The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 74 - Fall 2024

Episode Date: November 21, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 74, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2024Topics covered:What Personalizing the Plan looks like next week.Breakfast ideas - So many options to start our day with protein!Hungry? The body loves routine – It is not about control.Supplements – Yes or no? Which ones to consider and why.A loss is always a loss – We are still learning to believe it.Guidelines, check-ins, and choices – Everything we do is for a rhyme and a reason.Take a minute - Figure out what support you need in the moment.The science behind getting outside – Why and how it serves us well!Tips for bringing awareness and working through Self-Sabotage.Struggling to find your why? How to define it and find the solution.Lipedema – Health issues? Catch the amazing conversation with Jen Sawicki!Losing weight in layers with The Livy Method.Coming up! Options and tools for the break and continuing your journey.Be here now – Ask the questions. We are all in, and we got you!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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74 of the program, so almost winding down week 10 of the program. Another few days left, so we're far from done with this week. I'm really excited about next week's tweak. I do want to get into that and talk a bit about that. Kim and I touched on it yesterday during the tweak this week conversation. If you haven't had an opportunity to listen to that yet. So next week is our personalizing the plan tweak. The biggest thing that you need to know about that is you are not doing your own thing. You are still very much following the guidelines. You are not adding in any new foods. it does give you a bit more flexibility. And it's really all about being in tune to your body's needs and really understanding that your hunger

levels change day to day. So one day, you might be super hungry, the next day, you're not hungry at all. I mean, even in downsizing, when we were purposely trying to leave ourselves feeling slightly unsatisfied, there were people who weren't hungry at all. They're like, how am I supposed to downsize if I'm not hungry? The biggest change for next week is that you no longer have to force yourself to eat those token amounts if you are not hungry. So again, still following all the guidelines, still focusing on that protein for breakfast, because that will always be a benefit. There's a lot of science behind why starting your day higher in protein is beneficial. You still don't want to go too long without eating, although we do extend that a little bit. It's more like a half hour to four and a half hours without eating. You still want to make sure

you're not eating late at night. You still want to make sure you're not eating late at night you still want to make sure you're doubling down tripling down on those four mindful eating questions still making sure you're getting all the water in that you need to get in still making sure you're taking all the supplements so it's essentially doing all the things you just don't have to force yourself to eat if you are not hungry in the moment now that's going to freak some of you out because you're still dealing with that fear of hunger worried if i don't eat, I'm going to be extra hungry later. Remember, as long as you're eating to satisfaction in the moment and also understanding it takes your body time to break down the foods that you're eating and you always have that option of that

next meal and snack coming down the pipeline. Also remembering the basics. It's normal to be super hungry in the evening, right before your weight's about to drop. Remember, it's totally normal for your weight to go up right before it drops, right? Drinking my apple cider vinegar, but I do feel like it helps clean my body. Don't say that out loud. Don't say that out loud. And don't say that I said that, but I know what you mean. It cleanses your palate. It cleanses your palate. So apple cider vinegar, lemon water are same, same, but different. Apple cider vinegar is bacteria based with that cloudy mother in it. Lemon water is enzyme based and it's great for

stimulating your digestive system because it stimulates your saliva glands. It signals, hey, there's something coming in. Let's get ready for it. And it also definitely helps to cleanse your palate. That's for sure. Hi, Risa. Good morning. Just finished at the gym and Tim Horton's grabbing my coffee. We'll enjoy my high protein yogurt bowl. Love that. Someone asked yesterday about protein options for breakfast because they don't eat eggs. And there's a lot of great options that we have in our recipe guide. You could do like beans. I love black beans for breakfast. Saute them with some garlic and some onions and some avocado. Love that. You could do tofu. You can do

tempeh. You can do, of course, yogurts. You can do oats. You can also do grains. And you can also think of things like chicken or fish as well, leftover situation. You can also do shakes. Again, you do want to be extra mindful when it comes to your shakes. I'm still not a fan of liquid nutrients. Don't use too much fruit. Make sure you're adding a good fat quality protein powder in there. I would avoid the temptation to have, you know, chocolate flavored shakes, that kind of thing. Hi, Rhonda, I'm the one who's worried if I don't eat, I'll be hungry later. I like routine. And when I start

with lemon water, I do better during the day. Absolutely something to be said with routine. Absolutely something to be said for routine. But this is about getting even more in tune to your body's needs. And what you are kind of doing is trying to control. There's a couple of things happening. You're trying to control your hunger. And that's not something you, you never want to control or moderate yourself. You want to be in tune to your body's needs. Your body is smarter than you. Your body is smarter than you. You also have to understand like if I eat something right now and I'm hungry a half hour from now, chances are that's just because the food that I just ate hasn't registered, right? It hasn't registered yet because food takes time to break down in your system and there's no benefit.

