The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 8 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: April 29, 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 8, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Be here at the end, this is not a quick fixAre you bringing your old diet baggage and feels into THIS ProgramComing into Monday after a weekend, how are you feeling? Setting Intentions and End of Day Reflections Welcome to our new members, getting started and reviewing the information. Working through the mental aspect of weight loss and getting reconnected with your body. What your body can do when you start giving it the resources it needs Using the scale as a tool and noticing your body changeWorking through the layers of self-sabotage, past diets and the mental aspect of this processMom guilt; learning to prioritize yourself and fighting to find the time to set yourself up for success. Learning from your experience of past groups and taking that insight to help you move forward. Planning ahead; How should you approach your nights out?Returning members, what do you need to focus on this time around?How has your weight defined who you are?Returning members; what you worked on last round may not need to be your focus this round.Trusting The Process and feeling confident in the things you need to do. An Overview of The Program and all the things we are going to dive intoGetting to a place where you are calm around foodTo 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. New year, new me. Season is here, and honestly, we're already over it. Enter Felix, the healthcare company helping Canadians take a different approach to weight loss this year. Weight loss is more than just diet and exercise. It can be about tackling genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix gets it. They connect you with licensed healthcare practitioners online who'll create a personalized treatment plan that pairs your healthy lifestyle with a little help and a little extra support. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X dot C-A. Here we are, day eight of the program, which means we are rolling into a whole week or week one because last week was prep week. It's

also a Monday. Okay, some big feels. Some of you are just so stinking proud of how you've been showing up. You're doing the things that you need to do and you are feeling it. Some of you are showing up, doing all the things that you need to do, but you don't trust it. You're freaking out over the scale. Some of you feel like you have failed already because you haven't been perfect. There's a lot of feels and all the feels are welcome. Today we're talking sabotage. And the reason when I bring that up is because like I talked about in the check-in video this morning, I can see some of you are sabotaging your way out of this program. And I'm not sure you're going to last the week, let alone be here at 91 days. So here's what I want to say. There's so much to weight loss.

It's not just what you eat and when. This is not a quick fix. And I'm really unapologetic about it. I don't give a fuck how quickly you lose weight. I don't give a fuck how much weight you're losing in the first week. Now, if you're losing weight, great. That's exciting. I love that for you, but it's zero indication of how successful you will be. I care about if you're going to be here at the end of the 91 days. I care about you losing your weight in a way that you will be able to move on from your weight loss journey and never look back. That is my goal for you. And that is going to take time. Some of you are straight up surprised you haven't lost all your weight yet. And then you say, but I only have five or 10 pounds to lose. Oh my goodness. It can take someone just as long to lose 10 pounds as it takes someone else to lose 40, 50 pounds.

I wouldn't say just because you have less to lose that it's not going to take you as long or that it's going to be easier. Like sometimes you can lose the weight quickly, but if you've been trying to lose the same 10 pounds for 20 years, that means that you've got work to do mentally, right? So weight loss is so much more than what you are eating and when it's working through your issues and your associations and how you use food to cope and your beliefs and your habits. It takes a lot longer than a week to work through old habits and create new habits. So there's a lot to this process. I hear a lot of times people will be like, well, I'm doing everything right, but I haven't lost all my weight. And so what am I doing wrong? If you haven't lost weight

yet, chances are you're not doing anything wrong. If you're showing up and you're doing all the things that you need to do, if the scale isn't moving for you, then you can trust that your body is working hard behind the scenes to address its needs, repair, rebuild, regenerate, and rejuvenate. So I just want to, and the reason why I'm saying this is I want to put your mind at ease because sometimes we just want to fester in our feels or fester in our funk. And some of you are bringing your baggage in from 20 years of dieting into this new program and process. It's kind of like bringing your old baggage into a new relationship. Your relationship hasn't even really started. You're freaked out because of your past relationships and now you're sabotaging and ruining this new relationship, right? So there's a lot of feels that you might be bringing with you into this program. Take a deep breath, give it time, recognize nothing is going to change overnight.

If the scale is moving for you, great. There's going to come a time where it's going to stop moving because your body's going to put you on a plateau so it can adjust to the weight that you've lost. And if you haven't lost weight yet, that's okay too. You just trust that your body's constantly in a state of repairing and rebuilding and regenerating and rejuvenating. Your body's not just sit there saying, no bitch, you're going to be fat forever. Try all you want. I'm not going to let you lose weight. Nah, it's working really hard to make change. It wants you to look your best, feel your best. Honestly, it's on your side. Your body is your number one cheerleader, but sometimes it takes time to, because what you're doing here is reworking how the body's come to function

