The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Day 89 - Winter 2025

Episode Date: April 4, 2025

Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2025 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 89, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2025The Winter 2025 group may be coming to an end, but everyone's journey is unique to them! This isn’t about doing it “right”—it’s about showing up real. In this episode, Gina is walking you through why you’re different this time, what really happens between programs, and why spring is the perfect reset. She also shares some real talk on plateaus, the magic of the Livy Community, and how maintenance isn’t the end—it’s just a new beginning. Wherever you’re at, it’s time to reconnect with your why and remind yourself what you’re working toward.To learn more about The Livy Method or to sign up for the Spring 2025 Program, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi 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 relisten 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. Hello and happy day 89 of the program, our final regular live of the winter program, my goodness, how time flies. The time flies, right?

In the beginning, you're so excited, you are like super jazzed about starting this new journey, the middle part can feel really, really messy. And then the last few weeks is really always just flies by and that's kind of how time is. That's why the little things that you do each day add up and make a big difference in the end. It's just a matter of stringing as many days together as you need until you reach your goal.

Just a note from Kim. Some people are feeling frustrated about what you're accomplishing this week or trying to reach your goals by end of day on Sunday. I just want to remind you that it's the end of the program. Chances are it's not the end of your weight loss journey and you're not supposed to fit into this 91 day box of time that I've created for you. So 12 weeks is enough time to make change. That's how the program started. 12 weeks, everyone hit the ground running day one.

I over the years created and added a prep week for new members because they were just putting all this pressure on themselves to start perfectly. And without knowing what they were to do, that really stressed people out. And people had a hard time getting over that, I think because of diet culture, the need to start and hit the ground running.

And so that created the 13 weeks of the program. It's enough time to make significant change, but it's probably not enough time for you to lose all of your weight. I've noticed some people being frustrated this week about what was happening on the scale. Remember not to fester in your funk. Sometimes we get so frustrated

with what's happening on the scale or not happening on the scale that we're not actually doing the things that we need to do, right? Especially when it comes to personalizing the plan, sometimes people get caught up in what they're eating and when, and forgetting to ask the four mindful eating questions,

forgetting to make sure the food choices are nutrient rich, forgetting to try to get that the best sleep possible, manage your stress, move your body, all of the things in combination. Also remember, it's normal to have plateaus. You want plateaus, you need plateaus, they're part of the process. So just because it's the end of the program

doesn't mean that your body might not need a plateau at the end of the day. So yeah, prep week was helpful for you. Yeah, I hear that Leslie. So if you are returning and doing our April program, you're going to start day one, hit the ground running. You can use prep week as a, okay, let me get back into it. Let's, you know, same thing. We all get busy.

If you got to run out and grab anything that you need, ask any questions. But if you've done the program before you start on day one, you open up that app. I mean, everyone starts on day one, but you open up that app, you start asking the four mindful eating questions right away, you start maximizing right away. Now, what do you need to do differently? So this is where people get tripped up.

You don't need to do anything differently because the program takes care of that. So for example, if this is your first group, two weeks of downsizing was nothing in terms of you getting in tune to your body's needs, dealing with food waste issues, food scarcity issues, eating when you're bored, because those are the things that tend to come up

in those weeks. Spitting up your meals and snacks, for example, what you learn through doing that is nothing in two weeks. I mean, it's amazing what you can learn and what you can accomplish in a short period of time. But each time you're going to go through those tweaks, you're different. Your body is different physically.

Your mind is different mentally. You've made change physically and mentally. So now you're bringing this whole new body to the table. So the program works just as well every single time, no matter how many times you've done the program, you are the one that is changing. And the body loves routine. Routine is the foundation of change.

And so when you're following that food plan, for example, back in the first few weeks, your body's like, okay, yeah, we're doing this. And that enables you, the first time can be like a very physical experience, because you're worried about what to eat and when, how does this all work? And the second time, because you already know

what to expect, it's more of a mental experience, because you just got to show up and do the things that you need to do. Then it becomes so much more about what's going on in your mind, your habits, your issues, your associations. And like I always say, for some past traumas. And then third program tends to be like a mind and body experience.

And then from there, it's really tailored based on your individual need. What do you need each program? Where are you at? Also, each program is a different season. Season is a great time to focus on losing weight. Winter keeps you in that hibernation mode. Springtime, your body's pulling you out of that.

