The Livy Method Podcast - Livy Method Late Night - Special Troubleshooting Session

Episode Date: February 19, 2026

In this bonus episode, Gina hosts a special Troubleshooting Edition of Late Night Live to support anyone who feels like they’re doing all the things… but not seeing the results they expected on the scale. Instead of pushing you to do more, Gina walks you through how to evaluate what you’re already doing, identify opportunities to level up, and uncover where small, strategic tweaks can create meaningful change.She breaks down the difference between being busy and being effective, and explains why sustainable progress isn’t about doing everything, it’s about doing the right things for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams for my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews, and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on ACAST, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon Music. Hello, hi.

Okay, here we go. So we're going to do a troubleshooting session tonight. So if you weren't expecting that, I apologize, but I really want to do this. I think it's going to be beneficial for everybody. Or you can just sit back and enjoy the conversation. I'm going to take you through a troubleshooting process. Now, if you have been with me before, normally what I do with this is go through the maximizing questions. You know, we have a whole checklist and stuff there and kind of explain how to use that.

But I thought I would do something a little different. I'm going to take you through. Yeah, right, listening to the morning live. Oh, yeah. I mean, we could talk about this stuff forever, especially with Dr. Paul, right? Especially reasons why your weight might be slower to move. What I love, though, is like everything you're doing here is going to address all the reasons why your weight might be slower to move. Okay, happy to be here.

Yes, let's do it. Okay, first thing I want you to do is grab a paper and a piece of pen. If you just want to sit back and listen right now, you can do that. And then if you want to save her later and go back. So this is what I do when I meet with a personal client. So what I'm trying to do is figure out what's going on with them. Right. So what's their story when it comes to their weight loss journey?

What are they doing? What is going on in their life and whatnot? So I'm going to go through this with you. And then I'll teach you what I'm looking for. Basically you can teach you how to do my job. But you can do it on yourself. You can do it on yourself. I actually do not need to make notes, I suppose, but making notes is going to help me because

this is my process and I write things down. Hi, Barbara. Disappointed not to be able to join you tonight, but I've been feeling lousy all day. Oh, no. I believe you said you will post it. Yeah, I'll post it. I'll post it. Don't worry about this.

And this is something you can come back to time and time again. Hi, Judy. Okay, so you want to grab a pen and a piece of paper and you want to write down. The first thing I do is obviously what is your name, but you probably know you your name. And then I go to your age. So what is your age? Because I need to know what's going on with you in life, how tall you are just to kind of get a sense of your height and how much you weigh. Right? And then your weights. And then my next question is what is the least amount you weighed after the age of 21? Because that gives me an idea of sort of like what your where your,

what your goal weight can be. So your lowest weight after the age of 21 that you were able to easily maintain. So that's a good baseline unless you've always had a weight issue. So then that's the next thing. Usually when I say, you know, what was what's the least amount of weight you, you know, weighed after the age of 21. They were like, oh my God. I was like, yeah, I was super skinny, but I was doing Coke.

I was partying on. Like whatever. Do you know what I mean? You can go back to that weight, but be a healthy. version of that. So what was the weight, least amount you weighed after the age of 20? That was fairly easy for you to maintain. Right. And then if it's a little bit of a higher range based on sort of how tall you are and your weight, then I will say, did you have a weight issue when you were younger? And this is really important. So did you have a weight issue when you were younger? And if you did,

I'm like, okay, looking back, did you, like, looking back, can you see why you would have gained that weight? Like, what was your home environment? Or were you made to eat all the food on your plate? Like what, you know, did your parents cook or not cook? Did you go through a very stressful time when you were younger? Were you stress eating? Were you eating to cope? You know, any kind of issues like sneaking food, that type of thing will come up. This is also where, you know, the story of like, well, my mom, you know, put me into Weight Watchers when I was 12.

Maybe looking back, you didn't even really have like that much of a weight issue, right? It's important to kind of go through all of these things. And then I'm like, okay. So what age then did you notice that you gained weight? So if it was in childhood, we talk about that. Why? What happened? What's your story?

Like, you know, run me through your life. Where did you, did you ever try to lose weight? What did you do to lose weight? Were the moments where you gain significant weight back? So this is where I want to know about your story. And if you didn't gain weight until later, maybe after kids or after school or any of that, then this is where I would be like, okay, tell me your story. And there's always a story.

Right? So I had kids. I lost weight after my first kid. Second kid, not as easy. Third, maybe, you know, whatever or just unable to lose my weight. Or some people, you know, went through traumatic events. They got into a car accident and then we're in, you know, not be able to be as mobile. And so they gained weight or something really traumatic happened in their lives. So that's, that's why I'm going through sort of different times in your in your life of trying to understand your weight journey. Like what is. is your weight story. And this is what I say to people, go back and track it. Like, tell me the story of your weight journey. And then I'll be like, what, what things did you try? What things didn't you try? Um, just basically making all these notes, trying to get a sense of how they got here. And then also how their body has learned to function and cope, right? What if you can't remember your weight at age 21? That's okay. I don't have to be exact. You don't have to be exact. You're just kind of like the lowest weight that you remember weighing when you were any, any time after the age of 21. Okay.