It's not like you can eat more so your body stores more. That's not how it works. Your body only takes what it needs at the time, right? That's it. It only takes what it needs at the time. So you can't eat more to have it last you longer. What you can do if you are concerned about being hungry later is make sure you are having nutrient-rich food choices, right? Don't just have fruit. Have fruit with a protein and fat added to it, right? Don't just have fruit, have fruit with a protein and fat added to it, right? Don't just have oatmeal, have nuts and seeds added to it. Like whatever you are having, make sure you're making that as nutrient rich as possible. It's not about eating more food and it's not about eating more often. It's about making sure the foods that you are eating are

nutrient rich. So that's the way you can go. Yeah, right. Sometimes I have leftovers from dinner for breakfast. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I've been places where I've been served fish for breakfast, right? You go to buffets. There's some seafood options in there as well. So you don't have to think traditional breakfast when it comes to breakfast. Good morning. I've yet to incorporate the supplements.

Hi, Alessandra. I'm down 19 pounds and feeling well. Do you still recommend the supplements even though I'm feeling better without them? No, no, not everyone's going to need supplements. Now, if you were saying to me that you're having a hard time getting your weight to move, I would say, okay, what else is going on in your life? Vitamin D is a big one. Like if you live in Canada, absolutely, you should be taking a vitamin D supplement. You might be losing weight fine just now, but rolling into the wintertime, if you're having a hard time losing, it could be very well

because you don't have enough vitamin D if you're not spending enough time outside. I think it's pretty much the norm here in Canada, but I know we're all over the world and people are listening from everywhere at this point. So if you don't live somewhere where it's sunny and you're getting enough vitamin D, you absolutely will want to add it in. Without enough, like low vitamin D levels, I mean, low D does a lot of things, but low vitamin D levels signal weight gain, darker days, not enough vitamin D, you know, time for your body to store fat, to keep you warm throughout the winter time. And so taking enough vitamin D,

like making sure you're up on your vitamin D can almost trick the body into thinking it doesn't need to do that for you. So maybe you're still good now, but that's something I might want to add in. Omega-3 is always really great just for brain health. I mean, if you're younger, you might not be too concerned about that, but your omega-3 is great for brain health, cellular function. If you're really stressed in life or you notice the holiday season is really stressed, craving a lot of salty foods, that can be an indication that you need to get in some omega-3. If you're not able to get it in your foods, because it's difficult to get in your foods unless you're drinking a lot of food. Drinking a lot of food. That's my brain today. I had a migraine last night, so

I'm a little off. That's why I didn't check in this morning. I just literally rolled out of bed. If you're not eating a lot of fish, you might want to get in some omega-3. Magnesium also is really important for energy, bringing your foods into energy and a variety of 600 other things in the body. And magnesium tends to be one that people are most efficient in. I would say after vitamin D, probably people are most efficient in magnesium. And so that's really important, especially as you get older, if you're in perimenopause, menopause post, really important to get your magnesium in there. It's also the first to go when you are stressed. So I mean, there's there, there, there are benefits in adding them in, even if you're feeling good, if you if the scale is moving, it sounds like you're doing great.

So you know, one has to add any of the supplements, I what I would do is I would go back, how many vitamins do people most people take? Oh, that's so individual, it'd be hard to assess. It really depends. It really should depend on need. So I don't need to lose weight. I take all my supplements because they're just great for your health and wellness. And it's hard to get what you need out of food. Like it's hard to get magnesium from, you know, vitamin D causes depression. Yeah. Vitamin D does a lot of things. It's hard to give it enough magnesium in your diet unless you're curating your foods to make sure you're getting enough magnesium. And that would be a lot of work. So what I would do

is go through and read them from a health and wellness benefit and see if you're interested in adding them in. I'm very mindful. A lot of people, it's a financial strain obviously um I wouldn't say you need them to lose weight but if you're having a hard time losing weight I would definitely go in and and take a look especially some of the basics especially some of the basics hard to wrap my head around dinner foods for breakfast yeah but I mean I've you know there are places around the world where they they eat fish for breakfast, for example, right? So it's just a matter of what you're used to, for sure. Let me see if I can scroll down here.

