The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness - June 17, 2024

Episode Date: June 17, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording from June 17, 2024.You can find the full video hosted at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:How your body responds to extreme heat and what you can do to battle a heatwave.What does Feeding the Metabolism mean in maintenance?The best way to use the scale in maintenance.Here’s what to consider if you are doing “all the things” but the scale is still up.The struggle isn’t maintaining your weight, it’s addressing the factors that are impacting your weight.Falling back into old habits teaches you that they no longer work for you.Making the connection between the action and the why behind it.Challenge for a busy week ahead: indulge in the conversation and company and enjoy the food.To learn more about The Livy Method, visit http://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, and happy Monday. How are you doing? Are you staying cool? It's a heat wave where I am. My goodness, I am looking forward to it. I love a good heat wave. Is that horrible? I do. I love the heat. It's never really hot enough. Though it's supposed to go to like 30, 35, feel like 40, 45, which will be insane. As you guys know, or maybe not, I've been swimming a lot. We did our team challenge last week. And so I've been in the pool almost every day this week. The temperature is embarrassingly warm. Everyone keeps asking me how I'm swimming. So I have my heat up much to Tony's dismay. It's so hot. I might need to turn it down today. So it's refreshing and cool. I just want to remind you all that your weight will be up in the heat, your weight will

be up in this heat. Let me say it again, your weight will be up in this heat, no matter what you do. Some people like well, I'm in inside air conditioning all day. The problem with that is, is that you're in air conditioning all day and air conditioning can be very dehydrating. And so that's not helpful. And then you go outside and your body gets the message that it's a heat wave. So it's retaining, there are certain messages that your body is always sending, but also more so receiving. And when you go into a heat wave, you will notice your body retaining water in order

to keep you hydrated, in order to keep you alive during the heat wave. So a couple of things I want to remind everybody, I want to remind everyone of salting their foods, getting salt and sodium in their diet. Low sodium is also an issue in maintenance because it's a it's an issue in life. Low sodium can happen, especially as you're older, especially due to medications, especially due to extreme heat, especially due to the fact that you're eating all these healthy nutrient rich foods, and maybe not getting as much processed foods in your diet that have that sodium in them. So your body needs sodium in order for your muscles to fire your electrolytes. So make sure you're adding some salt into your diet or make sure

that you are adding in some trace minerals. It'd be great to pick these up. I just got these off of Amazon. They are called trace minerals. It's their constant trace formula. You just add them into your water. Another thing I want to remind people of is when you are feeling overheated, feeling a drain in energy. Sometimes when you crave sugar, what your body actually needs is sugar. So it's looking for a pick me up. This is where frozen, frozen fruits, you know, frozen all natural popsicles, getting in some like a frozen lemonade or something, you might feel your energy dipping and draining real quick. That's because you need a pick me up. So if you're craving sugar,

bump up the fruits, decrease any of the heavier carbs. So make those seasonal tweaks. Also, if you're craving salt, sometimes when you're craving salt, what can happen is that you need salt, you are actually looking for sodium in your diet. So any other time of year sugar is usually a call for more water. And salt is usually a call for more good fats, except in the summer and except in extreme circumstances and situations where it could actually mean that you need some quick sugar or energy or you need to add in some salt into your diet as well. So it could be one of those two things. So just keep an eye on that. I got some notes from Odette today. But if you got any questions, hit me up.

Let me know. I'm not sure if my comment section is working too well today. I don't know what's going on. Facebook was a little bit glitchy when I got on. But she has some notes here. So we're feeding the metabolism again for those of you who are doing another round of the program. What does that mean? What does that mean in maintenance?

We talked a little bit about this last week. It's getting even more in tune to those portions again, really understanding that protein, how protein and fat hit differently. So if you've kind of done this before, you lost your weight, maybe you just split up some of your meals and snacks, but didn't do this splitting up the proteins from the carbs, that could be really great learning opportunity for you to really truly understand or get in tune with a kind of next level stuff, which is how foods are breaking down in your body, how that protein and fat feed into your satiety hormones. Like now that you're not no longer focused on moving the dial on the scale, this can kind of give you a different perspective into the benefit of this tweak when you're no longer looking to move the dial on the scale and really help you get into it in other ways that you might

not have thought of before. So obviously still asking those four mindful eating questions. Again, the goal of that is to do that enough so that when you're in maintenance, you no longer need to do that. I saw that Odette was posting about revisiting the scale today. That's a conversation she's having. Are you using the scale? Are you not using the scale? I think it's great to use the scale, especially in the maintenance phase where you're testing the waters and really understanding how much your weight can fluctuate on a daily basis and it's not real weight gain. For example, like using the scale this week to really understand the effects of a heat wave, like my

