The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 88 - Spring/Summer 2024

Episode Date: July 18, 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 88, 9 AM live.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Let’s talk about reality and the myths we believe cause weight gain.What happens when we are done? – Accessing the group and information.Bridging the Gap – How to join us for Summer Club.Happiness – Leaning into learning and change that serves us well.Mindful indulgences – Checking in on why and how we feel for the win.Accessing information in the App – How to find all the things.Is it really program fatigue? Let's talk about what it really is.Tips for enjoying summer beverages.Summer vibes – Making intentional time for ourselves while we enjoy the break.Just do you – Things we tell ourselves we have to do versus need to do.Embrace what it feels like to be doing this – Reflecting and connecting.Not gaining and winning - Prioritizing ourselves while navigating real life.The goal is calm – When our brain gets quiet and our body chimes in.Shaking up our routine in the coming weeks – Think ahead and make a plan.We are here for you – We are not done yet!To learn more about the Livy Method, or to join our Fall Group starting September 9th, 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,

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It is day 88 of the program. The topic of conversation today in the group is how not to gain weight. We are talking about how not to gain weight. You have spent the last three months learning how to lose weight. Now we're talking about how not to gain weight, which I think is an important perspective. You are not going to gain your weight back as long as you are mindful of doing the things that you need to do if you do find yourself indulging. One of the biggest myths or myths truth is that just eating healthy food is going to make you fat. It's going to make you gain weight. It's not. It's usually food. Okay, so I don't want to say healthy, unhealthy, but you know what I'm saying. Let's say like chips and high sugar candies and unhealthy foods. Also overindulging in foods. But then really the issue is then under eating,

starving and depriving all day, indulging and then punishing ourselves and then starving and depriving again. It's really that cycle that causes the body to feel a need to store fat. It's also a lot harder than what you think to actually gain real weight. But with that said, the scale can fluctuate a lot. The scale can fluctuate a lot. So we've given you a whole list of things not to do. Don't starve yourself all day long in anticipation of a bigger meal. Maybe you're going to a wedding or whatever. Don't starve and deprive yourself and punish yourself after you find yourself indulging. Don't starve and deprive yourself and punish yourself after you find yourself indulging. Don't have an all or nothing attitude where it's just like,

I'm just going to eat everything. You know, you can still get that water in, add in some leafy greens, have some snacks. If you overeat your lunch meal or you have burgers and fries or whatever, that doesn't mean you skip, you know, the afternoon snacks. In fact, you want to have afternoon snacks if you do have that bigger meal that stimulates that digestive system. It signals, hey, more food coming in, right? So read over that post. Let us know if you have any questions. Can you access the information in the group after you are done? Yes. So a lot of administrative questions lately. Yesterday, we did post a program FAQ talking about some of the most frequently asked questions. And this is one of them. If you haven't seen it yet, it's posted in the guides. So after we are done writing a group,

we, we, you do still have access. We archive it. We archive the group, meaning we don't post in it anymore. You don't ask questions in it anymore. So but it is still accessible in terms of the information. So if you want to continue to watch the check-in videos, if you're if you're working behind in the program, or you want to rewatch some of the guest segments, which we are posting that for you, we're going to do a whole list of all the guest segments from it's pretty amazing all the amazing guest segments we've had over the last three months. We're going to post that for you. So if you want to watch those videos, the only place for you to watch them is in the Facebook support group. So we're going to leave the Facebook support group

open for you to continue to access all the information. It's just that we don't answer any questions after Sunday. I think we, we go right through till Sunday, uh, night. And then maybe I think there's a crew that comes in and we'll, um, you know, kind of not clean up, but finish up any of the sort of questions asked Sunday night, Monday morning. And then after that, we shut, we shut it down. We shut it down. Um, this is where we can where we can go try to get on the Bridging the Gap group. I was told to go to the website, but there's nothing there. Can you help me, please? So if you go to the website, GinaLivie.com, and you go to the shop section, like if I go to it

right now, though, let me just check because there maybe could be issues with websites as there are every now and then I'm going to go to GinaLivie.com. I hit the main page. I can go to the shop, the sign up now. Uh, and that will actually take me, if I go to the sign up now, it will take me to the fall program. But if I go to, um, that's where it says next program begins September 24th. So if you hit the sign up, that'll take you to the fall program. If you want to find the Bridging the Gap group, you go to the sign up. So hit the little three dots at the top.

