The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 8 - Fall 2025

Episode Date: September 15, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Fall 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 8, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2025.In this episode, Gina reminds listeners why they truly can’t mess this up. From weekends away to a few extra bites, she explains how consistent effort, not perfection, is what really moves the needle. She also gets real about how slip-ups like emotional eating or overeating aren’t failures, but moments to pause, reflect, and learn. Traveling? Busy schedule? No problem! Gina breaks down how life doesn’t have to derail your journey. It’s the little things done daily—like drinking your water, following the plan, and checking in that add up to real change. And if that scale’s bouncing? Gina’s message is clear: fat loss is a process, not a straight line, and the magic happens when you trust the process.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.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 for 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. Here we go.

Day 8 of the program, I'm excited. I'm excited because I know that over the next couple months, we're going to have a lot of fun. You're going to be super successful when it comes to reaching your goals. Some of you, some of you are going to lose all your weight in this one program. Some of you will need to continue because you have more weight than you can possibly lose in the time frame that we have. or for whatever reason, maybe life is making it not so easy for you.

Regardless, we are going to be here for you every step of the way. I'm going to be showing up day to day. I'm going to be checking in. I'm going to be going to be talking to our incredible lineup of guest experts who are also here for you and understand what you are trying to do. I want to go back to our conversation last week because if you missed it, I had a fun opportunity to introduce to you some of our incredible guest experts. Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer, world-renowned learning strategist who's going to help us work through

things like how do we show up when we're just not motivated? How do we best set ourselves up for success? How do I figure out what's going to work for me? Dr. Beverly David, clinical psychologist, who's going to be joining me on Thursday, to talk about things like how our history of dieting will factor into our current journey, how you were raised around food impacts, who you are and the choices that you make today. We're going to talk about body image. We're going to talk about so many things with her.

She's going to help us work through a lot of things. Now, for some people, the program's going to be easy, peasy. They just follow the food plan. They lose their weight. But for most of us, it will go deeper than that. Dr. Paul Herckel, who is a naturalopathic doctor, but he's no BS. He challenges me. I challenge him. We've had a lot of incredible conversations over the years. His specialty is supplements. So we're going to talk supplements next week. And no, you do not have to break the bank and buy any supplements at all, but we will have a conversation on it. And they're probably not what you think either. They're not ketones or fat burners or anything crazy. They are just things that help your body function. like vitamin D, omega-3, magnesium. We're going to talk about your microbiome, probiotics, prebiotics.

And then, of course, Dr. Linketrejo, who is the hormone queen. And I say that because hormones are her language. And I'm not just talking menopause. Dr. Jennifer Zelivitsky, who's a menopause specialist, will be joining us later in the program to have that conversation. But we're talking hormones for everybody. Your hormones are like your chemical messengers in your body that tell your body basically what to do.

it's a massive complicated conversation and she has a way of breaking it down in the simplest of ways if you miss that conversation in it we talked about what they thought was the secret to being successful on the living method i highly suggest if you've not seen it yet or you haven't had an opportunity to listen to it that you do um it's just going to set the tone for the next 91 days so uh doctor dina's going to join us tuesday dr beverly david on Thursday, make sure you catch those segments. If ever you can't watch a live and I love when you can participate live and connect with the community, it's still worth checking out after the fact. We always save them in the guide section of the app and the Facebook support group. And then you

can also download and listen by way of our podcast as well. How are you feeling today rolling in after the weekend? You saw my check in this morning, right? Are you, were you a hot mess? Did you eat all the things, did you fuck it all up? Impossible. Because as long as you keep showing up, honestly, you can't mess it up. I love saying that. Let me say that again. As long as you keep showing up, you cannot mess it up. It's not any one thing that you're going to do that's going to make you successful. It's just not giving up on yourself and continuing to show up day by day by day and having all the little things that you do add up. Maybe one day, all you do is get your water in. Like, that's amazing. Right? You'll be surprised.