weight is usually up all summer long, because I like to spend a lot of time outside. I also like to indulge in some beverages. You know, I get the salt and the chippies and it's summer. So you know, I'm not trying to see my lowest low. I'm enjoying the summer. You combine that with the heat in which my body is particularly reactive to the heat. For some reason, it's just me. My weight can go up like 10 pounds in the heat. It probably, I got on the scale today. It's not even hot. My weight was on the higher end. And I'm like, oh, it's probably just from being outside. Yesterday it was hot and that's probably how it's going to be. So getting on the scale and understanding that can be really beneficial. Remember my goal for you though,

when it comes to the scale in maintenance is eventually to not need the scale. So I think it's great, especially when you're testing the water to try to guess the number. So I think there's a way you could not use the scale and the scale at the same time. So guess the number based on how you feel before you get on the scale. And what you're going to do is you're going to create confidence in you knowing how you feel and where you're at without having to use the scale or have a piece of metal on the ground kind of telling you what's what, right? Telling you what's what.

Pay attention and take note of normal fluctuations. Members are commenting that are doing all the things, but their scale seems to be staying up, right? So this can be absolutely due to the heat. Also, okay, what is going on in your life, right? Also take stock of your supplements. So sometimes we're in our maintenance, we haven't been, you know, continuing to take our curcumin, that's going to help or omega three. And one of the things that those two things do is they really help with inflammation. So perhaps you are still consuming foods, which there's no reason to not still consume them, but foods that create inflammation, and that will have your weight be

up, right? Perhaps you have started to be more active. And so in getting out and about doing gardening, your weight is up because your muscles are in a state of, you know, repair and rebuild. It's not real weight gain, but that's sort of what's going on. Perhaps it's a stressful period in your life. Perhaps you are, you know, having trouble sleeping. And so you haven't been getting great sleep. And so your weight is staying up a little bit elevated, right? So this is where you want to look at why is my weight up, all the reasons it can be up. And they can also be up in combination. So what can happen is that your weight can be up and all the way down at the same time. Hi, Frankie.

Okay, so I'm glad that you popped on and you commented because your comment today on the scale was one that I was actually going to talk about. So let me read this. So I'm six pounds above my goal weight and almost 10 above my lowest low. Okay. So for two years, I was able to maintain with two to four pounds. Like you said, Gina, I know what it is going on to say before I step on it. Okay. I was traveling and enjoying earlier this year, but it seems like no amount of back on track gets me back. My spidey sense is off and I'm a bit stuck. Okay. So what is going on? What is going on? So one of the things, have you, have you increased your

muscle mass? So there is something to be said about muscle, uh, muscle mass. You know, when you are working out and you're building muscle that can maybe account for, you know, when you are working out and you're building muscle that can maybe account for, you know, a few pounds. This is obviously hugely beneficial, right? This can also like you can put on muscle mass and your body looks smaller. So how are your clothes fitting? Is this something where your clothes are, are, are, are life is good. Yeah. Uh, is this where your, your clothes, how are your clothes fitting? Right? So if this is just about a number, but are you actually feeling it? Are you feeling a little bloated? This could be where you have something else going on. This could be like, is it something with your digestive system? Is it some foods that you're sensitive to? Is it like you could have, is it like, I don't

know, maybe you picked up a bug or a parasite or something. I know it sounds crazy, but this actually happened to me a couple of years back. I went away. I went to Bahamas. I think I picked up some sort of bug and then it just messed with my digestive system. And then my weight started to come on. Then I had to take some antibiotics. I'm not saying it's the same for you. Is there something going on with your hormones? What is changing there? Is there something happening there? What's happening this time of year? Are you getting less sleep than you normally would? Like, so this is it's not so what I'm trying to say is it's your answer to this is probably not in the back on track by way of foods, right? Have you have you come off certain supplements that you were taking before

and you're like, Oh, I don't really need those anymore, because I've lost my weight, or maybe I've been maintaining my weight. So I don't no longer feel like I need those supplements. But again, it could have been that curcumin that you're taking that was just keeping your info inflammation low enough that you were noticing that you were able to easier maintain your weight, because your your weight can go up a couple pounds due to inflammation alone. So when you indulge, for example, in junk foods, for lack of a better word, it's not just the backlog of the foods or the salt in the foods. It can be your body's reaction to those foods at the same time, right? So there could be something going on there. Supplements that maybe you're taking your omega-3, getting enough good fat in, and now that you're