So so far we get your name, your age, how tall you are, your weights, lowest weight after the age of 21. So if it was, you know, whatever that weight might be. If you, and then go through if your weight issue started when you're younger, just trying to get a sense. Now reflecting back why you might, what might have had a weight issue, how you were raised, giving some thought to that, your thoughts and your relationship around food. And that may say real deep, but as we know, how we were raised on food can connect with us today, right? Here's some other questions that I would ask,

how's your stress? So I would say rate your stress, right? Rate your stress. You guys are funny. I'm listening to the comments too. Rate your stress on a scale of one to ten. Right? And then they would say to me, oh, I'm like a three. I'm like, oh, okay, so tell me about your life. Because sometimes you're, and I don't want your, I'm fine score, what you wish your stress would be.

I want you to really like take a moment and be like, okay, what have I got going on in my life that can be stressful or cause you anxiety, right? So, you know, I talked to a woman who was not stressed, except, you know, she had three kids during the pandemic, now working from home, you know, trying to, in the middle of a divorce, trying to sell her house. Like, do you know what I'm saying? Like, what realistically do you, how are you taking care of aging parents? Not are you okay with a situation, but what is the stress? Like, are you taking care of your parents? Do you have young kids at home?

Is your job very stressful? Your finance is stressful. Like, really understanding, okay, like, I have a lot going on. Like, you really have to understand where you're at. Because I'm not then going to tell you, oh, you should go do this, this, this, this, this. I'm going to take into account all. the stress that you have going on in your life, right? So what's your stress on a scale of one to 10? Okay. Not what you think your ability to handle it is? Like, really, on a scale of one to 10,

how's your stress? Mine, I would say is probably, I love my life. For example, I love my life, right? I have a great business. I have a wonderful marriage. I have four kids. I also have my stress probably. I'm dealing with a family situation. My oldest kid gives me a lot of stress. I'm always concerned about business stuff. So my life is great, but I would say my stress is probably about a nine right now. Right. So it's not how great your life is. It's like the stress, right?

Yeah, a lot of you got going to Weight Watchers, right? When you're young, yeah. So you stress on a scale of one to 10. And then I'm going to ask you about what do you do for movement and activity? So movement, right? Exercise. And if I gave you a scale of one to 10, like what? scale is your, you know, your activity level. And so again, this is where I've had people,

it's about a 10 and I would be like, okay, what are you doing? So if you give me a 10, I'm expecting that you are doing resistance training like three times a week. You're also doing going for walks. You're doing maybe a hit class, something to get your heart rate up. Like, you are really like maxing out your movement, right? I'm not talking about 10,000 steps a day. I'm talking about like, you got it like to the max. You can possibly change anything. do anything more like you are like maxed out right my movement right now i just started back walking on my treadmill i would probably give it a two right like i'm trying to get on there half an hour i'm getting on there every day but it is not get my heart rate up yet it is not adding weights

it's not doing that so i give me give it really um is being sad considered stress oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah being sad is definitely being sad is definitely considered stress So movement. You do not get a 10 for walking your dog three times a week. Right. So here is what I would write down. What are you actually doing for movement? Like run me through your week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, kind of going through. And I'm not judging anyone. I'm just trying to understand what are their stress levels like. So then what do they do for movement here? Next I'm going to get, and not that any of this is new, but again, you're going to see how it all comes together. my mom died when I was 17 lost a child divorced then got cancer work very stressful off now on a stress

leave this and now you're trying to lose weight right so you're going to see how it's all connected all connected never have I ever sat down with anyone and their weight issue was ever about food I haven't had a client who just needed to lose weight because they were going through the drive-thru and eating all the wrong things in 30 years I it doesn't exist it's always way more than that right um okay so we did stress we did move let's go into sleep let's go to sleep on a scale of one to 10 how well rested do you feel in the morning right and we're not going to get in this is like a maximizing post you can go look for sleep tips or whatever this is like again trying to understand how we got here and what you need to do moving forward so a scale of one to 10 so you might

like fall asleep real quick but you wake up in the middle of the night you um follow sleep, sleep what you think is all night, but you wake up and you're still tired every day, right? Still tired at every day. So what's your sleep? Give me sleep on one at 10. And then I, then I'm going to go, uh, okay. So like, do you, are you a late sleeper?

Like, do you go to bed early? Do you go to bed late? Like, just trying to ask some questions just about your sleep there. Is it hormones? Are you stress, like, is, is it, are you stressing before you go to bed? Like, is it your mind keeping you up? You just can't fall asleep. You're waking up.

just try to get a general understanding of like what the sleep issue is. Right. Next I'm going to ask you if you have any health issues. So health issues. Okay, what health issues do you have? And people will be like, I'm fine. I'm like, okay, what about your knees back? Oh, yeah, I've got a bad back.

And I take, you know, whatever drugs for this, whatever drugs for that. Like, okay, so what's your health issues? Like you want to list through all of them. So you got a bad back. you have diabetes, thyroid issues, whatever that might be, anything that you have that bothers you with, you know, platy fasciitis, we talked about yesterday. And then I'm going to ask, do you take any medications for those? So this would be good for you to go, because you can go Google the medications that you take, and then you can say like side effects, and sometimes they can cause severe dehydration.