If you're on a mobile, if you are on your computer, it's right at laptop, it's right across the top. Hit sign up and that'll take you to the Bridging the Gap group, which is right at the top. We also have an amazing customer service team. So if you're over on our website, you can just reach out for the contact form. The customer service team will help you. It's actually real people. It's actually real people. So it might take you a few hours to get a response. I would leave about 24 hours for a response. I am so freaking proud of myself. I'm at my one year anniversary of the living method. Hi, Robin, and down just shy of 65 pounds. This has changed my life. Looking forward to losing more over the summer and so excited for the fall program. Thank you, Gina. Oh, Robin,

thank you for having faith in the program. This is a what a great vibe to start off this lovely Thursday morning, 65 pounds down over the course of the year done in a healthy way, a healthy way, not just physically giving your body nutrient rich foods, being, being in tune to your body's needs, strengthen that mind body connection, but also mentally. I don't care who you are. You've got issues to work through, right? Associations with food, how we use food, how we use food to cope with our emotions and our issues and our associations, our beliefs, our habits, our traumas. There's so much. How we see ourselves in the world,

how we move in the world, our relationship with food, our relationship with other people, our relationship with ourselves. That's amazing. 65 pounds down. I was reading this thing on Instagram today, I was reading, I was watching. And it was talking about when we are, we are most happy when we are making change. And it was talking to sort of like, I think it was Mel Robbins. And they were talking to sort of this midlife crisis dip. So we're happy when we're younger because we're learning so much. We're growing. Life is changing. When we're in our early 20s or whatever, life is exciting. We're doing all this stuff. Then we kind of settle down and then life is kind of just the same over and over, the same routine, the same everything. And then that's sort of when our happiness takes a dip.

And it's not because we're unhappy with our lives. It's because we're not changing. And I thought, isn't that so cool? I love change. I love change. I love moving. I like literally where I live. I think that's really exciting. I love everything about change. I think change is exciting when people say, oh, I'm changing jobs or I'm like, great, that's exciting. Change is great for your brain. And with this program, I got thinking about, oh, I'm changing jobs or I'm like, great, that's exciting. Change is great for your brain. And with this program, I got thinking about, wow, we're doing so much change. There's so much to conquer was sort of the word that came up and work through and do. And then I got thinking about another quote that I saw from Kelly Sweeney, and it was about the magic is in the things that you are not doing. The magic is in the things that you are not doing.

And I got thinking about if we could focus on how good we feel when the things we are doing are aligning, or when we notice that the things that we are doing, the hard work that we are not avoiding and the hard work that we are doing, when it work that we are not avoiding and the hard work that we are doing, when it does start to add up, how just freaking amazing we feel. Like that, like this, right? Like this is you doing, Robin. This is Robin doing the hard things that are adding up. And that's the magic, right? And I was thinking about that today. I'm thinking, because at the end of the program, I can feel like, oh my God, that was a lot. I feel like I need a break. Or we could also feel like, oh my God, I still have a long way to go.

Or we can feel like Robin, oh my gosh, I'm so freaking proud of myself. If there was a way we can kind of like change our perspective to really embrace the hard work that we're avoiding that creates the magic. Get excited about making change. I love that deeper level of understanding. Today, that was a bit of an aha moment for me where I was like, oh, I love this because I love change. And I try to explain that to people. It's really the feeling of it. I bought a small bag of chips yesterday and I ate the whole thing. Okay. I have not done that in forever. And how was that? Did you enjoy it? Did you enjoy it? So this is where we want to, like, I love that kind of like, that's like, um, in maintenance,

we call that kind of testing the waters. So did you, did you really want the chips? Did you like, is that why you bought the chips? Did you really want the chips? Like, is that why you bought the chips? Did you really want the chips? What was your mindset with those chips? I'm not trying to take the fun out of your chips, but you're working towards some goals. And you can really use this as an opportunity in a couple different ways. Did you enjoy the chips? Like, really enjoy them? Like, oh, these are so great.

You know, you had the bag and you're like, okay, that's great. And then move it along and then showed up today and we're just like, okay, yeah, I had the chips. you're like, okay, that's great. And then move it along and then showed up today and we're just like, okay, yeah, I had the chips. No big deal. Move it along. Huge. That is so huge to get to that point. Or did you buy the chips wanting the chips thinking they were going to bring you joy? And then you didn't even, you're just like, oh my God, I'm eating them. I'm eating them. I shouldn't be eating them. Why am I eating them? And then you got, oh my God, I ate those chips. Why did I eat those chips? Then you went to bed thinking, I ate those chips. Then you got up this morning and like, why I ate the chips? Right? So if that was your feeling, this is where you want to backtrack to,

