is where, um, this is where you want to show up. You want to show up, you want to follow through and you want to finish because what that's going to say to your soul that you started, you followed through, you finished, even if it wasn't the greatest, you still, you did that. And you learned a lot

from that. You learned a lot from that. Hi, Pam, you're giving us an update. I hear, I just want to give a shout out and have the entire community send out some love and prayers for our queen, Brenda Huxley today. She is going in for her surgery on Tuesday and likely won't be here for a bit after that. She did tell everyone, but I think a lot of you missed it. She's having surgery to remove a brain tumor. She will get through this. She has the support of her family and this entire community. I'm going to visit her tomorrow to give her a massive hug.

So I'll pass them on from everybody. Brenda, you are an amazing lady. And sorry. I am grateful to have you in my life. Let's talk about badass Brenda. Let's talk about badass Brenda. You guys, some of you might not know Brenda. Um, God, we've had a lot of our, a lot of our, a lot of our, um, a lot of our members really struggling in this group. Brenda is so fucking badass. Um, what she lost over a hundred and something pounds. Um, Brenda, I had an opportunity to talk to Brenda. I did a spill the tea with her. So it's available over on our podcast if you guys want to take a listen. She is a fucking warrior. I adore her. Her why was to get out of the house. She hadn't left her house in a few years, except for

some doctor's appointments here and there. And it was to get up and it was to be mobile. And, you know, you talk about wise, you know, hers was like so resonating and she's just a rock star. She's been a part of our community. And I was thinking about her last night and I was thinking about, oh my God, like, thank goodness that she showed up for herself and she not just lost the weight, cause it's not just losing the weight. It's like everything she's done to be as healthy as she possibly can going in to remove a brain tumor. Like I just am like, so, so I was thinking about her last night. So if you guys, I agree, Pam, if we can all just skip her. And I'm a big believer in energy and collective energy. And this is like what I think this is what I said off the top, off the top. it's such an empowering place to be, to be around people who are so supportive and understanding and to really recognize that you are not alone. I think there's a lot of power in community and especially in a community that is as, I don't want to say positive because it's not like toxic

positivity and everything, sunshine and rainbows, but really supportive and empathetic and understanding and motivated, right? Like we're not just sitting around here with our sob stories. Like we're like, we're motivating and you know, and that's where, you know, brand badass Brenda comes in. Badass Brenda. Um, yeah, man, our community is amazing. Our community is amazing. Um, all right. Gonna send Brenda some love. 199 pounds today, Charlotte. I don't even remember the last time I saw that number, perhaps in 2001 before I started on the Depo shot. Good for you. Getting under there. I know that, right? Just getting under there. I love that. That's amazing. Good for you. Congrats. Congrats. Hard work paying off. Hard work paying off. You guys are all talking about Brenda.

Thanks for the update. Thanks for the updates. Many at the airport waiting to fly to New York city and Porter has delayed. Oh no. Oh no. Um, I had a couple of friends flying out. One Sam, one's going to San Francisco. One is going to, uh, Vegas, a busy, busy day at the airport. Bring your snacks, bring your snacks. I'm going to Italy to celebrate turning 65 and 40 years of marriage, 27 pounds lighter. Nancy. Okay, that's fabulous. That's amazing, right? You're going to go there. You're going to have a great time.

You're going to feel your best. I mean, that is incredible. Are you leaving today? Are you packing your bags? When are you going? I'm excited for you. I love Italy. I went to Rome, ate my face off

and came back one pound lighter. All the walking and then there's just the, oh my gosh, I just love it. I can't wait to go back. I want to go back. Tony and I have yet to do a honeymoon. We haven't done a honeymoon. We've gone away. We went away with, um, we went away with our family and then we went, uh, in April, we went away to Mexico, but I was worked and I was like, that's not my honeymoon. I worked the whole, I worked looking at Tony right now. That was not our honeymoon. It was a nice little getaway, but I worked for like the first four days of it. So that's not, you know, I want that honeymoon. You know, when you go there and people are like, what, sorry, what are you celebrating? And we're like our honeymoon, you know, when you go there and people are like, what are you celebrating? And we're like, our honeymoon. That's what I'm reserving. So we have yet to go anywhere. I