So if you can imagine, you didn't know you were taking a medication that's causing you to be really dehydrated. So you think you're drinking enough water at three, leaders when really you need to bump up more, right? So any medications that you take and then kind of checking into the side effects with them and what's going on there. Something like taking a birth control pill or getting an IUD in, it just takes your body a while to adjust. Eventually the thing about medications and health issues, your body factors that in, but it can take a while to adjust. So if you just started the program trying to lose weight, just went on birth control, then your body's like your hormones are all crazy and trying to get a handle on.

that, right? Obviously, that's something that's affecting your journey. What do you do about it? Still follow that routine. Still do the things that you need to do, right? And then Tylenol, Advil, anything like that. People also don't take into account that someone gets chronic headaches, their body's always sore, they're taking pain relievers that, yeah, sleep an average of 5.5 to 6.5, right? They're taking pain relievers that mess with their digestive system and their stomach. Like, they're like they're not pooping they're whatever right so so this where I would try to so if someone had medications I would like just do a Google there's a there's all sorts of sites Google the medication side effects um anything physical in the body dehydration tiredness lethargy right so someone's like

oh I don't know why I'm so tired and just not motivated to work out meaning what meanwhile your medication is making you really tired like it's important so I know it sounds so simple um trying to figure out what's going up so that's the medications Tylenol, Advil, any of that. Then I would probably go from here into supplements. So what supplements are you taking? Right? So this is where I would go through supplements. And then I would ask you if you're taking on a scale of 1 to 10, are you taking them consistently? Because a lot of people will be like, oh, I have all these supplements. I'm so good. And I'm like, okay, so do you take like on seven days a week, are you taking them every day consistently? And they're like, well. right right um and then so supplement so then i would go through and write down all the ones that they're taking and i would also ask why like why why you're taking this what because sometimes people take supplements without knowing why they're taking them um so just going through you know and if you're having a hard time with your scale moving and one of the things i would do is make sure

you're taking an omega-3 vitamin d especially this time a year and a magnesium like i'd be like you have, if you're having a hard time getting a scale to move or you have any health issues, whatever, those are, you got to take those foundational ones. I don't want you to spend any more money than you need. And of course, you can still lose weight without them, but definitely helps. Or you at least bump up your foods. So supplements, I would go through. And then I would ask about bowel movements. I would. I would ask about bowel movements. I would ask about bowel movements because that can be a good sign of what's going on digestion-wise. And so I would say, you know, regular is once, someone say, well, I'm regular.

And I'll say how many times a day. And they're like, once a day in the morning. And I'm like, okay, what if you miss you. What if you don't have a coffee or if you smoke? You know, smoke, you have a coffee. What happens then? Right? And they're like, oh, if I miss my coffee, forget it.

Then you're not regular. You're not regular if you need to have a coffee before you go. Right? So your bowel movements, every other day, every day. If food goes in, the byproduct of the food needs to go out. If it's not moving in and out, then that can be a sign of what's going on in your digestive system. And obviously your body's trying to detox. And your body detoxes when you pee, when you poo, when you breathe and you sweat,

the same way you release fat, right? So, yes. So for I'm good with my name and the age. The rest needs my program. Don't make your laugh, Judy. I got to keep going. So we're on bowel movements. So now we're checking on, we're checking on bowel movements.

So supplements and then bowel movements. Okay, so we got stress, movement, medications, health issues, supplements, bowel movements. Okay. Anything else that I should know about? This is usually where I kind of look through this a little bit. I ask any follow-up questions if I'm unsure about stuff. And then I will say, okay, take me through your day.

So this is where I will be like, okay, what time do you wake up? What time do you wake up? How are you feeling? Right? What's the first thing you eat or drink? And I'll be like, and what are you doing? Are you running out the door? Are you cooking your food? Like, you know, what's run me through your morning. Right? And then they tell me what they have for breakfast or whatever. And then I'll say, okay, they'll be like, yeah, but I eat breakfast. And then they'll usually tell me something that's on the food plan and I'll be like, how many times a week are you eating breakfast? And I'm like, no, well, realistically. Because people, are like have an idea sometimes of what they like this is what I want to be doing this is what I

know I should be doing but then what are you actually doing is a little different right so it's not how much effort you're putting in it's like what you're actually doing and it's not a judgment it's just to figure out okay what's the best way forward from here you know um okay so go through your day you so you can let's go through this right so what time you get up in the morning give me a rundown. What time you get up in the morning? I get up at like, you know, whatever, 5.30 in the morning. What's the first thing you eat or drink?

That's what I'm asking people. So what's the first thing you eat or drink? You eat and drink, right? Some people do their lemon water. Maybe you don't. Okay. And then, you know, what's your morning? Are you rushing around?

What's going on? Give me a bit of your routine. You go for a walk, work out. What do you do? What do you eat and drink next? So, you know, mid-morning. Sometimes people miss their mid-morning snack more often than they realize. what are you having for a mid-morning snack?

Um, your lunch, right? What's happening with lunch? Oh, sometimes I'm needed it. I'm in a rush. Are you sitting down? Are you actually able to eat it? Or are you just coming and going? Like, what's the deal with that?

Right. And your lunch. Again, not what you think you should be doing, but what are you actually doing. How are you going through this list with every member? Yeah. Right. Right. And this is, this is like, and this is such a good practice for you to do to go through

because you'll be like, oh, wow, yeah, yeah, I've been on a diet since I was 12 or, oh my goodness, I don't see how this life incident, followed by this life incident, this life incident impacted where I'm at now, right? So then we're going to go through your afternoon snacks. What's going on with your afternoon snacks, right? How is your hunger? How are you feeling? Are you hungry?

