The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness - February 26, 2024

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording from February 26, 2024. You can find the full video hosted at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:We're posting Monday's Gina Live poster on Sundays. Did you add your questions?Dr Paul's discussion on aging led to deeper questions about happiness.How are you prioritizing yourself now that you are in Maintenance?Defining contentment and happiness for you.When designing the life of your dreams, there's something to be said for growing and evolving rather than always chasing something.  Now what? You're here in Maintenance so who do you want to be now? Eating in tune to your body's needs is not about portion control and manipulation.Why it is so hard to sustain & maintain when you haven't been in tune with your body's needs in the first place?Age is not a determining factor: Our body, at any age, is not looking to store fat.How habits play more of a role in our journey than we may think.Taking fitness to a new level? It's about the right foods at the right time.Hunger after workouts? Pay attention to maximizing your food choices consistently.It's normal in Maintenance to see our weight fluctuate within a set-point range.Join us for our next live on the Weight In Wednesday at 4pm EST.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

and Amazon Music. Hello, hello, hello, our members in maintenance. How are you? Happy Monday. My goodness, I feel like I haven't been here in a while, but I think it was because it was a long weekend last Monday. So I missed y'all. I missed y'all. I'm rolling in a while, but I think it was because it was a long weekend last Monday. So I missed y'all. I missed y'all. Um, I'm rolling in a little late today because I've just been recording podcasts. I got kind of got caught up in that, but I'm here. Hi, I'm here. So I've got some of the questions that some of you were asking. Um, do you guys like the new method of posting the poster on Sundays? So you guys can add your questions to it that we can discuss here on Mondays. So I'm going to start, I'm going to get right into it. I'm going to start

with this one today by Anne. Good morning. I just listened to Friday's conversation with Dr. Paul and Gina. Wow. Did it ever resonate with me? That question, am I happy? So if you missed it, Dr. Paul joined us on Friday and that is available as our podcast. If you are listening to this podcast, you have access to that podcast. Or if you're watching in our live group right now, he would join us live on Friday. And it was interesting because it was about aging that ended with this conversation of happiness, because some of the people that live the longest in the world are the happiest in the world. So we pose the question, am I happy? That question, am I happy? Kept coming up every day, especially throughout the weight loss sessions. When

tracking in the app, I had to click on the feeling icons. Ooh, I love this. I could never spontaneously click happy without pausing and evaluating and trying to define happiness? Well, first of all, I think when it comes to those icons that we have in the app, where you can set your intentions, end of day reflections, and sort of track your mood and how you're feeling, we need to expand on those because I think there's a lot of emotions and those few emojis that we have there. I think we need to expand on those. I can never spontaneously click happy without pausing and evaluating and trying to define happiness. Dr. Paul opened the pathway to explore my understanding of happiness and connect it

to my life. A work in progress here as I approach my 72nd year in the next two months. I feel this. First of all, hi, Ian. I feel this. I feel this because when I was talking high end. Um, I feel this, I feel this because when I was talking to Dr. Paul, I had a moment where I was telling him that, and I actually talked a little bit about this on the live in the weight loss group this morning, where, um, friends of mine were having a conversation and, you know, someone was expressing that they just

weren't happy and they were, they were in a great marriage and they had a house and they had a great job, but they, they weren't happy and they couldn't tell why. And then it sort of led to this conversation. Well, what is happiness? How do you define happiness, right? What does happiness mean to you? Just, are you in a constant state of happiness or is it state of content? Like, I feel like I'm in a state of content, but I don't know that I'm happy because your happiness comes, it goes. It was a really interesting conversation. Again, one that started around aging that, you know, ended in this kind of, you know, deep conversation about are you happy? And, you know, we also talked about sort of creating your best life.

