The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 8 - Winter 2026

Episode Date: January 12, 2026

In this episode, Gina breaks down why bonus snacks are part of The Plan, not because you’re off track, but because your body has real needs based on your day, activity level, and energy output. She also gets real about weekend self-sabotage, unpacking the deeper "why" behind repeated patterns instead of just brushing them off. At the heart of the conversation is a powerful reminder that self-worth and body love can co-exist with wanting change. Gina speaks candidly about the fear of success, emotional eating, and why trusting the process, especially when it feels hard, is the key to long-term success. Plus, she shares how the scale can actually be a helpful tool once you understand the patterns and stop using it as a measure of worth.This is a recording of the Day 8, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2026.To learn more about The Livy Method or sign up for the Winter 2026 Support Group, 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. Week one of the program.

Okay, so before we get into this Monday and week one, food plan wise, more the same. Everything that we introduced to last week. This week, you're focusing on fine-tuning and adjusting. So really trying to be as consistent as possible, trying to make your meals and snacks as nutrient-rich as possible. So what does that mean? That means you don't have to eat salads every day for lunch. and if you are having a salad, make sure you load it out vegetables, proteins, healthy fats,

add some nuts, some seeds, avocado, use good oils, right? You can eat a lot of food that doesn't have a lot of nutrient value and a smaller amount of food that has a super high nutrient value. So we are not going for volume eating. We are going for nutrient eating. I believe we have a post for you this week talking about nutrient rich foods and what that means. For example, your veg snack in the afternoon doesn't just have to be carrots. You could add hummus. You could add guacamole. You could add a boiled egg. You could add some cheese. You could do a variety of vegetables. You could make it more like a salad, but, you know, more veggies than salad. So try to think, is this giving me my most bang for my buck? And you want to make sure you're eating enough

to feel satisfied. That's really important. The first couple weeks of the program, all about giving the body what it needs so it doesn't feel the need to store fat. Returning member just really resetting that routine. If you are a returning member, you can dig into those four sets of mindful eating questions right away. You can start maximizing your efforts. If you're new to the program, you might be like, what is the four sets of mindful eating questions and maximizing?

So the four questions are all about getting in tune with your portions. Right now, you really just want to eat enough to feel satisfied in the moment. But we're going to really dig into before you eat. How do you feel? Are you even hungry? And yes, if you're not hungry for your meals and snacks, you still want to have at least a small token amount. So three to five bites. While you're eating, you're going to pay attention to how you are feeling. What if I was to stop now? What if I was to eat a few more bites? How did you know you were satisfied and had enough when you're done eating? And then also checking in 10, 15 minutes later. So we're going to get into that in the next couple of weeks.

but for right now, if you're new to the program, consistency is key right now. Bonus snacks. We introduced bonus snacks yesterday. So bonus snacks are extra snacks that you can add in if you feel like you're not getting enough by way of the basic food plan. This is really important. They're not convenient snacks. They're not like, well, I'd rather have, you know, yogurt and fruit than my fruit snack,

for example, sample. they're added in a specific time. So after your morning snack before lunch or and or after your lunch before your first morning snack, they really are for people who feel like they need them. So you are either really active in your day. And I'm not just talking about an extra gym workout, like you're super active. Maybe your job is really active. You get up really early in the morning. Maybe you get up 4.35 o'clock in the morning. What you would need might be a little different than someone else who It's about nine or 10 o'clock in the morning. Shift work, this is great for shift work, people doing those long 24-hour shifts.

That'll give you enough food throughout your day by adding those bonus snacks. You're not going any longer than three and a half hours without eating, right? So let's talk about the weekend. So this weekend was your first weekend. How'd you make out? How'd you make out? Some people, I've been reading the comments. You feel fantastic.