So that's why I want to get a sense of something. Because some people can be eating and just be like, I'm not, I go through the whole day and I'm not really hungry at all. I'm just eating small token amounts. And so that could give me a sign that their metabolism is slow. And then I would be like, okay, what's the last time you did a diet? Like this is where I would then track back and probably ask them questions about diets, the most recent diets that they've done.

Because if there's coming off a keto or coming off a really restrictive diet, their metabolism might be quite low and they're not all that hungry. So we kind of have to build that up again, right? So what's going on with your snacks? Are you hungry for your snacks? Yes, no. What are you doing for snacks? Dinner time.

Are you hungry? what time are you eating dinner. Most people are eating dinner, you know, way, way late. All these questions were asked by my natural pathic doctor. I had to answer online, but first my appointment. I see her again tomorrow and I have some good news. Yeah. So I, your naturopathic doctor is trying to understand who you are and how you got here. And so I'm trying to understand who you are and you got here. But you also need to take time to understand who you are, how you got here, but also put the pieces together in terms of how it affects your journey. This is me. Yeah, Right? Since the program, not ever hungry. So it could be, though, depending on your timing that you're

eating your foods, you're actually just eating before your body has a chance to tell you that you're hungry. And it could be that you're eating all this good nutrient rich food. And not being hungry isn't actually an issue or a sign of slow metabolism. It could just be a sign that you're eating before you get hungry. But not being hungry with eating all these foods throughout the day could be a sign that you have a low and slow metabolism. Now, if you're taking jelly, P1s, that's where that can be tricky to gauge your hunger levels because obviously JLP ones make it so that you're not hungry. So that's where you still want to have those token amounts, right? How important is the mid-morning snack? Very important. Every snack is hugely important

because it's all about the routine. It's less about the fruit snack. Later on, you're going to be able, like, it'll become important later on because then we're going to switch up kind of like the different types of snacks and you'll be able to add a protein and a protein and a fat, to your fruit snack or switch it up to something else completely. So it's, it's, there's a rhyme and a reason you may not see now. The routine now are really important. But as we get going and start switching up the food plan, it becomes really important. Because you could, if you miss your mid-morning snack, you start high protein in the,

in the morning or skip your breakfast. And then you don't have your fruit snack to replenish your glycogen stores. You might be extra hungry heading into dinner, right? And then your, your body's looking for that extra energy. so you're more likely to overeat lunch. And then, you know, it kind of affects your whole day. So all the meals and snacks are really important. There's a formula.

There's a formula for this. So everything is for a rhyme and a reason. That routine is really, really important. And then dinner. Okay, so let's get into dinner. Trying to understand the difference, if any, between a snack in the evening versus forced to have dinner due to work and life schedules. So, okay, the difference between eating a snack in the evening versus forced to have dinner.

So what are you basing a snack on versus dinner on, right? Like, since we're talking about dinner, I don't want to sidetrack too much of this conversation, but let's talk about that, that side track. So the size of dinner. So if you think about it, there's no real reason or need for you to consume a bigger meal at breakfast, a bigger meal at lunch and a bigger meal at dinner. I mean, if you go back, you know, historically, we're eating like one meal a day, right? Like, we constructed these meal times to be social.

And, you know, you cannot eat more food at breakfast and have you last you longer. That old, we know we have a big day today. Make sure you eat a big breakfast. Well, big breakfast isn't going to help you. It doesn't, your body only takes what it needs at the time. And then this concept that we have to sit down at lunch and have this big lunch. So like, if this goes with all your snacks, not just dinner. So you might not be all that hungry for lunch.

So then you eat a token amount. That would be considered more like a snack, I suppose. But then if you have your veg snack and you needed to add more to that, you could make it more like a meal. And same thing with dinner. So dinner, one, you want to make sure you focus on protein, right? Vegetables, leafy greens, healthy fats. But that doesn't have to be like a dinner.

that can just be a source of protein, you know, some vegetables would be great. And some, you know, leafy greens could be like seaweed chips, seaweed snacks, whatever if you wanted, kale chips. So you can have a snack-sized dinner and you don't have to have like traditional dinner dinners. You can just kind of pieced meal together the components that you need, right? So that's the difference. So that's the difference there. Okay. And then this is where I would say, what time is dinner at consistently? The time is dinner at consistently? And then what time are you going to bed? You can start morning late. Yeah. Can we start morning late? Like with a breakfast at 10.30.11 if we're waking up at 6. You want to have breakfast ideally within two and a half hours of waking. Like two, two and a half hours of waking is where you want to have breakfast. And then if you go longer than that, you definitely want to get in like a mid morning snack. Like if you breakfast at 10.30, 11, if waking up at six, some days after a workout,

notice of eating right away and doing a workout, right? So, so you want to, breaking the fast, which is a benefit to having that protein in the morning, is best done within two hours of waking up. And then you want to, you don't want to go too long without eating. So then what time do you go to bed, right? What time you go to bed? That's really important. So what time are you eating consistently every night? And then what time you're going to bed? And then here's the big one. I'm like, um, do you snack at night. And this is a big one for people, right?