not, you're noticing maybe your vitamin D levels have dropped, right? Like maybe after the winter time, your vitamin D levels drop, that's causing your body to feel a need to store back a little bit more. Maybe you're falling back into old habits of going long periods of time without eating again, right? And that's kind of like triggering that need to store mode, right? So what's happening there? My two smallest pant sizes are tight in the waist and thighs. Okay, so there's something going on, you are noticing like it's actually affecting the size of your body. So what is it? Good points. My sister told me to get my thyroid checked, have never had an issue with it. So this is sort of like you do know your body best. And so what

is going on if your body responded to making these choices last time, right? So maybe you've done this before you get off track, you get back on track. You know, back on track, though, let me remind you is more than just what's happening with the food is managing your stress, and your sleep, moving your body, like what what is happening, what's going on, right? Really assessing your situation. That's where I would maybe journal and be like, okay, what is, what's been going on with me in the past since, um, let me go, right? Two years, two years, we were able to maintain with two to four pounds. So maintaining to what's changed since then. So go back to you were managing your weight, everything was fine, you know, whatever. And then what happened, right?

I was traveling and enjoying earlier this year. And now it seems like something is off. So I would sort of backtrack then what how have you been? Not just your food choices. How have you been feeling? How has your energy been? How has your sleep been? How's your digestion been? How has your body felt? Are you back to feeling achy and your joints are achy and your body is sore? Like what is happening there, right? This is where you want to be like, what is going on? But that much so. So that may seem like a lot. So you're going to be up like it's like what you said, you're six pounds above your goal weight and almost 10 above your lowest low. So so you hit your lowest low and you're going to naturally be up like you said, that two to four pounds seems to be your range. So now you're up six. So you're

really only talking to above, right? To above, really, or I mean, more above your lowest low. So it's really not that much weight gain, but it's making you feel like it's a lot like your pants are actually tight, what is going on there. So that's where I'm saying. And it could be the sun, it could be like you go right now today, it could be the heat on top of being more active on top of being could be the heat on top of being more active on top of being not getting enough sleep on top of being stressed on top of yes, maybe some food choices. So they could become sort of compiling, right? All this stuff is adding up to make you feel not great. But is there more to it? What is there? Is there an underlying issue? Because you're

you could have the underlying issue. And then the normal just everyday fluctuations, like your normal two to four pounds, but then now you got something else going on on top of that, right? So again, back on track is more than just what's happening with your with your foods and being off there. It's all the other things. So what is going on? So that's why I'm doing a little bit of investigation and sitting down and saying, okay, well, what, when was I feel, how was I feeling at this event? How was I feeling at that event? How long has this been going on? What are some other like, you know, how am I actually feeling physically, mentally, what's going on there?

Is there anything a little off? Like, you know, for example, my weight is up because I got sick. So I got sick last Friday, a whole week has gone by, I'm still not feeling good. And so I sound okay, my throat's still a little off. And then I'll go into these bad coughing fits where I'm, you know, bringing up all this gross yellow gunk, but I feel fine, right? But then obviously, there's something still going on in my system that my body is fighting causing inflammation, my joints are sore, my back is sore, my whatever. And I know also part of that is I've been working out. So I'm trying to move my body trying to be as active as possible with all of this going on. So that's a lot. I'm trying to push my body, exercise, move. Plus I got this virus going on. Plus now I got this heat wave

coming at me today. So I wouldn't be surprised if because of that, my weight stays elevated for the next like two to three weeks, because it's going to take time for my body to calm down and recover from this heat wave if it lasts a week, because it's going to take more time than I want for my body to recover from whatever this virus thing is that I got going on, right? And I'm going to continue to do my exercises and I'm going to build on that. So I've been swimming, moving my body, I've been adding weights, I'm going to add some more resistance training, and there's going to be things I'm going to do. So I know I'm going to continue to cause damage there, repair and rebuild. I know my stress is calming down because I just made it through the year of my kid's dad passing away.