physically and reworking your brain. So it's going to take time. That's my takeaway. So on this Monday, beautiful Monday morning, let's take a deep breath, take a minute and assess how you're feeling, not just physically, but mentally. How are you showing up for yourself today? Did you show up for yourself today in a funk because maybe the scale is up today because maybe you were indulging on the weekend, right? Berating yourself, stressing yourself out is not going to help, but a deeper level of understanding. So if you did find yourself indulging on the weekend, you know, weekends are hard. This is your first weekend of the program. You didn't ruin anything, but be like, okay, in the moment,

how was I feeling? Right? You're probably thinking, well, I got lots of time to lose weight. You know, I'll, I'll really of time to lose weight, you know, I'll really dig into it next week, or I'll just have a few bites of bits, it's no big deal. And so you had it, hopefully you enjoyed it. And then the minute you were done, did you start to break yourself? Why did I have that? Oh my god, I feel awful. Did you get up the next day on the scale and then start being like, this isn't working? And why did I do that? Right? So reflect on that. Why did you make a choice to eat something that you ended up ragging on yourself about later? Right? So we're going to get but listen, this is what we do. And we're going to get into it this week with Dr.

Beverly David. She's a clinical psychologist. She's going to join me on Thursday. We're going to talk about what happens when we make those choices, why we make those choices, what happens afterwards with our pattern of thought and how we can correct those thoughts and redirect those feelings so that we don't end up sabotaging ourselves and end up stopping before we even really get started. So the feels are totally normal, no matter how you're feeling today. Maybe you're feeling like a rock star. I love that for you, right? Even it's just as important to, to take time to appreciate and be proud of yourself. Like if you

crushed it this weekend, be take a minute and be like, wow, that I crushed it this weekend. I'm so proud of myself. I'm showing up. I'm doing the things because when you take time to notice that you are proud of the things you are doing, you're more likely to continue doing those things. Okay. Deep breath. Let's get into these questions today. Um, and let's see where you are doing, you're more likely to continue doing those things. Okay, deep breath. Let's get into these questions today. And let's see where you are at. So we're talking sabotage today. We're talking setting intentions. I love setting intentions. I see so many of you using the check-in video for setting intentions. Setting intentions is like, this is what I'm doing today. This is what I am focused on. I am signed up for this program. I am showing up. These are the

things I can do. It's like bringing it to the forefront of your mind and reminding you that you're doing this. It's also like shouting it to the world. I also love end of day reflections. So today and moving forward at 6pm, we're going to do a new post in the group that you can take time to reflect on. Now you can also do this in the amazing Libby Method Out. There's a whole place for setting intentions and end of day reflections. But this is where you can take time to reflect on. Now, you can also do this in the amazing Living Method app. There's a whole place for setting intentions and end of day reflections. But this is where you can kind of pop in. Each day, we're going to pose a question for you to reflect on. And this is where you can keep your sabotage contained. So many reasons people sabotage, fear of success, fear of failure, like so many reasons, not feeling worthy,

not believing you can do it, not trusting it, so many reasons. But setting your intention each day, like creating a habit of opening up the app or popping into the Facebook support group, setting an intention, and then doing the same in the evening for end of day reflection can help contain the sabotage. Because that just like keeps you going day by day by day. So even if you are kind of sabotaging yourselves in all these little ways, you can keep that shit contained. Okay, let's get into your questions. Back on track. Had a good weekend staying on track. Love that. Love that. Good morning. Excited for the day in this group. I'm a returning member and had a great prep week. I love that. Hi, Brenda.

So we have a lot of new members just added into the group. We opened up those thousand spots. People are rolling in. If that is you, deep breath, ask all the questions that you need. We have a great team of people in the Facebook support group to direct you to where you need to go. Bit of a learning curve, right? There are people who started day one of prep week last week. So you may perceive that you are a week behind, but you are exactly where you need to be because you are a week behind, but you are exactly where you need to be because you are here.

And for so many reasons, people will be following the program at their own pace. This is why we kind of designed it by day. So you'll notice at the top of the page, pinned to the top or in the featured section, you have the check-in video, but you also have the post saying what day it is. And that can come in really handy. Let's say tomorrow you're going on vacation. Today is day eight. You go away for a week and you decide I'm not going to follow. And then you come back, you pick up on day nine, you open up the app, you start day nine, or you go into the Facebook

support group, you find the information for day nine. So we really we organize it that way because we are expecting people maybe maybe you'll be sick, hopefully not, but you never know. Sometimes people are sick. Some people get sidetracked in life and whatnot. So you'll find that people will be running through the program on their own timeline. We all start, ideally, we like to start on the same day moving forward, obviously, collective energy of that, kind of directing people where they need to go. So the program has sold out. The program has sold out. So there's thousands of people who miss out every time. And a lot of times people be like, well, my friend Sally or my friend Joe or whatever,

they're doing the program. And please, please, please, please, please. We do not let anyone in once we sell out or get started. So the program is closed, but we are going to do a wait list for our fall program. So if you have any friends and family and they want to get in, tell them to keep an eye out for that. Hi, Vivian. Good luck, everyone. Keep up the good work. Feeling so much lighter mentally as well as physically. Yeah, just knowing that you're doing the things that you need to do, right? Just knowing that you're already doing it. And you know what's really cool about the living method is that you're not just trying to lose weight. You're actually, you're going to be doing things that are just great for your health and wellness.

