The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Maintenance Midweek Motivation - March 12, 2025

Episode Date: March 12, 2025

Welcome to your Midweek Motivation! This episode dives into the Livy Method difference when it comes to protein, why it’s not about eating more but eating the right amount for you, all while addressing what's new with the Food Plan this week. Getting real about adapting to life’s changes—asking “What’s going on with me?” and shifting how we face challenges. Finally, a deep dive into Maintenance, a reality check on how much time you’re really investing in yourself, and a reminder that you are worth the work. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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I was still in the group reading right to the last minute. What were you reading? Just the comments from members. We put that protein calculation post up today. I was reading that. I was just, I felt like that protein calculation post up today. I was reading that. I was just, you know, I felt like I was a bit busy today. So I wasn't in the group quite as much. So I'll take every minute I can to sneak in there and see what members are saying. Good. Well, welcome everyone

to our maintenance midweek motivation conversation as our members are going through week nine of the maintenance program. I want to talk about that protein. So yesterday we had Dr. Paul Herkel on and join us to have a conversation. Really it was like, what more can we talk about? It was just kind of like a bonus conversation. So insightful. And we talked about things that him and I have never talked about. And you know, everyone's talking about making sure you get enough protein in. And here's before we even get into this, because I guess we're going to talk about this now because I'm going to talk about it. I think when people talk about making sure you're getting enough protein in your diet,

it's they're assuming you're doing a crappy, shitty diet where you're counting and weighing and measuring and you are just worried about calories and not where those calories are coming from. Right. And then when you do deprivation diets, there's a big difference between like weight loss and actual fat loss. And people when they do crappy shitty diets, where they're starving and depriving themselves and just worried about the calories and not about the nutrient value,

end up losing a considerable amount of muscle mass. You spend years dieting and you get older because aging causes our muscle mass to decline. And then, God forbid, you roll into menopause with our declining estrogen levels can also cause our muscle mass to decline. And when you eat foods, your body breaks them down into glycogen and stores it in your liver, in your muscle, and in your fat. And if there isn't the muscle there to store it, it stores it in your fat.

And once it's there, it's hard to get rid of. So you want to make sure while you are trying to lose weight, that you are getting enough protein in your diet. You want to make sure as you are aging, you're getting enough protein in your diet. And if you are in any stage of menopause, getting enough protein in your diet. But people who are writing these articles and talking about getting protein in their diet are not doing the living method are probably not even aware that the living method exists, where we are literally and always have been having protein with pretty much every meal and snack, except for that fruit snack, which now of course you have that option. So I still don't like the idea of counting and weighing and

measuring, but yesterday a Dr. Paul gave us an equation to try to figure out how much you need. And everyone is different. If you are an athlete, obviously really important. That's where you might want to get into counting and making sure you have enough. If you are more active, you want to make sure you're getting enough. And if you are less active, you want to make sure you're getting enough,

but you probably don't need the same amount as someone else who's in the gym, hitting heavy weights. So I, you know, the biggest takeaway or the biggest question that people have in both groups is, well, if I'm, I, in order to get more, I have to eat more. And that's not the case. You can just make sure that you are consuming foods that are higher in protein, right? So what you're going to get out of eggs is going to be different than what you get out of oatmeal. And so this is where you might want to other other ways I can bump up my

protein. Can I add, you know, protein powder into my oatmeal or into my yogurt? Or can I add the nuts and seeds on top of my yogurt to bump up the protein? So that's, that's my thing with it. But people are asking for those fucking numbers. So we gave them to them. But I'm still not going to count, weigh or measure, but that's me. But yeah I think you made a good point there about not eating more. I think, you know, when people are like, oh, I have to get more protein, they automatically equate that to like the volume of food. It doesn't need to be the volume of food. And you're right about when we're doing these restrictive diets

where we are worried about calories. You know, when you think of fruits and vegetables, generally, I'm going to just make a generalization, they generally have less calories than foods that have a bit more protein. So if you if you really are only worried about calories, and you're only having, you know, carrots and celery, because you need to keep your calories low, of course you're not gonna get enough protein but when you are having that protein throughout the day with every meal and with every snack and it's not just about bumping up the protein all the time it's also about getting that food that is the already the most protein bang for your buck like you you said, like I've got oatmeal.