They like the idea of not snacking. They try not to snack, but then a lot of people, you know, end up snacking for whatever reason. And this is like you've got to really see what's going on there. So you've got to be really real about that. Because then, then I can go back to, all right, you keep not snacking at dinner is very hard for you, but then I could go back and be like,

okay, but you've been missing your morning snack. So you're missing your, you're not having your morning fruit, which is affecting your whole day, which can be leading to you feeling hungry in the evening. So that's why, that's why I go through someone's whole day to ultimately get to the end of the day and see what's going on and how they feel, right? Could weight loss stall if you're not eating enough? Um, if you are working out really hard, yes. Like if you're just going through your day, if you're even just having small token amounts eaten often through the day. The body doesn't need as much food as you think it does. It's not about how much you're eating. It's about the nutrient value that it's getting. You could also eat a lot of food.

And then if your digestive system isn't functioning as well as it could, you might not be getting the nutrients from the foods. That's where it gets a little tricky. But if you're eating all your meals and snacks and making those meals and snacks, which you are having nutrient rich, then you're probably not running the risk of not eating enough unless you are working out pretty heavily. And this can be what happens to people sometimes when they do a program and then they're very in tune to their portions. And then when they go into the next program, their metabolism is higher and maybe they're working out more active.

And this is where they try to keep the portions small, right? So this is where you really want to be in tune to those portions. The reality is your bodies need to change day to day. And so you just want to be in tune with that. You want to be in tune with that. That whole if you don't, like that starvation mode is really. really, like that is a cumulative of years and years of of constant periods of starvation,

followed by then overeating, right? Like that starvation mode that is that it's not just going one day, a long period of time without eating. Like you could go a whole week, long periods of time without eating. It's making that a habit. So that becomes a habit where you go all day long without eating. Your body has to get energy from somewhere so that it gets into a habit of when,

if you don't eat, when you do eat, your body will take all of that. and be like, we need to store all of this in fat to reserve it for next time that we go all day long without eating. So that's why those are patterns that your body picks up on. Hence, why that routine is really important. We're trying to rewire how the body's come to function and how their brains come to function. Yeah. Um, I never have my veg snack. Is that a problem? Yeah. It totally. Do you see how it's all coming together? So the veg snack is in there because, after a larger meal, which you probably don't need a big large lunch. And if you do and you're hungry for it, that's fine. But I'm saying we've gotten used to eating a large lunch when probably

we don't, we don't need to eat significantly more food at lunch. And so those vegetables are in there. One, they help increase digest, they help with digestive enzymes, your digestive system. But processing and digesting a larger meal, right? So they help stimulate your digestive system after that. And then fiber, really important with that, right? So, yeah. Yeah, it's that, it's the more of the routines, because we're rewiring, it's all about set point. And set point is homeostasis where your body has wired everything around that feeling like it needs that weight. So every time you did a deprivation diet and you gained it back, your body was like, like you force your body to burn fat, you lose the weight. And then your body is like, holy shit, let's make sure that never happens again.

So let's take, like, every time she eats, let's take it all of that and store it as fat so we can replenish that reserve. And then it's like, and then some. and then your weight gets at this like set point where you're your your your set point you need so much food to feed into that set point and if you do a restrictive diet that doesn't give you the food to feed into that set point it lowers your metabolism so like you're burning you're just burning less calories throughout the day so tied into that set point is your hormones your hunger hormones the hormones that tell you when you're full so they're not going to tell you that you've, that you've, that you've had enough until you reach that, like what your body is used to,

quota, right? Your hunger hormones, your leptin, your ghrelin, tells you when you're hungry, tells you when you're full. That's why some of you can go all day long without being hungry. It's not necessarily a good thing, right? Now, it can be that if you did that before and were able to go all day long without eating and you're not hungry, that's a sign of a slow metabolism, right? And then you start following the food plan, you're still not hungry.

That'll get better. That's why getting, that's why being hungry is a good thing. So your body factors in your hormones around that set point. So you're not just losing weight, sorry, and having your body adjust physically to the fat that you've lost. You need your hormones to adjust to that new size of body as well, right? So this is where that routine, it trains, it rewires your hunger hormones when you're hungry, when you've had enough.

It retrains the body to be like, no, no, no, no, no. you don't have to take everything I eat and store it as fats. You can just, we, you don't need to do that, right? So we're rewiring how your body's come to function and in that rewiring your hormones. And so that's why there's a lot of science behind each meal and snack, right? And then the changes that we're going to make moving forward. It's kind of like, yeah, I could easily go all day long without eating, right? That's exactly it.

I tried the prebiotic once that messed up things so much. I stick to probiotics. So we talked to Dr. Paul about this. So if you have, if you take a prebiotic and it just doesn't make you feel good or whatever, that can be a sign of other issues that you have that you might want to get back checked out. Okay. So now we're taking a look at the big picture, right? We're looking at consistency.

We're looking at what you get up in the, like what you do when you get up the morning, how you eat all day, what's happening at bedtime. We're going through, okay, now looking at your day, what you are eating. This is we're going to go back to supplements, exercise. make any adjustments there, you know, and then probably go back. And the next question I would be like, okay, so I've got a good sense of what's going on. You have a gut's high stress. You're not moving.

Maybe there's room to move your body more. Sleep, obviously, you need some work. Like, does it make sense? Does it make sense? And so this is where I would go. And if everything was bang on with the food plan, then I would be like, how are your portions? That's the next question I would ask. Right?