It's giving you more energy. You feel more inclined to exercise, move your body, crave fresher foods like salads and veggies and fruits and those types of things. So the springtime is a great time to focus on fat loss, but then there's different seasons like the fall, like the winter and different seasons of your life. So you just want to show up to the next program

and start it on day one. We have this concept called fresh eyes. Don't assume that you know how your body is going to react because sometimes people get so stuck on trying to create what happened last time that they're not meeting themselves where they're at. So for example, your portions may become quite small at the end of this program,

but your metabolism starts to kick up next program. And so rather than one egg or two eggs each day, you might find yourself needing three eggs some days. People ask, what can I do differently? This is where you want to reflect. I highly suggest you listen or watch that conversation with the ladies, Dr. Dina, Dr. Beverly, and Dr. Olenka. Take stock of the last three months of your life.

What did you do really well? What habits do you want to carry forward? What are some of the things that you need to work on? As Dr. Paul says, probably those uncomfortable places and spaces is probably where you need to go. Did you use the app this time? Did you use the journal? If you didn't use the app, I highly suggest you do.

Beyond it being a tracker, it guides you through the program. It's just like, it's so, we know people who consistently show up are more successful. We know people that track and use our app or journal are more successful. There's just certain things that you can do to help you be more successful in the program.

Were you checking in with your doctor? Like what do you need to do moving forward? Do you have a sense of the program? What do you need to do to set yourself up for success? And that doesn't matter if this is like your first group or your 24th group, right? You are changing, you want to assess your situation. So this is the last live of the program,

but we're around all weekend. So you can ask as many questions as you need. The team's around right to the end of day, Sunday. Let us know. We want to make sure you feel super clear on next steps. Also on Sunday, Tony and I are going to share the results of the survey from those of you who filled it out. There's still time.

We're actually going to keep it open for another couple weeks, just for those of you who kind of want to finish out still time. We're actually gonna keep it open for another couple weeks, just for those of you who kind of wanna finish out. We know some people are working a bit behind. So if you wanna wait to fill it out until you're done, we're gonna leave it open for the next couple weeks. So Tony and I are gonna share some of the results of the survey on Sunday at 10 a.m. if you wanna join us for that live.

Leaving tomorrow, hi Heidi, on a spring hunting trip. We'll be living out of a cooler with no indoor plumbing, running water or electricity. Interesting to see how I do outside the structure Leaving tomorrow, hi Heidi, on a spring hunting trip, will be living out of a cooler with no indoor plumbing, running water or electricity. Interesting to see how I do outside the structure I had for the 91 days. Yeah, I love that there is a genuine interest there. And some people are a bit nervous about the gap.

First of all, two weeks in between groups is not enough time for you to mess it up. It's not even enough time for you to gain weight. And this is all about seeing how you do on your own, which will show you what you need to focus on and where you are at. You're going to do great. I know you're going to do just fine. I would never put your, your journey at risk or suggest anything that's going to set you back. Continue to personalize the plan. If you just want to work the basic food plan, that's okay too.

Sometimes people need a bit of a step back or they're just at capacity. But you're going to do great. Remember, basic things. Don't blow off your whole day because of a few bites of bits, right? Just get right back to doing what you need to do. Don't expect perfection.

See how you make out. Don't take this time as an opportunity to trash yourself and be like, oh, okay, I'm not doing a program, it's gonna eat all the things. And if that's your go-to, maybe ask yourself why? I work so hard, I feel amazing. Why would I wanna make these choices that make me feel like crap?

And sure, maybe you have a restaurant reservation where you wanna have your favorite pasta or whatever it is that you wanna eat, that's totally fine, nothing wrong wrong with that you don't have to be perfect in between the break but it is an opportunity to recognize how you live your life and how the changes that you've made are serving you and some of the changes maybe that you need to focus on and move forward right oh here's someone else good morning hi. Hi, Rhonda.