So I was in a constant state of elevated stress. And then, you know, I just, we made it through Father's Day on Sunday, which I feel like, okay, like we made it. So it's like a game changer. The minute that year anniversary came around, I was like, oh my God, it's like the stress lifted. My back started to feel better. I had more energy. My mind was more clear. Now that also could be, I'm obviously in that perimenopause working my way to menopause. So five months without my period, I think I'm like looking back all the signs, you know, that I was dealing with a lot of

shit that was going on with my mind on top of stress. And I feel like I'm maybe getting to the other side of that. So maybe that's why I'm feeling better, right? But I can go back now and track all those things. So that's what I would do. I would get into, I would get into tracking those and sort of see what's going on and what's up there. And then kind of get investigative about it, right? Get investigative

about it. Let me see this next comment. What's done here? What are you guys saying? My comments on my... Hi, Robert. How are you? My comments aren't really working. Since April, it's been a struggle, right? So what's going on? April, May, June, July. So what's going on there? Could be your vitamin D levels dropped. It could be as simple as needing to, um, that's a lot. Yeah. Right. You probably got a lot going on too. It could be as simple as your, if it's April, it could be like your vitamin D levels have dropped and you need to build those back up. It could be a few things going on there. Great points. My sleep is off. Always tricky. Tired a lot. Thanks so much. Appreciate the deep dive. That's what you want to do. You want to do a deep dive into your situation. What is going on? Hi, Nicole. Hello from my hot tub temp turned down

because it's hot AF. Yeah, I'm always in. I got to clean my hot tub. Yesterday, I just did the chemicals to clean it out today, but I can do a hot tub on the hottest days. Again, I love the heat. Hi, Robert. How are you? Good afternoon. Back at goal. Way good. I gained on holiday at the beginning of the program. It is taken up till now to get back to the goal. Now to stabilize calmer now around food. Well, and that could be the perception too, but you could have had a lot going on, right? Good things, not so great things like being more active, you know, change of seasons, you know, like there's losing your weight and then you have to go through the whole year again, encountering these things. So this is

where we might fall back into old habits, old mindsets, like there can be a lot to it, right? Usually it's not any one thing holding you back. And it's not any one thing that's going on as to why your weight is up. And it's usually a combination of things. And this is the intel that you're gathering when you're in maintenance, right? So this is what it's all about. So it's like, I've been maintaining my weight 30 years, right? I'm not worried about getting it back, but I've had high ends, low ends. You know, I've been really upfront with you guys in my weight in the last couple of years, a lot of stress with my kids. Then my kid's dad died. Then I had like that some sort of stomach thing. Then I had, you

know, on before that I was in the hospital with a whole other thing. And you know, then my hormones simultaneously hitting at the same time, when you know, and then my kid's dad, like it's been a lot of stuff. I've also had some good stuff in there. I got married, I got all but all all this stuff. In this hyper state of vigilance, not having my body a moment to calm down, my weight has just been going up and up and up. And it's been a struggle to just kind of maintain it. But it's not been a struggle to maintain my weight. It's been a struggle to maintain sanity. It's been a struggle to manage my stress. That is where the struggle is. It's not in the struggle isn't maintaining my weight.

The struggle is addressing all the things that I need to address that I'm not addressing that's affecting my weight. See what I'm saying? So a lot of times we look at it, well, it's my weight. It's my weight. It's my weight. Nah, it probably has nothing to do with your weight. dang so a lot of times we look at it well it's my weight it's my weight it's my weight nah it probably has nothing to do with your weight it's all the other things that you are not addressing

that is affecting your weight so this is where where we look to back on track with the foods with the water with the whatever we gotta yeah yeah we gotta make sure that we're doing what we need to do there but bigger picture is oh like it's not really my weight. It's not my foods. That's the problem when I land in the hospital and lose a bunch of weight and, you know, I'm sick. It's not the food. That's the problem when my stress levels are through the roof because my kids dealing with

their mental health. It's not my weight and my food. So my foods, that's the problem when I'm dealing with an epic amount of stress. It's not the food. And when I'm drinking, that's the problem when I'm dealing with an epic amount of stress. It's not the food and what I'm drinking that's the problem when I'm dealing with my hormones. So that's very rarely the issue. That's why we got to be like, what else is going on? And even with you, Robert, right? You're a lot going on, a lot of exciting stuff, a lot of fun stuff, you know, getting back into life, doing the things,

living with that. It's fun and as great as that is, that also comes with a certain amount of stress attached to it, right? And so a lot of times too, when we're done focusing on the reaching for the stars and reaching our goals, and we're more in maintenance, then the life stuff just gets piled on and piled on and piled on and piled on and piled on.