So let's say you're eating all your meal. and snacks, I would say, how are your portions? And someone who's portions who know, like, they're like, they're good. Like they'll, they'll, they'll super fast. They'll be like, oh, they're good. I'm on top of them. They're good. Because, like, they're on, they know. They're on edge. They're like in tune. Someone else is like, oh, well, I know they're eating too much. Right? Like, that's a, that's kind of like, just that having to second. Because someone who is not eating too much, they will let me know. Girlfriend, don't even touch my portions because my portions are bang on. Like, you know, I'm not going anywhere with those, right? Or someone

who feels like they're not eating enough because their portions are small, then I'll get into that. Where's that coming from? type of thing. So, so usually people are eating more than what they need. And again, eating good nutrient rich food is not going to cause you to gain weight. But if you're trying to pull, and this isn't about eating last, we're just trying to pull all those pieces together, right? I was full before I even sat down tonight. I had a small picro filet and just a token bite of everything to get all the components, right? And that's where you're going to notice when you're eating enough throughout the day, you're not even really all that hungry for dinner. Dinner should just kind of be like a top up, not like a bigger meal.

But people really struggle with this because that's when they're social. That's when they sit down with their families and you sit down. It's kind of hard not to eat. Like how many times do you eat dinner when you really aren't even really interested in dinner, right? Okay, let's go back and see where we at. Portions are the issue. Still so difficult to figure all that out. Right.

But this is where also, if portions are an issue for you, have a hard time over eating at dinner and yet you're not having your snacks throughout the day. Like that's where I'm looking. Like why, why are, why is it hard for portions? And okay, let's talk about that. And then this is where someone is like, well, because I love food. And it's, I feel like, you know, I like I love when I get to indulge in food or I make delicious food. So what's your issue with portions? That's where I would go next. So if you feel like you're eating too much, you probably are eating too much. And so why, like what is that about? And usually people will be. be like, yeah, I'm, I don't know. Like, I just get distracted or, which, okay, like, can me, is there

anything we can do to take time to slow down your eating? Right? My husband eats so fast. It's just insane how quickly he eats. I'm going to have to like remind him, like, like, literally, he would take me out for a nice dinner, spend a couple hundred dollars and we're in and out in 45 minutes. I'd be like, dude, that's someone's whole night. It's their whole night. And you, what, we're done, 45, you know what I mean? That's like, so what is happening there? Just, you need to take a little, so what do we do? What do we do some deep breathing exercises? We take a minute.

Like this is where, it's going to take time. That you can't change that stuff. But being aware of, you know, what's going on there with those portions. What is it about those portions? Same thing if you deal with nighttime snacking. Okay, tell me what this is about. From what I can see, if you, if you could fill in any of the holes of stuff you missed, fine.

If you can bump up the nutrient value of what you're eating, fine. Taking supplements, really. important, right? How's your, how's your energy level? That would probably be a question I would go to next. How is your energy level? On a scale of one to 10, what's going on with your energy? Like, how are you feeling? Are you constantly looking for pick me ups throughout the day? Like, how's your energy? How do you feel? Like, one being like, I'm so fucking tired. And 10 being like, I'm a rock star. I've never felt better in my life. Right? That's where I would ask. What's going on with your energy? And this is sort of where you know, like, if someone was worried about not eating enough,

you would have, you wouldn't, you would know because your energy would be like, not, not like, sometimes people are like, we do downsizing a few bites left. And I'm like, oh my God, I feel like I'm going to faint. No one should feel like they're going to faint just from a few bites less of what they were eating. Like you would really know if you were like low blood sugar or, you know, but low energy. What's going on there? Right. Because you could, like, having a, having a iron deficiency and being low in, um,

iron. So this is what I'm looking for because someone, someone can drag their ass through their life and not, and just think that's the norm. And I'll be like, how, what's your energy level like? Oh my God, I'm so tired. I'm like, okay, well, you go to bed, you go to bed, decent hour. You sleep all night. Your eating looks good. You're exercising. What are you doing to manage your stress? Why are you so tired? Oh, I don't know. And you say it out loud, right? Or they, they said they had no stress and then I ask them how their energy is and they're like no I'm like why are you so tired they're like oh I'm just tired I'm taking care of my parents and whatever like so you're how's your energy level because if you are following this program doing all these things you should

feel like a million bucks and if you don't then what what is it right why why how about how we are cooking boiling steaming roasting baking raw sauteing that's a tricky one because sometimes like cooking certain foods can actually make them healthier for you, like cooking tomatoes are much better for you than raw tomatoes and then some foods are better raw. So it's good to get a mix of like, you know, cooked foods, raw foods. You don't want to be doing too many raw foods, especially if you're finding that they're bothering your digestive system, which is why if you're having raw vegetables and you're avoiding them, do something cooked or do a salad, right? There's other way to get those greens in there. There is like nitpicking, like if you see like how much oil you're using and

whatnot. But then again, like that's usually people who you ever see those videos where people are like, oh, you can eat all this in a day or you can eat this. And this is the difference between this much oil and this much oil and this much mayonnaise and use ketchup instead of mayonnaise and all of that. That's like just calorie counting where it's just like so haphazard, you know, and you're trying to eat your cake and eat it too. But you're, you know, you're eating cake pops. Maybe they're locale cake pops. And like that's just with this program, you don't have to really pick those types of things too much, too much, yeah. Um, okay. Um, yeah, I used to much time throughout the day and not sit and eat. Yeah, right? What is that about? What is that about? Um, okay, so we've gone