Excited to be heading off to Italy and Croatia and grace this weekend at my goal weight. Yay! What a healthy, great program. I'll be mindful on my trip to not indulge. I've already ordered my meal for the flight. I mean this, there are easy ways, right? So you're traveling with a whole new body,

whole new mindset, right? What does travel now look like? What do you want travel to look like and feel like to you? For me, you know, the worst thing is you wait so long to go away, you're so excited, you get there, you start eating all these things, and by the end of the week, you feel bloated, you just feel eh, and you just, you can't wait

to get back home and eat your own food and get back to routine and sleep in your own bed. That's not what you want. That's not what you want. You wanna enjoy every second of your vacation and you wanna feel good. So remember we do have those travel tips. It's all stores at the airport.

Mindful of what you eat there. Make sure you get your water in, especially when you land because you don't wanna get there and be all backed up or dehydrated. Maybe getting up early and going for walks, sightseeing, walking through town. Usually when you do a European trip, you tend to walk a lot.

Don't be surprised if you come back and you've lost weight. Remember, it's not the breads and the pastas and the carbs. Those aren't the foods that cause you to gain weight. That was in combination of times where you would starve yourself, deprive yourself, force your body to burn fat, and then when you went back to normal eating, your body took all that food

and felt the need to store that fat. That was also due to high stress, right? Lack of sleep, lack of movement, all of these things. And so breads and pastas and healthy foods that are maybe a little bit higher in carbs or higher in fat don't make you fat. That was not the problem, never the problem, never will be the problem.

So you should be able to go on a European trip or any trip at all and enjoy whole good foods right and and eat them to satisfaction ask continue those four mindful eating questions so you're not overeating taxing your body you're just eating enough to feel satisfied that just being more active also the change in stress when you travel is really good for you as well on my last trip I realized I eat everything on my tray on the plane, even if I wasn't hungry. I don't do that anymore.

Yeah, I know, right? And it's, I'm still like, I've got to travel. I didn't really travel anywhere up until I was 40. And then slowly started to travel. Tony loves to travel, so I've traveled so much with him over the years. I'm still in the really excited to eat the airplane food. Right?

I'm slowly getting over that. I don't know what is about it, but I hear you. I feel the same. Like, I don't know what it is. I'm just like, oh, I'm eating a plane. I gotta eat all of it. And sometimes it'll be like if I fly, just to have dinner, and then I'm doing an, or if you do a nighttime flight,

and like you wouldn't normally eat at like one o'clock or three o'clock in the morning, but you know, wake me up because I want to eat my airplane food. It's that FOMO, right? And especially if you feel like really privileged or grateful to like be able to travel, I like want to make the most of it, so I totally hear it.

But then you get off, you don't feel so good, you overate, you're tired, right? So ask those four mindful eating questions, especially when you're indulging. Like, and also, if you're gonna eat anything that you view as indulging, indulge in the smell, indulge in the atmosphere, the environment, indulge in the conversation around you,

indulge in chewing the food. There are other ways to indulge in your food and have it bring you joy than having to eat more and more and more and more of it you know. Hi Pam I'm not crying yet I did lose I lose my emotions normally I'm bawling on the last Friday live maybe because I know I can make it through the next two weeks and also because I'm insanely excited for this spring round. I'm hyper focused yeah listen spring is such a great time. It's like, great, I was on CHCH yesterday.

Thanks to everyone who showed me some love and watched and supported. I wanna get the word out about our amazing, incredible program. Spring is such a great time. It's a great time to reset physically, mentally. It just, everything seems easier in the spring. Your body is looking to lighten you up to, you know,

to release any fat that no longer serves you now that it no longer keeps you insulated and warm in the wintertime. So everything, especially about what you've been through in the program and where you're at is all aligning. And yeah, if you look at this as the end of the program, you should be really excited for yourself. You've made it to another end of the program. You haven't given up.

You are still here and it's exciting restarting again. Grab a fresh journal, fresh mindset. Think about what you need, new routines, all of that. It's not about the work you need to do either. I think that's really important. It's about Do you want this to be the last summer that you ever have to lose weight? Like that's a big one. Every summer comes around. How many years of your life every summer you're looking to lose weight?