what did you think those, why did you have the chips? Because you could have been triggered, like emotionally, or maybe you saw, I don't know, an ad on TV, or you were, you know, you were kind of like doing a routine where, you know, maybe you're watching a movie or whatever. What was that? How did you feel? Did it really bring you joy? So making those connections, right? With that dopamine hit, did it, did eating the chips actually bring you joy? Was it, or was it like the anticipation of the chips? What was it? Did you actually enjoy those chips? And then what was your mind frame afterwards? So that, that's where you can kind of reconnect the dots so that next time you have those chips, you're like, oh yeah, they don't really bring me the joy that I think that they're

going to bring me. And that's where you get to this really calm place. And that's where eventually you can be around chips and then just be like, have one chip, maybe two chips, and that's it. Then you're like, okay, yeah, just move it along. Maybe you eat more, maybe you eat less. So there's a lot to learn in that. Not because I would want to take all the joy out of your chips or make it work. But while you're working on your goals, that's a great way to sort of create new

associations. So when I say we're working through our issues and associations tied into food, this is about recreating new associations. Like chips are fun and they're yummy and I want them, but then are they actually fun? Do they make you feel good? Right? Like this is where you're making that new. So then when you see the chips, you won't have that same trigger of like, oh, they're fun. They're yummy. I want them. You'll have the, oh yeah, no, that just, you know, I'm okay. I'll have one or two and that's it. And so there's work to do there. Right. And so this is why this is not all about being perfect and never having the chips. So that's why I'm saying this summer, even if you're taking a more relaxed approach, you can still have the bites of bits and really learn, use that as an opportunity. If you keep

reaching for things and having things, and then you keep berating yourself over the things, do you really want to have those things, right? Do you really want to have those things? Can you access the information in the app once it becomes a tracker? Great question. So yes, you can. So that's why the app is designed in a way where you are working through an unlocking program. So maybe you would have done the fall program, the winter program, and now you've done the spring summer program. So you can go back into that fall program and take a look at your information, take a look at your graphs, take a look at your journals. You can go back and do all of that. We do separate them so there isn't one spot where you can look at it all together. We are working on that in terms of your graph, where you can have like full picture. If

you've been working for the past year, be able to see your graph in that, but that's going to be a long, big ass graph. We're not there yet, but you don't lose any of the information that you've collected for yourself. We don't have access to that, but you will have access to that information. So if this is your first group, spring, summer group, and you are signed up for the fall program after the 91 days, you complete the program and then your app will turn into a general tracker that you can use throughout the summer. And then in the fall, you unlock the fall program. You open that up.

But then if you go into your journal section, so if you go into, excuse me, if you go into your journal section at the bottom or sorry, journey section, you click the journey section and it shows upcoming programs, current programs. And then if you go scroll, these are all my previous programs. So these colors here, that's how long we've had the app. So these are all previous programs. So I can go into my previous program and look up, like if I want to, where's this one? I want to go see my photo page, like my photos, all of that. So you still have access to all that information. Good morning. I tested the waters last night.

I had pasta, pizza, and wine and slept poorly and can't imagine craving pasta again this morning. I'm back on track. Right? When this is where, like, when you get a taste of feeling really good, right? Like this is sort of the downside of the program. It's a really good downside, by the way, that you get used to feeling really good. And when you eat things that don't make you feel good, you really notice. And this is sort of where you're like, oh, I didn't realize when I ate that I felt like this, probably because you just felt all the time. You didn't notice, right? So if you are paying attention and you listen, your body will let you know, okay, this is not, okay, that was fun. That was fun, honey. Hope you had a great,

hope you enjoyed that. Can we just get back to feeling better again? Right. Um, I think that's, you know, whether you did this in little mini ways to kind of test the waters or you go away on vacation and then you come back, you see your weight is up, drops right back down within days. Like that is reinforcing that you are going to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. And that's really what it's all about. That's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. Good morning. Hi, Pina. Have been a few days. I haven't checked in and I'm not happy about it. I may have a program fatigue. I'm here today and we'll follow behind the group during the break and I'm signing up for the fall. So be mindful with this program fatigue concept, right? Because really it's a showing up for

yourself in your life fatigue. It is a prioritizing yourself and taking care of your needs fatigue, right? So what you may be tired of is your mindset in terms of how you are showing up. So this is a great opportunity to sort of highlight areas that you can focus on. Like if you are berating yourself every day, or you're making choices that don't fall in line with your goals, and then you you feel ways about that, like you said, unhappy, you're probably tired of the unhappy feeling if you're not making the choices that you're making. Or it could be that you're getting on the scale. And even though you know, your your body needs a plateau, or you know, whatever that might be that's frustrating for you.