through your day. We've asked you, you know, just kind of got a sense of who you are, what's going on. And then you're saying to me, okay, I don't understand. Like I'm, at this point, I can try to get a sense of why why their weight isn't dropping and what is going on. Right. So their, their stress levels, their movement, their sleep, what's happening there? What's happening with the food plan? What's happening with exercise? This is where I could tell like, okay, if someone's hitting the gym really hard and I'm like, is your body changing? Yes, okay, but your weight isn't dropping. This is where you might want to put a little bit more rest in between your workouts so that your body can spend time repairing and rebuilding. Sometimes it's like not enough movement. Sometimes it's too much

movement, but too much movement's not bad. It's not enough rest with that movement. So this is where I'm trying to be like, okay, so if I'm looking at this picture of you, what you are doing, what you are eating, what you are, you know, taking all of that, the next day would be like, what are you thinking? Like, what do you think about where you're at? You know, what I might go into what have you done before in other diets that you feel like have worked for you? Well, I tried this and I'll try that. Okay, what about that worked for you? You. you, what about this worked for you? And then people really realize that sometimes some of those components that worked well for you are already some of the things that you're doing in the program,

right? Sometimes it's a mental block. It's probably, it's probably weird, but I have a lot of energy to get things done, but I'm always tired. It could easily sleep two naps like a day, like an infant. I don't believe I sleep well and have referred to a sleep study. I try to get good routine around bedtime, just no, a sleep study won't be. So this is where that question, like how well do you feel in the morning? Do you feel well rested? Right. And this I would look at, so this might be where a cortisol issue where like you are wired, go, go, go, go, go. Right. So that could be a hormonal issue that you're dealing with. So you're like super wired, but tired. So you can be wired with tired, growing on adrenaline. If you're like, especially if like

you're an A type personality is like, you're just like, I get a. done, I get it done and get it done. And then the moment you stop, you're like, so that could that could be a signal. If you told me that, I'd be like, huh. Oh, okay. So you're tired, but like you, you get shit done. So you, but you could totally just have naps and you're exhausted. So have you learned, have you always been like this? This is where I would be like, okay, so this is interesting. Have you always been like that? Where did this start? You know, what's this need to get things done? Like, do you ever rest? Do you rest enough? Do you take time for yourself and I'm not just talking naps, right? You're not just talking naps. I'm talking like,

why? Obviously, you're exhausted. Why are you like pushing so hard? So that, that's kind of where I would go to next with that. So, so after all of this, and we've kind of brought things up to the surface, it's never about the food. Never about the food. It's usually a combination of things. And then it's like, okay, what's what's going on with you? What do you think is going on with you? And sometimes it's mental. Sometimes I swear. I've had people who are just so stuck on the scale. It's like a boiled, like a watched pot. And then I say, okay, let's, what's happening on the scale? Oh, it's stressing me out. Okay. So how about you don't weigh yourself for a couple of days? Or you try to guess your weight. So this is beyond just stepping on the

scale. Make this about getting it more in tune with your body. So based on how you feel every morning, I want you to guess your weight. Right. And this is where people start to maybe see more of that relationship between choices that they're making and how they are feeling. Also, more so when that scale is about to move, how they feel. And then when they see that, oh, okay, this is how I feel when that scale is about to drop. Then they can kind of really catch up on that. Sometimes it's just taking your mind off the process. You need a bit of a break from it. People can get really intense. This is like big emotions. Sometimes people have really big emotions coming into the program. It's very triggering. And I'm like, okay, stop. What are you doing? This is supposed to be a place where

you can work on this goal and it's really heavy for you, right? Like, that's a lot. Like, is this $70 a month program, are you getting mentally what you need out of it? Right. And this is where sometimes people need to seek therapy and they realize, oh my God, yeah. Like I'm, they're causing a lot of drama here. They're feeling a lot of stress here. And this is where they realize this whole thing is like there's something deeper here. And that's where I might suggest, you know, someone checking out a psychologist or journaling. Journaling. Journaling is a big one. So, uh, here's one. Let me answer some of your questions. I feel like I'm doing pretty good. My clothes feel better. I know I'm losing inches and 10 pounds weight loss, but no one notices.

No one says anything. I know that shouldn't matter. It's about how I feel I know. You know, this, can we talk about this for a second? Because this, this is also, this is another layer of this where I have, I work with people who've done really well. They lost a lot of weight in their program, second program, this time around. They're working just as hard. Sometimes it's not doing the same thing. It's, this is where you got to, and you do this, not just once every time you sit down with the program, right? This is what you sit down and where, where are you right now? But people who feel their relationship is changing with their spouse, that makes them feel uncomfortable. They can feel relationships changing with friendships. They're becoming a different person in a sense,

like the energy they're showing up with changes and that's a little uncomfortable. So that, There can be some sabotage here once you get into that, right? Do you believe that you're going to be able to reach your goal? That's a big one I have a conversation with for someone. Like, do you believe that you're actually going to be able to do this? And they don't answer me. I'm like, you don't think so? And they're like, I don't know.