And the next couple of weeks, we're going to talk about maximizing, which is one of my favorite topics. It's all the other things that you can do besides the food, the water. We're going to talk supplements next week, things like managing your stress and your sleep. And gosh, there's so many things you can focus on, which is really cool. This is me exactly. I only have about 25 pounds to lose, but it's taking me two years and it's the mental work that it's the toughest, not the pounds. This is the round. I'm going to do it. Well, you know, and this is so true because, one, I think the average woman, I just know the statistics for women, so I want to be inclusive in the way that I'm saying this, spends 17 years of her life losing the same 5 to 10 pounds over and over again. That's an actual statistic.

17 years trying to lose the same 5 to 10 pounds over and over again. That's an actual statistic. 17 years trying to lose the same five to 10 pounds over and over again. And what you're going to learn from Dr. Beverly David is that a lot of how we're taught to eat and our connections to food go back to like when we're babies. Like it's, you know, think about when you are, you a lot of a lot of a lot of you are taught to eat everything on your plate and so you just eat everything on your plate right your parents maybe made you sit there until you ate all of your food so you were taught to overeat when you are told you know you're hungry hi I'm hungry and like well dinner's in three hours, you can wait. You are taught to ignore your hunger cues. If you're eating foods, you know, when you're younger, like, you know, your cruciferous veg, like broccoli, which is hard for even adults to digest and it's bothering

your tummy, but your parents are like, eat your broccoli. It's good for you. And yet you are, you know, you feel like, okay, I'm eating this. It's not making me feel great, but you're taught to ignore that. And I mean, it goes on and on and on and on. And then you add dieting to it, right? Where you're trying to lose weight and you are told, eat less, exercise more, don't eat when you're hungry, starve and deprive yourself, right? We're not drinking when we're thirsty. We're not sleeping when we're tired. And we get taught by dieting to really disconnect from ourselves and do the opposite of what our body wants. And I'm trying to help you get reconnected so you are so in tune that you can trust when your body tells you when to eat, what to eat, and also how much to eat.

You do not need math to lose weight weight and you surely don't need math to maintain and sustain your weight. And this is why people have a really hard time. One of the reasons why people have a hard time maintaining their weights when they're just lost their weight through starving and depriving, counting, weighing and measuring, you know. I love that relationship baggage comparison. It's exactly like that. Yeah. So many people reaching out and saying things like, oh, I just, you know, they're, they're recognizing, you know, what I love about to the first few weeks of the program is in knowing what you need to do. And you could say, there's a lot, it's like, wow, there's a lot here. Like it's, it's one of those

things, right? Like I love at the end of the program, people are like, oh, that was so easy, right? Like, I love when people say the program is so easy to follow. I love that every day I'm working hard on trying to make the information more precise and concise and streamlining it. And, you know, I don't want to say, oh, it's so easy. And then here's a, you know, a 4000 page book you got to read. Right? But there is a lot and I want you if you're feeling like it's a lot, it's because there's a lot that goes into sustainable, maintainable, move on with your life forever kind of weight loss. For some people, you know, they there's some people who are following never done a diet before. They're like, Okay, this is great. You know, easy peasy done. One and done. That's great for the majority of people, though, who've struggled with their weight. It's it's much more complicated than we think. Good morning. I had a great first

weekend. Love having the energy to get up early and get to the park with pups for a 40 minute walk. Okay. So isn't it? Think about this. Some of you are like, wow, I'm feel amazing. Your weight's already starting to drop or you're feeling a lot less, you know, bloated. Some of you are like, wow, I feel amazing. Your weight's already starting to drop or you're feeling a lot less, you know, bloated. Some of you are feeling bloated because your weight's about to drop. Some of you are getting like, oh my goodness, I'm sleeping amazing. I'm having great energy. Can you imagine? This is just after a week for some of you, a few days.

It is so cool what your body can do when you give it the resources it needs. And then just think about this day after day after day, week after week after week, month after month after month, we are going to be building on everything that you are doing. So right now we're really just focused on the foundation of the program and the food plan, but we're going to be building on that week to week to week. It's really cool how it progresses and builds week over week. So you just feel better and better and better and your metabolism gets higher and higher and higher and you get even more in tune. It's so cool. It's so cool. Good morning. Enjoyed my mini vacation scale, not moving, but I can see

a difference when I look at pictures of myself. So you're going to notice your body change. So you're really, your scale is going to be moving or your body is going to be changing. They kind of don't really happen at the same time. So as long as one or the other is happening, you know, you're good. And as long as you're doing the things that you need to do, you know, things are happening for you, but you're going to notice your body changing a lot. I'm obviously a big fan of using the scale every day as a tool. I've explained why a lot of people like to take measurements. So if you want to take measurements, that can be really cool too.