I now get happy when I stay the exact same for a few days because I know that it means a true loss. It always means a true loss. A loss on the scale is always a loss with the Livby method because you're, you might be thinking water weight with other diets. That's because you're losing water weight, but I beg to differ with all the water you're drinking on the Libby method. Also all the good nutrient rich foods you're drinking on the Libby, you're eating, drinking. What is my deal with drinking foods today?

Eating on the Libby method. So a loss is always a loss. And so this is an issue that you have with not believing that. So I like what you're saying. It's reinforcing that belief, right? It's giving you a reference for that belief. The scale went down. It's actually a true loss. But the reality is while you're following the Libby method and doing the program, a loss on the scale is always a loss. An increase on the scale is always superficial. It's a lot harder than you think.

And again, this comes down to beliefs as well. People actually believe that when the scale is up overnight, they've gained weight, which is just not real life. But that comes down to beliefs. And there's a reason why we have some really deep beliefs from the diet industry, right? We're taught that when the scale goes up, we've gained actual weight. So I hear you on this. Although that is a rarity. It is a real rarity to have the scale be the same just because for so many reasons, the scale can fluctuate. If I'm not hungry at breakfast, can I just have my first meal at first

snack? No. To ensure I start my day with healthy fats? No, that's not the same thing. So that's not the same thing. So breakfast is always two hours within waking. So you've missed your window, you've missed your window right now. Is it a benefit to make sure you're having, um, if you have like a snack in the morning to have protein? Yeah, absolutely. Right. But you wouldn't want to go and have a, like a big breakfast at your morning snack time. This is not about switching things up and you doing your own thing. And you're talking next week, I'm assuming. So next week, you're going to check in at breakfast and assess if you're hungry. And if you are, you're going to obviously go higher protein, or you could eat, you're not sure. So you have a few token bites, or you should eat and should

eat would be based on the fact that you're going to go longer than four and a half hours without eating. But obviously, that's not the case for breakfast. And you still have the option of choosing not to have breakfast if you don't want it. So nothing changes there. That's what I mean. Like literally nothing changes next week. So you wouldn't do that this week. So you don't want to do that next week. So nothing changes. Then you would check in, say you just, you chose not to have breakfast because you're not hungry, then you're just not hungry for it. And so there's comes to a rhyme and a reason of the basic food plan. You never want to forget the rhyme and a reason behind the basic food plan. If you are choosing not to have breakfast, the reason why we had that fruit

in there on its own is replenish your glycogen stores because you've been awake for hours, or you've gone and done a workout and you want to replenish your glycogen stores. So high protein works for breakfast if you eat it within two and a half hours of waking, that's really the benefit there. So if you're waiting four and a half hours, that it's best to do something higher in sugar, that's going to turn into glycogen, not sugar, sugar, but carbohydrates, that's going to turn into so some you could do some yogurt and fruit, for example, you could do fruit with some like apple with some nut butter, for example. But you wouldn't want to, you're not switching the timing around. Because you're, again, your body loves the routine and knowing it's going to get the nutrients that it needs

at the time that it needs to get them. So for example, you can choose to not have lunch if you don't want, but if you make your lunch, you're still using the same components you've been using all along. And the same goes for dinner. So really, the only thing that changes is that you're not forcing yourself to eat if you're no longer hungry. And then of course, obviously, for this week, you wouldn't want to be doing that. That's a great question, by the way. That's a great question. My question is, why do I crave grass fed butter at night? You're probably stressed, your body's looking for good fats, grass fed butter is a great fat, a great fat. If you're, if you're craving, your

body's always crave, cravings are by association. Your body's trying to communicate its needs. So there's always a reason why your body is craving something. It's letting you know, hey, I'm, I'm deficient in this, or I need some more of that. And so I would assume grass fed butter, especially if you buy salted grass fed butter. That's like, I could see how you are craving that, especially if you're having it. Was Dr. Paul supposed to be on today talking about adaptogens? I'm not on the bus right now. I might have missed something, but I don't want to miss out on that conversation. I think Dr. went? No. Oh, am I supposed to have a guest today? No one's messaged me. Let me just check.