Wouldn't it be nice if this is the last summer that you ever need to lose weight? Wouldn't it be nice if you just felt your best? Even if you don't reach your goals, you know, in the next couple months you have a lot more weight to lose. Like you're going to look your best, you're going to more weight to lose. Like, you're gonna look your best, you're gonna feel your best every single day,

you're gonna feel better than you did the day before. And so what do you want your life to look like? What do you want that to feel like? What do you want it to feel like when you wake up, when you walk to your closet, when you go hang out on a patio with friends, when you go to the cottage, when you go camping, when you travel Europe,

all the things that you're doing, how do you want to feel? You want to feel calm and comfortable in your body, right? So what is the plan? How do you want to feel? I just looked at my 20 questions again to see how I can keep building on my good habits. That's a great thing to do.

Pull out the 20 questions. There's also if you go into the file section, there's like a hundred and fifty sub questions you can go through. One of the things I want to work on through the next program is you know at the beginning of every program I do say to people it's a great idea to reflect on your journey and so when I meet with personal clients I know I talked about this the other day I try to get the full picture of their whole story where they're at now any health issues that they have what their their routine is, and then

go with supplements that they're taking. Where are you at right now? And then take it back to when did your weight journey start? What's your story there? Is it tied into traumatic experiences? What did you try that worked? What did you try that didn't? What was going on in your life?

Just to get a sense of what it is that you need to do and focus on, right? So, you know, work on a template. On that, you know, obviously that's something you could do on your own, but it's a great thing to do at the end of every program, the beginning end of every new program. It's just, I like live by a five-year plan,

and it's not like I have a strategic step-by-step five-year plan. But I'm like, where do I want to be? And how do I want to feel? And what do I want to have? And what do I want to be doing in five years? And my five-year plan has always worked out. Never really on the five-year timeline.

Somewhere along the line. And I think it's just good to have a vision. And sometimes we just think of weight loss as eat less, exercise more, and rather than this vision that we want for our lives. What do we want our lives to be? What are you working towards? So going through the 20 questions can be really great.

Also, really checking your why. Going through your why again, right? What's your why? Has your why changed in the last? What was the why that you started with? What is going to be the why that's going to move you forward and take you through the spring summer program, right? A lot of you do have questions about being away throughout the spring summer program. So just

like any other diet, you're gonna you're gonna start it, you're gonna keep doing it until you reach your goal. Just like any other diet you've done, you've gone away, been on vacation, haven't been able to follow along. So, you know, I don't see going away for a few weeks or a month, anything like that, a reason to not sign up for the next program or keep the process going. There's lots, even if you're not checking in every day, there's great guest experts that you'll be able to listen to,

you know, pop into the community, ask questions if and when you need. So we're not again, we're not waiting for it to be perfect either. So maybe have questions about the app. So if you sign up for a spring summer program, or you're going to be going into maintenance after you finish the 91 day current program, it'll complete that you that your app will start working as a general tracker for you. So if you rolling into maintenance, you can continue to working as a general tracker for you. So if you're

rolling into maintenance, you can continue to use it in general tracking mode because we don't have an app there yet. If you've signed up for the spring summer program, you've registered, you've got your code, you input that into the spring summer program in the same app, so no need to download a new app. You just unlock the spring summer program and then the app will work as a general tracker in between groups. You can continue to track the things that you need to track. It won't have Livy AI or some of the features, but you can track the basic stuff you've been tracking

and then it will reset again and guide you through the program on April 21st when the next program starts. You'll also still have access to the information here on Facebook as well. So you'll be able to pop in and review anything over the break. We've made a, the other day the team made you a list

of all of the podcasts with all of our guest experts. So you'll be able to download and listen to those. For now, our podcast remains free to listen to. That's gonna change. We're not sure, like we're working on that in the next few months or so where it's included in the program itself. So if you're thinking, I'm just going to follow along with the podcast, you might want to rethink that.

That will be a paid option. So we have the option for paying the podcast if you don't want to do the program itself. So just something to keep in mind there. I'm trying to think of what else, what else, what else, what else. Let's take a minute out to hear from our podcast sponsor today. I mean, listen, we're always talking about how important it is to take care of your skin. Your skin is your body's largest organ. We also talk about the importance of creating routines, especially a nighttime routine that can help us sleep.

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So if you're looking to learn more about how you can maintain and strengthen your baby's skincare, head over to the website, avino.ca. That's A-V-E-E-N-O dot C-A. Thank you to Gina and your amazing team and all the guest speakers. I've enjoyed each and every meeting, gained a lot of knowledge. Yeah, it's all about empowering you to know what you need to do, right? The program itself works.