Fifth session and just recognize the last four sessions were loaded with self-sabotage. I know, right? So, so here's the thing though, right? Like this is where I believe in life. You are presented with the things that you need to work through and everything's just a message. And a lot of times, for example, if this is your first program, you are so focused on the physical part, right? Like, you know, yeah, sorry, I got sidetracked. I haven't got on the scale yet. Is this wrong?

It's not that it's wrong, but I suggest getting on the scale every single day to use it as a tool. This, all this information is in the scale post. So if you're just getting into the group, there's some information you're going to want to make sure you review. So you can skip ahead and join right in with where we are in week one. It's still early enough for that, but you're going to want to go back and review the information, especially the scale. The scale post is there because I believe in using the scale every single day as a tool. The scale post is there because I believe in using the scale every single day as a tool. The scale post is there because you're going to see a lot of fluctuations on the scale. You want to know what that's about. The scale post is there because plateaus are part of the program. You want

any plateaus. And because we're talking weight loss, you want to be like, you really want to know what's happening when it comes to the scale and how to use it as a tool. I had someone on the weekend who was freaking out about their weight being up. And then they were like, well, I, you know, I just want to weigh once a week. And I'm just like, well, but if you're doing everything that you are doing, you know, and based on how they were describing, well, I feel bloated and I feel that they basically were describing their body and detox. They're like, I'm doing everything you say, but I'm feeling bloated and my scale is up, but I'm this and I'm that. I'm like, and this sounds like exactly what you can expect.

But if you don't know what to expect, especially when it comes to the scale, you're just going to make yourself crazy, going to make yourself crazy. So yes, I suggest that you get on that scale. I want to back to back to you, Claire, talking about four sessions. Now looking back loaded with sabotage. And so the first program you do can be very physical. Like it's very much like what am I eating? What's happening with my body? How am I feeling? Well, it's a lot going on. Second time around, because you know, the routine, you know what you need to do, you got more in tune, you've got a good handle on what's going on, can be a more mental experience, right? Recognizing more your issues and associations and habits and beliefs.

And, you know, there's a lot past traumas and feeling worthy and trusting. There's so much that goes into that. And so it's sort of, isn't this life though, right? Where you have your aha moments about life or you're working on things and you feel like, oh, okay, this is why I do that. Okay, I got a good handle on this. And as soon as you clear that away, more stuff drops in your lap. So it's really like, it's the layers that you're working through. And this is where, you know, to get to a place because food is so

intertwined into our lives, because we use it for so many things, right? It can be difficult to get to a place where we're calm around food, where we are just making a choice, we are understanding the choice that we're making and how we're going to feel we enjoy the choices that we're making. And you know, so we can choose to have that thing, enjoy it, not berate ourselves after, not let it ruin our whole day, not feel the need to punish ourselves after we've eaten the thing. We just understand how our body works. Eating the thing isn't going to stop me from reaching my goal. Eating the thing isn't going to cause me to gain weight. And I'm just going to get back to, you know, living, living my life,

right. So there's a lot of layers to unravel, especially like I said, you know, we've heard so many stories of people starting, you know, those weight loss programs when they're 12 years old. Just this history of the diet industry, it used to be really cool to talk about dieting, haven't we all done those diets, The cabbage soup, the cayenne pepper. I did the hot chocolate diet when I was in high school with my girlfriends where we would just drink one hot chocolate a day. At lunch, we would walk from the school to the mall and get a hot chocolate. And there was a coffee hot chocolate and that's all we would eat.

We wouldn't eat. It's all we would drink. And then actually the kicker is looking back, none of us had a weight problem. None of us, none of us, none of us needed to lose weight. I don't know what we were doing. Right. And then just the evolution of diets and then how they've been presented to you. It's just, it's a lot. It's a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot. So it's a lot of unpacking. Hi, Tara Tara. Uh with prep week ready to dig into week one. My daughter's home sick today. I've been with her all morning setting her up so I can focus on me for this next hour and listen to the live Hello. Shockingly, she now has all the questions and

issues and wants my attention. She's gone off in tears slam the door because I said no, this is my hour. I'll be with you in an hour. Good for her. Ultimately, though, sucks right now and good for me. So hard. So for some of you, the hardest part, thank you for sharing this. For some of you, whether it's your child or it's work or it's whatever it is, sometimes in life, something has to give. Sometimes in life, something has to give and it's you and your time. And there are just times in our life that are like that. But I can't tell you how many people I've sat down in front of over the years and they're like, this is it. This is my time. And then just like something happens. There's always something in life to sidetrack you. And this is why you have to appreciate there are some days where you're going to be able to do all the things and prioritize yourself. And then other days you're fighting. You're fighting to find like a hot second for

yourself. And it just feels like it's just so hard to prioritize yourself and do the things that you need to do, which of course is incredibly frustrating. And this is why all the little things that you can do are going to add up and make a big difference. You know, you're going to get more comfortable with saying no, you're going to get more comfortable with finding time for yourself. I have four kids, um, and I deal with a lot of mom guilt. Um, I was pretty much a single mom. My kid's dad was sick. We, we divorced because of that. A lot of guilt. Um, he, their dad just recently passed away in the spring. So there's a lot of, I want to make them happy.