Is Dr. Tam supposed to be on today? Am I supposed to have a guest today? No, I don't have a guest today. Right? Y'all, I barely am functioning today. I don't know where I am with my migraine. What is happening? Maybe Dr. Tam. I saw Dr. Tam last night, which is why. So I don't know. No one has told me that I have a guest today. And so I'm not on my calendar. I think Dr. Paul is done for the season. Adaptogens we talked about in the conversation that we had with reasons why your weight might be slower to move.

And we also had talked adaptogens with Dr. Linka Trejo. And we also talked adaptogens in leveling up your health and wellness conversation. So we've had that conversation already with him. So you might want to go back and re-listen to those conversations. If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered. Summer runs or playoff season meditations, whatever your vibe, Peloton has thousands of classes built to push you. We know how life goes. New father, new routines, new locations. What matters is that you have something there to adapt with you, whether you need a challenge or rest. And Peloton has everything you need

whenever you need it find your push find your power peloton visit peloton at onepeloton.ca i have smoked salmon at breakfast yeah there you go right marianne that's a pretty traditional uh thing to have at breakfast smoked salmon forgot all about that forgot all about that last week was difficult with layoffs at work problems with family and as i suspected my thing to have at breakfast, smoked salmon. Forgot all about that. Forgot all about that. Last week was difficult with layoffs at work, problems with family. And as I suspected, my weight was up. However, I've been focusing on what I can control. Yes. Sleep, nutrient-rich foods, no extra anything. And I just took a warm bath and my mood and scale are thanking me for it. And this, this has been the theme of, thanks for sharing. And I, you know, that just sucks, right? Especially the time of year. It's not a great time of year for laughs.

This, the theme for this week has been knowing what you need. For example, this morning I needed to sleep in. So I just, I just did not have it in me to do a check-in and I just couldn't do it. And although there's a lot of guilt and oh my goodness, what if people hate me and what if, you know, whatever. And you get in your head and it's really easy to look for distractions. It's really easy to look for the negative. It's really easy to do all the things except for the things you need to do. And sometimes that's not easy, especially when you're dealing with difficult situations. And so I think the thing that we don't do is take a minute, take a minute to be okay. Let me just take a minute for myself and assess where I'm at and what do I need? Right? And then show yourself some kindness. This is really emotional. And maybe you still have a job, but other people don't. Maybe you had to let go of people. That's not fun. That's really emotionally draining, right? Problems with family. Like

there's nothing more concerning than having some issues with family. It's just, it's an awful feeling. And those two along, you know, that weight of the world on your shoulders, when you say that actually adds weight, like it makes you feel weighed down, right? You feel it, you feel it's heavy, you're lethargic. You're tired. Your brain is reveling. You may not be out there running a marathon, but you're carrying a marathon's worth of weight on your shoulders. And then really just understanding to show yourself compassion. I love the wherewithal for you to do the things that you knew. Like, I don't know, like I've had an extra craving for wine. The other day,

I almost opened a bottle and Tony made me some tea, which is great. I got to a place where I was like, really great. And then I was like, oh, I just want to have some wine. Not an easy thing to do. Not an easy thing to do. Go for the food, go for your go-to, go for your whatever, whatever it is you use to cope. Not an easy thing to do. So just mad respect, mad respect for you having the wherewithal for you to be able to be at a place where you can do that. This right here is why it's a bigger picture. This is what is going to help you maintain and sustain your weight once you've lost. Yeah, it's going to help you get there sooner rather than later. This is going to help you be able to maintain and sustain your weight once you've lost. Yeah, it's going to help you get there sooner rather than later. This is going to help you be able to maintain and sustain your weight once you've lost your weight.

Is this kind of wherewithal? This is one of the biggest non-scale victories. This is one of the biggest non-scale victories. So good for you. Good for you. I just finished my walk in a conservation area, found a spot where Wi-Fi is better. Look out onto the forest in Lake Ontario.