And so this is where you might want to sort of realign your why for the summer and be like, okay, I still want to show, I still want to prioritize myself. I still want to eat good nutrient-rich foods. I still want to be mindful of my stress. I want to make sure I'm still getting decent sleep, although I may be up later, but you know, in sleeping in, I still want to get the best sleep possible. I still want to make sure I move my body. I still want to lose weight over the summer, right? And so this is where you might want to be like, okay, well, I'm just going to be, I'm going to make choices that make me feel good. Like I'm going to enjoy my summer. I'm going to make choices that make me feel good. I am mindful when I am

making choices that don't make me feel good to get back on track to, you know, I'm mindful not to blow off my whole day or change your perspective on that. And maybe you can focus more on, okay, let me focus on things that, um, that I can reinforce my lifestyle that are not only going to bring me joy, but they're going to help me with losing my weight, creating a new morning routine, getting up earlier than normal, going for a walk or going for a walk after dinner, right? Creating some space for yourself in the morning, maybe to meditate or to read or whatever that is. If you are finding that you are fatigued, then there's probably something that you are tired of your own ass.

It's not the program. The program is just showing up, being mindful, like, you know, doing all those things. It's probably your mindset and you are like, what are you fatigued from? Like what is, what is causing the fatigue? The program is just a, I mean, it's a systematic routine, but your body loves that routine. And that's how you're, you build that, that change because if you're constantly switching things up, it's stressful. So what is causing the fatigue? This is where you might want to bring that behavioral change model. Like the one that Dr. Beverly talked about, right? Is it a behavior thing? Is it a physical thing? Is it an emotional thing? Like what is the fatigue? So program fatigue

is putting onus on the program. The program is just steps of things that you're doing to help your body be as healthy as possible mentally and physically. So the, uh, a great way to kind of like find your way in to address that is to be like, what, what, what is actually, why am I feeling fatigued? Like, what is it? Is it the, like, and it could be a million different things. It could be a million different things. It could be a million different things. It could be a million different things. Because it's kind of like, it can be like anything in your life. Like I, sometimes I get tired of like, it's not that I get tired of wanting to reach my goals. I want to have the number one, you know, weight loss company in the world. I have other goals.

I do have other goals too. And sometimes I get fatigued of how long it's taking or all the work that needs to be done and whatever. And, but it's not that. It's not that I'm, my hopes and dreams, I'm fatigued in, in trying to achieve them. I'm, I'm usually just tired because I'm trying to achieve them while my kids are doing tired because I'm trying to achieve them while my kids are doing this or that, or why my, you know, like your basement is flooded or, you know, I got a million other things that I'm trying to do. So it's not actually, it's like I should give up on my dreams or I don't want to work towards my dreams. It's that other things are happening. Other things are happening. Other things are happening. Other things are happening.

Dave. You guys got fun plans for the summer? You guys got fun plans for summer? What are you doing? I'm also down 26 pounds in the past year. Hi, Tracy. Love that. Hi, Dave.

Non-scale victory to report. I made it to 3 p.m. before cracking my first beer yesterday. And even with all my drinking, my weight is dropping. I even, I start every day on plan and then fall off the wagon later in the afternoon. Is this an all year round? Okay. There's, there's a couple of things. I've got, I have a lot of questions. Is this an all year round thing or is this, is this, uh, is this like a summer mentality thing? Like, are you at the cottage? What are you doing? I remember when I moved to the lake. So I rented this little adorable house on a lake, a small lake called Musselman's Lake in Stouffville. And I moved there and I remember buying Corona because just the lake

and Corona, right, just goes so well. And I just remember my fridge was full of Corona and every day I'd be cracking Corona. And then it occurred to me after a few weeks, I was like, oh, okay. Like I live here. Like this is not, this is not my cottage. This is my house. I can't like, what can't, what am I doing? I can't keep this up. Um, the beer and like go really well together. So I suppose it depends on if you're on vacation. So, you know, what can you do? Let's, let's do a new association with that beer. You drink a beer, you drink some water and eat some leafy greens, right? Drink a beer, eat some water. Summer, summer cottage thing. Summer cottage thing. Okay. So this is a win. I love that. So if you're maintaining your weight, you're feeling great, you're enjoying your beers at the cottage. So maybe you go for a little, maybe make sure you have your water. Maybe you go for a little maybe make sure you have your water maybe you go for a little swim

swim in the afternoon like maybe go for a walk in the afternoon or maybe do some wind sprints or something down the dirt road uh and thinking cottages here in Ontario at least everyone I've been to has like dirt roads unless you're up in Muskoka or whatever um I love that right okay enjoy I love that enjoy it enjoy it enjoy it. I love that. Enjoy it. Enjoy it. Enjoy it. Your weight is dropping. You're doing something right. I love that. I love that. I'd love to have a beer at the cottage right now. We just, Tony calls, oh, I shouldn't rat him out for this, but Tony will be like, hey, do you want to go camping this summer? Every time, every time I go camping, I'm like, what? What? Camping? We don't own any camping stuff. What do you mean? Tony's idea of camping every time, every time I go camping, I'm like, what, what camping?