don't know when we will, probably not for a while, but we're trying to think of places and we're thinking like Italy would be really nice to go back. One of my favorite places. Happy Friday. Hi, Melanie. So happy with my progress these last few weeks. Scale victory is that I did not gain any weight when I went on vacation to Vegas. There we go. Love Vegas. Still down 24.5 pounds in this round. Non-scale victory is that I am better. I'm able to better gauge my portion size and hear and listen to my body's cues when I'm truly hungry or full from eating. Another non-scale victory is that my clothes feel looser than they have in a long time. That's a whole vibe. So I love that you went on vacation and it's important that you guys learn this. So how is

the living method different? Right? And I mean, there's so many reasons why it's different, but this is like you are losing weight in truly a healthy sustainable way so you do have to put some work in the back end to solidify the way that you've lost and that's just giving your body time to adjust to your weight but you really are losing weight in a way where your your body is not feeling is not going to feel the need to store it all back first chance it gets but that can be really hard to believe and so I love when people take the time to share that you're able to go away on vacation and your weight was the same or, you know, your weight was only up a few pounds and then it dropped back down after a couple of days.

Like it's important to learn that that's part of the trust. So there's a, there's a phase in our, uh, the Libby method, like four step process, lose your weight, solidify your weight, maintain trust. It's called testing and trusting the waters, really learning to trust that weight, solidify your weight, maintain trust. It's called testing and trusting the waters, really learning to trust that you're going to be able to maintain this. Not that you're not going to be able to, but you're just learning to trust it because you've been there before you lost the weight and then you just gain it all back, right? So this is so huge. It's so huge that you experienced this, which I adore and love. And

it's so huge that you took time to share this because people are nervous about summer. So here's the thing. We're going to set you up for success. We're going to make sure you're feeling confident about next steps in the summer. So we're going to be talking about all of that in the next couple of weeks. We're going to talk to you about what you can do if you just want to maintain, what you can do for those of you who want to continue to lose, what you're going to need to do for those of you who've reached your goal. So we're going to have all those conversations. Even if you reach your goal today, you still want to follow through on the last weeks of the program because you want to work through that personalized plan. You want to know what you need to do when it comes to maintenance and we'll cover that at the end. 24.5 pounds. Love it. Love

it. Love it. Love it. Love it. Love it. Let me scroll down to some of these. There we go. You guys are all, um, oh, here we go. Kim went to the outlets after Tanya's talk yesterday and bought two pairs of shorts in a small. I had to make my son go get them because I took a bigger size to the changing room. Right? Right? Exactly what we do.

Okay. How adorable. I love Tanyaanya I love her whole vibe she is such a fan of um our community like honestly she's such a fan of our community if you missed it she uh she owns a couple clothing stores and she's been doing these like clothing like she's been helping people dress and she has done a lot of videos and stuff she has an Instagram account and she has done a lot of videos and stuff. She has an Instagram account and she'd done the program, lost over 50 pounds. And so we had a conversation with her about her journey, but more so people don't think about the clothes you're going to need when you lose weight or the clothes that you're going to need while you're losing weight and kind of the mental process that you

can go through when you do that. I sat in front of so many people who are like, okay, you want to lose a considerable amount of weight. Have you thought about the clothes you're going to need at the end? Do you have a plan for that? Like, oh my God, when I get there, I'm just going to be so excited. I can't wait to get there. And then when people get there, it's like, wow, like it's cost some, for some people it's very costly when they have to replace all their clothes, including their underwear and their shoes for some people. Cause you're losing weight in layers. Um, some people are just like, who are they now? They don't really, they're confused by their sense of style, because maybe the way that they were dressing in all black, or, you know, kind of

