The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness - March 4, 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 March 4, 2024. You can find the full video hosted at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:The Livy Method: The 4 Stages to Finally and Forever, where are you at in your journey?Do the guidelines around when to use dairy change as you go through the stages of Maintenance?Is there a benefit to using collagen in Maintenance? Should you use marine or bovine?Scientific evidence has shown that 2.7-3.5 L of water is what the body needs to meet its basic needsDr. Feifer's post is a great resource to discuss the benefits of drinking water to support your body while you are following The Livy MethodThe different circumstances and context around listening to your body's cues to urinateRemembering the basics around how the scale will naturally fluctuateHow your meals may look different than another individual's, and ensuring you have the components you needGina shares her story of when her weight was going up and up, and she knew something was off. When should you investigate what else might be going on and utilizing Back On Track to help your body destressCheck out the podcast with Gina and Dr. Rice discussing cosmetic proceduresTo 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. and move more narrative. And that's where Felix comes in. Felix is redefining weight loss for Canadians with a smarter, more personalized approach to help you crush your health goals is here. Losing weight is about more than diet and exercise. It can also be about our genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix connects you with online licensed healthcare practitioners who understand that everybody is different and can pair your healthy lifestyle

with the right support to reach your goals. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X dot C-A. Hello, hello, hello. Happy Monday to all of our amazing members in maintenance. How are you feeling? How are you doing? So many of you kind of working at your own pace in maintenance. How are you feeling? How are you doing? So many of you kind of working at your own

pace and maintenance. Many of you have signed up for our and are repeating or doing another round of our program in order to solidify your weight. Some of you are already in that third stage of maintenance where you're learning what maintenance looks like and feels like to you, learning to trust yourself. Maybe you are still weighing, maybe you are not weighing yourself anymore. Maybe you're still asking those four questions. Maybe you're not doing that anymore. Some of you feel like you have a ways to go still because you've got some issues and associations and habits and whatnot that you need to work on, even though you've lost your weight. And some of you may feel like you're ready to move on to that finally and forever live your life mindfully. Never look back.

Four stages to the living method. One is lose your weight. Two is solidify your weight. Three is maintain your weight. Learn to trust yourself before you move on to that finally and forever stage. People working on a variety of different things throughout the program, which is what I love about it because people are new to maintenance, have a lot to learn from the people who've been here for a while. The goal at the end of the day is that finally and forever kind of weight loss.

And that's what we're here to talk about. So if you guys are joining me live and you have any questions, make sure you let me know. I did take a note of some of the questions that you have asked me on the post. So as you know, Odette's been making the post on Sundays, giving you an opportunity if you can't watch the lives, lives to still add your questions to the mix. So I have them here. So I'm going to go through some of those. I'm just trying to find myself here. Where am I? There I am. There we are. Hello, hello, hello. Okay, let me get right into these questions that our members have about maintenance. Let me start with a great one from Sid. I can tell

that our program specialist already provided a great answer. Hi, Sid. Sid was wondering that if anything has changed when it comes to when you're having dairy products. So if you're repeating the program to solidify your weight, you want to follow the program as designed there, right? So you're still having, depending on where you are at in the program, you know, breakfast is still, you know, focused on protein. I'm just going to break down the basic program, the food plan that you would start with, right? So you're going to go breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, snack, dinner, protein, still the focus for breakfast, vegetables, still the focus at lunch and protein, still the focus at dinner. Now with where we're at in the program, people have already gone through the first few weeks, they've already gone through

downsizing. And we're currently on week eight with our feeding the metabolism tweak. So your dairy, you don't want to be using as your main source of protein. So you just wouldn't want to have, you know, cottage cheese on a salad for lunch, for example. And now not that that isn't great protein, it's just that you probably want to bump up the nutrient value of that and maybe add a little bit more to it. You wouldn't want to use yogurt, for example, as your main source of protein at your lunch or your dinner, when you are following the program. Now, if you're in the in the third stage of maintenance, or you know, you're ready to move on, you might decide one night to have yogurt for dinner, because you're really all not all that hungry for it. And you know, yogurt seems appealing. So you'll have some yogurt, you might have some cottage cheese,