To bump up the protein of oatmeal, I may feel like I have to load it up with so much stuff. But maybe if we can just shift it to think what protein food already has enough protein. I feel like I said, we should take a shot every time I say protein because that would make a fun afternoon. We might die though, maybe not, we might die.

Well, I said it a few times. But you're thinking about those foods that are nutrient rich in terms of protein already. So you're not having to add more and more and more of it. We don't want our members feeling like they have to take out a calculator and do all of this. We don't want it to feel like it's going, it's counterintuitive to your mindfulness.

You know, you're having protein throughout the day. This is not a deprivation diet. We're not worried about how many calories are coming from the protein that you're eating. You wanna spread it out throughout the day. You wanna have a variety of it. And we don't want you to feel like you have to, like I said, go against your mindfulness and overeat just to get enough protein.

Yeah, it's, it's, it's not necessary because you're getting enough. And even with the, with the tweak this week, you were always having protein at breakfast. It's just that sometimes people even while losing weight, you know, with where we're on the program, especially in maintenance, you've probably fallen to what you like, what you love, maybe you like your oatmeal this time of year, am I having some avocado toast, and just have stopped making the protein the priority that it needs to be at breakfast.

For your morning fruit snack, it's not like you're just taking an apple that you were eating, and now you're having that apple and adding more protein and fat to it. So that is also really important. So you're going to have like half the apple and then add protein and fat. So people I think are thinking that they have to add more on top of what they're already eating, or you can switch it up and have something else like cottage cheese. For example, you could have

a boiled egg. You know, you don't have to just stick with the fruit in the morning. And so really, that's the only thing that's changed because there was always protein at lunch, even though vegetables were the focus, there was always still protein at lunch. That's way to navigate your one snack in the afternoon now is to take the two snacks you were having, take your veg snack with your nut and seed snack and combine it. And even then, you're not taking two separate portions and combining them together. You're just taking the components, some vegetables and some nuts and seeds and having them together. And then dinner always had protein, even though vegetables are now the focus. So there's not really that much of a change. And people are talking about how they're so full and they're just worried about eating too much. Don't forget about those four mindful

eating questions, first of all. And it's not about eating more, it's just about making sure you're getting the most bang for your buck when it comes to your protein especially. So it's really not anything, if you're following the Libby method, you really don't have to worry about it any of it. It's true. And I think I wanna just touch on that point that you said

about the apple and the protein because there are members I think that's what they're focused on some of them. They're like I have to eat my apple, but I have to add my protein But that's too much food, you know, and it's like how like try thinking of it as Looking at it first How does this feel does this feel like this apple and this protein is going to be too much? Is the whole apple plus this added protein in fact going to be too much? Then half the apple, you know, or half it doesn't have to be the whole thing. When we say the word revamp, we're really revamping all of it. We're revamping the way you think of the food plan and we are revamping the foods in the

order that you have in them. And I think what you said there too about lunch always had protein and dinner always had vegetables. It's basically just a swap. Like we're just, we're not adding more protein at lunch. No, we're not having more protein, you know, throughout the day because we're adding more at lunch because that's not the focus at dinner. So it's just a swap there. And I think it's just a swap. It's not like you have to add it more and then you're having the same amount at dinner. We're just swapping it. So really the only place where we're adding a protein and a fat is that mid morning snack because we were always having it in the afternoon. We were always having it at lunch and dinner, just in different combinations. And we were always having it at breakfast. So it was always there

anyways. People also have to remember too, that after following the program, their digestive systems are so much like they, their digestive systems function better than the average person. Their metabolisms are higher than the average person. And so their bodies become very efficient at everything, including breaking down the foods and getting the nutrients that you need. You can eat a lot of food. Doesn't mean that you're getting the nutrient value from that food, right? So we really, you, people who've gone through the Libby method are not the average person that these numbers are for. At the end of the day, you've already done the work. You're so far past that you've lost the weight. If you weren't getting enough protein in your diet, you wouldn't

have been able to lose your weight in such a healthy way. Like it's just the changes of your body. If you've noticed your body change significantly, that would not have been possible if you were nutrient deficient, right? You would not be able to maintain your weight if you did it in a way that your body wasn't getting enough. It doesn't matter whether it's protein or whatever, not enough is not enough, right? So you've, you're already way past that. We're past that conversation, but we're having it anyway. Yeah. The nutrient deficiency part is, is big because it's true.