So now that you, like, for example, now that you're in maintenance and you're no longer striving after, like you're not no longer going for a weight loss goal. What are you showing up for? What do you why are you doing the things that you what's your motivator? Right? And is it just to be healthy? Now? Is it to be able to maintain your weight, but maintain your weight for what, right? Like the way you've gone about losing your weight, you're going to be able to maintain your weight. So obviously, just being mindful and stuff, you're going to be able to do that. But what happens a lot is that, you know, we get people who are maintaining their weight just fine, but they don't feel as good as they felt when they were trying to lose their weight. And because while they were trying to lose their weight, they were doing all of these things like maximizing, for example, right, focusing on

their stress and get trying to get better sleep and moving their body more all for the sake of trying to lose weight. And now that you're no longer need to lose weight, your mom not maybe not as diligent about doing those things. And also, you know, it can seem like a very selfish process taking the time that you need in order to lose weight, constantly focusing on yourself. So it's really easy to fall back on old habits, start prioritizing other things or other people in front of your own needs, because you've reached your goal. So now you're done. So your time focusing on yourself is done. And you know, so,

so maybe you're not feeling as great in maintenance as you were when you were losing weight because you weren't prioritizing yourself. And maybe you're not as happy either because you're no longer prioritizing yourself in a way that you were while you're trying to lose weight. You know, content is good. Hi, Frankie. Content is good. Happy is an emotion like sad, angry, excited. You cannot be happy all of the time.

Changing happiness. Yeah, it's elusive. Content, a peace, content, peaceful, fulfilled. Those are good places to be. Yeah. So it's about defining that, right? Defining that. Maybe someone's trying to think that they're happy when really what they are is content. And that's one of the takeaways that I had from that conversation with Dr. Paul is like, if you ask me right now, if I'm happy, I'm not happy, but is it because I'm not like doing something joyful that I'm associating happiness with? So am I content? I'm very content in my life, but am I actually, because I'm always in the pursuit of change? Is it ever really enough? Is it ever really enough? But these

are the kinds of things that were, these are the kinds of things that I think now that you're no longer pursuing that weight loss goal, or heck, even if you're listening and you are pursuing that weight loss goal, there's this whole program and process is really about self reflection. I talk about how it's a lesson in self love and keeping your energy directed at yourself, right? And really being aware of what you need over your needs over your wants. And, you know, not only what you need to lose your weight and healthy, sustainable way, not only what you need to order to maintain your weight, but what you really need in your life to live this fulfilled life. When we think of designing the life of our dreams or living our best life, what does that mean? It might not mean being happy every second of the day.

It might mean with just loving yourself where you are each day, you know, honoring where you're at, meeting yourself where you're at each day. It doesn't mean that you can't strive to make change, you know, and to your point, it doesn't mean necessarily that you're not happy just because you're not happy in this moment right now, right? Yes, you know, I was there where you are. Work is good. Travel, nice home, family, keep growing and evolving, not chasing anything. Yeah. Or I love that growing and evolving rather than chasing something because I'm all about growing and evolving. And so sometimes I think, am I not, am something. Because I'm all about growing and evolving. And so sometimes I think, am I not, am I content? I'm perfectly content. I love my home. Although

I got a lot of kids, I wouldn't mind a bigger home. But then I also know a bigger home comes more work. So I don't know that I necessarily want that. I love my job. I love it. Are there more things that I would like to do? Yeah, there's more things that same line with the same thing I'm doing, but I'd like to grow and expand on my job. I have an amazing husband. He's amazing. You know, I have a great family, great supportive family, you know, for the most part, everyone in my life is healthy. I wouldn't say they're happy, but they're healthy, and they're alive, and they're here. So that's. So I have a lot of things that a lot of people don't have. And so I'm very content in that, but I do have this underlying desire to make change and grow and, you know,

evolve and, you know, go for more. Cause why not? I have this sort of, you know, while we're here on this planet, I might as well make the use, make most of it, you know, at the end of the day. But I thought that conversation with Dr. Paul was really profound because it was based on aging, which I think now that you are no longer losing your weight, some of you I know have been maintaining for a while. Now what, right? Like what's the definition of your future? How do you want to see yourself? How do you want to feel? Who do you want to be now? You have room to actually focus on those things because you don't have to get so caught up in the weight loss part of it, or even the

maintenance part of it, you know, which is really interesting. The next one is from Cindy, I have determined that I have a greater capacity for quantity of food than most. Okay, the mindfulness of portion control is a true challenge. Okay. So that's the problem right there. Control and moderation have no place in weight loss and have no place in maintenance. So it's all about, I mean, your capacity for quantity of food is all about set point. It's all about what your body has gotten used to and you know, how tall you are, how active you are and all of that. So the mindfulness of portion control is a true challenge. So you can't, you can't mindful portion control. You can't be