with some, you know, on some greens for lunch, you might want to keep it super simple. So when you are, so it depends on what stage of maintenance you're at. So if you are doing another round of the program to solidify your weight, then you don't want to be using dairy as your main source of protein. But if you're just like personalizing the plan and you're rolling through that third stage, you know, you can totally, you don't have to have that traditional type of lunch or traditional type of dinner. You can, this is where you are personalizing the plan. So you're checking in at every single meal and snack time and assessing, am I hungry? Yes, I'm hungry. I need to eat. I'm not really all that hungry. I

don't know. I could eat, right? So maybe you'll have a few token bites of something. And then there's like, I should eat because I'm going to go longer than three and a half, four hours. I should probably eat something. And then you want to check in on what you're hungry for, right? Like, am I really all that? I'm at lunch. I'm not really all that hungry. I could eat something. What's appealing to me. I opened up my fridge. Maybe I'll have some chicken. Maybe I have some rice leftover. Maybe I have whatever, but I'm like, yeah, no, I'm feeling something a little bit lighter. Cottage cheese is appealing to me right now. I like to make a cottage cheese where I put like the everything bagel seasoning in it. So I did that everything bagel seasoning, and then I

put sesame oil in it. And then I add a little bit more garlic, and then I put like seaweed flakes in it. So it's very savory. I love that. I would eat that for lunch any day. I love that. So there is sort of no hard and fast rules when it comes to maintenance, unless you are doing another round of the program to solidify your weight, then you want to do that program proper in which you don't want to be using dairy as your main source of protein. But you have it's a lot more flexible. then you want to do that program proper in which you don't want to be using dairy as your main source of protein. But you have, it's a lot more flexible. If you want to have cottage cheese or yogurt for dinner, because you're really not all that hungry, you can totally do that. You can totally do that in maintenance. And then cheese, same thing, Sid. So it depends on

what you're doing the program. If you're just on that third stage of maintenance and you want to have cheese for a snack, have cheese for a snack, right? So you already had lunch, maybe afternoon, you're not really all that hungry, you feel you open up your fridge, there's a couple slices of cheese. I do that all the time. I'm just going to slice up a couple slices of cheese and have that for a snack. I do that a lot with my veg snack, but you know, not all the time. I'm, you know, obviously in maintenance, if you're not feeling vegetables, you can just have cheese. So definitely a lot more flexibility in there. I thought that was a really great question. Here's the next one.

I'm wondering about collagen as a supplement in maintenance. To be honest, I didn't do supplements besides magnesium that I was already taking during the winter 2023 program. All was going really well without them. So I didn't feel the need. I'm wondering now if I should add it in. How? With coffee.

I don't like to mess with my coffee. So maybe with water. Reasons for what I will expect if I add collagen now, thanks for everything. Okay. And then you have a little part two, which we'll get into. So collagen is great for hair, skin, nails, tissue repair. We're actually learning it can actually be beneficial for gut health as well. Our collagen, you know, starts to deplete after the age of 21 by like 1%. And so taking collagen supplements have been proven beneficial. Some

collagen supplements are better than others. Some people take more for tissue repair, some people take more for their hair, skin and nails. So I obviously take for more of my skin, my hair, my nails. I like marine collagen because it's smaller particles, it's more bioidentical in a sense that your body kind of processes a little bit easier and can be better for skin. Whereas bovine collagen also has its benefits, which can be a little bit better for internal and tissue repair and whatnot. It's not a source of protein. I mean, it is, but it's not essential protein. So you can't have collagen in lieu of protein for your breakfast or your lunch or your dinner or whatever. So that's the thing with that. What can I expect? So I would definitely purchase like a good quality protein. Within Us is a great product. So is the Deep Marine. Actually, I have them right here on my desk. So this is the deep marine collagen.