There's a lot of guilt. I want to prioritize themselves. There's a lot, but it comes at an expense of my health and wellness a lot of times. Because I'm stressing about this and stressing about that and worrying about them all the time and trying to juggle all of their fails and all of that. So for so many reasons, weight loss is very difficult just to find the time to do it. And this is where you will hear a lot of people

who are like, I signed up for my first program, I crushed it, lost 30 whatever pounds. Second program, I barely showed up, I had such a hard time. You know, third program, just so stressed out. Like they're just like there's different seasons of the program. There are different seasons of your life. And with the living method, I think you're able to reflect on that because we break it down in 91 days. It's not just like, it's not just like day after day, counting, weighing, measuring,

just trying to do whatever you can. We've structured it 91 days. So there's a start and then there's an end. And you can really reflect on that 91 day journey and what was happening in your life. And this is why I love that we structure it 91 days because you do essentially get that fresh start each time. And this is why I was saying last week, there's a couple of things you're going to want to do. You're going to want to assess why you're here, like really put some time, take a real minute and be like, why did I sign up for this program? What do I want to accomplish? Like what's my end game? What's my goal, right? Like how do I want to feel? How do I want to look? How I want to think? Like what truly is motivating me? Because your why is why you were motivated to sign up and it's what

you want to reflect on when you have to show up every day. You're not so motivated to do the things that you need to do. The other thing that I suggested was to take a minute and reflect on your past diet history. And that's like where it started, you know, what you've been through, what you've done, you know, where you are at now, and just really reflect on the journey. And then the other is to take stock of what's going on in your life. And some people will have a nice clear path and they can do all the things and some people will be struggling mentally, time-wise, physically, like you may not be someone

who maybe you just got hip surgery and so you can't be someone who's, you know, out there exercising and doing all that. Maybe you're someone who is on dialysis and has to be mindful of the amount of water they're bringing in. So you can't drink the three or four liters of water like everybody else. And so this is what again, bringing it back to that maximizing conversation I was talking about, like, if you can't do this, there are other things that you can do. And it's about figuring out what you can do and trying to do those things as often as possible. Like try to have as many of your choices fall in line with your goals each day. But I think if you can take time and reflect where you've been and where you are at, it's going to really help you kind of figure out, you know, where you're going and what you need to do to set yourself up for success. There's a lot that goes into that.

New year, new me. Season is here and honestly, we're already over it. Enter Felix, the healthcare company helping Canadians take a different approach to weight loss this year. Weight loss is more than just diet and exercise. It can be about tackling genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix gets it. They connect you with licensed healthcare practitioners online who'll create a personalized treatment plan

that pairs your healthy lifestyle with a little help and a little extra support. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X dot C-A. Here we go. I did great for the first three rounds. Last round, I seriously shit the bed and lost nothing. Total self-sabotage. I'm feeling all the feels this round. I don't write this shit. This is what I'm talking. This is exactly what I'm talking about. But here's the thing. What happened, happened. You didn't want to shit the bed, right? You want to lose your weight.

I'm sure it's not because you didn't try. It's probably because you were dealing with a lot of feels. Sometimes the feels come up and we're like ill-prepared or we don't have the capacity to deal with them. And so if that didn't happen, you wouldn't know what you need to know. And knowing what you now know is going to help you reach that goal. And sometimes we need to fall back to be able to move forward. And so this is all part of the journey.

Some of you have to work through some really deep stuff. Some of you have no idea still the shit you're going to have to work through in order to be sick. I'm not really selling this program, am I? Some of you are like, um, that's the truth of it. That's the truth of it. So you know, what you did is going to factor in to where you are at now and what you need to do moving forward. And I think sometimes it gives you really great insight when you take time and not be like, why did I do that? And whatever, but actually be like, okay, why, what did, what happened there? Oh yeah. I was trying to sell my house or I had dead care for somebody, or I was just working through hard times or I was like, whatever, you know, sometimes. And again, I shared this, uh, the other day, there've been times in my life where I'm like,