Oh, communing with nature. It has, we science, science has, has determined science that when we go outside and when we are around nature, there is something that is happening chemically with our brains. When you are near water, when you are in water, whether it's a warm bath, or you are swimming, it is just it helps you be like more Zen water, actually, when you're swimming at it compresses your body and calms your nervous system, which is one of the reasons why it does that. Also, we're like a big percentage of us is water. But being out in nature is just it's why I love golfing. I think one of the reasons why I love golfing so much, it's very calming. And I always sing turkeys or hawks or, you know, some butterflies and

dragonflies and, you know, golf courses are pretty well maintained. And it's really nice to be walking around. I used to walk in the woods all the time with my dog. I can't anymore because she loves running. And if I let her off leash, she's so old, she wouldn't hear me and come back. But you know, this is one of the things that I would suggest to my clients when they were feeling stuck, when they were doing all the things and they were starting to get frustrated and they were stuck. I was like, go for a walk in the woods. Just take your mind off. And the woods is because take your mind off it, right? Just go for a walk, take your mind off it. And I love podcasts, but there's something

sometimes to silence. And when you're out in the woods or the forest, as opposed to walking along the water, as opposed to constantly listening. And podcasts are great, but that's like activating your brain in a, in a distracted kind of way. And I would say, go outside, go take a walk, just take your mind, go do anything that takes your mind off of what you're focused on right now. And sure enough, the next couple of days, they, their weight would move. And it's usually because you get so frustrated right at the precipice of when you're about to see that change. And that's when like you quit, but you don't want to quit. And then when you don't quit, you'd like you followed through. And that's where you're like, oh my gosh, just because you were right there on the edge, but that makes a big difference. That makes a big difference. Good morning. I need the support today.

Just feeling blah with the scale, not moving for a while and struggling with worrying about self-sabotage. I get another win. The fact that you are aware of lovely blouse. Is there PJs below? No, they're not. I'm wearing jeans. It's an actual shirt. Although you wouldn't be far off. You wouldn't be far off. I am totally not opposed to wearing my pajamas in public. Feeling blah with the scale, not moving for a while and struggling and worried with self-sabotage. I love that you're wearing. Don't, don't do a fulfilling prophecy though. Don't fulfill the prophecy of you self-sabotaging, but this awareness. So write it down, right? Dr. Beverly, is it your emotions? Is it, and feel, is it your, is it your thoughts? Is it your emotions and feelings? Is it your behavior? Is it your body? What are you struggling with? So name it, try to give a name to it, right? And

then again, keep what I said in mind. When you're doing all the things and that's where you're extra frustrated, that's usually when that change is about to come. And then also look to what else it could be. If we're so focused on the foods, is it the stress? Is it the sleep? Is it what's going on? Am I not feeling so hot? God, there's some nasty flus and sicknesses going around. And sometimes your body will be fighting something that you're unaware of because you're still pretty functioning. Whereas before you might have just woken up and been sick, like just, what's wrong with me? Now you'll be able to feel it coming. You'll feel run down,

your throat a little, be a little scratchy and you may feel like, okay, well, I'm not, I'm not that sick, but your body is really focused on trying to, you know, fight whatever it's fighting. This is where your body could be retaining water or whatnot, right? Hi, Barry Lynn, how are you girl? Good morning, Livvy family. Gina, if I'm not hungry at breakfast, oh yeah, this was that snack. I already read that. That was a good, that was a good post. I will want to go back and revisit that. Can I have my first meal at snack time, ensuring I start my day with protein and healthy fats? You can make sure you're adding in protein and healthy fats, but you do want to make sure also that you're getting a little bit of like some fruit or some veggies or something or some yogurt in there would be good. Yogurt would be good. Lentil

soup for breakfast. There we go. We were talking about alternatives to eggs for breakfast. I listened last night because I missed it yesterday. You said revisit your why. What if you can't figure out your why? My why when I started was I turned 40 felt gross. Okay. I feel like I've lost my mojo. Maybe a trip to the doctor is needed. I just feel blah or nothing. So finding my why is challenging right now. Okay. So your why is felt gross. So it could, there could be nothing wrong with your why, but you just haven't really defined it. What is gross mean? Uncomfortable? Like what is gross? When I, gross to me has a meaning outside of myself. Like I'm trying to think of things that are gross, like barf is gross. I don't know why I said that. It's the first thing that came to my mind. Like gross isn't something I'm internalizing personally for me. I don't, I don't feel when I,