And this is the within us true marine collagen. These are really great products. Your collagen shouldn't, even though if it's fish based, should not taste fishy. It shouldn't really have any flavor at all in your coffee. Most people do not notice that. Although if you don't like to mess with your coffee, I don't like the idea of it in my coffee, but when I added my coffee, I'm not noticing if I'm adding the appropriate amount. And so that's the thing too. So with deep marine and collagen, you only need something like the, I believe the five grams. Yeah. You only need five grams to get the amount that you need. Whereas with other collagens, you have to have twice the amount of that. So if you're adding twice the amount of that in your coffee, you might, you might start to really notice it. And so it takes time, you're not going

to notice any kind of instant change. People will notice they go to their they take it for a few months, they go to their hairdresser and their hairdresser who sees your hair all the time are noticing maybe you have some new hair growth. Maybe there's, you know, different texture in your hair, you might notice that I get my nails done. So I'm not going to really notice it in my nails. But what I can tell you is these are all my own nails and I have a layer over top. So, you know, my nails grow extra long, a lot stronger than what they used to. They used to kind of really break really easily. You might notice that. Skin wise, you know, sometimes it's hard to tell because you're also drinking more water, you're being healthier, that's noticeable in your skin. Here's what I can tell you about your skin though. This is like a

nutrient value add for your skin. This is like a resource for your skin. Your skin is always repairing, rebuilding, regenerating, and rejuvenating. So this is kind of helping to give your skin the building blocks that it needs to better repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate. So use long-term. People swear by it. So I would look for good quality collagen. You don't have to put it in your coffee. You can also go in tea. I don't know about straight up in water. It's probably not going to taste great, but you can always try that. You could, for the sake, since you're in maintenance, try it in a little bit of juice. So there are ways to get it. And you can also, you know, add it to think people add it to other

things like a salad dressing or, you know, incorporate it into your foods and whatnot, which you could totally do as well. What else? What else? One more thing. I got challenged on the amount of water a person needs daily. You say 2.7 to 3.5 on day per average. Can you explain where that number came from? Science. The Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, that is, it's not me. Although I have been saying that for 30 something years, science now agrees with me. So science, you can tell your friend science, tell them to get out of the 80s, ask them to tell you where that eight to 10 cups of water came from, because that doesn't exist. No one knows where that came from. That in itself is some myth. So ask your friend to back up why they think that you are wrong and why they know better, because I guarantee you one thing, they have no, they're

not back, whatever your friend is saying, they're not backed by science. So you can search Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, they're all on the same page with this. So in the post that we have on water in the group, also in the book, it has the link to these actual studies. So you can go in there. So you got science behind you backing you up. You can't mess with science. There's no debating science. So that's where that comes from. You know, there's a lot of myth truths out there where people think, oh my gosh, you're going to die. You're drinking so much water. And then there are experts out there who are like this, everyone drinking these big, you know, five liters of water. It's craziness. You don't need to be drinking that. So Dr. Pfeiffer, also Dr. Pfeiffer, who's a world renowned oncologist, we have a whole post on water that he did for us explaining

the reason why you need water or why following the Livi method when you're eating so often, you need more water to simply process and digest the foods that you are eating and for how healthy you are being moving your body. So you know, someone who is not moving their body, someone who is not eating at all, somebody who is not, you know, concerned about hydration levels, someone who's drinking, someone who's sweating a lot, like, you know what I mean? Like, everyone is a little different. So with the Libby method, we're all about figuring out how much water you need in order to be healthy. And so that's based on how tall you are.