I mean, we can't take, like you say, hundreds of thousands of members who have said, I lost my weight and I feel amazing, not because I'm lighter, but because I have more energy, I feel more vital, I'm sleeping better. If you were nutrient deficient, if you were nutrient deprived, you would be lighter, you would have less fat on your body and you would feel like shit, you know, because your body couldn't work, you know, the way it's supposed to work. So yeah, I think you're right. And we actually had a member in the group and I wish I had written her comment down. I didn't. And I was just reading it now before we came on and she said that she's not doing the math. I'm not doing this math. I've done it

before. All it's told her before was that she was, you know, eating too much and that was the only way to be successful. And now that she stopped doing the math, she's actually more successful than she's ever been. And I think that, like I said, we don't want our members pulling out their calculators and trying to, and stressing themselves out about hitting this number. It doesn't need about hitting this number,

but you know, if we want to look at what the silver lining of this is, the silver lining of having a formula or having a number is that maybe it's going to help you be a bit more aware of, not aware of the number specifically, but aware of maybe I could bump it up to add more protein at my breakfast or my fruit snack. So if it's bringing awareness, there's your silver lining of having to do a calculation. Yeah, I love that. I don't mind that. Right? You can do the calculation to see on average

how much you need. Just make sure that, you know, you're bang on, but you already are. You don't need to worry about that. I see, see reset, if you have an egg for a morning snack, do you still need to add fat with it? No. So an egg will have protein and a lot of proteins also have fats included with them. That's why you get that real sustaining energy. So you don't have to double up on that at all. No. Yeah. All right. I love that. So who what's next? We want to talk about this week. What else? Yeah, so I also wanted to talk about, there's two things I wanted to talk about.

So one of them was I wanted to go back to Monday's conversation a little bit. A part, the part where I was all pissy? Yes, that's actually in my notes. Why am I feeling pissy? I wrote that with quotation marks because I wanted to make sure I said it. And I walked away from that conversation thinking there's something to be said

about, you know, the weather and the season changing and there's something to be said about the time changing and that affecting us. And I sort of think about revamp and our members are revamping their food plan. But maybe it's more than that. Maybe it's really revamping. Maybe this is the time of year where we have to revamp what we're doing day to day. So it's not about, you know, doing the same things that have worked up till this point because that's just what's worked. Maybe it's revamping what time you have your breakfast

in the morning. Maybe it's revamping, you know, being in tune and having to revamp your afternoon snack. Like, well, I always have my snack at one o'clock, but I'm not hungry because I did have more protein. So maybe you need to be open to revamping that routine as well. So it's not just revamping the food, it's revamping what comes with it. Yeah. So Kim had a, Kim, it was really interesting because Kim, this morning, it's because we had our tweak this week conversation, you know, a couple things, there's seasonal change. Right? So your body's pulling you out of that winter hibernation mode starting to give you more

energy, the days are starting to get longer. There's the time change, right? Where we the whole time we're off an hour yet everyone is still getting up the same time eating dinner at the same time. Like that's like control things out of whack. Even your sleep cycle, you know, like just because you've always gone to bed at certain amount same time, like that's like can throw things out of whack. Even your sleep cycle, you know, like just because you've always gone to bed at a certain amount of time, like maybe you should start going to bed earlier and getting up. Do you know what I mean? Like it's, it's, we should be like, okay, we should be adjusting situational change is also it's nuanced as well. Right. So there's, so there's a lot going on and being like, okay, like what's, what's, why am I tired? Well, let's, why am I tired?

Well, let's try going to bed a little bit earlier tonight. And if you end up waking up earlier tomorrow, then why don't you try just getting out of bed at that time? Right? So sometimes we go back to bed because we're like, oh, I still have an hour left. But then you get back into that sleep cycle. And then when you do wake up, you're exhausted, dragging your ass all day. Right?