at how quickly things add up, because we're working with your body, not against your body. So we're not just starving and depriving and forcing the body to burn fat. And sure, that's one way to lose weight. But then the first chance it gets, your body's going to store that fat back because it was storing it for a reason in the first place. And if you keep giving it a reason to store fat, you'll keep getting it all back plus more every single time. So the things that we're doing on the program are things that are actually helping your body get healthier in the process. So please don't not stress about your weekends. We're going to get into not just letting them go, but really trying to understand why you made the choices that you made. Maybe on Friday you're like,

yeah, I'm going to show up. I'm going to do all the things. And then next thing you know, you're eating a bag of chips and, you know, having burgers and fries for lunch or whatever that is. Yes, let it go today because we're really just getting started. But as we go along in the program, you know, if you're working really hard during the week and then you find that your weekends are setting you back, you might want to ask yourself, why? Why did I make those choices that I made? Maybe Friday you had a really stressful day at work and as much as you wanted to stick to following the plan this week, that got that got the best of you. Maybe you were triggered. Maybe you had something unexpected happened, right? So there's usually reasons why we make the choices that we make. So we're going to get

into that as we go. But honestly, today is a new day. We do not want to go back and we don't want to repeat steps. Like I mentioned this morning, it's all about that forward energy. Think about it. If we just keep going forward, even if it's not perfect, we're building and building and building on the things that we're doing and things that we're learning along the way. If you keep going back and repeating steps, it gets very confusing, confusing mentally and more so confusing for the body physically. So just keep moving forward. All right, let me get into some of the questions that you have for me today. I know if you are new around here, because we just cut off registration today. So there's a bunch of new people who were added in the group.

Make sure you ask any questions that you need. I had a busy weekend with the Toronto Zoo Oasis 10K run. There was so many runs this weekend. Terry Fox run was this weekend. If you are a runner, I love that for you. If you are a hardcore exercise person, I love that for you as well. You will find that you should have more than enough food with following that food plan as long as eating all meals and snacks as long as you are eating enough to feel satisfied. It's not about what you're eating before a workout or after a workout or before a run or after a run. We now know that. It's all about what you're giving your body throughout the day. But if you have any questions about how to navigate that, make sure you let us know. On the weekend, we introduce

bonus snacks. So that's where you might want to think if you really are more active in your day, whether it's your job or your activity level, you might want to think about adding in extra snacks, those bonus snacks that can help with that. Where was that comment? Let me go back and read it. I lost it there. Do do do do do do do do. No, I can't find it. Okay, let's move on. Program four, fourth program is still disappointed. I had too much Thai food and then messed up with chocolate. Yes, I was stressed, but I'm trying not to go back. Okay. So I think the setback is the set up, right? So you had too much Thai food. What was going on? What was the situation you were in? Were you by yourself eating the Thai food? Because you had a stressful day and you're like,

I'm just going to order some food and you're just kind of feeding your feels, right? So this is where you want to go back and be like, okay, how could I have handled that a little different? Gone for a walk, called a friend, had a bath. Sure, still ordered the Thai food, but maybe ate it in a way I was just a little bit more calm, right? Where are you surrounded by friends? It's so easy if we're around friends and we're laughing and we're drinking and we're eating to overeat because you're distracted, right? I mean, that's where the concept of comfort food comes from.

We associate with food with comfort because usually we are surrounded by friends and family and love and we're having a good time and that's what that kind of, and we tend to overeat and our insulin levels go. up and then they come down and we're all like euphoric and like, ah, right? So maybe that's what was going on. So what was going on when you were having that, that Thai food that led you to walking away and feeling like you had more than you needed, right? It's got to be deeper. Yes, I'm sure it was delicious. Sometimes that's it. Listen, I've been to, I've been to some restaurants, maybe Tony and I love fine dining. We love going out. I mean, it doesn't even have to be fine

dining. If our intention is to go out and we're going to eat, sometimes I'm just like, this is so delicious. I'm going to eat more than what I want to eat. But it's a, it's, it's, it's, I'm purposely doing that. Like, I'm fully aware of the fact that I'm overeating. And then afterwards, if I'm like, oh my God, why did I do that? I'm like, it's because I wanted to, because it was delicious. And that's the consequence of it. And even though sometimes that's my intention, I'm still like, oh my, why? Why? Well, because in the moment, I, I want, I wanted to. I wanted to, right? So there's nothing wrong with you having more than you need because it's delicious. It's delicious. Now, if you keep doing that and it's getting the way of your goals, yeah, you're going to have to

reassess your situation. And then the chocolate, right? So chocolate, I did that post on Friday about the chocolate and I always get, why are we allowed to drink alcohol and we can't have chocolate. So when it comes to alcohol and chocolate, it's not about you can't have anything on the program. It's just the chocolate has this hold on people in a way that not a lot of other foods do. And it's just like it brings me joy. And, you know, it's, it's just it what it represents. And, you know, with obviously with alcohol, that's a little bit more complicated. That is people are chemically addicted to the alcohol. And food addiction is a real thing. So I'm not saying that. In fact, we're going to have Sandra Alia join us.