It's based on how much weight you have to lose. That's why you might change the amount of water that you're drinking when you're in maintenance and you no longer need to lose your weight. So you need to adjust that. Now, it could mean that you need more water because the climate has changed and we're rolling into spring, summer. So you might need more in the spring, summer, just because you're sweating more, right? Or you might need more in the winter time because you have your internal heat on and it's dehydrated, right? So you would need more if you drink alcohol,

more if you sweat, more if you take some medication. Some people take medications that are very dehydrating, so they need to have more, right? So this is why, and the fact how much you need changes day to day. So this is where you need to be adjusting. But for the average person, basic human survival, 2.7, they're not even 2.5, they went to 2.7. 2.7 to 3.5 liters is basic body function. So that comes from science. That comes from science. La, la, la. Hi. Oh, you guys are joining me for the conversation. Hi, Pearl. Hi, Anna. So I add mine to magnesium. That's a great idea. Adding collagen to your magnesium. I think, I think, I think, yeah. So Within Us actually has a product where they sell their collagen. Here's one like here's Within Us. I have them on my desk. Within Us has one that has added MCT oil. And I know Within Us has one that actually has magnesium

in their collagen. So you can do that's a great a great tip. I add magnesium to my yogurt bowl. My daughter adds hers to her protein smoothie for added protein. Yeah, so you can add your collagen to your yogurt. That's a great option. Or if you're having a smoothie, those are great. Those are great. Those are great. Okay, let's get into this next one from Pamela.

I got a couple from Pamela. When I was in a weight loss group a year ago, you had a urologist on, oncologist. And I remember him saying that as soon as you feel the urge to pee, you should go. But then a few weeks ago in the maintenance group, you had a physiotherapist on and I thought her say that you should hold your urge to pee as long as you can. I'm confused. So, okay. So this is talking about a variety of different circumstances. So you shouldn't hold your pee, right? We have a conversation on how it's not detrimental to hold your pee. And I believe the example that was used was hunters, right out there hunting all day, not moving, and holding their pee, which is stretching out their bladders, and that's not healthy.

Then we were talking about another instances of time release pee. So you know, people, nurses, who are notorious for go, go, go, go, go. They're never, when they have the urge, they're never going when they need to go. And so this is where maybe you need to go by a timer. Like you need to set time for yourself each day in order for you to pee. And then there was a different circumstance where we're talking about people who have pelvic weaknesses and pelvic issues where they go pee and then they stand up, walk away, they need to pee again. So we've talked about peeing, standing up, and then making sure you pee. So it really depends. And then we talked about the mental parts of people, especially with weak bladders,

or stretched out bladders or pelvic issues that get stressed out when they have the urgency to pee. People who don't leave their house or people who panic and, or when they get triggered, right? So this is where, you know, you need to like calm yourself down and not pee because if you're not peeing for at least six seconds when you do pee, it's just because your body's wired to pee more often because you've, you've created a habit of peeing more often because you're afraid you're going to pee your pants. Right. So you need to listen to those, those conversations in the context of the issue that we're specifically talking about when it comes to, yeah, that'd be very confusing. One person is saying that, you know, when you feel the urge, you should go,

but then someone else is saying, you know, that you should hold the urge for as long as you can. So those are two totally different circumstances in which those were discussed. So you really need to take the context of the conversation and the specific issue that we're talking about, right? Whether it's someone who has constant urgency, but then they go and then they don't actually go. They have the urge to go and then they sit on the toilet and they're only peeing for at least three seconds. Then you should really be holding that pee so you're accumulating more so that when you do go, you minimize the number of times that you're going and you're going for longer because that, that, that urgency could create

a habit of going all the time. And then you add the mental part of that, right? And then you're like, Oh my gosh, I need to, it's like every night, for example, I'm afraid of waking up in the middle of the night. So I have created, I had, I've broken this. I would lie there and be like, okay, I just went to the bathroom, but I feel like I need to go because then if I don't go, then I'm going to wake up in the middle of the night and I'm not going to be able to sleep. And so then I go and I sit there, I don't really have to go. And so that's, it's not a real need for me to go. I've created this stress pattern of when I lie down thinking that I have the urge to go because I'm afraid of not going

because I don't want to wake up in the middle of the night when the reality is like I don't actually need to go. And so it's taken my brain a while to adjust to that where I'm like, you are fine. You do not need to go. And if I do wake up in the middle of the night, chances are it's because I actually have to go and you know, I'll get back to sleep. And now what happens nine times out of 10, when I get that urge to think, oh, I should get up and go one more time. And I don't, I'm fine. I don't actually wake up. So it's something that I created in my head out of panic because I went through a period was I wasn't sleeping well at night and I was trying to do everything I can to minimize that. And I went a little crazy pants and overboard about it. So it's all about