when I think of gross, I'm thinking something visual that I'm seeing. I don't, I'm not feeling gross. And so maybe it's because I don't. I don't, I'm not feeling gross. And so maybe it's because I don't feel gross right now. But so what, what is, what does gross feel like? Now I can relate with feeling uncomfortable in my skin. I can feel, uh, relate feeling bloated. I, I feel, um, I can relate with, um, my clothes, not my my clothes feeling tight and irritable I can like I like what does gross mean right so that maybe gross isn't the word so maybe you just need to define it define it and then this could be hormones because so for me when hormones I was getting that like I was like getting that thick middle like I was really feeling thick in the middle. What else was going on? It was having heartburn,

heart palpitations, really tired. Like I could really define exactly when I wasn't feeling great and I was going through hormones, loss of mojo, whatever. I could tell you exactly how I felt. So just more defining. Loss of mojo, And this is where you're saying maybe a trip to your doctor. So you could be thinking something like antidepressants. And you could be thinking, Dave, right, you came right at the right time. We're going to talk about menopause for a second and hormones. You could be thinking antidepressants, and you could be thinking HRT. And so yes, definitely a conversation about that with your doctor. Antidepressants can be beneficial. But also, if you are drinking every night, and you're smoking weed, for example, and not exercising, and you're constantly berating yourself, and you're not eating healthy foods, you're not doing all these other things, not trying to get better sleep, all that, it's only going to do so much. And the same thing with HRT and HRT hormone replacement therapy or management. Same thing. We know that that's not a wonder drug. It can definitely help. But

if you aren't doing all the other things, it's not necessarily going to help you lose weight. It's not going to necessarily like if your mojo is attached to how you're physically feeling in your body, not necessarily going to help with that. And so there are things that you can do to help address those things. But unless you clearly define what it is, you know, that feeling, right? Feel it felt yucky, gross, etc. Discovered perimenopause. Yeah, but define it, you've got to define it. So you have a solution for it. Okay, for example, saying gross is the same as feelings you're struggling. So it's just kind of a blanket statement. And when it comes to your why, it's that deeper level of unders because it's your motivator. It's you need to have a deeper

level of understanding of exactly what you're feeling. If you want to change that feeling, then you need to figure out what you need to do to change that feeling. So your why, it could be that your why is like, you're talking about wanting to make a physical change in your body. But your why is bigger than that, like gross is what you're feeling right now today. And so that might not be a long game motivator to not feel gross. Your why is like your ultimate end game. So let's look at the other side of that. Your what is the opposite of gross? What would be the opposite of gross? Not gross? What do you think? What's the opposite of gross? It's hard to find. Again, what's the opposite of gross? Tony said pleasant. That's not very motivating. I want to feel pleasant. That's not feeling. So I'm trying to find the opposite of gross? Tony said pleasant. That's not very motivating. I want to feel pleasant. That's not feeling. So I'm trying to find the opposite of gross to be like,

that's your why. The opposite of gross is your why. I want to feel, but I'm sure you don't want to, I'm sure your end game isn't to feel pleasant. So that's, see what I'm saying? So words are very resonating. Words are very motivating. And so if your, if your, if your why is to not feel gross, find the opposite of that. And your why is to feel that because then that's tangible. Oh, okay. I can feel that, right? Opposite of happy would be sad, right? This is what I'm saying. Gross is fantastic, inspired. Again, yeah, I mean, it depends on your definition of gross, right? It depends. Gross, right? It could be comfortable, so then it would be comfortable in your skin. So what does that mean? So that's the motivating

feeling. That's going to be more motivating. So what's going to be more motivating? To feel more comfortable in your skin or to not feel gross in your skin, feel the energy of that, not feel gross as a downer, feel comfortable as an upper. And when you're talking about your why you're talking about your motivator, right? Like you're talking about your motivator. So just more definition in there can help. Oh, I go cross country skiing outside in cold Saskatchewan. It totally activates my brain. Yeah, that'd be amazing. I used to love, I used to, my parents used to live on a golf course,

not on a golf course, but actually they didn't live on it. They, they were two blocks over and then we used to walk and it was like cut through houses and you're at a golf course and go cross country skiing. That shit is hard. That shit is hard, but so invigorating. So invigorating. I'm stuck right now. Have decided to head up to our cottage, three hour drive, leave Friday at six back Saturday afternoon, just 36 hours alone and restorative yoga. Yeah. Take yourself outside of yourself. If you have the luxury of doing that and you might not have a nice beautiful cottage or be able to go to restorative yoga, but you can go for a walk. There are little things that you can do.