She's a food addiction expert later on in the program. And I did talk about the detriments of alcohol in the science post on Saturday if you had an opportunity to see that. But chocolate is sort of like what it represents. What is that that chocolate is like, what does that represent for you? What's the meaning behind the chocolate? What did you need in that moment that you wanted the chocolate, right? So whether it's, you just had a piece of chocolate or you blew the whole weekend, this is the kind of mentality that we're going to work through, right? you can't just let it go. Oh, just let it go. Today is a new day. Today is a new day. And for this

particular weekend, I'm saying let it go because it's the first weekend of the program. But we're going to get, we're going to get into that. And that understanding and that awareness, bigger picture when you step back, that's part of the tools and the skills that you need in order to not just lose your weight, but at the end, be able to actually maintain and sustain it. So every time you have that setback, it's an opportunity to learn. It's usually just the universe. Highlighting, here you go. These are the things that you need to work on. Done four programs. Okay. You still use food to cope. You still aren't, you know, giving yourself time to be aware of the choices that you're making. You're still not this. You're still not that. Still things to work on. Yay. That's how it is. It's how it is, not just with food and weight loss, but in your life. I usually get this message that keeps popping up. We're like, oh, okay, wow. Yeah, I'm doing that. Why do I do that? and you kind of work through it and you clear that shit. And then all of a sudden, more shit just drops in your lap.

There's always something to work through and work on, right? Sleep has been so difficult all week and menopause hot flashes in full swing. Scale is up. So, you know, I do offer a menopause add-on and we'll let you know if we're going to be running that mini course again. But, you know, I have so many women, obviously, come to the program and be like, I'm in menopause, hormonal issues. Will this program work for me?

Well, 80% of menopause little issues really comes down to life. style and of course HRT and all that absolutely will help. We'll discuss that with Dr. Jennifer Zelavitsky. The program has always helped for women and menopause because it's more than what you eat and when. We're going to get into that. Next week, we're going to introduce this concept of maximizing, which talks about all the other things that you can focus on. That will help, like how to manage stress. We have a whole sleep week. And here's what I have to say. And you might say, oh, I'm doing all the things to get better sleep. You're probably not because I thought I was doing all the things to get a better night's sleep. And I was hardly doing any of the things. I was doing

some, but there are so many more things that you can do that will make a difference. And a lot of times we look to our bedtime routine, when a lot of times it's our morning routine that's messing up our sleep. So we're going to have a whole sleep week. We're going to be joined by Dr. Beverly David. She's not just a clinical psychologist. She's also a sleep researcher. Like that's her sleep is her jam. So we're going to talk about how if you don't get enough sleep, what's doing to your brain. and then the choices that you're making. Alanna McGinn is a sleep and stress expert, so she's going to give us actual practical tips

on actually how to get a better sleep and manage our stress. And then Dr. Alinka is going to come on and talk about how when you're not getting the sleep, how is that affecting your body and how your body functions? Like, for example, when you don't get a good night's sleep, your body processes your foods differently

and you're more likely to messes with your hunger hormones. So you're more likely to have more crazy. and overeat. So we're going to get into and talk about that. We're going to get into and talk about that. Hi, Kelly. I was in Europe for two and a half weeks and ate almost everything, even entertaining some gluten, which I have been away from for over two years. I was so expecting to see only, I was so excited to see only 1.4 pounds up. I can't complain, walked a lot, enjoyed a lot, and laughed a lot, amazing trip. Yes. This is it. Thank you, Gina and Livy Losers being in the back, back of my mind and allowing me to focus on when I thought I wasn't. Great habits, learned and retained. So you'll hear this a lot from our returning members, how, and this is what I mean by the things that you are doing, you're working with your body. You're not disturbing it and depriving it. And so when you go away on vacation, sure, you might come back. Your weight is up, usually from flying if you're