I'm going to do this and I'm going to do that. And then I get on myself because I didn't do it or whatever. And then I think back and I was like, what were you thinking, honey? Like you, good try. But you had a lot going on. I once applied to host a job in television when I was six months pregnant. It was a daily morning show, six month pregnant. It's my first one, of course. I was like, Oh, I can do this. I can I can host a morning show. What? No, I can't. I'm six months pregnant with my first child. How am I going to host a morning show? So crazy. So crazy, but good on me for thinking I could. Um, but yeah, you know, just, it's good to know. It's good to reflect on what you did. I think there is so much to learn

in not just what you are doing, but in knowing what you need to do that you're not doing or can't do. There's so much to be learned. Just like there's just as much to be learned as, you know, not having the thing and doing all the things as there is in having the thing and not doing the things, right? You're going to really get to know what works for you and what doesn't work for you. And as you start to pull in the things that you need to do, you're going to start feeling it. You're going to start feeling good physically, mentally, it's all going to start to come together. And then you're going to want to kind of like hold on to that feeling. And this is where it gets easier and easier and easier and easier as you go. Just kind of like whether you're

a new member and kind of getting it going or you're returning member and getting it going, you know, it can take a little bit. It can take a little bit. Some suggestions and guidance, please. I have tickets to pizza trivia game evening. How do I prepare to stay on plan? Well, so one night of pizza trivia, not going to stop you from reaching your goals. It's not. You can maybe bring a side salad or like a salad to go with the pizza. So you can have some leafy greens to go with your pizza. Or, you know, if you used to have three slices of pizza, try to have two slices or, you know, chances are, if you used to have three slices of pizza,

it's probably because you went all day without eating. And now you'll find that when following the food plan, by the time you go to pizza night, you probably won't even be all that hungry for pizza. So, you know, have a slice, bring a salad. So you can have leafy greens, make sure you're drinking your water. Don't skip meals and snacks leading up. You don't want to skip your afternoon snacks and be like, well, I'm going to eat more later. Make sure you have those snacks. That's it. It's as simple as that. That's it. That's it. Because eating the pizza is not

going to cause you to gain weight. It's not going to stop you from losing weight. Now, also be prepared if you have pizza, which is salty, and you eat it later in the evening, when you wake up the next day, the scale might be up. It's not real weight gain. It's not real weight gain. It's just the effect of eating salty pizza in the evening. That's it. Right now, obviously, the more you can minimize pizza, right, along with doing all the things you can do, the sooner you're going to see the scale be moving and grooving. But there's, people have pizza night every Friday and go on and reach their goals. Some people eat toast for breakfast and still go on and reach

their goals, right? So don't stress. Well, here's what I can tell you I don't want you to do. I don't want you to not do the things. I don't want you to stay at home you I don't want you to do. I don't want you to not do the things. I don't want you to stay at home. I don't want you to stay at home. I don't want you to not go here or not to go there because a big part of, you know, maintaining your weight is being able to navigate social situations. And that'll get easier as you go, right? So I definitely don't want you to not go.

But you can say, okay, what can I do to be a bit more prepared, right? Pack some food to bring on your own. You know, just have one pizza slice instead of three. You can make sure you eat all day leading up. Make sure you're drinking your water. Make sure you don't berate yourself because you've had the pizza. If you get on the scale the next day and you're like, oh my God, remind yourself that you made a choice to have the pizza, right? Hopefully you,

you took time to enjoy it to make sure you enjoy it and just remind yourself, wow, my weight's up because I had pizza last night and that was so fun. That's it. Or maybe you're not at that capacity. Pay attention. Like it's a great learning opportunity too, right? Like we think, oh, I want to have this pizza. And then we pay attention to what happens in our mind afterwards and the berating and the thoughts and all of that. And that might just bring to light like, wow, there's a lot that goes on my mind when I eat my food, you know, that we obviously are going to be working through. It's a great opportunity. It's a great opportunity. Or you can go and not eat the pizza and you're still going to have a great time, right? So you can choose not to have, you can bring your own food and say, hey, everybody, hope

you don't mind, but I just started this new program. I, you know, it's not that I can't have the pizza, but I'm feeling really good. And so I want to just do what I need to do here. And you decide to not have the pizza. And then you're going to realize you had just as much fun.. And you decide to not have the pizza. And then you're going to realize you had just as fun, just as much fun. Felt great. Right? Felt great. And that was it. So either way, can't mess it up. Hopefully that helps. Hopefully that helps. I've never been really great reflecting back on my day in the past, but this round I will focus on. Yeah. What

do you, if you're a returning member, what do you need to focus on this time around? Right? I need to do the intentions and reflections, but I feel like it would be the same thing every day. Not good at this, but I need to try it. Well, at least you're reminding yourself of the things that you need to do, right? And, and doing it long enough to make it a habit. And that's, that's a big thing that we're working through is working through your old habits while creating new habits. And that in itself is a benefit to do, even if you find the same, like I, I'm that my intentions are be in the moment. Don't stress, drink your water. I got a lot going on. I got to remind myself of the same shit every day. And that's okay. I think my sabotage is that I can't imagine not being the size I am now. I also

feel like I blame menopause. Mental work is the big one for me. Yeah. Sometimes your weight is working for you. It's what you know. It's where you are comfortable. Sometimes people put on weight to create distance to a lot of times people with their weight loss goal. And we're going to get into this as we go. Some of you are not just here to lose weight. You're here to change your lives. When I lose my weight, I'm going to start dating. I'm going to start a business. I'm going to sell my house. I'm going to move. I'm going to travel. I'm going to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So you put all these other things on top of this weight loss journey that you're trying to accomplish. You know, sometimes that can be scary because, well, maybe, you know, you're, you know, for whatever reason you haven't been dating, you're nervous about that.