Same thing with the changes in the food. So this just, you know, we are down to one afternoon snack. So if you have the luxury, try, and you're not hungry for lunch, try eating it a half hour later. Try having your lunch around one or two. Like if you have your protein for breakfast and now this new snack in the morning with more protein

is making you feel more satisfied and you're not all that hungry for lunch, have lunch later. Just because you have lunch every day at 12 o'clock. I do understand people have schedules and work lunches and stuff like that. Some people are restricted, but if you have the luxury of eating your lunch at one

o'clock, then, you know, have your afternoon snack later and then push your dinner back, right? Like there's people don't think of that. They get so stuck in their routines. Also after that Monday, I was researching, I talked to Dr. Paul Saratonin. back, right? Like there's people don't think of that. They get so stuck in their routines. Also after that Monday, I was researching, I talked to Dr. Paul serotonin, because I wasn't the only one who has grumpy pants on Monday. And I was like, if there's got to be something physical, because maybe it's my period coming back, I'm in menopause, I

don't know what's going on. But and there is something to be said about over the winter time, it's like, is it our vitamin D levels dropping? What is it? Your serotonin levels really start to drop and it really affects your mood. It kind of goes hand in hand with seasonal affective disorder. And at this point that can be really like seem like it's, you know, last in a while. And now next thing you know, some sunshine comes, we get outside. And one of the things Dr. Paul said about that, it's so important to get outside and get that like sun in your eyes and on your face. You know, that can help reset your whole internal time clock.

Yeah, so many studies that I've read behind that getting that sun in your face for your serotonin for all that, but also for your circadian rhythm. So your body starts to adjust even faster to this time change. And maybe that'll help you feel, you know, get into the groove a bit faster. And the point I wanted to make, and I don't, I didn't want to bring a big dark cloud to this conversation today. Go ahead. Why not? Yeah, I'm going to, because that's the mood we're in this week. I was walking, it's March break where I am in Ontario, it's March break. And I was thinking about five years ago this week is when we had the

pandemic. It was exact. I just got goosebumps again, thinking about it. It was exactly five years ago. And, you know, when we think of anniversaries and we think of what was happening and for many of us, and I'll say for me, it was a very traumatic time. You know, I had kids, I had, I still had to go to work. I worked in the healthcare industry. I still had to go to work. You know, what was I bringing home? What was happening? And I feel like your body remembers that. I feel like your body remembers that I feel your mind remembers that and I don't know if this was that was happening to anybody else this week or if it was like a correlation and you know you think oh think about last year we were doing this and think about last year we were doing that and five years ago this massive massive global shift happened and I don't

know if that's what was bubbling up this week, but it was just something I was thinking about. We think about traumas in our past from weight loss, dieting and how that affects us. But something like this can also be traumatic. And then I was just in this cycle and then I started thinking about self-regulation again. And at that time, there's no way that I was prepared for that and how to deal with that and how to cope with that

and how to make a plan for when something like that happens. And you can't, you can never make a plan or anticipate that. But when we think about, you know, getting to a place where we feel like we are equipped to maybe take on a challenge or face a challenge with a bit of a different approach, you know, I was really thinking I hope our members are feeling that way a little bit more this week when we're talking self-regulation. I know this, I'm going in this big long thing here, but it got me thinking when we have a massive shift like that, you know, your body remembers

and you said something on Monday too, you said, what's going on with me? And I think that resonated with our members. We had members comment that they said, they were so thankful to say, what is going on with me versus what is wrong with me? You know that I had a member who listened to that reach out to me and say that I was rude and disrespectful

and I was unprofessional and I just made that whole conversation about myself and she just couldn't believe it. And I was like, and this is why like sometimes it's so hard for people to be vulnerable. Like if that wasn't about anyone in the morning group, I read something, yes, it pissed me off. It wasn't about what the member,

it wasn't about the member, it was my own internalization of it. And I thought, wow, this is why people have a hard time like meeting themselves where they're at, because if you are so judgmental to other people, she's like, you know, you couldn't see where this member was coming from. I'm like, I don't even know what member

you're talking about because it wasn't about them. It was about me and being like, what is going on with me? Like, I am pissing today. And that whole conversation we had was about self-realization, self-regulation. It's not about the members pissing me off. It's like, something is going on with me

where I feel pissy and what is it? And sometimes you have to be really vulnerable and go to that place. No wonder people don't, right? Because you're not allowed to be vulnerable. And I was like, I'm not about, bitch, I'm not about to explain the intricacies of like the whole point of that is using myself as reference

and then relating to people. I'm like, it's okay to feel shitty sometimes. It's okay to feel pissy sometimes. Sometimes you don't know why, right? And to judge someone on that, I'm like, what's wrong with you? And this was like, in the maintenance group, this is where we go.