mindful. You can't mindfully portion control. They don't work. Mindful is being mindful in tune. Control is controlling, controlling, manipulating, right? So that's, that's the difference there. I love this question, by the way, I haven't even got to the question. Oh, my God, there's so much. Oh, my gosh. Okay, sorry. I'm just getting into this. I got to get comfortable. So I've determined I have a greater capacity for quantity of food than most. What did you, how did you determine that? It's first of all, because I've never determined that. And I've been helping people hands on lose weight for 36 years. I've never determined that someone has the

capacity, you know, for more quantity of food than others, because it's just a matter of what you're used to and what's relevant to you. And everyone's a little different, right? The mindfulness of portion control is a true challenge is because you're trying to combine mindfulness with portion control, and you can't do that. Mindfulness isn't controlling, right? So you can't do that. I love the next sentence. I should probably just read the thing in its entirety. I've determined that I have a greater capacity for quantity of food than most. The mindfulness of portion control is a true challenge. I could use some external guidelines regarding portion size. I need to know what is a reasonable amount of food to put on my plate at mealtime. I'm mostly bypassing snacks,

but when mealtime comes, well, each bite deserves another. Okay. So I, you know, and I do, I don't mean to be, it sounds like you haven't done the program. And I say that because there's, there are people who have lost weight and then they signed up for an M&M group when we had our big sale, because now they want to learn how to maintain their weight. And so if you have never done our program again, I think you need to do the weight loss program, even though you're no longer looking to lose weight. I think you need to do it for the sake of maintenance would be beneficial for you.

Now, I know we are kind of talking about these things along the way, but if you've lost your weight because you've, you know, you've done a deprivation diet, starved, deprived, counted, weighing and measured your weight off, then you have a lot of work to do to learn how to be in tune to your body's actual needs. And so it's hard for me to talk about this if you just did a deprivation diet, because you, we're not about portion control. It's all about being in tune to your body's needs. And we do that through a very systematic method with the living method, right? Can I assume that you have done the program? I can't, I can't, because you're not here right now. If I'm assuming that you've done the program, you've missed that. And there's a lot of people

who do the program who continue to count and weigh and measure. And because they are following the steps of the program, obviously they're still losing weight. And, but the problem is you're really missing out on actually eating in tune to your body's needs. You can't have external guidelines in regarding to portions. They don't make any sense. You can't count and weigh and measure to figure out what your body needs. I can't tell you that. Your portion sizes, like your hunger levels change every day. Your body's needs change every day. It's the one egg, three egg rule. So one day you might need three eggs to feel satisfied. And the next day you only feel one egg to feel satisfied. And whether you're losing weight or you're maintaining your weight, it's the same thing really being, this is the mindful part of it is being in tune with how, how, how hungry am I right now? This

goes back to personalizing the plan. I'm like, am I hungry? Do I need to eat? Right. Um, should I eat? Could I eat? Like, um, I'm hungry. Yes, I need to eat. Okay. What am I hungry for? Right? So then was it protein? Is it whatever, whatever? What are you hungry for? And then your portions, obviously, comes down to how hungry you are, how hungry you're not. And being in tune to that, understanding what makes you feel satisfied and what makes you feel unsatisfied. And so there's a whole process to learning that, which is why I'm saying if you haven't been through the program before, it would definitely be beneficial for you to sign up and do it again. If you have been through the program before, then don't forget about these basics. I need to know what is a reasonable

amount of food to put on my plate at mealtime. I don't know that. Only you will know. And it's not about being reasonable amount of, it's not about a reasonable amount of food either. It's about the amount of food that you need. God, I have so many, I'm really thrown by this, you guys. I'm so, I have so many questions here. Because there's no way whoever asked this question has done the program. And I, so Odette gave me these notes. I'm going to be real honest. Odette gave me these notes today. And there's just no way this person has done the program. A reasonable amount of food to put on my plate, portion control, quantity of foods. I need to know what is reasonable amount of food to put on my plate.