It can be deep, right? And then, so you want to lose the weight, but then you said, when you lose the weight, you got to put yourself out there in the world. And that's a whole other can of worms, right? So that's a lot. Sometimes people, I'll say to people, well, maybe, maybe your weight, like it just, you're, you know, you're happy where you're at. And they're like, I'm not happy. I want to lose this weight. Okay. Well, maybe being at that size works for you. There's some comfort in that. It's what you know. It's sometimes like if you are, for example, dynamics and relationships change. We're going to get into this more as we, you know, start really getting into the program.

But if you are the fat friend, for example, and what happens when you're no longer the fat friend? That means someone in your group has to be the fat friend, right? Or you're like, you are the person who's always on a diet and everyone has gotten to know you or is like, oh, you're so-and-so always on a diet, you know, or you're the self deprecating, you know, you feel whatever in your clothes, look at my ass, look at whatever, and you make people laugh. And it's who you are. Your whole personality is tied into your weight.

And so who are you going to be? And how are you going to be? And how are people going to perceive you and be around you when you're not that person anymore? And with true weight loss that you're doing on the Libby method, you are truly changing who you are, how not just how your body has come to function, how your brain has come to function. It changes you when you start to prioritize yourself in your life, it changes you when you get to know what works for you, what doesn't work for you. You know, it changes you when you're changing your thought patterns as someone who feels like

a failure and berates them to someone who's like, has the confidence to know that they can do what they need to do, who's prioritizing, making time for themselves, super solid in what works for them and what doesn't. It changes who you are. It changes who you are. And that can be really exciting. It also can be equally terrifying. It can be very terrifying as well.

Good morning. I got to my goal of losing 10 pounds. This round is much tougher for me since bad night eating habits are keep coming back. Okay. So a couple of things. If you're coming back and doing another round, what worked for you last time may not be the things you need to focus on this time. So maybe you are hungrier this time. Your metabolism is higher. Your body's working at a more optimal level, but you are stuck on portion sizes. So one egg, three eggs, maybe you got down to eating one day, one egg every day after the last program, except now one egg isn't enough, and you need to eat two eggs or three eggs. But you're keeping your portion small because you think that's what you need to do. Right? So if you're a returning member, take a look at that. Different season, right?

Different season, it could be, you know, the amounts of water that you were drinking. Maybe you're not drinking as much because you've lost weight, but yet your environment is more dehydrating. Maybe you've been exercising more. So you need to get better sleep. Maybe sleep is the focus because you need your body to repair, rebuild, regenerate. Maybe this season of your life or this program, you are an accountant and it's tax time. Or maybe you have to do your taxes so you're not sleeping at night, right? Like maybe you have something going on with your child that, you know, young child, grown ass adult child that you're dealing with. So this is why it's great to take stock of where you are at now and be like, what are

the things I need to focus on this time around? So what's happening? Why are you extra hungry? Are you extra? Have you started back and you're on track and you're like, I don't understand why I'm extra hungry in the evening, but forgetting that being extra hungry in the evening can be a sign of your weight about to drop, right? Or you could be extra stressed and eating, you know, eating out of stress and eating at night was a pattern for you. Could it be that the days are a little bit longer, right? The sun's out longer. And so maybe you're a bit more active. Maybe you're out doing gardening now. And so you need to really look at, and maybe you've been skipping breakfast because skipping breakfast worked for you last time. but now without the days are longer, you want to get that breakfast in there, right? So

this is where you want to kind of assess that situation as such, but it's good that you know what's going on, where you are at. Good morning. Looking forward to an amazing, feeling as amazing I did in my first group where we are all in it to lose it. Yep. Trust Gina. Uh, this program really works. So you're going to hear a lot of our returning members talk about trust the program, trust the process, trust the program, trust the process. And I, we're not fans of blind faith. I think our returning members do that because they felt how you felt. They felt how you felt. They were unsure. They maybe felt overwhelmed. They didn't believe they didn't trust. They didn't like it was all new. It was different. It was foreign, all of that.