You're really proud of yourself. And then there's some of you who feel like you've already. blown it. You know, you've got to start it again. What can I do? I'm not a big fan of letting things go. I'm really not. I am, here's Robin. I got a low number on the scale and I feel amazing. Then I sabotage every time. I desperately need to stop this. Why do I do this? I deserve to be healthy and fit. I'm going to get into that because we're talking sabotage today. Let's talk about the weekend though. Let's talk about the weekend. So you signed up for a weight loss program last Monday and you already gone off plan on the weekend. What is that about? What is that about, right? So I'm not a

fan of letting things go. Let it go. Let it go. I believe in figuring out why. Why? Why did I make that choice? Why am I feeling the way I'm feeling today about that choice, right? In the midst of your weekend, it's so easy to get caught up and what you're doing. You're out for friends. Yeah, I'll have some fries. Yeah, I'll order a burger too. Or maybe you get into some chippies. Oh, I'll start fresh on Monday. Always a great idea to make a plan for yourself before you're in the midst of your weekend. So on Fridays, what's going on this weekend? In fact, your whole social calendar, right? What do you got going on over the next three months where you know you're going to want to indulge? You got your friend's wedding. You've got an anniversary. You got a birthday. You've got a

restaurant reservation you can try to get for months. There are going to be times where you know you're going to want to indulge and you can absolutely do this on the program, right? But the weekends where you don't have anything going on. That's where you really might want to make an effort to be as consistent as possible, because weight loss is based on momentum. If the scale move for you today, it wasn't what you did yesterday. It's what you've been doing all week long leading up to that scale moving, right? So you really want to keep that momentum going. And even if you do have a few bites of bits here and there, that's why my biggest advice for the weekend is don't blow off the whole day or the whole weekend because of a few bites of bits. But let's take it back. Let's say you

had some chippies on Saturday night and you're feeling ways about that. Okay, why did you have the chips? What was going on mentally? What were you thinking? What was going on in your day? Did you have a stressful day? Did something trigger you when you were going to have those chips and you made that choice? What were you thinking? Oh, life is short. I'll start again Monday. I'm just going to have a few. And then immediately after you were done eating, what happened? Did you start? I shouldn't have had that. oh my goodness, why did I do that? Did you get out the next day and be like, oh my God, my weight is up or my weight isn't down? And it's because I had those chips and I'm a failure in all of that, right? How did having that choice make you feel? Why did you make that choice? What was going on in your life?

So you want to connect the dots because one of the things that we're going to be doing is reworking your body physically and how it's come to function. A lot of you, especially hot off the heels of starvation diets, your body's really feeling that it needs that fat. We want to address that. but also rewiring your brain and how it's come to function. We talk about food noise. Food noise is the wiring of our brain in a certain way around foods, which if you can imagine years of dieting and trying not to eat, we become very disconnected, right? Very disconnected. And so we're trying to reconnect everything, rewire everything, connect the dots. So a lot of this process will be what's going on in your mind, why you're making the choices that you are making and then

how you are not just thinking but also feeling, right? Okay, let me get, let me talk about the sabotage thing because I, I have someone else's, I have some questions and comments that Kim sent me. Good morning. The self-sabotage post was much needed this morning. I was doing really well all week until the weekend. Not going to dwell on it, but I need to go deeper and try to figure out why I do this to myself, right? Not what's wrong with me, but what's going on me? Why did I make that choice? What was happening? What happened that day? Right, right? I'm going to look online for the book Worthy. Oh, that was, that Worthy is a great. Jamie Kernlema, the book worthy. Great book. Great book. It's interesting, and I won't go into this now, but I came across this book a

couple years ago, I was actually watching this all day long thing she was having on YouTube. And I thought because I was successful, I was happy, um, that I didn't have an issue feeling worthy. And boy, was I wrong? Boy, was I wrong? I really didn't feel worthy of the success that I was having in my life. I didn't feel worthy of the love that I was having in my life. Um, and a lot of times we think, well, people who don't feel worthy or maybe, you know, not successful or you just depressed or whatever that is, right? You are worthy. You're allowed, first of all, you're allowed to make change, right? And I think the body positivity thing came along and was really tied into weight. And you can absolutely love yourself right now, today, as you are and still want to lose weight

or still want to help your body release this fat that no longer serves the purpose, right? That's a big one. that's a big one when you're when you're living your best life if you woke up today that is your best life you want you want to live every day to the fullest but you are allowed to want to make change you're allowed to change physically you're allowed to change your mind mentally the whole point is growing and evolving right and when we talk about a bigger picture with weight loss it's it's working through the things you need to work through and work on to actually be able to make change right bigger picture is acquiring the tools and the skills, like being in tune and trusting eventually when to eat. I'm actually hungry versus, I mean, eating out a habit or I'm triggered or,