the context. It's all about the context that we're talking to our guest experts about when it comes to peeing. So a variety of different guests talking about a variety of different things, right? So I would go back and watch those with that context. So it's not, it's not, which is it? Do you know what I mean? And you're confused because you're trying to equate them to all the same issue and what they're really responses to a variety of different issues at the end of the day. In case nobody's told you, weight loss goes beyond the old, just eat less and move more narrative. And that's where Felix comes in. Felix is redefining weight loss for Canadians with a smarter, more personalized approach

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Okay. Where we are? Hi, Laura. My weight is still bouncing within two pounds and not back down. The extra one I gained before signing back up for the winter program. Huge non-scale victory for me is that that's okay. I'm healthy, feeling good. I am totally behind that the scale is just more than a tool as I head back into full maintenance after this round ends.

Okay. So remember that. And so I was talking about this this morning. Don't forget the basics, right? Like your weight can be up for so many reasons. Maybe you just started a new exercise routine. Maybe you haven't been sleeping that great. Maybe your vitamin D levels are low because you didn't feel the need to add vitamin D in because maybe in the fall you lost weight just fine and your levels were fine because you were rolling in off the summer. And now it's the winter time and maybe your vitamin D levels are low. Maybe you are not drinking enough water and you need to bump that up a little bit.

Maybe like who knows what it is. It's just so normal for your weight to be up a pound. Like to say I gained a pound is a little bit odd to me because like my weight range. Now, I've been higher than that. I've been sharing with you. I'm not going to get into that. I've been sharing you guys the hormones and the stress and the issues that I'm having, the epic amount of stress and all that I've been under, and the physical issues that have

caused my weight to go up. But my weight range really is 119 to 130. And so throughout the year, I will fluctuate within that range. When my weight goes up in that range, I don't think that I've gained weight. When my weight goes down in that range, I don't think I've lost weight. So I'm not gaining and losing and gaining and losing and gaining and losing. Your set point, once you reach your goal weight, your set point, what you're trying to maintain and maintenance is a range of weight, probably a really an easy three to five pound range for most

people. I'm a big fluctuator. So I give myself a 10 pound range and that's normal for me. So I wouldn't say I'm up at the higher end. It's usually in the summertime. It's super hot. My body's really prone to retaining a lot of water. I also like to have salty foods, chippies and drink some beer and doing that every other day and not being as mindful in maintenance to maintain my weight. I'm going to see that higher end of the scale. Now, when I have moments where I am feeling like, okay, I'm going to see that higher end of the scale. Now, when I have moments

where I am feeling like, okay, I'm going to get on, you know, trying to clean up my eating for lack of a better word and do whatever my stress levels change, my weight can change based on my stress levels. And so I don't get freaked out by that range, right? So you have a range. So you a one pound rate like up could be up for a variety of different reasons at any given time. And so I wouldn't look at that as actually having gained the weight. In order to have actually gained the weight, you have to put a lot of time into really making choices that are facilitating your body, taking what you are consuming and turning that into actual fat that's making you fat. And so that would take a lot of work. So you can have a lot of fluctuations on the scale.

It doesn't mean that you've actually gained any real weight. So I would just consider that. And then so I would take a look at a lot of times too, after people lost the weight a certain way, and even through maintenance is they get stuck on doing what they did before. And what you did before might be different than what you need to do now. Like for example, it could be that your stress levels have just been through the roof. And even though you're aware of it and you are doing some things to address it, it's really, it's, it's weighing on you. You're feeling it. You don't feel great because you're in a constant state of stress. I mean, that's just one example, right? So, so yeah, I mean, I love that, you know, I'm healthy, feeling good, totally behind that. The scale is just a tool as I head back into maintenance. So like go a little bit deeper on that though. Right. Um, so that's where I would