We don't own any camping stuff. What do you mean? His Tony's, Tony's idea of camping is, is a cottage is renting a cottage, but we always do it too late. I don't know if we're going to do it this year or not. I love staying at the cottage. I am totally like a cottage late girl. If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered. Summer runs or playoff season meditations, whatever your vibe, Peloton has thousands of classes built to push you.

We know how life goes. New father, new routines, new locations. What matters is that you have something there to adapt with you, whether you need a challenge or rest. And Peloton has everything you need whenever you need it. Find your push. Find your power. Peloton. Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. I had a terrible round, so I'm just happy to be at the end on the men. So enjoying the bridging the gap portion. Annette, I love this for you, right? I'm going to send you healing vibes. Not

sure what you're dealing with, but yes, please be happy that you made it to the end. Please be happy that you made it. Here's Janice. Hi, Janice. Part of my life fatigue is I'm tired of feeling like I'm always treading water and just trying to stay afloat. I know life gets hard, but I want to enjoy moments where I feel like I'm swimming. So that's, what's going to be my new why. Oh yeah. I hear you. This has been, um, my sister lived on a horse ranch on Musselman's Lake. She used to ride horses on the lake. Oh, that's amazing. I love that. There's a lot of horse ranches around there. Feeling like you're, I feel the same. I feel the same. I feel, I feel the same. Um, it's been a couple of years and I feel like I just, there's always something I feel like, oh my gosh, um, you don't get a break and you're

always scrambling. Um, I'm caught between it's a mindset and my attitude towards, I really dropped my attitude. Um, I've had a lot, a lot of things go. It's so funny. I was meeting with the team this summer, a team in. I don't know if you joined me for other programs, I would be like really mindful of what I was wearing, you know, like nice, beautiful blouses. I would show up with my hair done. And one of the things I've had to let go this program

is giving a fuck about what I look like. Maybe I'll get back to it because it was just, I've, I've learned to drop some things. And so I'm, we're doing the bridging the gap group this summer. So normally I have the summer off and I'm doing the bridging the gap and I'm so excited about it because I just feel like it's going to be a whole summer of Monday night lives. Do you know, I like, I love the Monday night. There's something about the Monday night lives. I love doing the lives before I used to do the lives in the morning, in the afternoon and the evening. Sometimes I would do four and it just got to a point where then something had to give in my life. My, I had young kids and that, that dinner time,

evening time was so special to me. And so I had to drop the evening lives, but I love the Monday night. I love the relaxed vibe and nature. I feel like there's no stress there. It's just kind of us hanging out, chatting about things. And I feel like the summer, the only way I can do the Bridging the Gap group is in knowing that it's going to be fun, right? Like I just, I want to just, I want to connect with our members. That's why it's for only four previous members or members bridging the gap. Because new members, there's that pressure there to make sure someone new understands and gets it and whatever.

And this is why I feel like we're all just going to be friends hanging out, still working towards a goal. Don't get me wrong. I'm still going to be super hardcore, but I might still throw out some F-bombs here or there. So I said to Tony the other day, if I'm going to do this, I need to take a look at the rest of the year. I can't just go and go and go and go and go. I'm really going to have to find some time for myself. And so that

I don't feel like I'm constantly drowning. And so it means sometimes letting things go and finding space for new things. You know, I've been, I've been swimming. So I'm still keeping up with my 91 days of swimming. Um, I've been swimming pretty much every day. I think in the last month, I only missed like one day. I only missed like one day of swimming. And so making time for that. And, and then that, what that means is sometimes I literally like I'll do work in the garden or whatever. And then I literally will jump in the water with my clothes on. You know what I mean? Like it's, it's like, it's like there's, it's not pretty sometimes. But it's, I have to be intent. I guess what I'm trying to say is I've, I've, I've been where you are in recognizing that. And then I have to intentionally, intentionally, intentionally make space for myself to grab that life raft

