The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness Weigh In Wednesday - February 28, 2024

Episode Date: April 9, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording of Weigh In Wednesday from February 28, 2024.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:Introducing Rose MarieDiscussing Rose Marie’s journeyIt’s never too late to lose weight- discussing the concept of reverse engineeringRose Marie enjoys a better quality of life after completing The ProgramHow to eat for increased movementDo you have to be more mindful on days you exercise?What Rose Marie’s version of Personalizing the Plan looks likeRose Marie shares how exercising with a rebounder trampoline can help with bowel movementsIt can take some time for loose skin to tighten after weight lossThe importance of staying playful as you ageTomorrow is Leap Day! Make the most of this extra dayThere is no end date for maintenanceGina’s vision for a third group after maintenanceThe support of the group remains important throughout different seasons in your lifeTo learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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. So it's Wednesday. So here we are on weigh-in Wednesday in the maintenance group. Of course, the place that our members come after they've been successful at losing their weight and they need a place to land to as they solidify. So we're here every Wednesday. We're weighing in. We talk wins. We talk challenges and everything in between. So today, as always, we have Kim, who is our weight loss group manager. Hello, Kim. Hello. And you guys get me, of course, Odette. So I am the maintenance and mindfulness group

manager. And today we have Rosemary with us. So welcome, Rosemary. Well, thank you. Hi. Hi. So Rosemary, I know we've talked a few times. You are a very familiar, so you're a very familiar name in the group. So we're happy to finally put a face to that name here.

You know, coming to us from Wachego. And, you know, you are a very active vocal member in the group. You share and your own personal stories and you also really open discussion with the other members in the group. So we're so happy to have you here. Yeah, for a long time I was quiet because a lot of people said what I wanted to say or ask. So lately. Yeah, and that's exactly right. You know, we do have members and we don't see them same

as you know kim can attest to this and wait in the weight loss group too that you know not all of our members are vocal but that's why the members that are so vocal are so important because oftentimes the things they say or the questions they ask you know can really resonate um with other members or even could be something that they were also thinking, also wanting to ask. So I think you can. Yeah, maybe it's a part of wanting to give back too, you know, I should share that. Yeah, it's true. And just, you know, from your own experience, you know, like when other members are saying things and you are picking it up, now you're at the point where you're going to put something down and hopefully they'll be able to pick it up. Yeah. Or you see someone discouraged and it's like,

no, no worries. You know, I've been there, hang in there. You can do this, you know? Yeah. So you feel good just helping out, you know? Yeah. We have such a great community for that, for, you know, everybody's at a different place and everybody shows up right where they are. And, you know, the whole community is there to kind of support it regardless of what they're going through. Yeah. So let's get into you a little bit, Rosemary, and where you came from. So a bit of background. I know you did your first weight loss program in January of 2022. You hit your goal in March of 2022 and have been maintaining ever since. So you've been here.

We're going on almost two years now. Yeah, I was thinking, hey, it's time to leave the nest. But the nest got so interesting. Doing that different part of my journey, the leveling up, you know, the weight has been gone. I'm maintaining it. Except when I look in the mirror first thing in the morning, it's like, yeah, I want the skin to be a little smaller. I want things to be a little tighter. And so I started the working out more serious.

And birthdays are always my checkpoints. So 62 is coming up in May. So I got a little strict there a month ago in January going, Oh goodness. I've got like three months left and yeah. Okay. The pants fit great and I'm feeling great. I'm, I'm, I'm looking good, but it's like, no, I need, I need, I need a tone. I need to look a little better. I'm so happy that you, um, you so openly shared your age too, because we were just talking about this with Dr. Paul last week, um, you know, about, we had members asking, is it too late for me?

Is it, you know, I'm getting to a certain age, you know, is there still time for me? And I love that, you know, like I said, you openly shared your age. And I hope you don't mind me saying, but you shared with me that your original goal was 15 pounds because you thought. Oh, you know what? I'm going to be 60 let's

be a realistic girl you're not gonna be right right you're not then you went on you go but then you went on to lose 25 so you you you almost downplayed because of your age you know it's gonna be harder for me I'm not gonna be able to do it let me set this goal of 15 and lo and behold your body was on your side and you went on to lose 25 well what i liked and gina said and other people say like go to readjust your goal so when i hit 15 it's just like let's just ride this let's just see where this is going to go let's just give it 100 that's because that's me and so i gave it 100 and it just and it was like magic that scale right it's like oh it's like thought, should I go see the doctors or something wrong?

It's not even working. What's going on? How come I have a heart? You know, that working your butt off on the treadmill and the weights and the this and the that and being hungry and all that stuff. And it's like, this is like a dream come true. And I picture myself most mornings. It's like, this is like a dream come true. And I picture myself most mornings. It's like somebody wrong with their scale.