And we're not really noticing that. And it can take a while. This is why, like the reason why I don't start the winter program, like right on Jan 1st is because I know people's bodies are going to be recovering from the stress of the holidays. The holidays are great. You get to see people and have fun and it's the most wonderful time of the year. It's also stressful AF. And so between the here, there and everywhere and the visiting and what you got going on, and the finances, and this, and the family, and all that stuff, it takes our bodies a

while to calm down from that kind of stress, which is why I always start the winter program a little bit, usually the week after January 1st. Because people are like, let me get into it January 1st. And they realize, oh, shit, they got a lot going on. It takes the body a lot longer to recover. But because we're so hyper focused on the scale, and because you are so used to feeling good, that when you feel slightly off, you feel really off and you want to get back to having that come down instantly and next day,

right? Instantly. Dad, next time I visit you, Dad, we're inviting Tony and Gina for dinner. I'm coming. Please. I would love nothing more. That would be amazing. Then you're going to, then you would at least there'd be another reason you were coming. I wouldn't feel the pressure so much. Can we do that? I would, I would do that, right? I would do that for sure. Yeah. So that's a lot, you guys, right? This is like, it's never about what you think it is. It's never about what you think it is because you guys lost the weight. You got the food, you got the water, you got the supplements. Just do a quick check of that. Check your portions, get back in tune to those portions, although I highly doubt that's what it is. And then there's if you have been indulging and it does cause inflammation in the body, it can take time for

your body to get over any of those indulgences, sorry, any of those sensitivities that you might have indulgences and sensitivities, right? So if you've been eating a lot of bread, and you got to, you know, your body doesn't handle gluten well, and that's causing inflammation, that can take you a while to work that out of your system. So it takes a while for that to come out and for your body to get over a lot of these things. All right. I think I had another question here. Um, here's one from KLS Ryan. Um, well, let me do this from, from, um, I need help. I'm falling into bad habits and I've already gained four pounds. I thought I'm fine. I lost 15, which is my goal, but I'm up for, okay Okay. This is a very simple one. Just because you are done losing weight doesn't mean you are done working through issues, associations, coping mechanisms, habits,

beliefs, traumas, all of that. This is why maintenance is so important. You've got to put the time into solidifying your weight. Once you're done losing your weight, you've got to do the program again, or you've got to put three months into maintaining your weight, you got to do the program again, or you got to put three months into maintaining your weight without challenges. This is where you can't, this is not the time, solidifying your weight is not the time to use back on track. It's just, just keep doing what you're doing. Allow your weight to settle, right? So that's really important. The other thing is, this is what I was just talking about with you lost your weight and and then you then you have to then deal with birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, you know, vacays, all of that, that's going to come up and does every year, right? Now, how are you going to handle that? Right? This is where you are bound to fall back

into old habits. I love that you fell back into your old habits, because I hope that you recognize they're not working for you. That's the takeaway. But unless you fall back into those old habits, you don't know that, right? You don't know that. So I love this for you. Now you know, now you know that doesn't work for you. It makes you feel like shit. Body doesn't love it, whatever. So now you got to double down on reinforcing those good habits that supported the lifestyle and how you want to feel. What you've been doing throughout the living method is creating the life that you want to live. Like, you can't just go back to how you were living before, it's going to bring you back to how you were feeling before,

right? So but sometimes we need to fall back to recognize, oh, shit, that doesn't work for me. That's not a very good coping mechanism. I don't actually really like, like wine, right? So you guys know, I was very honest about struggling with my wine and drinking alcohol. I don't, I have taken enough of a break from it and fallen back enough to know it makes me feel like garbage. It makes me feel like garbage. Now, if I stop drinking, no, tequila is my new jam. I'm into tequila now because tequila processes through your body differently. It causes less inflammation, less stress on your digestive system. So I'm doing tequila. But wine, I always used to say I love wine and I love it.

I do love it. But I have now fallen back enough to know that when I create a distance from it, it makes me feel awful, mentally awful, physically not great. And so I'm not really drinking a lot. It's not like I'm not drinking tequila every day, you guys. I'm just saying if and when I do decide to have a drink, I am now making a conscious choice to choose tequila, which I know will have a less impact on my body. And how often am I going to drink tequila? Probably hardly never. And but if I didn't fall back the few times that I did that I would never have gone to a really strong realization that as

much as I love my red wine, it does not love me. I have been out I was out last night, I could have had a glass of wine if I wanted to, I thought about it. And I'm just my whole body was like, no, it is now to the point where it is not appealing. It's not appealing to me. But if I hadn't fallen back into my habit of having it, I wouldn't have known that. And I fell back a few times. I fell back. Well, my guru guy that I used to, he's since passed away, he said, Gina, it's like you like getting hit over the head with a two by four over and over again before you get it. And so it's kind of like I fell back. This isn't working for you. Let me try it again. Not working for you. Oh, let me try it again. Not working for you. Now I'm like, okay, no, no, no, no, no, no, I get it.