I'm mostly bypassing snacks, but when mealtime comes, well, each bite deserves another. You don't want to be bypassing snacks. I'm a little bit stumped here because I think it's hard. You know what this is? This is good. Actually. I hope everyone who's, who's listening right now and who's here watching me right now, you understand how far you have come and why it is so important that you've lost your weight in the way that you've lost it. I think this is like, I think this should be a good aha reflective moment for you to realize why it's so hard to maintain and sustain your weight when you do it through a deprivation diet, just by eating less, exercising more, by not being in tune to your body's needs, but by not systematically decreasing your set point and allowing plateaus and giving your body time to adjust to the weight that you've lost.

It's also, you know, getting in tune with true mindfulness, actually in tune with your body's needs and self-aware rather than trying to control or manipulate the foods that you're eating, or control your portions or whatever, actually getting in tune, asking those four questions. That's the benefit of asking those four questions so many times over and over and over again, is that becomes second nature. You know, what's a reasonable amount of food on your plate for you just to not even think about the food on your plate, you're just portioning it, you know, at this point in maintenance, you know, what's the right portion, what's not like, what's too much, what's not enough. That's, that's the thing. It's not, you can't look at your food. You can't, it's not a matter of like how much you have to know how much you have to know whether

by looking at whatever you serve on your plate, that it's not enough or it's too much, you know? So, um, so although I've been thrown by this, this question today, I hope that those of you listening who've been through the Libby method really have a new appreciation for all the hard work that you've put into the program and the process to get to a place where you are so in tune with when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat. And isn't that the whole point is that you get to a place, we talk about this all the time, where you just trust when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat.

And that's why I'm suggesting if you've never done the program before, you've lost your weight, this is why going through the program would be so beneficial to you because you need to learn when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat. And that's only something that you can learn. It's not something you can, it's not something you can just do because, you know, I'm giving you external guidelines, right? External guidelines. Uh, hi, Debbie.

Hi, Debbie. Hi, Debbie. Um, totally know how far I've come as I dished out my yogurt this morning. I totally knew that I had taken too much because in downsizing week, I would split that amount and that would be enough. Yeah. You just know, you just know, right? Okay. I'm going to move on to the next. Uh, that was interesting. That was, I've just, you guys have just experienced me working something out in real time. Um, Fern, um, I've been on the program for a year.

I'm very happy with my 15 pound loss. Wondering if you have noticed if as we get a bit older, I'm 67, the program is a bit different. No, no. For example, is the weight slower to move? No. And do we have to be more careful when we are on maintenance to not get it back? No, no, no, no, no, no.

I wish I honestly, I wish this was, I know a lot of times people are looking for a different answer. I've helped someone who is 92. I've helped someone who is 19. And I wouldn't say it's easier when you are 19 than it is when you are 92. It depends on why your body's feeling you need to store fat. You know, there's issues and associations tied in around foods. There's habits there.

There is, you know, belief systems, believing that you're worthy, believing, you know, you can do this, believing there's past traumas for people to work through. So it is in a sense is that as you get older, your body can be more broken down because you have spent years neglecting, starving, depriving and whatnot. But your body at any age is not looking to store excess fat, more fat than what it needs. And so your body composition

changes because we tend not to be as active in our later years than like, you know, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, I was teaching yoga classes, aerobics classes, I was like super active. And I'm not doing that anymore. So I can't, you know, obviously, it's harder for me right now, because I don't have that not as active, I don't have the same muscle mass, my body is changing, my hormones are changing. But you see all sorts of, you know, you see all sorts of people who are older, who are in great shape, and they're super fit, and they their body composition has changed. Maybe they, you know, their skin isn't as tight and they, you know, the, the effects of age on our wearing body you're able to see, but you know, there are some people that can be more fit at 90 than they were

at 19. And so in my experience, I would never look at someone who is older and be like, Oh, just so you know, it's going to be so much harder for you to lose weight now. Not at all. Um, you could take someone who's 30 and have all sorts of health issues. It's harder for them to lose weight than someone who is 80. You know, so and age is never in my 36 years of helping people lose weight and age is never factored in. Age is never factored in at all. It's just it's never factored in to me helping people lose weight. So what I do is I ask them how old they are and then I do a health history check. So what is their, what is, what have they been through in their lives? What's their weight