We go deep. This is like, you in all the work that you have done, you are in tune to your body's needs. And what I love about what you're saying is like that is deep to be like, I remember the pandemic. I remember that where, like, it was the Friday before the before, like, it's making me shake. It was the Friday before March break, I picked up my kids, we went to the grocery store, and everybody in the grocery store was weird. People were like getting toilet paper, everyone was quiet, everyone was walking around putting

cans and like, give me goosebumps. Yeah, and cans and shit in their bags and we were terrified. And then the kids never went back to school. People were washing their groceries. And so that you're so right, you know, don't judge yourself on on if you know, there's something going on with you Don't listen to anybody else Go there and be like what is going on with me because that's how you get to the deep places That's how you heal is by being like, okay what and so what I was doing on Monday was just saying out loud my process

Okay, this happened. I got triggered now. I'm in a pissy mood. Not what's wrong with me, what is going on with me, but we need to give ourselves and other people the space to do that. Right? Like it's, and I think people aren't vulnerable because we're taught not to be vulnerable. That there's something wrong with you, if you are honest and true with who you are. Right? Like it's this is about it. This is not black dark clouds. This is the who you are, right? Like, it's this is about it. This is not black, dark clouds. This is the work you are doing, because then you're going to be triggered. You're going

to be triggered. What are you going to go back to? Right? Old habits. Like this is, this is deep. This is deep stuff. I'm here for these conversations. This is what the maintenance program, as far as I'm concerned, is all about. We've had the surface conversations a hundred times before. Yeah. And I think that that a time like that, you know, whether it was the pandemic or something else, I think that's what brings us to this realization that whether it's the living method or some, I mean, this is that's what brought me to the living method was that whole year of just being in this dark place. That's what actually brought me here for myself. You know,

I think that this is where the realization is like, yeah, what's going on with me? There's, like, there's nothing, I don't wanna think there's something wrong with me because then that is, no, then that's something that needs to be fixed. Yes, you don't need to be fixed. What's going on with me gives you the opportunity

to figure it out, not fix it, but figure it out so that when you feel like that again the next time, maybe that's going to be a happy trigger. Like, oh, I've been in this place before and I know how I reacted then or what happened then and maybe I need to do something different this time or this is what I know I can do differently this time. Yeah. And that's where sometimes you have to walk through the fire, right? You can't just pretend to be happy and I'm fine, it's okay, I don't know, drink, you know, whatever, drink some wine, I'll be fine. No, like in order to really go and work through your stuff to have that aha moment to move

through it, you have to allow yourself sometimes to be really mad, really sad, pissed off, whatever to really be like, what is this about? You know, I didn't even know I said to Tony yesterday or the day before, just just ignore me. And he would just come up. He's like, you need a hug. And I'm like, I do. I need a hug. And I come with such a fight all day long with myself. Because I didn't want to be I do want to take it out on anybody else. And I didn't want to I knew I know it has to tell me. So why I own how you got to own how you're feeling. Right.

And and it takes time sometimes to figure it out what's going on. So like, I'm googling serotonin levels, you're bringing up the pandemic, you know, it could be and it could be a variety of things. It could be a variety of things. And this is what you have learned is the skill of having your shit bubble to the surface, you figuring out what the message is in there for you. And that's how you're like, Okay, I got that one. And then guess what more shit is going to pile in your

lap for you to because that's how we grow. And that's how we fall. But yeah, I think you know, Dr. Paul also said on on on we had a bit this has been a week of dose of reality. We had Dr. Paul who was talking about, you know, the issue that he sees with some clients is that they're so excited in the beginning of their journey and they just, they're not motivated. They just stopped doing the things that they need to do and they need a reality check. You're just not doing the things that in the way you did them before.

So if you're not feeling as good, it's probably because you're not doing the things that you did to feel good. And then we had Julie Keehan join us for our real people real journey segment yesterday, where she did three programs. And then she was like, this isn't working for me. And her sister was like, Wait a minute. Like is it is it that it's not working for you? Are you not doing the work? And then she was like, Yeah, I'm not doing the work. And then she's like, I'm going to commit to doing the work. And she did and was successful. So it's that owning your own ass, right?

It's just calling yourself out. The real sense of accountability comes from you. But I think in being in tune, these things are going to come up. And you're going to find it more and more and more. You're like, what's going on? Like you, you're growing, you're evolving, you're changing. Right? To that point, Dr. like, what's going on? Like you, you're growing, you're evolving, you're changing. Right?