and to stop piling things on top of me that are causing me to feel like I'm drowning. It's not an easy thing. It's not an easy thing. It's not an easy thing. Gina, the big thing I'm learning in the community and showing up as our authentic selves. Yeah. You, you model that for us. The clothes don't matter who we are does, and you show up every day and that's what matters. Oh, I love that. I love that. Yeah. I'm, I'm, I'm with you on that. Your authentic self. Sometimes I feel like I share, it's TMI and I'm always talking. The reason why I talk about myself is I don't know you all. And so I only have a reference for myself. And I think that's kind of how if I was having a conversation with you, I would be wanting to hear about you. And I love, I love conversations like that, where, you know, we're getting to know each other and understand. I did this thing with my team earlier this year. And I got to get back to doing it little coffee sessions, because my team has grown and grown and grown and grown. And you guys know that I've been through a lot this year. And I'm always talking about myself and I

had an opportunity to really talk and speak with and with my team members. Man, you know, here's what I learned this year is, and of course I know this, but I'm not the only one. And, you know, there was, there were people on, there are people on my team who've done, who were, you know, dealing with death in their family. I had one of my team members whose husband passed away a month before my ex-husband passed away. We've had people dealing with their aging parents. We've had members of our team dealing with health issues with their children. We've just like so much, so much, so much.

And I think if we all, this sort of reminds me of my mom. My mom is like, I remember when I was young. I know this is a bit of like, this is a, just bear with me here. I think about this a lot. My mom, when I was young, my parents, they played baseball and, you know, hockey and they were, had a group of family. And I remember always going to people's houses and they would party, have fun, get together as the kids, we'd all hang out and we'd do whatever. And we don't do that anymore. Like we don't, we don't seem to have any like, Hey, let's come on

over to my house. Let's hang out tonight. Let's go, whatever. My mom's like, they used to do this all the time. But now you have to, if you invite someone to your house, you've got to go to the grocery store. You've got to get all the food and the spread and the drink and the things. You've got to clean your house up. You've got to like do all this, do all that just to have anybody over. And my mom's like, we just show up with a bag of chips, a case of pop, bag of chips, like nothing or nothing. And it wasn't about all this big spread and this big whole hoopla thing you got to do to

get together these days. It was just like, hey, drop by and then someone else would drop by or like, we'd be like, hey, come by our house. We're having a, you know, we're having a, you know, whatever. And we just don't do that anymore. And I think we've created this society where we got to like look good and perfect. And if we don't, then it's like we have to present ourselves. And I don't know, maybe that's just me. And the same thing with being on social media, I'm very mindful not to use any filters. One, because I do plan on meeting my community and see you guys in person. I want you guys to be able to recognize me when you see me. But there is that, well, if I don't show up perfectly, you know, and here I am,

it's progress over perfection. So I'm in my progress era right now. Being human and sharing your life with us just shows us how authentic you are. That's what makes you in this program so relatable. Yeah. I see people that are trying to be authentic or read these things about being authentic. I could probably be less authentic. Here's the the thing I'm in this. I don't, which I should take my own words. I really am mindful not to judge people. And this is why I think that's what's created this safe space here in the program. And I tell this to my team, don't assume anything about anybody. Don't pretend to know anything about anybody. This is why, like, if you have been working behind the group, I'm not going to ask you why. We're just so happy that you're back and you're here, right? This is why

we always send you the information because we don't assume what you've read and what you haven't read. We don't assume what you know and what you don't know. I think that's really important. You don't want to be judged on your journey. That's the last thing that you want. Why do we go all out for get togethers? It's so crazy. And then we end up eating all night. This started with birthday parties. Who is someone's birthday? I saw that up there. Happy birthday. Whoever's birthday that was. This started with you're amazing. Your journey is inspiration to me. Happy birthday. I'm celebrating the big 60. Who's celebrating the big 60? Hi, Risa. I'm celebrating the big 60. Who's celebrating the big 60? Hi, Risa. I'm celebrating the big 60, celebrating with friends and family and going to Montreal and going to

Deerhurst with my sister-in-law at her cottage who is celebrating her 70th, who was the one who told me about your program. Oh my gosh, have the best time. That is so fun. That's so fun. I was talking about birthday parties when my kids were young, right? So I have four kids, and then they were being invited to all these birthday parties. I mean, I swear some of them had like ponies at the parties, and their loop bag was probably more money than my gift for their kid was. It got crazy. And so what I started doing was old traditional birthday parties. I'd invite all the kids to my house. We'd play pin the tail on the donkey. We would do just, you know, just have the kids run around. I wouldn't have anything planned and they just

have the best time and make up their own fun. You know, at some point things got out of hand. All right, let's get back to your questions. Who's this? It's my 49th birthday. Hi Heather. And I'm just reflecting on how much better I feel this year compared to last. Down 25 pounds after two programs and I've reached my goal weight. Got up and exercised this morning and had a healthy breakfast, feeling grateful. This is, yes, this was, I'm going to read this again because this was the whole vibe I was going for this morning when I got up and I sat in this chair today, is that how can we kind of remember, embrace the feeling of what it feels like when we are doing the hard things, when we are showing

up for ourselves and then taking that time to be like, wow, because this is what is motivating. And it's not the reaching your goal part, because that's amazing, right? Now, it's my 49th birthday. And I'm just, can I also just talk about yesterday in the, we had our, we did our weigh-in Wednesday in the maintenance group. So in the maintenance group, we do this like live weigh-in on Wednesdays. And we started talking about the golden girls and how their age when they were doing the golden girls and how I think it was Blanche. Well,