And then I'm like, why don't you know that? Well, right? And it could run the gamut of, you know, you're in a, situation where the shoe always drops. You're just afraid it's going to take away from you. You feel like you've lost weight before you gain it back and oh my God, you just can't face that again or face people that know you've lost again and that's a lot of pressure to maintain it. Whatever. So this is a, so when you lose weight in this way, you'll lose it in layers. And so it is a more, people might not notice you've lost weight, but they might be like,

oh, you look good. Oh, what's going on with you? Or they might just think you like, you got your hair cut or got a new outfit or something like that. And also people are just really weird about weight loss and talking about it. You know, people are just weird. People are just weird about it for so many reasons, right? They just feel like they shouldn't talk about your weights. That's kind of the new kind of thing people are into that you don't comment on someone's weight. But like if you've lost weight in a healthy way and you've worked really hard,

you would like someone to notice, right? You would like, there's nothing wrong. This is where you might say, hey, I've lost some weight. Do you notice? Like I'm feeling really good here. So you might have to just ask. They might be like, oh, my God, I just, I knew you look great. I just didn't want to say anything.

Some people say weird stuff like, oh, I didn't want to jinx it. And like, this was just so bad, right? I didn't want to jinx it. I didn't want to put pressure on you. I mean, we've run the gammon on this. So we had someone who lost 80 pounds and their best friend didn't say anything. Nothing. Nothing.

And it ended up that their best friend was just, it was very hard for them to be around her because they were trying so hard to lose weight. They were really stuck on doing it their way. They didn't want to try it this way. And their friend had gone and lost weight while they were still struggling. And it just made things really uncomfortable. Right. Sometimes it's just like people, they just don't know what to say either. But you're allowed to feel that. You're allowed to feel that. That's what I like about my program. My sister noticed my skinny legs today. Yeah, right? Right. So, okay. So all this to say, and again, I could have taken you through that max. post, it has tips and things. And it's just really recognizing like, oh, okay, maybe my,

you know, my emotional layers with this go deeper than I thought. Maybe there's a bit of sabotage going on. Maybe I'm not being as, this is not a berating. This is never, it's never about the food. It's never about that. Right. It's never about that. It's usually about people just not recognizing how it's coming together. They're just in survival mode throughout the day and not really you know, you're missing this, you're missing this, you're missing that, or you think you're doing this, you think you're doing that. And it's, it's about taking all of this under one umbrella and just kind of moving forward with all of that. And so at the end, I would just end up talking it out with clients. And so if I felt like, okay, they're extra, they had too much exercise,

how can we provide more rest breaks, not enough exercise? Okay, what can we do about that? Okay, if you can't exercise, how do we offset that with something else? Right. It's just, it's this troubleshooting officially down 42 pounds from a year ago. Ah, that's amazing. That's amazing. So this is what it's all about. This is what I mean by, I want to teach you how to make this individual to your needs. If the weight isn't moving for you, I want to teach you how to be like, okay, why isn't moving? Why isn't it moving for me? You know, so, hi mom. Hi, mom. I'm going to call you as soon as I'm done. And as soon as I hang up here, I'm going to call my mom. So I hope that is helpful.

Again, so you might be like, oh my goodness, how does this all come together? Take time. Go back and sit. Sometimes this body fat percentage changes rather than kilograms. Yeah, it does. So go and listen to this again. If you're just kind of sitting back and listening, can your face break out when it's about to drop?

Yes, absolutely it can. That is a detox. For sure, that can happen. So watch this again. Pull out a pen and paper. Go through and give your side. I went through it quite quickly. pause it, give yourself some time.

Like, okay, what was going on in my life when I gained and lost weight? Like, you know, it's hard to do when I don't have someone sitting here. They might start when they were 20. And then they got married. Then they had kids. Then something tragic happened. Then they switched jobs. And then this happened.

And don't forget about that pandemic era. What happened during the pain? Like, Jimmy, there's a whole story there. And it's not like you just ate all the wrong foods and gained weight. You know what I mean? It's not that. And sometimes we, when we can't. kind of source it. We don't know what we're dealing with. I mean, it's hard to figure out what we need

to do. Right. So, so, so, so refer back to this as much easy. Maybe I'll do these, maybe I'll do these a couple times throughout the program. And it might be a great idea and come back and see how people are doing. But, um, thanks everyone for joining me tonight. That was fun. I love, um, I don't do personal clients anymore, although I'm thinking of doing personal clients again and smaller cohorts because I've had the opportunity to do it with, uh, a couple members who like, one through like giveaways and stuff to do that and I enjoy it so much. It just brings me back to my roots and what I love. So is it worth getting the book if I have the app? The book is great for content making notes. Like I think it's great for that. I personally find it hard to read off a screen. You know what's

also good. You guys is my comeback book too. Like that's a good readiness book. Maybe that would be more worth of an investment for you. It's a readiness book, that mindset and getting there. But I like the book. I like to make notes and, you know, that's how I learn by scribbling and making notes and highlighting. It's hard to do that on the app. So it's the same book. It's going to be the same book for a while. So we won't be changing this book up. If you want to get it, it's available on Amazon. You can see it's big spaces. There's lots of room to make notes. All the guidelines have linked to the videos. It makes it easy for you to follow along. Okay, got to go. Thanks, Thanks, everyone. I appreciate you so much. Gosh, what a great week. It's been so far. It's only Wednesday. Have a great night. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.