you know, consoling or whatever that is. What to eat. Oh, I need some protein. I can feel it. Oh, I need a salad badly. Oh, my goodness. Right. And how much to eat, knowing the exact moment where if you were going to take one more bite, you're going to walk away feeling like you've eaten too much. And sometimes that's okay, but you're making a conscious choice. This is delicious. I'm going to overeat it. I'm going to enjoy it. And then I'm not going to walk away berating myself and feeling the need to punish myself. Or you know what? That looks delicious. I'm not actually hungry. Don't need it. Thank you very much. I'm going to choose not to have it, right? And so this is why the thoughts and the feels, whatever you're thinking today, whatever you're feeling today is not only just

valid, that's your ticket to success. What is that about? What is that about? Right. So, for example, started the weight loss diet, for lack of a better word, whatever you want to call it on Monday, and this weekend, you feel like you blew it, right? What is that about? What was going on in your mind? What was happening in your day? Right. What can you learn to make a different choice next time? Right? And you might, you might blow it next weekend and the weekend after, and the weekend after that and the weekend after that. Let me tell you something. You're not going to ruin anything and you're still going to be successful. These are the things that you need to learn and work on and work through to acquire the tools and the skills that you need to be able to not just lose your weight, but to be able to maintain it and sustain it. Always bigger picture. Always bigger picture here. Always bigger picture.

Sabotage can happen for so many reasons. So many reasons. And even if you're not sabotaging yourself, it's a great idea to look over the that post, we've highlighted all the different ways that people sabotage themselves. Nothing hurts my soul more than someone who reaches out first week of the program, second week of the program, third week of the program. Oh my goodness, I blew it. Should I just wait and start again in the spring? Like, what? No. Oh, my goodness. No. You learn, you almost learn more for making the choices you don't want to make. then you do constantly making the choices you do want to make. It really is about making as many choices as possible each day that fall in line with your goals. And some days, some weekends, some weeks, you're going to feel like a rock star.

And other days legit hanging on by the skin of your teeth thinking, oh my God, I'm never going to get there. You will, as long as you keep showing up. But sabotage is a big one. And it's so individual. You want to figure out sabotage, honor your thoughts, honor your feels. right you're going to have you're going to have you're going to you're going to be able to take a minute and be like okay right you're going to get there you're going to get there you're going to be able to take a minute and assess how you're feeling or why you're making a choice Sandra lea is going to join us um because i think this

might be where some food addiction comes in and how we use food right you have a bad day you're stress eating you're feeling emotional you're consoling right you we use food for a lot of things and she's going to join me tomorrow. She's a food addiction counselor, and we're going to talk about food addiction. And not just food addiction, but how we utilize food. And this is going to be big. Even if you feel like you don't have a food addiction, trust me, it's still going to be super valuable.

So join us for that conversation tomorrow. And I want to talk to all the new people who might be joining us today. So registration is still open. Normally we shut it down. Normally yesterday was the last day to sign up. We're going to leave it open for another couple of days. is but we're going to feel it out. The reason why we shut it down is because we don't want people feeling overwhelmed and lost. So I had a comment here from someone who just started. I'm just starting

now, missed last week. Honestly, I'm feeling really overwhelmed and that there's so much going on with this plan, even though I understand the idea of keeping it simple. Okay. So I would imagine anyone starting now might feel overwhelmed because they already feel like they're starting late. we have people who've signed up for the program. They're still enjoying their vacation. They're going to come back. They're going to open up their app and they're just going to start on day one. So you want to start on day one. And you don't want to go back. You don't want to repeat steps. Like if you're hearing that now and be like, oh, I'm going to go back and start on day one because I've fucked up the weekend this weekend. Do not do that. Do not go back. Do not repeat steps. Keep moving forward. The guidelines each week. So there's a lot of

nice to know information in the program. And then there's the need to know. You need to know, so you're just starting. You need to know the, you need to start on day one. You need to read over the prep week guidelines and you need to understand the food plan. And that's it, right? Those of you started last week, you need to read over the week one guidelines and what the focus is for this week. Because we're going to build, as we go, we're going to build on each week, right? So if you're feeling overwhelmed, it's because you are making it overwhelming for you. Prep week guidelines, food plan, take time to ask all the questions that you need, take time to read the information, right? The reason why it might seem like a lot is there is a lot to losing your weight in a healthy,

sustainable way. That's it. That's it. Right? I'm not into quick fixes. I'm here to help you lose as much weight as quickly as possible. Yeah. Not into quick fixes. Can you give her a rat's fucking ass about losing weight as fast as possible. I want you to lose it and then be able to maintain it, right? So invest, invest some time in yourself. I will go back and listen to, if you're new to the program this week, go back and listen to our conversations with our guest experts last week. So there's two guest experts segments.