So this is why I want you to look for trust. You know, we're each week we're going to be rolling out our live you lose your spotlight on the weekend. We introduced you to some of the people on our team who shared their journeys and shared some tips for you. This is where being part of the Facebook support group in the community can really help you. It's real people on real journeys. We're going to start our Spill the Tea conversations the next couple of weeks, which is where I invite members on and have real conversations with me about their journey. But on top of all of that, I want you to feel comfortable asking all the questions that you need to, to make sure you feel confident in the things that you need to do. So I'm always just talking about an emotional support group. So this is the support group, right? And so some of you want to come in and you want to figure out how to,

how to not stress eat, emotionally eat, get over past 20 years of past diet. And you want to figure it all out this week. So here's the thing. This is what I would look ahead in the book in, I would look ahead into the table of, uh, or the index of the table of contents, whatever you call it. We're going to talk about all of these things. So for example, like, cause this can't be something that we talk about. Like I can't answer how you deal with emotional eating in like one response, right? I'm literally going to talk to Dr. Beverly David for an hour about it. And so we're going to get into all of it. We're going to get into, um, past dieting and what that's done.

We're going to get into stress eating, emotional eating, coping, learning. We're going to get into all of it. We have some great guest experts that are going to come on. Dr. Beverly, obviously a clinical psychologist. Tomorrow on Tuesday, Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer is back with us. She's going to talk about how to set yourself up for success. All this information, all of the feels, what do you freaking do with it? So that's what we're going to talk to her about tomorrow. We are going to talk hormones. We're going to talk about supplements. We're going to talk, we're going to, we have so

much stuff that we're going to dive into over the course of the 91 day program. So right now, the focus is on that food plan. I know you have a lot of questions, you have a lot of feels, but the most important thing for you to focus on is that basic food plan and be super solid on that. And then each week we're actually going to be making physical changes to the food plan, but each week has a new focus to go along with that tweak. So this week, the focus is on fine tuning and adjusting, right? Being aware of how your body's responding to the changes that you're making, being so super consistent, adding in those bonus snacks. Next week, we're going to focus on maximizing, which

is all the other things that you can do. By week three, this is where, and this is how it all comes together. By week three, I want you to be following the food plan so consistently and have it be so routine that you're starting to get a little bored. Because that's going to let you know that your body is calming down and adjusting to the changes that you've made so that when we make the changes moving forward, your body's going to notice. This is also where we start to deal with boredom. Like when you you are just doing what you need to do and you are using food for nutrient value, it starts to highlight all the other ways that you use food. You use food when you're stressed, you use food when you are emotional, you use food for a lot

when you're bored, right? And then the week after that, we're going to get into portions, what's called downsizing. And we did a whole overview. There's an overview of the program that you can check out in the guide. Then week four, we actually start to mess with those portions in this week called downsizing, where you are to leave a little bit on your plate. Now you don't want to do that now or you're going to trip yourself up. Everything for a rhyme and a reason and in its time. And so that starts to bring up when you have to physically leave food on your plates, that brings up food waste issues for people. People who have always just eaten everything on their plates brings up food waste issues. It brings up deep food scarcity issues for people

that goes back generations they didn't even know you were dealing with. We're going to get into those portions by asking those four questions. If you're a returning member, you should be asking those now. Four questions is being aware of the food that you're eating and how much. How do I feel before I even eat this food? Am I even hungry? How do I feel while eating the food? Am I starting to feel full? How do I feel when I'm done? How did I know I was done? How do I feel when I start to walk away 10, 15 minutes later? And but in order to get into that, you have to lay that super strong foundation of following the basic food plan. So you are aware of how your body is responding to the choices that you make and make that very routine. And this is what I mean by the program is so multi

layered. It's really super cool. So we're going to get into all of it. Yeah, I hate throwing food away. That will be hard. Right? But you not being hungry and eating food that you don't need is not saving food. There's things you can do, right? You're going to be mindful about how much you're actually portioning on your plate, you can, you know, get yourself some Tupperware. You can pack it up, put it in the fridge. You can incorporate it into other meals. But yes, so there's a lot that goes into, again, losing weight in a healthy, sustainable way. So much more than what you are eating and when. But right now we need to focus on what you're eating and when, so we can get into the rest of it. Oh my goodness. We're going to have so much to unpack, so much to talk about, so much to work through. I think it's such a super cool process. I love learning about myself.

I love moving forward in my life. I love growing. I love evolving. I'm totally into it. And more importantly, we want you to get to a place where once you lose your weight, you are calm around food, calm physically, calm mentally. You are in tune to what your body's needs. You've established some great habits that support your life and how you're waking up and feeling and moving and thinking through the world. Okay. That's enough for today. I got to go. I'm going to be back tonight, 7 PM. If you want to join me then, uh, otherwise I'll be back tomorrow with Dr. Dina Kara Schaefer. Definitely you do not want to miss that segment. Of course, with all of our lives, if you can't watch them live, we repost them in the guides, or you can also download and listen to them on our Libby Method

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