To that point, Dr. Paul, I can't remember if it was you or Dr. Paul that said it yesterday, but it was in that conversation and I was stuck on it for so long. I don't even think I heard the rest of the conversation when you were talking about realization. And we were talking about, you know, consistency and people that members, us, me, you, everybody that was like, oh, I did well on Monday and Thursday and Sunday. So I had a pretty good week. And then you're like, that's less than 50%.

I don't know what happened, but that just blew my mind. I'm like, it's less than 50%. You did well less than 50% of the time. You took care of yourself less than 50% of the time. And I think it was just that, that quantifying it, that hearing it in a different way and thinking, you know, I don't worry about my hygiene 50% of the time. I don't worry about to, you know, doing other things 50% of the time. I don't worry about doing other things 50% of the time. Why is it okay to just not take care of myself for 50% of the time? And when I thought of it that way,

when you think of like, oh, I had a couple really great days, but did you have enough really great days? Did you really push yourself or even push yourself or put yourself in the position to allow yourself to have more than just a couple of really great days? I think that was like that talking about realization, that was a big one. Like, oh yeah, the week was okay. The week was pretty good and you're positive.

And then like, oh, it's only 50%, that's a fail. Yeah, when you deal with realness, you can work with that. Right? It's when you're not being real with yourself, that's when you can't. You're pulling the wool over your own eyes. And when you're real with yourself, that's when you can be like, OK.

Like, all right, so I want this to happen, or I'm upset because this isn't happening. Am I really doing the things that I need to do to make it happen? Whether it's the workouts you do each day or trying to drink less wine or trying to be more consistent, following the food plan, whatever that is,

I think sometimes we have to stop and say, okay, is this lining up with what I want or where I think I should be versus what I'm doing? Is it lining up? It's not fun to get real with yourself, but in the long run, I think you should be versus what I'm doing. Is it lining up? Like, it's not fun to get real with yourself, but in the long run, I think you end up so far ahead and you're so happy with who you are when you, you know, when you, like, it's not anyone else's job

to hold you accountable. Yeah, it's yours. Yeah, like if your kid was like, oh, I'm doing great, mom. I got like 50%, you'd be like, brush your teeth. Oh, no, I just brushed my teeth 50%. I'm good. Yeah. So I thought that was a yeah, talking about reality. There's a number you can work with. So there you go. Yeah. I don't know.

You know, work on Wednesdays. But maybe that's it. Well, you know, it's really, we talked about the food plan revamp. This revamping the food plan. I think you're kind of like, it's an opportunity each week to kind of to be all in in a way we talked about this on Monday in a way that you haven't been before. What is the message for you now? What is the learning opportunity for you now? What's the way you can level up now? Dig deeper now? Why are you here? Why are you here? And you always talk a lot about intention. Show up, like be intentional

about what you're doing here in the maintenance group. We're not just coasting along, like make the most of it, right? Like show up, get her done so you can get out of that maintenance mindset and move on and just live your life, right? Like that's, I think sometimes, you know, people lose sight of that. They're so happy to be in maintenance, but you're not done. You're not done. Yeah. there's lots of things for you to do. Yeah, so that was really all I wanted to talk about. I wanted our members to just, you know, think about that 50% and, you know, getting back to the food and the protein that's, you know, bring it back down to reality. And it's not about more, it's about enough and how you feel

and, you know, having an awareness around that number versus being obsessed and being bound by that by that number. Yeah. Yeah, like if it's, you know, I love whoever made that comment about the counting if the idea of counting something is pissing you off, don't do it. You don't have to do it. You don't need to got this far without it. That's just like, for some people do like numbers. Some people, like you said, the 50% that resonated with you. Some people, like you said, the 50%,

that resonated with you. Some people are numbers people. Tony's a numbers person. Give me numbers. He talks in a numbers language. I am not, so I am dyslexic in math and numbers freak me out and I always get them backwards and I just, I don't do numbers.