One where we brought them, said them over our guests, and they shared what they thought you need to know as you start the program. And the secret to being successful on the program. And the other was Dina Kara Schaefer, who is a learning strategist. And she talked about, and this is to anyone who missed those segments, honest to God, you should go back and take some time and either watch or listen. Talked about how to utilize the resources and set yourself up for success. So there's the app. Thank goodness we are working through.

Listen, the team got through something like 9,000 emails from last week, 9,000 when really there was only a couple hundred people having issues with their app. From our end, a lot of them were kind of user error, you know, creating an account. when you just needed a new password, signing up with a different email. This one, over 9,000 emails they've gotten through. Most of them now are just people asking, like, how do I use the AI and how do I do all of that? Thank goodness. So I also want to see with the app too. There are still a lot of changes coming to the app.

That's not the app. We're going to get rid of that screen that opens up every time you open up your app. We're going to make the AI icon, which is on the lower right-hand side of your app. your app. We're going to make that more visible. We're going to be able to make your intention stick. There's a lot of changes, including adding chat features and adding the supplement space and all those things that you guys who've been with us for a while have been asking, right? So that's not the app. We're going to continue. You're going to see probably changes by the end of the week being made to the app. So thank you for all your patience with using the app. The easiest way to follow along

is with the app. Start on day one and then work your way through, review the information, listen to the guest experts, all of that. That's the easiest way, right? We have the app. We have the Facebook support group, which is more community, pop in, join us for the lives, you know, connect with members and whatnot. We have those share pages that we posted on the weekend, right? If you're looking to share your favorite recipes and whatnot, share pages are there for you if you're looking for ideas. Of course, we also have our journal, sorry, our program guide, so the Living Method program guide, written version of all the different posts, all the, all the things, the nice to know information plus the guidelines. And then we do also have our journal as well.

So this is, uh, this goes along with the winter program specifically. And if you like to put pen to paper and track, you can do that there. I also have another book that I have not talked much about. I wrote it over the holidays. It's called the comeback method. It's for women. Uh, if you're feeling a little lost, a little scattered, a little bit like, oh my God, here I am in my life and what the fuck is going on. You might want to pick this up. It's not a how-to. It's more of a readiness book. It's more of a readiness book. This might be what you need this time around, especially if you've been with me for a while. You might find that useful. Sabotage is so real. It is so real. Oh, my goodness. It is so real. Okay. Let me continue with this.

host. Okay. Miss last week, I'm feeling really overwhelmed and there's just so much going on with this plan, even though I understand the idea of keeping it simple. I do not apologize for there being so much going on. I don't. Some of it's going to be for you. Some of it's not going to be for you. That's okay, right? I do better with a meal plan rather than specific ideas and portions rather than a general eating proteins, vegetables. No, you don't. No, you don't. And I appreciate this comment, right? Which is why I'm sharing it today. No, you don't or you wouldn't be here. you don't do well with the way you dieted it before or you wouldn't be here. Straight up facts. Straight up facts. I have been helping people lose weight for over 30 years. The best thing for you

to understand is there a rhyme and a reason and a lot of fucking science behind the living method. Right? And meal plans don't work. They don't work. Everybody eats chicken on a Tuesday does not work. It doesn't work. All those diets where you literally got the meals delivered to you, right? the meals delivered to you in the portions that you are to eat doesn't work. It doesn't work. It doesn't account for real life whatsoever. The kinds of foods you like to eat, the ones you don't like to eat, your food sensitivities, dietary needs, cultural preferences, life going out to eat out a restaurant, being on the run, being stressed, any of those things, right? So here's what I suggest. Read the food plan. Understand the

reason behind it. And so that's where we have the why it works each week, which is really big, and the science Saturdays, right? People come in, they try to, let me do this, let me do that, I'm going to do this, I'm going to do that. Next thing, you know, you're doing your own thing, right? You're doing your own thing. There's a lot of flexibility in the food plan itself, but you do want to make sure you are focusing on the components that we are suggesting the protein at breakfast, the fruit obviously eat snack, the vegetables, which are carbohydrates and energy foods. and that is if you want to add any heavier carbs like rice and kinoa's, that's where lunch wants to go, your afternoon snack, those vegetables are there for a reason, the nuts and seeds,