I saw someone the other day was like, oh, on social media, and they're like, I wish you did an a la carte. Like, I wish you would do a program for returning members and they could pick what parts of the program that they wanna do. I was like, oh God, no. That's kind of not how it works at all.

It's the systematic nature of the program and the routine of it that really is what makes it really successful at the end of the day. I just want to say thank you to my amazing guests. I also want to say thank you to our incredible team of people behind the scenes everybody program specialist shift supervisors managers HR production social media our executive team

Everybody has a passion for helping you on your journey And we get together at the beginning of each new group when we get excited we all get together at the end of the Program and we talk about okay. How was that? What can we do to better help people? What was some of the feedback that we got from our members? I just want to take a minute right now and say thank you to you One it's not lost on us Especially me that you put your faith in the program to reach this goal that means so much to you and I don't take that lightly I don't that's why I show up every single day.'s why I'm like you know I'm straight up I want and need you to know what you need to know in order to truly be successful move on from your

journey more than that I want to thank all of you who have you know asked a question shared shared your journey showed someone else some support we have the best community online. I mean, hands down, we have the most engaged. I mean, our engagement numbers with our community is through the roof incredible. The whole vibe and the supportive and safe nature of our community, I think is like really special.

And I say that I don't create that, I facilitate it. I facilitate this space where you could pop in every day or every now and then, whether it's in the actual support groups or over on our social media and feel like you're part of something, you are safe. This is a place for you to work on your journey, but it's not me creating that.

It's all of you who every time someone's vulnerable and shares how they feel or ask a question that they think is a dumb question or silly question, which there is never ever ever a dumb question or silly question. Because if you have it, chances are hundreds, maybe thousands of other people have it. So I just want to say yes, showing up and being part of the community and engaging in it does help you on your own journey. But you also don't realize how you're helping so many other people.

Always at the end of the program, we hear from people who never asked a question, never commented for whatever reason, but they feel part of the community because others who are. And so we'll have people like, I never asked a word, but I felt part of this amazing thing,

and I just wanna say thank you to your team, to your members and whatnot. So I always wanna take a minute to share because I think it's really special what you all have created here. I just want to say hi and goodbye and wish everyone much success on their journeys. I'll be moving to maintenance next round.

Hi Kim! And I'm so excited. I've created a lot of solid foundation to maintain my 43 weight loss and I have no doubt I'll be successful because I lost the weight doing this amazing program with all the amazing support. Oh, I could not love this more.

This is where we want everyone to go. We want you to lose your weight. We want you to be able to move on to maintenance. So my advice to anyone to move on to maintenance, read the posts. You may think it's the same. It's the same tweaks. Yes, because now you get to experience those tweaks with all the without without the pressure of needing to lose and being in maintenance.

The intention and the conversation is completely different. It's a it's a completely different conversation. It's not as much work as in terms of like what you need to do with the program obviously, because you know what you're doing Foundation wise but it is almost more work mentally because you're gonna be dealing with trusting right the changes that you've made Reinforcing and solidifying your weight physically but more so that that that mindset mentally when you go from someone Especially who's been trying to lose their weight and now you're a person who's maintaining your weight and then you're trying to transition into a person who's just living right like you're no longer losing, maintaining, you're

just living. The conversations that we have in maintenance honestly is just like it's next level. Next level and I love that for you also here, here's the thing. We also recognize, and we have so many people who are nervous to move on because of our incredible community that we have. How can we stay in touch with the community, especially when you move on to maintenance? You want to get to maintenance,

but then after maintenance, you want to go live your life, and yet you're part of this amazing community. So I'm actually working on that third program that you can join while you are losing, while you are maintaining or living your life that the conversation is more focused on things like fitness on cooking on lifestyle on you know just kind of all the how you're implementing the changes in your life so I'm working on that which is a place where we can all kind of go and stay connected I have some

great conversations with guest experts do do some really fun stuff. Like, you know, we get used to this popping in every day and be part of something and such a safe space to focus. And once you're done losing weight, maintaining your weight and just living on your life, living your life. Sure, you no longer have to focus on the weight part of it. Now you get to focus on living your best life part of it. I don't know about you, but I'm still working through the shit I need to work through while living your best life part of it. I don't know about you, but I'm still working through

the shit I need to work through. While living my best life, of course. So there's gonna be a place coming. There's gonna be a place coming. You guys are all of you, so many of you, so many of you are heading off for, Tony and I are heading away. We're gonna go do some golfing ourselves.