But some people, if you love numbers, great, go for it. There you are. But you have to be like, how does this factor in? You are not a robot or a car that needs a certain number of liters of gas, right? To get you a certain number of miles. You are not. You are a human being. There's a lot of variables to these numbers that we are using when it comes to what we need. I love our, I love our deep, we're not here to blow smoke up people's asses and fluff stuff. No one would show up for that. Hi everyone. Are you having a great day? So today we're following the food plan revamp. How's everybody? It's so easy. I have no issues. Yeah, I think it's, I think that's also motivating to

know that people can feel the way they want to feel. And there's nothing wrong with them. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, feel that way. And, you know, maybe we'll motivate you to to figure it out. Maybe we'll motivate you to just take one more day and let yourself feel the way you're feeling and then come out of it. You know, whatever you need to take from that. That's what the motivation is. We don't have pom poms, you know, and we're not, we try and, you know, I'd love to have a fun song for everybody at the beginning, but I mean, we just,

it's not what we're about. We're going to be real. We're going to talk about real things. We're going to help you feel real and feel validated and take your motivation from that. Because life is hard sometimes, life is hard and there's nothing wrong with you. You don't need fixing. You're allowed to be pissy. You're allowed to be grumpy. You're allowed to be like, fuck, this isn't working.

You're allowed all of your thoughts and your feels beyond weight loss, beyond maintenance, give you insight into where you are at and what you need to work through and what you need to do. It's always the message. It's like, okay, what is going on? There's a message there for you. And as soon as you figure out, you're like, oh, okay.

I still have issues going to the grocery store from the pandemic. It's still, I avoid it. I have a hard time. I don't like going to the grocery store. I have a hard time. I don't like going to the grocery store. I have a hard time. Yeah, I remember going. We were a couple weeks in already. And there. I remember getting my kids out of that. No, I was going. It wasn't the grocery store. No, no, I'm sorry. I was

trying to like put that story together for you guys. And I couldn't. It wasn't the grocery store. It was it was. We were going to buy my son a bike. So we went to go buy a bike and we went to like a local bike shop here, like a Canadian tire or something at the time. And we went and it was empty. Like there was not a person there. The cleaning supply shelves were empty. The toilet paper, the paper towels were empty. And my son was like, what is happening?

What is going on? And I was like, yeah, I will never forget the look on his face during that time. And yeah, it still brings back feelings like that when this March break comes around and this time comes around. And I was like, that's five years ago. Yeah, and we forget some remember the body count ticker tape thing that was on that literally kept track of the millions of people who died and and and many of us know people who who knew someone who either had it bad or it didn't even make it you know we forget about that we all collectively move on from the pandemic and we forget. It's about, you know, what's going on with me today.

That's interesting. Yeah. And I remember just, yeah, being stuck to the news and like, oh, this country has its first case and that country has its first case. And it was, yeah, it was, it was a time. So that's probably why I'm busy this week. Yeah, makes sense. Probably one of many reasons, but it makes sense.

You're not one reason that I'm pussy though. You're not one of those reasons. Thank goodness. That's a win. I don't know if that's a win for me or win for you this week. I'm not really sure. There you have it, you guys. I mean, this is what I say in the weight loss program.

At this point, nine weeks in, we've had all the conversations, the guest experts, like you should know yourself pretty well to know what's going on with you and the things that you need to do food plan-wise. And when you get into the maintenance program with where we're at week nine, it is just kind of, it's showing up every day.

That's the hard part. And so you already know the food plan stuff. You've got this like down. That's like second nature Can you dig a little deeper? Can you level up even more? But this is like this is continuing with the life skills that you need. This is that mindset that you're that you are Working on solidify and it goes beyond it that you can't it's not about the food and maintenance It's not about the food or the food plans. none of those things. Yeah. Yeah, you're right. And I think that's, you know, these conversations are just going to help our members. And that's why I say I hope that they are showing up and hearing the

hearing the message and you know, even if it doesn't ring true or resonate, that's time. Maybe what we say next week will or the week after will. So yeah, keep showing up, keep listening and of what we say next week will or the week after will. So yeah, keep showing up, keep listening and we'll catch you there. All right, so on that note, have a fabulous week. We're gonna be back next week on Monday. So more of the same with our food plan. Food plan revamp next week.

Don't get ahead of yourselves. We still have four solid weeks, right? Yeah. 10, 11, 12. Oh, this is week nine. 10, 11, 12. Oh, this is week nine. 10, 11, 12. We have three solid weeks. We have three and a half.

I keep saying four. Us math, that fucking math. Math. I do it every time. Tell Dr. Paul not to come back with his math. That was a one and done. No more. Have an amazing rest of your day, everyone.

Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time. Bye.