Don't, don't wag me again. Don't wag me again. I get it. It's not working for me. It's not working for me, right? It's not working for me. Hi, Tammy. What are you saying here? I wish my body could handle alcohol, probably damn menopause. Even one small glass of wine derails my sleep. Same. That's why I can't do it anymore. Can't do it anymore. This program has helped me through because I don't lie awake frustrated at 3am. Understanding the why helps keep me relaxed and a good headspace to not let it throw off my whole day. Must try to kill instead. Yeah, it's the why, right? Like it's the why that makes you go, okay, getting better sleep is much more of a payoff to me than having a wine. Like that's where

you make that connection where you're like, ah, no, maybe, maybe it's just for right now. I'm the same. Maybe it is menopause. Maybe it's the pause that's got me doing this feeling. There's a lot of things I'm learning. I've had this frozen shoulder for like a year. It's caused me so amount of pain. Now I'm hearing it could be like menopause and like it just disappeared. Like what is going on? I am feeling so much better five months into not having a period period that I have in the last couple of years. Is that what's going on? If you guys missed it. So if you guys want to take do it involved, so I'm working with Dr. Alinka on a whole like perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause series. I was originally going to do it in the summer. Now I'm going to do it as an add-on to the Libby Method.

And so it's going to run simultaneously to the fall program. So people are interested in having that conversation while they're doing the program. We'll have an opportunity to buy into that. Also would be great for those of you, even though you're in maintenance, it's going to be all about all of it. So if you're interested in that, keep an eye out for that. I'm going to be covering that. Make sure you drink a good tequila. Well, that's why Bev, right? Like good tequila ain't cheap. So it's not like I'm going to be like drinking it all day, every day. We went to Mexico and we picked up a couple, a couple of good bottles of tequila, which I actually quite like. I'm not

into that. I can't do the other stuff. Oh my God. I had frozen shoulder three years ago. It's so common. Yeah. And now they're saying it's like a menopause thing, frozen shoulder, because I was like, they're like, oh, it's your joint. Oh, it's this. Oh, it's that. I'm like, it is literally like, look at this shit. Six months ago, I could not lift my arm up over my head. Have I done anything different? Did I go to physio? No, I didn't. Nope. Did nothing different. Literally, I couldn't sleep on it. I couldn't whatever it was all consuming. And then all of a sudden, I'm just like, look at this shit. What is happening is like disappeared. I don't know if it goes hand in hand. I don't know. I'm going to be interested. Who is this Robert? Yesterday at my lunch, my grandson made up a plate for me. Wow.

I said, that is way too much. We split it and it was just right. Oh, I love that. Right? Just knowing, just knowing, just knowing it. Hi Edna. I needed to hear all of these things today. This is a very social week and I need to be very aware of enjoying the people at the events and not overdoing the foods. Okay. So love this for you. Make it your mission. Here's your challenge. All of you, when you're at the patio, right? When you're at the patio, you're at the cottage, you're at the social event, you are doing the thing. Indulge in the conversation. Indulge in the sunshine. Indulge in the fresh air. Indulge in the fact that for a few years, we were unable to be with people face to face. Indulge in that. Enjoy the food, indulge in the socialness of the activity, indulge in people and being around,

indulge in the conversations, indulge in the embraces, indulge in the shares, indulge in the closeness, enjoy the food, indulge in the social part of it. I got to get going, y'all. Thanks for joining me today. I'm going to be back this week with the ladies with our weigh-in Wednesday. Do we have a guest? I'm not sure if we have a guest. If you guys want to come and join us, make sure you let Odette know. Yeah, I don't want to go, but I got to go. I know Tony's waiting for me.

I think we're having lunch outside on the patio before it gets too hot. Or maybe it's already too hot. I don't know. Maybe we'll just be having it sitting beside air conditioning. I don't know. Stay cool. Don't stress about your scales. Be in the moment.

You know what you need to do. Figure out what's going on with you. If you're not feeling in the way that you should, why is that? You tell me, but also reach out for help. We are here for you. Okay, you guys. Until next time, have an amazing day and I will see you later. Bye.