We're gonna get some downtime as well. Hi Charlene. I'm an accountant and this time of year is always so stressful. I found myself in the break room eating cake that was brought in. Right? And so this is like and so talk about maintenance for a second. I'm going to back to you Charlene. So maintenance we talked about.

We talked about this one when Odette who runs our maintenance program joined us on Tuesday. If you haven't had an opportunity runs our maintenance program, joined us on Tuesday. If you haven't had an opportunity to watch the conversation, I suggest you do. And this is different seasons of your life, right? Like you could lose your weight. Like for example, let's say you lost your weight in the spring summer program,

and then you go through fall, you go through winter, and then bam, you hit the spring. You've been maintaining your weight all year long, and then all of a sudden this super stressful time of year pops up, and you revert back into how you coped before, right? And so this is like, even after you reach your goal, there's that whole year of like experiencing triggers and traumas and all these things that are gonna pop up.

And it's about acquiring the skills now to be able to deal with them. But I recognize that is because I've been working 12 hour days. Yeah, I can't wait for the spring summer program where I'm not so busy and can focus on the program. Yeah, but this is also true. What did you know?

So what happened there, right? What was going on? Long hours, so you're probably not getting sleep because you're stressed out. So when you are not getting the sleep, it affects your cortisol levels are high because you're stressed. You're not getting that sleep. So your

body is more sensitive to the foods that you are eating or less sensitive to insulin. So you tend to be hungrier affects your hunger hormones, right? When you sleep, it affects your hunger hormones. So when you're tired, you crave crave more. When you're stressed, you crave more salty foods by looking for more high fat foods, you're probably not drinking the water, right? Because you're just really focused. Probably not eating often enough

because you're really focused. And so what can you do there, right? So bump up your omega-3 this time of year. Maybe add in some L-theanine. Be really mindful and sacred of your sleep. Not necessarily getting more sleep, but the quality of sleep, really be cognizant of not eating before bed

so you can get that good nighttime sleep. And so this is where for you, it'd be like, okay, this happens to me every year. So every year you wanna fall back and then have to like, you know, have your weights be affected and then kind of get back at it. Now that's what Back on Track is for.

Of course, you can be like, this is just a stressful two weeks period of my time. I'm just going to survive it and then I'll get back on track and whatever. That's also a way of managing it. But really figuring out, like what is your life entail? And what are some of the ways

that you need to make these changes or have that understanding of how your relationship with food, obviously when you get stressed and you're tired, you maybe go for the sugar, right? So what can you do to offset that? Offset that. I would like to spread the word.

Is there a really good ad I could share? Hi, Sandy. Yeah, I mean, 93% of our members come through us for word of mouth. We're only now starting to advertise because we have our amazing app. We really have everything, like I think, really ready to go, although not perfect, but I think

it works well. We know it works well. I think it's time to put it out there to the world. So we have a ton of great ads, really amazing ads that we did with our members, our Live Lighter ads that you can share. You can just share our website. There's a ton of information about how the program works. We're very transparent.

People don't have to give us their emails before you can sign up and find out what it's all about. We try to be a business that you are proud to share with friends or family or coworkers. So if you had to take them to the website, they can read about it. They can reach out to customer service. They can ask any questions that they have. Our Facebook social media page, our Instagram social media page, we're going to start posting some more stuff that you can share with friends and family on there.

Yeah, I mean, anything that you share with anyone, like Sharing is Caring, I think it's a program you can feel really good about. And if you can share with the people in your life who are either talking about losing weight or Might be interested. I'm you know talking about diet sometimes can be icky, but this is more than just a diet, right? This is like you see anyone trying to make any life change our guest experts alone, for example Worth the cost of the program like this access to our guest experts and the conversations that we have with them alone

are definitely worth it, the support. Some people sign up just to eat healthier, learn how to eat, be in tune with their body's needs. So I know sometimes sharing diets can be a little bit tricky, but this is one that you can feel really good about. Hi, Linda, I want this to be the last summer. Down 97.5

pounds in three rounds. My goodness. So glad I found this. I'm so glad you found us too. And in the healthiest ways, I saw Sue, I saw someone if Sue is listening, Sue Moyer, I saw on Instagram someone said because you had lost I think 23 pounds and someone said, I don't want to be rude, but it looks like you've lost so much more weight. And this is healthy weight loss. This is healthy fat loss.