I can't remember her name in real life. She was 47 years old and she was one of the golden girls. Anyway, so I'm thinking about, you know, I'm with you on this age thing as we get older, right? As we get older. I know I digress. It's my 49th birthday and I'm just reflecting on how much better I feel this year compared to last. Yes, that's my goal for this year. I want to feel so much better this year than I did last year. That is my beacon. That is my why. I'm going to go for like a, that is my why right now. I feel so much better this year compared to last. Down 25 pounds after two programs, I've reached my goal. This is the part I love. Got up and exercised this morning and had a healthy breakfast. That's right. Who are

you? Who are you? Right? Don't you just love that? Who are you? You are that person who showed up for yourself for six months, right? And lost weight in a healthy way, physically, mentally. Now this person got up, you exercise, had a great breakfast. And I hope that you indulge in the feeling of all of that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that. I'm finishing two full years, two full years. I started the spring summer program. This may not sound like progress, but I am only one pound away from my original start weight. I'm actually very happy with this considering all that has happened over the past two years, just over 12 pounds down. I feel this for you. I feel this is something that we don't talk enough

about, um, is not gaining weight, is being able to navigate through your life, prioritizing yourself, trying to make the healthiest choices possible when life is really difficult. Whether it's like mentally things that you're dealing with physically, health issues, ailments, breaking your back, breaking your ankle, people passing away, changing jobs, you know, dealing with our children, whatever that might be. This is, this is something and learning the skills and the tools that you need to navigate through life when it gets really hard and not put on a ton of weights. That is, I mean, we definitely should talk about this a lot more. Because we don't, we don't we think and I appreciate you so much, Diane and sharing this,

because I think people sometimes feel like they've failed, if they haven't lost. Yet, if they were to take time and look at what they have been through in the last few months, year, two years of your life. And I can speak to this myself. It has been, I have maintained my weight easily for the last 30 years of my life, just with the same tools that I'm teaching all of you. But the last couple of years of my life have been very trying for me, mental health with my children, death in the family, the change and the pressure of running a company, you know, with 50 employees and team members, my hormones and my age, and then the not prioritizing myself in the way that I had done in the past. And it has been a struggle for me to keep my weights.

It's gone up and it's stress. It's all stress. It's all stress and quarter. Never in my life have I ever been this stressed. And I'm also very proud. Could I have shown up better in other ways? In hindsight, I wish I had. I wish I had. But did I have the capacity? Oh, man. Man. No. No. I did not do very well. But I also did

because I did the best that I could. I think now looking back and thinking about all the things I was juggling, I'm like, holy shit, that was a lot. And I wish I would have done things a little differently. I wish I would have, you know, I wish, I wish I could have done better, but I don't, I couldn't have because I didn't. I'm not a lazy person. I'm not a person who can't do things. I'm not a person who doesn't try hard. It just, there was a lot. It was a lot. So I so appreciate this, that you're recognizing that in yourself, because it's not easy to recognize that. That is a huge, massive, non-scale victory. Not the part that you've been showing up for two years. I mean, that's incredible. But really the recognizing, I think. All right. I love

that for you. I love that for you. And then at some point, something will give and life will calm down and things will change and you will, everything will align. And when it does, when it does, you have this whole toolbox full of tools you had already worked through. You've like, think about this. This is that mental part. The weight part is going to come. And when that does, when you work through maintenance, you're going to have already been through all of that. You're just going to have such an easier time. Like you got to do the hard work at some place. You have to do the hard, the hard work will be done at some time, whether that's before, during, or after at some point, right? Just threw two bites left from a pizza pocket

that my grandmother didn't want. Granddaughter didn't want. Old me would have eaten it, no doubt. This is how I live my life now. No mindless eating. Huge. Yes. Huge, huge, huge, huge. I'm following behind because work hours have changed. 11 a.m. to 7 and can't do time for line eating within the time. I try to 7 and can't do time for line eating within the time. I try to eat lunch at 10, but the next break is only at 1 and I'm eating supper at 3. Long night trying to implement the extra snack, veggies, and dip. So remember, first of all, make sure you're super clear on this, Kathy. If you want to outline your hours, even for the next whatever, the team will help you with that. We also have that post on shift work, but remember