flying because flying is really dehydrating, but any weight that you gained in a short period of time will just drop right back down as soon as you get back at it. I know I had that travel post the other day and as someone mentioned in the group that it was such a luxury for me to assume that people are going to be traveling and going on these lavish vacations every three months. Oh my goodness. I hope that I wish that for you. That'd be amazing. It's not that. It's Some people travel for work, some people, maybe you're traveling for the weekend, maybe you're traveling for the day, right? So so many times our schedule, our regular routine is interrupted. And so maybe you can't get all the water in, but you can focus on getting it in where you can, right? Sometimes maybe you can't stop for the meals or your snacks. But that's okay. You don't blow off the whole week or the weekend or whatever just because one day you didn't do. the things that ideally you wanted to do. And with travel, if you do go away on a big long vacation, you can say, fuck it. I'm going to go, I'm going to eat all the things. And then just when you get

back, just pick up where you left off and keep going. Or you could also say, okay, maybe I can't fall the plan perfectly, but I can do some of the things. I can make an effort of getting my water in or starting my day with that higher protein breakfast. Maybe I can be mindful to try to get in some snacks if and when I can. Or maybe you're like, hey, you know what? I'm going to go away on vacation and I'm going to still stick to the plan and do all the things. Because just because I'm away doesn't mean I don't want to still work towards my goals and feel my best. When it comes to traveling, I suggest that you focus on making choices that make you feel good. And sometimes that's following the program. And sometimes it's having a margarita and eating the taco. Well, I don't

want you stressing. And, you know, Keeley, thank you so much for sharing because this is where I want you to get to, especially if you're one of our new members. I want you to be able to go away on a vacation or trip or whatever that is and not stress about food. I want you to be able to go through the weekend and not stress about food, right? So you're going to hear this a lot from our returning members. This is what's so great about popping into our Facebook support group and seeing the comments that other members are making and connecting with other members, which reminds me of our post. So we're doing a new post tonight, end of day. Now, I used to go live in the group at 7 p.m. at night. I used to go live like 50 times a day. It's wearing on me, y'all. I too am also in menopause. I'm turning 53 this

year. And so I'm not going to be committing to 7 p.m. lives. Although every now and then, I will be going live in the evening and I will be sure to let you know because I love doing that. there's nothing like that evening connection with people at the end of the day. Our defenses are down, reflecting on our day. But we're starting a new post in the group called connection and reflection. So every evening at 6 o'clock, we are going to do a post. And that's a place for you to share how your day was, how you're feeling to connect and conversate with other members.

We're also going to give you a prompt each day for you. If you're interested, a question that makes you kind of go, hmm, and think. So that goes along with our post today, which are on intentions, but I really love a good end-of-day reflections. We also talked about sabotage, if you didn't have an opportunity to check that out yet. You might think even if you're not sabotaging yourself, it's good to read it because maybe you are and you didn't realize it or it'll give you a heads up just in case down the road you are. Sabotaging. Sometimes people sabotage for themselves, like I mentioned, fear of failure. I just can't, the thought of like, as excited as I was about doing this diet, just the thought of failing again is just too much, right?

That pressure that we put on ourselves, especially if you haven't been perfect yet, you think, oh my goodness, I've messed the whole thing up. I might as well just wait. Maybe she's got a program in January. I'll sign up then. Right? So intentions are like declaring in the morning, hey, this is what I'm doing. This is what I'm focused on.

And you can journal or use the app or pop into the group or whatever. and then end-of-day reflections are reflecting on your day at the end of the day. What did I do really well? What do I need to work on? So the thing about that is if you are sabotaging yourself, you can keep that shit contained by setting your intentions in the morning and reflecting in the evening. And if you are doing things that are working against you, that's where you're going to be like, oh, okay, how's this working for me?

Right? Because you're going to come to realize that you are a product of your habits, the things that you used to do, right? not just what you eat, but how you thought and how you showed up in the world. And those are the things that you need to address and change along the way. So you create these new habits that sustain who you want to be, right? So I love intentions and end-of-day reflections. It is time to hear from our podcast sponsor today.