Someone was on, speaking of ads, I saw someone the other day who was like, oh, I'm tired of all these programs, hawking weight loss. And what about fat loss? You want to go for fat loss, not weight loss. And I said to You know, you want to go for fat loss not weight loss and I said to the woman if you're looking for fat loss, definitely check out our program and Unfortunately, we can't use the word fat loss in our ads and it's very when it comes to selling a diet

It's very another big the major players can get away with it Weight watchers can do what they want new can get do what they want But they won't approve our ads if we have the word fat or fat loss in it. And they're very restrictive in sort of what we can say and what we can show and whatnot. But what you're seeing, if you are seeing before and afters,

oh my God, the celebrated inspire post. I mean, if you have not taken time to post on it for yourself, and it's not about how much weight you've lost, it's not, it's about still being here. It's a place for you to be like, I'm proud of myself. This is what I've done. This is where I'm at without judgment. It's very therapeutic to do that. And it's really owning it and putting it out there and to be really proud of yourself.

But to read other people's if you're looking for inspiration, my goodness, go to this Celebrate Inspire Post. I'm going to be reading it over the next couple weeks. I like to sit down the day after the program ends and grab a big mug of like coffee or tea or whatever and just take my time. It takes me hours to go through them. It never gets old. It never, ever, ever, ever, ever gets old. It never gets old. So if you have not done it yet, take time to go on that Celebrate Inspire post. That's amazing.

Two people have noticed I've lost weight, 14 pounds. Pretty excited. Feels more like 20, yeah, because this is healthy fat loss. Like that's the difference between diets where you're starving and depriving and you know what you are focused on and doing here with the program.

Hi, hit a two week plateau, how do I navigate this? Okay, so let's talk about that. I was actually just talking about that at the beginning because you want plateaus, you need plateaus. There's a couple of things that happen towards the end of the program is that we forget basics Consistency making your food choices nutrient-rich really digging into those for mindful the for mindful eating questions And being in tune with portions a lot of times people tend to try to keep their portions small

And it does become what they look like rather than what they feel like and you know this far into the program your metabolism Has been naturally increasing as the way you feel more energetic, you feel better, you're sleeping better, feeling better, pooping better, all of those things, more clear mind, your body is functioning on another level. And so sometimes the energy you're expending is more and you actually need more food.

And so sometimes people just keep their portions small and that becomes one of the reasons why you'll experience a plateau is your body's feeling a little bit restricted. Also the end of the program, people with this, with where we're at, with the personalized the plan are falling back into skipping meals and snacks

rather than choosing not to have them because you're legitimately not hungry for them because you feel like eating less is going to get you ahead because we become, for lack of a better word, a little desperate at the end of the program. This is why I started the conversation saying, and I'm not saying this is you, I'm generalizing. I started the conversation saying the program is coming to an end, your journey is continuing. And that's really important because people do kind of respond in a certain way

to the end of the program. So trying to force it, eat even less, exercise even more. And they actually kind of get further away from being in tune to their actual needs. And they kind of fall back into that diet mentality a little bit. So, you know, make sure you're eating enough to feel satisfied, that's really important.

Or sometimes we get so tired that we're not asking the four questions, maybe we're overeating, that could be it as well. So really dig into those four mindful eating questions, try to be as consistent as possible. People also double down and start, because it's gotta be about what you eat and when, and then maybe not as mindful about your sleep anymore or your stress or you know

moving your body so that you know up keeping so pull up the maximizing 20 questions that's always the answer to try to crack a plateau what's going on in my life am I an accountant and really stressed right now and then stressing myself because I'm not seeing the scale move I'm probably not seeing the scale move because I'm really stressed right now. I'm not getting sleep. I'm not making the time to move my body because I'm really busy. I'm working 12-hour shifts, probably not drinking my water, probably not as mindful with what I'm doing, right?

So what's going on in your life? Where are you at? Why do you think you're on a plateau? Is it because you dropped 30 pounds, right? That like up into this point. So your body might be like, hey, I need a minute. That happens a lot with people who lose a lot in their first program.