story? What's their, you know, when, when, when did they have a weight issue? Was it when they were young? When, when they were older? What happened when they were older before they gained the weight? You know, what diets have you done? How long have you dieted? But in terms of like, um, if it's a, if you get older, is it like the program's the same? Cause everyone, your body's the same. You're human. You have a body. Um, it's not slower to move because slower to move can be turned on the variety of different factors. Um, you don't have to be more careful when you're on maintenance to not gain it back. You might have to be more, but with that, because age, because of age, right? But you might have to be more careful of not falling back into old habits because

you've been alive longer to keep those old habits going. You know, if you've spent, you know, where someone might have spent 10 years dieting, if you've spent 30, 40 years dieting, obviously that will have an impact, right? So it's sort of like your history, your health history would have an impact, but not your age. I guess that's what makes answering this question tricky. It's so individual to, it's really individual to the person and age is generally never a factor.

It's sort of your history. That is a factor. You know, the more years you spent starving, depriving yourself, obviously, you know, that's going to have an impact on your body. But your age doesn't make it like if you took I'm trying to think of an equation, if you took somebody who was like, healthy, I mean, I guess if you were healthy, you wouldn't probably need to lose weight. If you had, if you take someone with a similar, like similar, I guess, health issues or whatever, and, or someone who doesn't have, maybe someone who's older and doesn't have any health issues, as opposed to someone younger who doesn't have any health issues. And neither one of you have been on a diet. And then I don't even know how to equate that. I don't know how to equate that, but age cannot be

used as an excuse for why your weight is moving slower or that you can't lose weight or it's harder for you to maintain. Especially let's talk about maintenance. Let's talk about maintenance. It's not any harder for you to maintain your weight. But if you keep falling back into old habits, things that you've done for longer than someone who is younger, then that might mean that you have to try a little bit harder because you've just been used to doing something else for so much longer, if that makes sense. I don't know if I'm making any sense today. But I'm here for it. I'm here for it. I'm here for it. Let me what are you saying, Frankie? Yeah, Debbie portions. I am so much more aware into, and if anyone here joined the, the, this group and lost weight another way, echo Gina's advice, highly recommend another round of the program. Yeah. So much health and

nutrition advice there. Yeah, for sure. Um, I have another one. I love all these questions, by the way. Um, when you increase your fitness activities, like incorporating weight training, should you increase your food intake like protein? Oh, good question. Or in other words, is it normal to be more hungry that your weight stays at the higher end for months? Been doing weight training until January. Okay.

So first of all, it's not about more food. It's making sure the food choices you are eating are nutrient rich, right? And the right foods at the right time. So whether you are lifting out weights or being more active or whatever that might be, your hunger levels are still going to fluctuate. Some days you're going to be super hungry, some days not as hungry. And so this is where, wherever you are at, um, your portions are always what they feel like and never about what they look like. So let me say that again. So normal it's when it comes to

portions, they're what they feel like and not about what they look like. So if you have a day that you're hungrier than others, for whatever reason, you want to be in tune to that. Now, if you're if you're really hungry, and you're craving carbs and sugar, it could be that you just need to drink more water, it could be that you're sweating more often. And so you're more dehydrated, and you're still drinking the same amount of water that you drank before, and you actually need to drink more water. And so now you're craving carbs and sugar, and you're eating more carbs and sugar thinking that you're hungrier when you're just more dehydrated, because you've been sweating a lot more. Right. So when you

increase your fitness levels, incorporating weight training, should you increase your food intake or protein? So this, so when people talk about making sure that you're getting enough protein in your diet, they really are associating this usually to other diets that you've done where other diets where you are starving and depriving yourself. And you are just following a calorie restricted diet and not giving a shit about the nutrient value of your foods. Like you're just counting points or whatever you're doing, right? Fish crackers, low fat, this low fat, that low carb, this low carb, that foods that don't really have a high nutrient value in them. So a lot of times this conversation of more protein, more protein, get enough, get enough, get enough is really built on the fact that with traditional

diets, people are starving and depriving and not getting enough of anything and making sure that you are getting enough protein. So when you're following the living method, you're having protein at breakfast. That's the focus. You know, you, once you're done losing your weight, you can, unless you're reaping the program to solidifying, which that's going to change the next few weeks, you can add protein to your morning snack. Um, you can, um, if you're personalizing the plan, obviously, if you're following the program, we're not there yet. Um, but you add protein to your lunch. It's not the main focus because you want to make sure you're getting those heavier carbohydrates,