high in protein and fat, hard to digest, you know, feed into your satiety hormone so you're less likely to overeat dinner. So there's a rhyme and a reason to everything that we are doing. Don't come in and try to make it your own thing. That's the biggest thing. I'm a bit of a bitch about that because I know my program works. And if you ask questions, whether it's in the AI or in the group, and let's say, oh, I'm having a hard time I'm doing all the things. And then we're assuming the things that you are doing are the things that we are suggesting you do. If you are hit and miss with those things, you're going to get hit and miss kind of results, right? So you want to make sure you sign it for the 91 days. Give this plan a shot. Give this plan a shot. You will notice it's different than other diets.

and that's specific and for a reason. I had the opportunity of talking to Dr. Jason Fung a while back, and we just launched the podcast conversation, I think, was it Friday? I'm going to post it in the group. Jason, he's the only other person on the planet I can find that thinks calories in versus calories out is bullshit. It's just bullshit. It's just not how we lose weight.

Yes, what you eat is really important, but calories are not it for so many reasons. Highly suggest that you take time to listen to that one. That's a good one, especially if you're stuck on the old count way measure calorie thing. That will just really help shift your brain and your thought process, right? I do what they want to remind people that we do have the recipe guide in the app, also in the group, and we have all those share pages if you're looking for ideas in terms of what to eat and what to make and whatnot as well. Okay. Sabotage your you guys talking about stuff. I was fear. My fear is letting go of comfort food. I did really well last week, Monday to Friday, then I celebrated with the comfort food. Yes, we get this a lot.

People see that scale move and they celebrate the scale move. What is that about? What is that about? Because then it simultaneously is sabotaging what you're trying to do. That could be a feeling worthy thing, right? That could be a fear of success thing. Oh my goodness. What if this actually works for me and I'm able to lose my weight, maybe you've been here before. Maybe you've lost the weight before and then you've gained it back. Maybe that's happened so many times. That's why bigger picture here is so important. That's why we do things differently around here because it's not just losing weight.

It's about maintaining weight. So if you can kind of really dig into that, that can really help as well with that sabotage. My fear is how do I let go of my comfort foods to stay on plan? it feels like breaking up with a friend, if that makes any sense. It does. So where do comfort foods come from? Right? Where to comfort foods come from?

Normally when we overeat, we get this euphoric high from the insulin, from the hormones, right? We get this. We overeat. Oh, I feel so good. I love. When are we usually overeating? When we're around people, right? We're talking.

We're laughing. we're, you know, or we're coping, we're overeating, we're consoling ourselves. We're giving ourselves comfort, self-soothing. Right. So the sense of comfort food comes from that. Overeating is a chemical reaction with our hormones. You're jacked up insulin. Goes up.

You feel euphoric high. And then it comes crashing down. And then we're like, right? So you got to understand where that comes from. So are you afraid of losing a coping mechanism? Right. This is, this is what you're going to think about. What, what are you using food for in that moment? So, so you were celebrating the fact that you've made great choices and felt really good last week. Did you celebrate to a point where it then made you feel not good, right? And I, so that's,

that, that's, that's, that's, that's sabotage. So let's call a spade a spade, right? Your fear of losing out comfort food and it's leading to sabotage. So, so I love that you're, I love that you're, I love that you're getting this already. I love that you're getting this already. You, this is not about depriving yourself. This is about losing your weight in a way that you will get to enjoy all the yummy bites of bits that life has to offer. There isn't anything that I don't eat. If I want a donut, I'll have a donut. Chances are, though, I will not eat the whole donut. I also don't work. I also don't deal with food waste issues and food scarcity issues. So I feel entitled to be able to have a donut even if I don't eat the whole thing because I know I'm not

wasting that donut because me eating more than I need is not saving anything at the end of the day, right? I can be in a room full of my favorite foods, if that is brownies or chips or whatever, and be like, yeah, I'm good without, oh my God, should I eat it? Should I not eat them? Maybe I'll just have one blah la la la la right no one no if i don't want it i'm good or i'll be like yeah i'll have some and sometimes i do overeat but usually it's a conscious choice this is so good i'm enjoying it i know if i keep eating i'm going to eat too much right so so this is about losing your weight in a way where you can enjoy all the foods you want to enjoy, but in a way that actually brings you pleasure, in a way that's actually joyful, not, oh, I'm going to eat this, stress the fuck out the whole time I'm