kind of like take a look at that and be like, okay, where am I at right now? What do I need? As opposed to trying to get the scale to come back down, take a look at where you're at and what you need. That might be the ticket for getting that scale back down. So I don't know if you're trying to lose more because sometimes people will go into maintenance and then realize they want to go back for more weight. So I don't know exactly where you're at with that. Here's Wendy. So I'm now doubting my whole approach to the meal plan. Okay. Over the winter group is a picture for the 50-50 days. Well, it's called, you got to call it, you can't make up your own names. The splitting the meals and snacks,

feeding the metabolism part. It is because I'm like 50-50. What are we doing? Are we doing a draw? What are we doing now? Over the winter group is a picture for the feeding the metabolism days, showing a few eggs, a slice of tomato, a few pieces of lettuce, and a few sliced olives as a complete meal. Then it is split. Yeah. So that's someone's breakfast, right? So someone's having eggs for breakfast. They're prioritizing their protein, they're trying to get some leafy greens in there. They've added some tomato for veg, and they've also added some olives for good fat. Now they could just have eggs, right? Or you could do eggs with a whole bunch of sauteed veg, you could do eggs on a rye veeta cracker with some cheddar cheese, right? So my original meals are way much more. Okay. Leafy greens, peppers, beets, chopped salads, sprinkled on top, cheese, etc. Okay, so you're

just choosing to make yours a little bit more nutrient rich, you're adding a little bit more oomph to it. Great, great. I'm at a goal weight, but I'm wondering if my meals should be more like the example, confused. You're confused by the fact that everybody is different. You're confused that what you see is not what you are doing. And don't let that confuse you. So you have to not assume that you know anything about anybody else, what they like, what they don't like. Was that person even hungry?

Right? Are they just eating breakfast because it's a benefit to them? And so scrambled eggs is easy for them. They put a slice of tomato for good measure because it's a benefit to them. And so scrambled eggs is easy for them. They put a slice of tomato for good measure because it's good for you. They add the leafy greens because they're trying to be as proactive as possible and they love olives. That's it. Your meal doesn't make it any better than theirs. Theirs isn't any less better than yours. It's just what works for someone is for them and what works for you is for you. There should be no confusion on that because they chose just like you have. So, you know, you have leafy greens. So do they. You have peppers and beets and peppers and beets. Great. They had tomatoes, right? You had chopped

salad sprinkled on top. They had their lettuce and you had cheese, they had their olives. So it's the same, same. So it's not about what you're seeing, it's making sure you have the components for each meal and snack. So that shouldn't confuse you at all. Because you're trying to look at what someone else is doing. That's like saying, well, I'm confused about portions, because this person is having three eggs, and I'm having one. Or I'm confused about portions, because this person's having one egg, and I'm having three. Right? So this is where this is about you and your individual needs. So as long as you're having the components that you need, how it's, it's like also, you know, someone who that person could be look at looking at someone who is a chef, maybe someone is a chef, and they're making this

beautiful, I don't know, egg roulette, I don't even know if that's a thing. I don't, I'm not into cooking, but they could be some doing some fucking fancy ass breakfast and someone else is keeping it simple. And the person who keeps it simple can look at the person who's being, well, I'm not like, I'm not a gourmet chef. I'm not doing fancy. Right. And then the gourmet chef would be like, well, I'm being fancy. Do I need to make it simple? And so that's what I love about the Libby method. It's about accommodating everybody, whether you like to cook or you don't like to cook, whether you, you know, like, I think the thing is that you're both attempting to make your meals as nutrient rich as possible. Theirs just isn't super fancy, right? And that's what I loved about it is that

you don't have to be super fancy. So there's nothing confusing about what you are doing versus what they are doing. What you're choosing to eat, as long as you're getting those components in, is up to you. You use cheese, they use olive. You use beets, they use tomato, right? You used, you know, chopped salad, they chose just pieces of lettuce. Do you know what I mean? So it's exactly the same, same, but different. And so that's how you want to make sure that when you are following with thousands of people,