which you'd want anyway, if you're working out, still getting protein in, you can have your veg snack, add your protein with that. If you want, we always talked about the benefit of making that nutrient rich. And then, you know, obviously your nuts and seeds are, those are, you know, super high in protein. And then your protein is the focus at dinner. So with all of that, and eating in tune to your body's needs, you should be getting more than enough protein in your diet that you shouldn't need unless you're a professional athlete. Like that's the thing, like our bodies are meant to move, adding a weight training regime,

or you know, starting a spin class or like, you know, an hour a day of yoga or not yoga of a hardcore workout, you really shouldn't need to alter what you're eating too much because the body is really meant to move. It's just most people are not getting enough protein because they're following calorie restricted diets. So that's one thing. So you don't necessarily need to increase your protein intake at all. Though you can always add a protein shake. If you're adding protein shake, I wouldn't also do like I'm not a fan of like adding fruits and adding all this stuff. Like you want to add the extra protein in, get the extra protein in, but you could just do that by way of making sure you're prioritizing proteins in your meals. That's all. Um, and then is it normal to be more hungry,

hungrier? Um, you know, it can be, if you're using more energy, you can be hungrier, but that should be satisfied in the moment,rier. But that should be satisfied in the moment. Right? Like that should be satisfied in the moment, just like just like before when you weren't losing, like before when you weren't working out, you're eating to feel satisfied, eating enough to feel satisfied. If you're hungry, you ate something, you're assessed, am I hungry? Do I need to eat? Should I eat? Have a long period of time has gone by without eating, you know, so it just sort of there's a lot of factors to that. You might notice that you are, your metabolism is increasing, right?

Because you have more muscle mass. So you might be more in tune to your hunger levels changing. So it might feel like you're hungrier, but you should get satisfied. You should still be eating to satisfaction, right? And making sure you're eating nutrient rich foods that you're eating to satisfaction. And then with that said, even it's not like you're going to be extra hungry every day. So it should coincide with the days following your workouts. So if you had a hard workout yesterday, you might be extra hungry today. But if you don't work out today, you might not be as hungry tomorrow. So just picking up on

that. And then the last one is hungrier that your weight stays at the higher end for months that this, this, no. So now it depends, right? Um, we do have that range of weight, that 10 pound range, for example. And there are sometimes we stay on the higher range. So is it that you've been working out or is it that you're not getting as much sleep? Is it that maybe your vitamin D levels have dropped? Is it that this is a more stressful time of year for you? Like what's also been happening in the last few months, because when you're doing resistance training, you are increasing your muscle mass, but not to the point that's going to have your weight up, not to the point that's going to have your weight up, unless you're like really trying to like work

really hard to bulk up and put on some size. And that's really hard to do. That's really, really hard to do. So, so I would, I would guess that it's not the fitness activities that's really hard to do. That's really, really hard to do. So, so I would, I would guess that it's not the fitness activities that's causing your weight to be on the higher end of it. It is something else is going on. Maybe you're not giving yourself enough, getting enough sleep and giving your body time to repair and rebuild. So your body's in a constant state of, you know, being damaged and inflamed and retaining water. And then if you're not drinking enough water on top of that, right, your weight can be up and then you feel like you're hungry all the time. So that's where you want to, you know, that's where I would look at the sort of maximizing and making sure that you're doing all the other things that you can do

to, to, um, you know, I wouldn't say to manage your weight or keep your weight in check, but I wouldn't think that it's your exercise that has your weight on that higher range. I wouldn't think that has anything to do with it. Hi, Rose. Hi, Gina. Concerned regarding 2.6 pounds of weight gained since February 3rd. Concerned this is fat and cellulite. Have always been able to lose weight due to sugar, salt, water within a day or so. Uh, now weight is persistent, not dropping. Yes. To sleep and stress issues, increase of belly fat help. Uh, I think you're, you think you're freaking the fuck out Rose for no reason. I love you. Um, so once you reach your lowest low, right, you do that by doing all the