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right. Okay, let's stop right there because, so let's say last week was perfect. Let's have a real honest conversation about this. And thank you so much for sharing. this that's it's that was that's a that's a vulnerable feel and share so thank you let's talk about this because you want to lose weight you sign up for a weight loss program you want to lose weight you've probably done other diets before where you starve yourself deprive yourself you eat less exercise more you you see that initial big drop in the beginning right that's what I call weight loss that's not fat loss and so what we're going after is fat loss I don't give a rat's fucking ass how much weight you've lost last week this week next week next

week the week after, don't care. If I was to put my money on you, I'm not going to bet on you based on how much money you're losing in the beginning. I'm going to bet on you based on the mindset that you are showing up and thinking you're going to be here for the whole 91 days. And again, I'm generalizing right now. I'm generalizing right now. So if I'm showing up today, and I love that you are honoring that you feel depressed and you're putting a name to it, your name to what is it that you are depressed about right like think about this what is it that you are depressed about and it could be somebody else could have another word um frustrated disappointed um overwhelmed whatever your word is what is this about so last week was prep week

that that wasn't even a week for losing weight that was a week especially if you're new to kind of just figure out what we're doing get comfortable ask questions start following the food plan right if your returning member even it's not about losing weight it's getting back at it reestablishing that routine that baseline right and so how was your weekend that's a big one right we get this a lot on mondays oh i got on the scale today my weight was up i'm like okay roll it back how is your weekend oh well right you went out you had salty food you stayed up late you didn't get sleep or maybe you did all the things you worked out and your muscles are sore today and that's why your weight is up right this goes back to that that post on the scale it's really important understand that it's normal for your weight

to go up before it drops so let's say you showed up all last week from monday you did all the things right and you this weekend you did all of the things and you got on that scale today and you're like oh yeah i feel like my weight is going to be down and then it was up see reality is it's probably up because it's actually about to drop. So if you go back to that scale post and you might have missed it, I'm talking to everybody now, we have graphs giving you examples. That's the reality. That's the difference of what fat loss looks like over weight loss. So if you're like, Gina, I don't know what's going on. Man, I did everything you said and my weight is up today. I'd be like, great. Chances are your weight's about to drop. And I know that's so hard to

believe. Now that doesn't discount how you feel, right? That doesn't discount how you feel. So you always want to honor how you feel. Honor your feels, but follow the plan. Keep showing up. You're going to have a lot of feelings that are going to come up. The scale brings up a lot of feels. That's why one of the reasons I suggest we actually get on it because you want those feelings, those thoughts and feels to bubble to the surface because those are the things that you need to work on and work through, right? We don't want to have a piece of metal dictating our whole day. So it could be. So it could be. So So there's no way, let me put your mind at ease, everybody's mind of ease, there's no way you're going to gain weight if you are following the program. However, there are a lot of

reasons while your weight might be up. There are the superficial reasons. Crappy sleep, weight up. Didn't drink water, dehydrated, weight up. Salty food, weight up. Sometimes medications, weight up. Stress, weight up. But also, working out. out. I do a workout. My muscles are sore. My body's retaining water. Weight up, right? Following the program, my weight's about to drop. Body's retaining water. Right? In order to start that metabolic process of releasing fat, weight up. So there's a lot of reasons why your weight will be up that will have nothing to do with real weight game. And sometimes when your scale is up, it's actually because your weight is about to drop. And that's where people give up. That's where a lot of times people

give up when they try to lose weight in a healthy way. And at the end of the program, when you are successful, losing your weight in a healthy way, people will not believe you've done it in a healthy way because people do not believe you can lose weight successfully in a healthy way because it takes a long time. And yes, it does, which is why I created a systematic method for it to work sooner rather than later and actually quite quickly. Right. And because you think, oh my goodness, I'm being healthy and I'm doing all these things and you get on the scale and your weight is up. You're like, fuck that shit. This isn't working for me. When in reality is a sign that you're working. So one, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your, your,