or we are posting an example of what a member is doing, that's where you need to take into account what works for you versus what works for them, what you like versus what they like. At the end of the day, you both had the components there. You both had the components. I love that question. That's great. Because it's really easy to look at what someone else is doing and internalizing. People do this all the time in the weight loss program. Well, how come they lost 20 pounds in the first month and I didn't? Well, you have 20 pounds to lose. They have 120 pounds to lose. So someone has larger amounts of lose. They're more likely to lose more throughout the program, right? Doesn't mean that what you are

doing isn't working for you. What they are doing is working better for them. It just means it's all relevant and relative to how much weight you have, how diligent you're showing up, any health issues that you have, anything that you need to work with, right? So everyone's just a little different there. Everyone's a little different there. There's another one from Pamela here. Hi. Oh, Karen's back. So thanks so much for the collagen info and tips for the comments. And thanks for the science reference reminders regarding water feeling armed with that information to refute the challenge. Yeah, I know it's water. It's so basic. But that's really what's going on is that you have a lot of

people who get carried away with water, right? People who are drinking like 10 liters of water. You, the big Stanley people with their Stanley cups, like, but not the, not the, I have a Stanley cup too. Um, but you know, the exaggerated ones, people walk around their garbage cans with a straw in it because it just seems to get it out of control. But there's nothing wrong with focusing on being hydrated, especially while you're trying to like be as healthy as possible and make change. It's just like anything people get carried away with it. They think more is more, when in reality, like it's not more. Like, you know, especially like you should have a conversation with them about do they know anything about dehydration and how detrimental that is to their, you know. So it's just like people get carried away and always have something to say at the end of the day. But yeah, so that's science. I love when

science backs us up. You can always just throw them that big ass book and be like, here's the science. Read it for yourself. Thank you. But sometimes people like it makes you question, am I doing the right thing? You know, that's why I go so deep into all the information is that we're arming people to make sure that they really understand what you're doing and why, you know, at the end of the day, that's what's really important. Thanks, Gina.

I know that there's reasons it's up doc and, and I trying to sort out hormones just on the back on track always brought me to back down. Oh, okay. I love this. I love this. I love the follow-up on this. So yeah, something else is going on. Right. And you've heard the story probably of me talking about how last year, um, my weight just started to go up and up, but I was under an epic amount of stress, like an insane, I had a kid with mental health issues. It was so stressful that summer. So roll rewind. I was sick in the spring in the hospital for like a week and a bit. And then, so I lost a lot of weight. And then as my weight came back and I got back healthier again, then I got hit with this epic stress from one of my kids. And then I rolled

into the fall program, which I was so looking forward to and had a bit of stress with some business stuff behind the scenes, kind of personal business stuff going on. And that really stressed me out. And so it just was like knocked back, knocked back, knocked back. And then I turned, and then I was turning 50. And I could tell like my body was just not like the stress. Obviously, so now here's what I'm thinking is that when I got really sick, I lost all that weight. I lost a lot of muscle mass. I had no muscle on me. I'm just was just like, if you go back into that spring program, I was like so thin, lost all my muscle mass from being sick, and then never really rallied to put that muscle mass back on, which is so important.

My stress levels broke me down to the point where I think my adrenals were just blown out and stressed. And so then I roll into my doctors and then I actually, by the time I did go to my doctors because I was so pigheaded about the fact that I knew what I needed to do because I tell everybody else what to do, but I wasn't really, I was ignoring the fact that I actually needed to go see a doctor. And I think I picked up some virus or something when I was away in one of my kind of work trips. And so I had this stomach thing where I had to take some antibiotics. And so it was one of those things that even though I knew what I need to do and what worked for me, but what was working for me before wasn't working for me. And that was really the catalyst to go

see my doctor. And so was it the fact that I needed to take these antibiotics? Yes. Was it the stress? Yes. Was it my hormones because I'm also turning 50? Yes, I do believe so. And it's hard to separate them all because when your stress and your hormones or your whatever is affecting your sleep and your... It's all, as we know from our conversations with Dr. Linka, it's all very much connected and part of the same thing. And so if you feel something is off, something is off. And so that's why I'm saying like, figure out what's going on right now and where you're at now, rather than what worked for you before. So don't like focus on, well, I did this before that worked for me. And if that's no longer

working for you, chances are there's something going on. And sometimes we don't trust that because like, but you are so in tune with your body at this point after doing the program that you can trust that something feels a little off. It's a little off. I mean, hormones are very, from my experience, like really affect your midsection. It's like you, it's like when you got your period before, but you're in a constant state of PMS and you're like, what the hell? Why do I feel like this? You know, and that everything is being affected.