Hide yourself in a closet, read a book, you know, something for sure. Recognizing what you need. And especially as we had a great conversation with Kyle Buchanan. It was in the maintenance group, mind you, but it's available over on our Way in Regina podcast. And we talked about this time of year and sort of like how our bodies are wired to be a little bit more stressed this time of year and really taking the time for yourself. Have any of your guests ever addressed a lipoedema? So interestingly enough, we had a

client, we had a member, Jen, if you want to listen to our Real People, Real Journey segment yesterday, she lost like 30 pounds out of her legs. She lost 17 inches from her legs. She struggles with lipoedema and we had a conversation with her about that. So you might want to go and listen to that. It was on Tuesday. It's also stored in the guides if you want to watch it. That was a super inspiring story

about that. I mean, we've helped hundreds of thousands of people. We've pretty much heard it all around here. And that's like the Libby method. It helps with everything. And this is where you might want to, what can you do? Compression socks or whatever you can do on top of. So this would be in terms of maximizing you have this health condition drinking more water for example she is now up to five liters of water which obviously makes a difference problem with that is old school thinking is not drinking is like minimizing your water which just causes your body to retain more water and then adding in water pills and whatever that can be a very complicated situation. But working hand in

hand with your healthcare provider, and this would be if you're dealing with a health issue, is what can you do to level up your efforts in addressing that health issue along with all the other things that you're doing, right? Dave, heading to the cottage this weekend, my happy place. Oh, nothing like a cottage this time of year, right? Especially when it's wintering. Is it possible to lose the fat pad on your belly? So are you talking like the overhang flap? You can definitely make a difference there. Um, sometimes people feel like now if there's a structural issue, scar, scarring from what and whatnot, from like maybe like a C-section on top of that, then that there's there

could be some issues with that but what you'll notice with your stomach is that some people tend to store a lot of extra weight in that area and with the living method you're losing it in layers and this is where you might be noticing that area seems like it's not really doing much there and and if you had like um that's just sorry you're losing it in layers, you are losing it there, but it's still looking like it's more prominent there because of the fact that you are losing in layers. So eventually your body will get around to that area. Time, I gotta go. I gotta go. That was super fast. Okay, I gotta go. So excited. My lowest low, six programs in, a lot of stress and not sleeping that great. My doctor

had her baby at 36 weeks a week ago and some stress. Oh, I bet. I hope everything's okay. I went for a glutathione IV last week and now some estrogen and my energy levels are amazing. Yes, what you need, what you need, what you need. Forgot to sign in. I just tried on a dress that I bought in the early nineties, actually closed the buttons. Shocked. It's the best way. I love that. I love that. As the program is winding down, I'm wondering what will be the best way to continue over the break, go back to the start of the program or continue with what we're doing at the end. So we're going to go through options, right? Again, I hate rushing this because we're not there yet. You want to absolutely make sure you show up for the next two weeks because that will be part of how you're going to navigate. You're going to ideally

continue personalizing the plan over the holidays and then restarting with the group in January is by far the most effective method. If you do not have the capacity, then you can work the basics. You could do a reset of the program, but that just has you working the basics anyway. So I would just kind of maintain whatever you got going on. Personalizing the plan will be the most proactive. Keep the scale moving over the holidays. Doing the basics is just kind of like back on track. It's good to get some personalizing the plan space in between before you do a reset, at least two weeks. Both are good options, whatever keeps you on track.

Again, if you were just to follow the basic food plan, you should expect the scale will continue to move. It's just not being as proactive as personalized and planned. Point is, we are going to cover all of that at the end of the program. So if you are ready for maintenance, we're going to have that conversation in week 12. If you were still looking to lose, we're going to have that conversation in week 12. If you were still looking to lose, we're going to have that conversation, uh, week 12 as well. So we go right to the very last day, assuming people are still looking to lose. So we will tell you everything that you need to know to make sure you're feeling confident about next steps. Um, if you haven't signed up for us for January, I highly suggest you do get signed up. We have been advertising. We're going to advertise more. We're expecting that January is going to be a busy season for us. Get your ass signed up. We have been advertising. We're going to advertise more. We're expecting that January is going to be a busy season for us.

Get your ass signed up. Manifest that shit. Make it happen. Okay, I got to go. Have an amazing day, everyone. I will see you tomorrow. If I didn't get your question, pop it over on the question of the day page. Team will answer it over there.

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