things you can to try to see that lowest low. I love this question, by the way. Thanks for sharing. So I don't want to, I don't want to see you freaking out. I don't want you, I want you to feel it's not belly fat. It's not cellulite. It's not any of those things. It's none of that, right? So it's, it's none of those things. So let's try to figure out what it is. I got a lot of questions. So 2.6 pounds since February 3rd. So that's, we're still in February. And it's, so when you see your lowest low, you're, when you're trying to lose weight, you are trying to see your lowest low because you're trying to lose weight. So you're trying to do all the things you can. When we're in maintenance, we tend not to be maximizing doing all the things that we need to

do. Plus we kind of let in a little bit, maybe more carbs or whatever. And because we're not trying to see our lowest low every day, or at least I hope that's not what you're doing. You're normal to hit a range. It's a range. So your set point isn't just one number. It's like a range about 10 pounds. So once you are no longer doing all the things to maximize to reach your lowest low, your weight tends to sit about three to five pounds above. And then that can fluctuate for a variety of reasons. So it could be a combination of reasons for you. Yes, to sleep and stress issues. So if you're having an extra stressful time right now, you're craving a lot of salty foods, bump up your omega-3. Make sure you check your vitamin D levels,

right? Because in the wintertime, your vitamin D levels drop, it could be what's going on there. Increase of belly fat, that could be hormones, right? So they might want to I don't know how old you are. So I said I got a lot of questions. So it could be hormones. It could be you know, your body composition, whether you were maybe you are doing a lot of weights. previously, you haven't been working out this time around. So this is where I would look to, I wouldn't be concerned about it, um, that this is fat. It's probably not because unless you've done some, unless you've done something to know that, okay, this is why I've gained weight. Chances are it's not real weight gain at the end of the day. If it is, and you've noticed your body composition changing, it could be hormones. It could be hormones happening because that tends to happen. It

could be as you're getting older and you're losing that muscle mass, you need to, you know, maybe doing some resistance training can really help with that. And then your body composition, it's just that around that, if you're saying that midsection increased belly fat, that can be, that can be stress and lack of sleep. It could also be digestive issues as well that could be popping up. So, you know what I would do? I would go through the maximizing post and just kind of go through the checklist and kind of see if anything kind of seems a little bit off. Maybe keep a journal for the next little bit in terms of the foods that you're choosing and how you're feeling. You could also have something, some underlying issue that's going on health issue wise so I

told you guys a story I don't know how long you've been in the group but I've told you guys a while back how last year in November I was just gaining weight not feeling great having all sorts of stomach issues and turns out I needed to take a couple courses of antibiotics and so I was just like what's going on what's going on I know what I need to do I know what I need to do I know what I need to do and what I needed to do is get my ass to the doctor and take a couple rounds of antibiotics. So sometimes we can have something going on that just kind of feels a little off. If you feel like something is off, I would do a quick check in with your doctor. It could be just the time of year too. Could be your mood, seasonal affective disorder. You know,

as the day started to get longer and sun comes out, you feel a little bit more pep on your step, you might find like the spring and summer easier time to, to maintain your lower numbers of weight, but I wouldn't be concerned about 2.6 pounds at all, you might feel off, though. And maybe this is a situation where if you felt like this for months, where you lost weight, you were doing all the things you felt amazing. And now that you're not prioritizing and doing all of those things anymore, that you don't feel as great as you felt when you were trying to lose the weight. And this doesn't mean so this doesn't mean no, you don't need to lose the weight. But maybe you need to pick up some of the things that you were doing while you're trying to lose weight that just made you made you feel so much better. You know, it could be a thing. But so much information about healthy eating and how to get

there. I was able to identify how I eat different ways, depending on what was going on. Yeah. I love that. That's what it's all about. Being in tune, getting in tune, all those things. I gotta go, you guys. That was an interesting conversation today. Like I said, I'm here for it. I'm having one of those days, a bit of a weird day, but I love it. I love the conversations. I hope that you've had some aha moments. I hope that it's helped. Hi, Sid. How are you? Hello. Hello. Hello. Um, I will see you guys on Wednesday for our way in Wednesday conversation. Looking forward to it. Uh, have an amazing day, everybody. And if you haven't checked out that Dr. Paul's segment from Friday, that's a good one. I highly suggest you do. Hi everyone. Bye everyone. I will see you

next time. We can figure out how to get out of here. There we go. Bye.