So, so kind of like break it down into, that's what I love about that maximizing post, even when you're in maintenance, it's kind of, you can go through those, what's happening with my stress, what's happening with, you know, both my movement, what's happening with my moods, my sleep, my, you know, everything I got going on and kind of break it down and figure out what's going on there. So, so yeah, so back on track again, it's a great, because what's great about back on track is your body. It's at least it's taking that stress off your body, but I was like, okay, I know what's, I, I know what's coming in. I can trust that.

The other things I would look into, maybe it would be food sensitivities. A lot of times we don't pick up on those until, you know, we're like no longer focused on, you know, trying to achieve this goal or whatever we're doing. It could be that maybe you are sensitive to dairy, maybe you are sensitive to gluten, and maybe you've minimized a lot of that and you've strengthened your digestive system. So you're handling it better, but it's still not really working well for you. So you may have to go there a little bit. You know, I will go back and look at those, listen to the conversation that we had with

Dr. Paul on the four reasons why your weight might be slower to move. And I will go back and watch that whole sleep series that we had with Dr. Beverly, Alana and Olinka. That was really good. And then I'd probably add on the hormone conversation we had with Dr. Olinka too. And it's the way it's all brought together was just brilliant. Our guests were so great with that that you might find a bit of insight,

if you got the time. I know you can't be watching 10 hours of whatever, but if you got the time, I highly suggest you go back. Yeah, one more. Tony's telling me I got to go, I got to go. But someone was asking about when I had the cosmetic surgeon on. I heard you say he's coming back again. He is. You talked about a procedure you had with him. I think it was marionette lines, but I can't remember what it was. I found that now that I've lost almost 50 pounds that this area is more pronounced than ever. I lost my weight 10 months ago. I know it takes time for skin to adjust from weight loss, but I'd like to explore. That conversation is over on our YouTube. So if you go over to our YouTube, Gina Livy, you're going to look for Dr. Rice. It's Dr. Rice. And so I can't

remember the, I had it years ago where they poke all these little tiny holes in your face. It was amazing. I'm actually thinking about doing something else like that again, because my jowls are starting, it was my jowls were starting to like hang down and this was a good 15 years ago. And so whatever I did worked wonders on my skin. And so I want to do some, I'm 50. I'm not apologizing. I'm not apologizing for it. I'm going to fight aging tooth and nail. Very grateful to age. Very grateful, but I'm going to do all the things just so you guys know, heads up on that. But yeah, so I can't remember the name of it, but he talks about offhand, but if you go to our YouTube page, you'll be able to check out that segment with Dr.

Rice. I gotta go, that time went by so check out that segment with Dr. Rice. I got to go. That time went by so fast. Oh, my goodness. My goodness. Thanks, everyone, for your questions. So remember every Sunday because I know some of you have a hard time making the 12 p.m. live. You've got lives that you're off living. And thank you, everyone, who did join me live today and participated.

But if you have questions you would love for me to answer personally, add them to the post that rolls out on Sunday. I have the list. I'm just basically rolling through the list. So I have it here and I will answer any questions that you guys have because I'm here for it. I guess I'll see you guys on Wednesday for weigh-in Wednesday. I'm sure Odette's got a bunch of fun stuff planned for you guys. So enjoy and I will check in on you later. Have an amazing day. Bye. New year, new me. Season is here. And honestly, we're already over it. Enter Felix, the healthcare company helping Canadians take a different approach to weight

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