your, your, your, your, your, your, your, you're, but, but let's also break this down, right? Let's also break this down. It's only week one of the program. It's only week one of the program. And, you know, you signed it for a 91 day program. And you if, if, unless you've actually been eating foods that you think are messing you up, right? You're doing the best you can. And even if you're not sure if you're doing this right, it's way too early to do it wrong. It's way too early to do it wrong. So make sure read over that information. There's a lot of information we're going to post. Some of it relevant to you, some not. The need to know are the guidelines each week. So prep week guidelines, week one guidelines, and of course the food plan. The rest of it is nice to know,

but this is where you might want to make sure you're reading that post on the scale. This is why it is worth taking the time to read some of those other posts, especially ones like the scale, like sabotage. This could be a form of sabotage, for example, right? Maybe you just, you've done all the diets and you're just like, I can't fail again. And you're putting that pressure on yourself and you've been showing up and you see that scale up. And although I'm telling you, it's okay, it's nothing to worry about it doesn't take your

feels away because you really freaking need this to work. You're just done. Maybe this is your Hail Mary. this is you're like, oh my goodness, I can't do this again, right? So, so, so, so thoughts are real. Honor your mood, follow the plan, wrap your head around 91 days. I got you. I want you to be successful. I'm not trying to set you up for failure. I'm not trying to feed you a bunch of BS, right? We're trying to have the real conversations that you continue to show up every day. If you just show up every day, you will be amazed at how the small things that you're doing will make a big

different. It is way too soon right now to be worried about the scale, although I know you're still going to be worried about the scale. Really the focus right now, if you're a new member, is give the body what it needs so it no longer feels an need to strip fat. This is really important. If you haven't done it yet, go back and read the science post on Saturday. And if you're a returning member, we revamped it to truly tie into where you are at in the program. And if you're returning member is about getting back into that routine and reestablishing baseline, the body loves routine. If you are seeing the scale move, that's great, good for you. If you are not also great, good for you. You guys will switch off. People are losing now. We'll be on a plateau

later. People who are not losing now, you'll start losing later. If your body isn't dropping weight, it's focused on making change. It's focused on making change. Focused on making change. So use that, use, you know, an increase on the scale is never a gain. It is impossible. It's impossible. It's a It's a lot harder than you think to actually gain real weight, to have your body take the foods that you are eating and convert them into actual fat that makes you fat. It's a much more complicated process, but there'll be a lot of fluctuations. So be mindful of the language that you're using. That's a really good tip. Did it actually gain weight or is the scale just up today because I had a crappy sleep? I had some salty food. I didn't drink my water. I had some alcohol or maybe I worked out. My body sore today, right? this is this is something that we do really well so i want this space especially if you're popping in the facebook support group to be a place where you can be like yeah my scale is down four pounds today i'm so excited for myself or you can be like i am disappointed i am frustrated and i'm like ready to give up right like ah this is the space for that this is the space for that it's so hard

when we see what other people are doing and when they are doing well to not be like oh my god what's going on with me. But if you can kind of switch your thought process around that, like if they can do it, I can do it. And weight loss is going to look a little different. Some people are going to lose in the beginning. Some people won't lose until a few more weeks from now. I wouldn't, again, I wouldn't bet on who's going to be more successful. It's all about their mindset that I would bet on. Do they believe that they are going to be? How they committed to showing up for the full 91 days? Because that's going to be the true tell at the end, right? That's going to be the. that true tell at the end, not how quickly you're, how much that you're losing in the

beginning. Today's self-sabotage post was helpful, had me stop and really think about some of my actions, ahem, late night snacking for the first time since the first program. Yeah. It's all, it's all about reflection and awareness and then taking action, right? It's all about working through our issues and associations tied into not just food, but dieting, for example. It's about our habits. You were a product of your habits and old habits are hard to break. but you can break them and we're going to create new habits. It's about your beliefs. Believing that you can actually do this.

Believing me. Not an easy thing to do. And I'm not asking for blind faith at the end of the day either. Believing you are worthy, that's a real big one. You're worthy of the time that you're going to put into this, right? You're worthy of losing your weight. You're worthy of feeling good. And some people is bigger.