eating it. Oh my God, I shouldn't eat this. One more bite. Why am I eating this? Oh my God, I'll start my diet tomorrow. The minute I'm done. Oh my God, I'm never going to be able to lose my weight. Why did I do this, right? Go to bed. Okay, tomorrow. I'm just going to eat nothing all day long because I over ate this one thing and I've ruined everything and I'm never going to be able to lose weight ever again and oh my god I might as well just whatever and then the next day you wake up and I get on the scale and the scale is not showing exactly what I wanted to show oh my god it's because I've had this donut and what's wrong with me and blah la la la la so I'm going to punish myself and starve myself and deprive myself and when people ask me why I'm not eating and be like oh my tummy

tummy hurts and I don't feel well you can make up some lame excuse to punish myself for the thing that I chose to eat and then overeat the night before right that's the bigger picture with all of this. It's not starvation. It's not deprivation. No one's trying to deprive you from the foods that you love. So what is it that you ate? Right. Could you have just eaten a smaller amount of that? Or how did that affect the scale today? So maybe your weight was up. Here's the thing. Whatever you ate on the weekend, whatever your weight is today, it's not real weight gain. It's not real weight gain. you didn't gain any actual weight from indulging on the weekend. That is not going to stop you from reaching your goal.

It might slow you down a little bit. It might slow you down a little bit, but you're still going to get there. You're still going to get there, right? So this is where you want to avoid that all or nothing attitude or the sense of deprivation. If you're a foodie and you're used to indulging and overeating in the food, that's the part you remember. It's like that shitty relationship. You remember the good times.

You remember the joy that comes from eating the food, but you don't remember the aftermath that follows it. So we got to work through that aftermath piece, right? Again, the great conversation tomorrow with Sandra Alia. She's going to talk about exactly this. But this is exactly it, right? This is exactly it. And you might be thinking, whoa, Gina, it's week one of this diet. What the fuck are we talking about?

We're talking about sabotage. We're talking about fear. We're talking about all these things. This is it. It's not the food plan. I mean, it is physically, but it's so much bigger than that, right? It's, it's so much bigger than that. So much bigger than that. That is my problem, is trying to be mindful of amounts. I need to slow down when I eat. We're going to get into that, right? So what you're going to notice, the best thing you can do is be

as consistent as possible, whether you're new to the program, returning members, be consistent as possible, eat enough in the moment to feel satisfied. You're going to notice a couple things happening. You'll actually start to feel hungrier, you'll actually start to be hungry. You'll be like, oh my God, I feel hungry. Great. It's good. Body's telling you you're hungry. That's good. You'll also notice your body will tell you when you've had enough. And you'll start to notice that you actually get more satisfied on smaller portions naturally, naturally. But if you are purposely trying to eat less at times or purpose is trying to eat more at times, right? You're slowing the process of you getting to this place where you're, your body is making those adjustments on its own.

You might notice you feeling a lot leaner. Your inflammation from eating good nutrient-rich foods is calming down. You probably feel a lot leaner. Maybe you have better energy. Maybe you're sleeping better, feeling better. Maybe you're pooping better, although bowel movements tend to be all over the place, depending on where your body's at and what's going on. Feeling really good.

Feeling really good. So if you can just imagine, it's just been a week's, right? So you add 12 more weeks on top of that because it's really about building momentum. With the living method, it gets easier as you go. Or perhaps you are feeling bloated and and you're having a crappy sleep and you know, those are all signs that your weight is about to drop, right? And that's why tracking your weight every day. Like, for example, if you ate your face off on the weekend, your weight is up today. Good. Because what's going to happen is you're going to see it come right back down and probably then some. And you're going to notice those patterns on the

the scale. And you'll be able to see those patterns based on times that you indulge. Oh, this is when I, you know, had my friend's wedding. Oh, this is when this happened. Right. You'll be able to see the ups right before the drops, which are normal, right, before your weight drops, right? So you'll be able to pick up on those patterns. Last week was difficult. At 3 a.m. I was eating my dinner. I know better, but very stressful day. A better week this time, I hope. Right. So this is where we're going to get into and talk about all the other factors that factor into weight loss. One is stress. And so your stress is not going to go away. Chances are, so what can you do to help manage your stress? Right. Deep breathing exercises, journaling, obviously moving your body, scheduling time to stress out every day. We're going to