At some point, your body's gonna need to adjust and it could be the next program that you notice your body adjusting and you'll notice your body change, but your weight not moving. That doesn't mean that things aren't working for you. That means they are working for you and your body needs a minute to adjust

to the weight that you've lost. All about set point, right? You lose the weight, plateau, reinforce your set point. That's your new set point. So it's gonna be very hard to go back up past that. Right, just how that initial set point was hard to lose. New set point, plateau, right? Readjusting, new set point, new set point,

reach your goal weight, and then you go into the maintenance program like it's one big long ass plateau helping you to solidify your weight physically and mentally. Right. Some people will lose in chunks. They'll lose weight and then have a longer plateau that might just be your pattern. Go back and look at your scale. So if you've been using the app and if you haven't this is why you want to use the app. You can click on this scale icon and actually see a graph. And is that your pattern?

Do you normally see a drop, drop, drop, and then you have like a longer plateau? Could just be time that your body needs, but always go to that maximizing post. That's a great thing to look at and be like, okay, what can I do to kind of get my body more focused rather than on solidifying what you want, but you don't have to sit there

and like be super like waiting forever. There's things that't have to sit there and be super waiting forever. There's things that you can do to kind of be proactive about that. Okay, where are we at? 12 hour shifts suck the life out of you, right? Did that for years, thank God for retirement. Exactly, and this just might be where you're at, and then if you're on that long hour shift,

and then this is just, do the best you can. You're in survival mode, but all the things that you're doing are adding up so that when you get that break, when you get that sleep, when you're able to focus on it, that's where you see that movement happening, right? So it's not like the things that you aren't doing are holding you back.

Good morning, lack of exercise has been just what kept me on a plateau just download an app called Lazy Fit. I'm setting the intention and doing the daily plan for the next 28 days. I love that, building on what you're already doing. I'm setting the intention and doing the daily plan for the next 28 days. I love that. Building on what you're already doing. Building on what you're already doing. Okay, speaking of, I gotta go.

I don't wanna go. I wanna stay, I wanna chat. I will miss you all during the break. I'm super excited though to come back to the Spring Summer Program. They're all my favorite programs in their own ways. We're gonna come back, we're gonna feel renewed. We're gonna go for a whole other round. Spring, summer, such a great time to focus on fat loss. We're gonna do some fun stuff. It's our 25th program. What? Our 25th program, which is so

exciting. I will be checking in over the weekend. Team is here if you got any questions. We're gonna be around answering them to end of day Sunday. Sign up for this, what are you waiting for? Sign up for the Spring Program. It's a massive, huge investment in yourself just to even keep yourself on track, even if you can't follow along perfectly, even just for the guest experts, the community, all of it.

Get yourself signed up, tell your friends and family, please, what else? Tony and I are gonna join you on Sunday at 10 a.m. We're gonna share some of the results of the survey if you haven't filled it out yet. Please take time. We wanna hear from you. Ruth and her team wanna hear from you.

We wanna hear from you. Any suggestions that you have, you can put on the check-in post or whatever. The team is making note of them. We do wanna hear from you. We wanna do everything we can to make sure you are successful. So there we go. Congratulations to everyone for being here. No matter what the scale says, you are a fucking

rock star and you should be really proud of the fact that you are still here today. You've not given up on yourself and 100% you are going to get there. You are going to reach your goal and why I know this is because there's no reason why you can't. No reason why you can't. Have are going to reach your goal. And why I know this is because there's no reason why you can't. No reason why you can't. Have a fantastic rest of your day. Have a great weekend if I don't see you. Have a great couple weeks off in between groups

if I don't see you until April. Follow us over on social media. We're going to be sharing some stuff over there to try to keep you motivated in between the break. It's also where you can keep up with everything, leaving method and what we're doing. Bye everyone. From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much.

Thanks for joining me over the last 91 days and showing up. Oh, I'm gonna get emotional now. I always do. Ah, can't help it. With these lives, if you didn't show up and you weren't here with me, I wouldn't get to talk about what I love talking about

every single day. And I love showing up, no matter what shit show is going on in my life. This is my happy place, this is my safe place. Thank you for joining me over the last few months. Bye everyone, have a great day.