It's like past traumas, right? your weight, as much as you want your weight off, it protects you. It's your reason for not having to put yourself out there. It's your reason for not dating. It's your reason for not going out, right? Tied into traumatic events in your life. It's the way you cope with the way you deal with your stress. So there's a lot to it. There is a lot to it. There's a lot to it. I know, heavy for a Monday. Heavy for a Monday. This week is all about just trying to be as consistent as possible. Consistency is the name of the game. Body loves routine. Routine is the foundation of change. You're going to hear all of our experts talk about this.

We are caught. We are giving the body what it needs. We are calming the body. We are making the body feel like it doesn't need all this fat because look at what we're giving you and we're listening and strengthen that mind-body connection. So when you start to be consistent, you'll notice that you feel a lot leaner unless your weight's about to drop. Right? If your weight's about to drop, you can feel a little off. You can feel a little bloated. The scale can be up. You can be extra hungry in the evening, right? Even though you've eaten all this food throughout the day. So go back and read over that detox post to make yourself aware of the signs of what it can look like or feel like more so when your weight is about to, when your weight is about to drop. When your weight is about to drop.

Thank you for talking about the I've lost. This is my second program. I'm only down too, but the changes in my body and brain have been incredible. Yeah, right? that's what it's all about. It's that awareness piece. You are making these changes. This is how my body is responding. What adaptions do I need to make? So consistency, you're going to notice that after you are consistent, you are feeling a lot leaner. You're feeling a lot less bloated. You're feeling like your energy is increasing. You're going to notice that you might feel feeling hungrier. Now, really hungry, hunger cues do not necessarily mean more food. you'll also notice you'll start to feel fuller faster or more satisfied faster, right? So,

so you should notice some things happening in your body. Now, again, some people are going to get the best sleep they've had. They're, I'm sleeping amazing. My energy is great. And some of you are like, oh my goodness, my sleep is messed up. I'm feeling bloated and gross. Those can be signs that your weight is about to drop. This is what it makes, this is what makes it confusing and frustrating sometimes along the way. I am super laser focused on my health and getting my blood pressure numbers in a healthy place. I'm taking responsibility for my health and to the very best of my ability. That's, that's exactly it, right? Your why. It's a great idea to check your why before you start your program. It's also a great idea to check your why on a Monday. Why are you here?

Why are you showing up for another week or another day? Yes, you want to fit your ass into your jeans or your bathing suit or whatever, but it's deeper and it's bigger than that. You are not going to be motivated every day, just like you're not motivated to go to work every day, but you go because you need a paycheck. Doesn't mean that you don't love your job, but some days you're just not motivated to go. You have to go anyway. Reaching any goal is no different. You have a goal you want to reach it. You're not going to be motivated every single day to do the things that you need to do, right? So you need to remind yourself why you are here. So when you start thinking the scale isn't moving, this isn't happening, this is going on, I messed it up on the weekend. Why are you here?

right? Why are you here? What are the things that you need to work on and work through? Work on and work through. All right. Gina's saying it's hard to gain weight and impossible to gain if you're sticking to the program is the most influential statement I took away from my first and second programs. Because it's true. It is. No matter what I've done, I've maintained the loss from my first program through vacation, surgery, and extreme stress. Even when not perfect, the habits and changes just help me sustain the loss and the health benefits. This is program three, and I'm keen to get back and to lose more.

Your body is on your side. Your body doesn't want you storing this exercise any more than you do. It's just come to learn that it needs it. And even menopause, usually menopause hits us so hard because we are so broken down. All the years, there's my dog. All the years of starving and depriving losing the weight. and then your body getting back, losing it, and getting back, affected your metabolism, affected your hormones, there's a hot mess by the time you roll into menopause. And that's why

80% of it really truly is lifestyle changes. And yes, again, HRT helps, right? But it's the state of your body when you are starting the program. Something else you might want to give thought to. Okay, I got to run. I got to get my dog. She's old. She's 14. She's got a little bit of dog dementia going on now, and it's probably time for her medications. I'm excited about this week. Please join me for my guests this week. Honestly, if you don't have a lot of time for a lot of the conversations, our guest are guest experts, and it's not going to be surface level stuff.

We get real into it. They're going to be so super helpful. And of course, if you can't join any of the lives, lives, we repost them in the guides for you. But didn't get to your question today. Just pop it over on the question of the day page. There's the post usually pinned to the top of the page. You can find it in the featured section, the check-in video.

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