there's bonus snacks as well that you can be adding in. I'm not sure what week you are on. You didn't really specify there. Um, is it a week behind? I am following behind, so not really sure, but we do have that whole shift work workers post. I've got some tips on it from a while ago. Congratulations to everyone for making it to today in whatever form. My non-scale victory yesterday, I was wearing a cotton knit skirt, skort I bought a couple of years ago while gardening. And the thing was literally falling down while I was waiting. And because my hands were filthy in the muck, I wasn't pulling it back up. It was just going further and further down my butt. I never thought I would find that so funny or something to be proud of.

I love it. I love it. This is one thing I am super proud of myself for. I see all the junk food on the table at work, etc. But I know that it is just food. It tastes good for a minute, but afterwards there is no real gain. I am so proud of myself for choosing what I want to put in my body and not feeling guilt when I decide to eat something. But damn, I am so, so proud for my ability to say no and be absolutely okay with it. I do not feel like I am missing out at all. This, this is the calm. This is the calm. This is the goal. It's not just to lose your weight. It's not just to be able to maintain your weight. It is to get to a place where you are calm, where you see food and you're like, I'm going to have one of those. You eat it, you enjoy it. That is it. It's to be in a room full of all your favorite foods or be at work with all the foods on the table and be like, yeah, I'm good. That, this, that, what am I going to eat? You know, oh my God,

I ate it. Do I eat it? Why did I eat it? That, you know, that whole space in your brain when you wake up, I'm going to try to do this today, not eat this, not eat that. You're in the line to get your coffee. Don't, oh, should I get a donut? Okay, no, I'm going to get a donut. Okay, maybe I'll get a muffin. No, okay, if I just eat the donut, I'll just skip lunch. I'll just start my diet tomorrow. Right? All of that. It just is relentless. It's relentless. And it's a, it's a buildup of habits of the way your brain has been thinking. It's a buildup of punishing. It's a buildup, it's a buildup of starving and depriving. It's a buildup of diet mentality. It's a buildup of, of since you were young, how you use food to cope your association, your issues to food. It is a fuck of a lot of shit to work through in your brain to get to a place where you're calm like this. I just, I am so,

this is my wish for everybody. It's not just lose your weight, but get to a place where you're just like, yeah. And confident about being able to be able to maintain and sustain it. So I love this. I love this for you so much. I love this for you. I love this for you so much. I am so happy my daughter is joining the fall program with me as she sees my results preaching every day that the program is amazing. Oh, this is so great. This is so great. I'm down 11 pounds at 11.8. Amazing for me. Haven't moved my weight in many years. Constantly gain 10 per year, right?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. So I'm going to go, but I'm not done yet. I'm back tomorrow. I have to not do this thing where I'm procrastinating. So I sit on here all day. Today I'm going to the, our nieces and nephews are visiting us from Edmonton. So we are going to Canada's Wonderland for the day. Going to be out and about, but I hope that you have an amazing day. We've, we've talked a lot. There's a lot to think about as the program truly winds down at the end. Remember, we do have that Bridging the Gap group for you. If you want to come out and hang out with me this summer, that's what it's going to be.

So you will have that support. It is there if you need it. Remember to also get yourself up for the fall program. Set those intentions, manifest that shit, you know, what it'll say to your soul that you are not done yet. Get yourself set up. Don't wait and waver. And if you are not going to be joining us for a Bridging the Gap group, think what you can do to replace your morning routine. Go, you know, if you're not watching the lives anymore, or you can go back and watch old lives if you want. But if your normal routine was to watch the live every morning or, you know, download it later or whatever, what can you now do with that time? Go for a walk, listen to a different podcast, get up, maybe move your body, get up, maybe read a book. You know, it doesn't have to be about exercise. You know, think about

your routines over the summer. Think about making a plan. You know how we always used to say to you before the weekend, take a step back before the weekend and make a plan for the weekend. Where, take a look at your social calendars. Where do you know you're going to want to be indulging? Where do you know you're going to keep it together and kind of do that for the summer as well. And then make sure you let us know if you have any questions, make sure you let us know if you have any questions. Uh, we're still here for another couple of days. Tomorrow is going to be my last live. Tomorrow's going to be my last live of the spring summer program. Um, but the team will be around all weekend. I'll be checking in, uh,

this weekend as well. So pop in at any time. Let us know if you have any questions. Okay. Uh, have an amazing day everyone. And I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.