just all colors to distract, or the reasons why they were dressing the way they were dressing before no longer exist, and here they are now. So what is your style? What's your energy? You know, and really trying to find that and own that, and know what the clothes you're putting on say about you and you know really embracing and trusting that this is your new size we talk all the time people will continue to shop in plus size stores when there's nothing for them anymore in that store and then there's that shift then of going into the next store and that that in itself right so there's a lot to that um so we had a really great conversation with her yesterday if you missed it it. It wasn't about like, yeah, she gave us some great style tips, things that you can do and whatnot, but it wasn't like how to dress. It was really like deeper than

that, how to figure out your style, who you are, and why dressing is so important. Like we talked about dopamine dressing, you know, when you put on something great that you feel good in, right? And we talked about going through your wardrobe. And when you put things on, stand in the mirror and be like, do I love this? What do I love about this outfit? If you don't like it, maybe wear it, but then don't like that's something that probably doesn't belong in your closet. So in trying to find your style, she also talked about shopping your closet, where, you know, you probably have a lot of things in your closet, maybe that you're waiting on that you haven't worn. This is where pull out your clothes. If you have been waiting to wear something when you hit 160 pounds and you're maybe at 180, but 160 was the, was the

weight that you weighed with the Libby method. It's like healthy, it's healthy fat loss. So you're, you know, you're at 180, you're going to look like probably you looked at 160. So this happens all the time where people are like, Oh my God, I'm 20 pounds away. And my clothes fit me. So pull them out. That was a great conversation. Oh, you guys are giving some tips for hiking. Tips for hiking. Went to the naturopath yesterday, saw my naturopath. Hi, Jane. And my blood work was amazing. She said. Told me to keep doing what I'm doing, but I need to get more resistance training in and I'll be perfect. Yeah, that resistance training, especially as we get older, is so huge, especially if you spend any time at

all dieting. You really got to work on getting that muscle mass up. It's a game changer for sure. I love that your blood work is great. This is one of the beautiful things of getting your blood work tested sort of before or having a baseline for that, that you can go back and actually see tangible change, right? Tangible change in the things. That's the stuff that's happening on the inside. That's the stuff that's happening on the inside. Are you guys talking about musicals? Tony and I are going to New York this summer. If you haven't seen Juliet and like musicals, it's a great show. Try to go see it.

Yeah, Tony and I are going. We were looking into shows. I love shows. You guys are talking about Brenda. Oh, what's this? Fix. I hit the wrong entry. Wow.

We almost 30 pounds lighter overnight over the app. You guys are funny. You guys are all, let me scroll down a little bit more and see where we're at. Okay. I'm going to go. I'm going to go because you guys need to go too. Because this is the start of our long weekend. If it's not a long weekend for you, it's still a weekend. So I still hope you have an amazing weekend. We have had some great conversations. Like I said, Dr. Beverly, wow, the conversation

we had with her about kind of who you are, right? And who you want to be or what you've done, where you're at in the program and where you want to be. Such a, such a, like an aha conversation with her. And then it was interesting because we talked about faking it until you make it that concept of whatever. And, and Tanya talked about that as well. So the kind of the two segments, interestingly enough, went really well together. So if you missed either one of those, uh, definitely take time, uh, get caught up on those. Uh, the team is around all weekends, albeit, um, yeah, the team is around all weekend. So if you have any questions, you can pop in and if you have any yeah, the team is around all weekend. So if you have any questions, you can pop in and if you have any questions, the team is here. So I will not be going live,

but I will be checking in. I will also not be going live on Monday. I am taking the day off. Um, so you will not see me on Monday, but I will be back on Tuesday. We might even have a guest on Tuesday. I'm not really sure. Anyway, we're around. Have an amazing rest of your day. Have an amazing weekend. Have an amazing long weekend. And I'll see you guys later. Bye.