have Alanna McGinn who says stress and sleep expert join us in the next couple of weeks. We're going to talk about that. Moving your body, obviously. If you're moving your body throughout the day, it's helping with stress and it'll help with sleep for example um uh what else uh sleep right sleep hygiene sleep hygiene is really key um definitely not eating after dinner is one of probably the hardest things to do and one of the most important things to do when it comes to helping your body focus on fat loss so we're going to be talking about all of these things we're going to talk about all the stuff around the what you are eating and when that are going to give you a lot of things if you're looking for more things to do that you can do to be as

proactive as possible. But with that said, it's not about more and more and more and more. It's about figuring out what you need to focus on, what you need to work on and work through, right? The issues and associations tied into food. This is where we're going to have, excuse me, Dr. Beverly David, join us on Thursday, clinical psychologist. We're going to talk about how the way you were raised impacts the choices that you make. For example, some of you are going to realize that your sense of eating enough to feel satisfied comes from clearing your plate. Some of you are going to realize the reason why you can't just have a few bites of a donut.

You need to eat the whole thing is because you deal with food waste issues or food scarcity issues. Some of you not only under-eat, but then you also overeat out of fear of being hungry. Right. We become very disconnected. If you were told as a kid to sit there and eat all the food on your plate, even though you were full, you were told to eat your broccoli because it's good for you, even though maybe it's hard to digest, so it upset your tummy.

If you were actually hungry and you were told, oh, dinners in three hours are going to have to wait, that already causes you to be disconnected from being in tune with your body. Then you spent years of dieting on top of that, purposely trying not to eat, right, ignoring your hunger cues, not drinking water when you're thirsty, not sleeping when you were tired and become very, very disconnected. Speaking of past diets, so Dr. Beverly also going to share with us how your history of dieting. Some of you feel like, you know, some of you are just bringing a lot of baggage from past diets and rightfully so. You feel like your body hates you. It's working against you. Maybe you don't trust me. You don't trust diets, rightfully so again. It's not

not from lack of time and energy money put into trying to lose weight. It was really just the way those diets were designed. They helped you lose weight, but they didn't help you be able to maintain and sustain your weight. And that's what makes this program different. But that doesn't, you know, that doesn't do anything about the feels that we're left with. So two great conversations this week. Sandra Alia joining us tomorrow talking about food addiction, though it's going to be so much more than that. So even if you feel like, oh, I don't have food addiction, it's going to be relevant to you. Like we're going to talk about how to stop nighttime eating, that type of thing. Or to stop feeling guilty about, you know, it's definitely, you don't have to carry guilt with you

just because you made a few choices that didn't align with your goals. You know what I mean? Dr. Beverly David on Thursday, talk about how your history of dying will factor into your current journey. And then our resident dietitian, Alyssa Steinberg, is going to join us on Thursday also to share a couple recipes with us and then talk about how to make sure you're getting enough protein in your diet if you're interested in that conversation. Okay, that's my time for today, you guys. I'm going to be back tonight at 7 p.m. by no means. Do you have to listen to two lives a day?

In fact, you do not have to listen to any of the lives. They are not mandatory. But I think it's great to talk more in depth about this process, right? There is so much to talk about. Do not overwhelm yourself. Really, there is the need to know, which is the week one guidelines. If you joined us last week, it's the prep week guidelines and the food plan. If you are new to the program this week,

If you asked a question on here today, and I did not answer, because I know there are more than a few, copy and paste it and put it on the post pin to the top of the page, the check-in video each day, that is where my team will answer it and written for them. Sort of what happens on the live stays on the live. So this is the one place where they don't come in and provide a written response. There is still time to sign up. So if you realize what an amazing program this is, because truly it's a great program. Share with your friends and family.

There's still time to sign up sooner rather than later. all they have to do is head over to our website, liby method.com. Okay, everyone, have a fantastic day, whether you get off to a great start today or not. We still have a lot of time here. So, you know, think about how you feel about your choices on the weekend. Give it a little bit of thought and then focus on where you're at right now today. Make sure you reach out. Let us know if you have any questions.

Have a fantastic day and I will see you later. Bye, everyone. Thanks for joining me.