It's going to say air, air. It's like, no, you know? Yeah. It takes time for you to, for you to catch, for your mind to catch up to what your, what your body can do. And, you know, I think it just, you know, really hits home that point that it's never too late. You know, it's not too late. And we all talk about this concept of, you know, really hits home that point that it's never too late. You know, it's not too late. And we all talk about this concept of, you know, reverse engineering and reverse engineering,

you know, meaning think about where you want to be in five years or 10 years. And what can you do now to make that, you know, to make that happen for you? Yes. Did you find that you did that? Were you setting out a roadmap? So, you know, you were almost turning 60 find that you did that like were you setting out a roadmap so you know you were almost turning 60 did you set a roadmap and say like by 60 i want to be like this and by 70 i want to be like this yeah you know what i mean yeah i want to be that cute little little old lady that's just rocking it and doing whatever like i i i jumped out of an airplane at 50 and then because my kids did it and i said i'm gonna do it on my 50th kind of being silly and then because my kids did it and I said I'm going to do it on my 50th kind of being silly and then my daughter held me to it so when I did it it was such a high go I'm going to do this when

I'm 60 and my daughter goes she held me to it I did I was going to start to change my mind so I jumped at 60 on my my 60th but then I didn't quite say it and I'm not saying it now exactly but I think that I would like to do it again at 70. But you're in good shape to do that, right? Because you do. Because you need to be able to lift your legs up. And I want to enjoy fun things like that, right? And I want to enjoy my grandchildren because, heck, they can really poop you out.

But it's a good poop out, you know? And there's still a lot to do. Now it's my chapter, right? It is my chapter and i think yeah go ahead i'm sorry were you gonna say something your time now is your chapter just like you've you know this chapter i didn't want to say that first i was thinking closing chapters like oh there's a few this chapter from 60 to 70, because now 70 is that new goal of you're going to be rocking 70, be healthy, right? But the number one is, yeah, if your food and your nutrition, you're not eating right, forget the physical goals, right? So you need to be healthy first. And then that helps your emotional goals.

I was getting before that little bit of emotional stuff in the the winter and this winter has been pretty good and i think it's because i'm good about my weight my health like i've my energy's up you know and then um i get on that scale and that's not doesn't make me feel that happy right now as much like uh because and i know it's a healthy weight but it's the way i look and then it's like ah but i know i can level up so there's a new goal and I loved I just loved all the chats this week and and uh the one she said about uh challenge by choice right yeah Dr. Schaefer and like and I'm like yeah like I'm challenging myself and it's by choice and that makes makes life exciting right I think it does yeah I think you hit it on the

head like now you're you're challenging yourself and it's your choice. So these things that you are choosing to participate in or these things that you're choosing to do, they're not chores for you. You're not seeing them as things that you have to do. You know, you're not moving because you have to. You're not eating well because you have to. You're choosing to because you want to. And this goes back to setting up that roadmap. I mean, I love that you say you want to jump out of a plane when you're 70, but how, you know, whether it happens or not, but how important would it be when you hit 70 and you'll be able to choose, do I want to or not, but knowing you've, you've laid the foundation to be able to, right? You've

got this, this functional body, you've got this healthy mind, you know, to get you there. We had a comment from a member actually earlier in the week was commenting on Dr. Paul's conversation. And it was Carolyn. She said, this is such an amazing conversation. I think that this was one of the best conversations perhaps. Perhaps I'm 71 and it resonated with me. I'm healthier today, more agile than ever, thanks to this program. And do you feel that way now, Rosemary?

Absolutely. And that's so resonated with me. And I'm thinking, yeah. And then just what I weigh, it's like, I've been trying to weigh this or look this good all my life. But I had babies and then situational change. And we moved to different countries. And you used to be an emotional eater too right and uh now i don't i eat because because i love me i want to take care of

me so i put good things into my body you know and i know when i do i feel good and i can do more and i love exercising which is a good thing and eating properly makes makes exercising better i remember when you weren't eating enough like you couldn't get to those workouts because it wasn't, you know what I mean? There's no energy to do it. Yeah. And I love that you brought up exercising because we actually had another, this is kind of a great segue. So thank you. We had, I wanted to talk about a comment that came in actually this week too. And I thought you'd be someone perfect to weigh in on it. It was from a member earlier this week and they were asking about working out and exercising and do they need to eat more because they're exercising? So, you know, how to eat for increased movement, that was really the basic takeaway. And really,

I think that the easy answer is mindfully. And there's so much conflicting information out there. Like if you're exercising, you need more of this. If you're exercising, you need to count how much of this you're getting in. And I think, you know, hearing those messages and maybe hearing them for years and years, it's hard to let go of that and really believe that eating mindfully is not just for weight loss, but it's for any situational change. It's for adding increased movement. It's, you know, when you are not feeling your best, you know, it continues. So you said you were adding in more exercise, you know, you're hoping to tone up a little bit and get that skin where you want it to be. Did you find that that had to change for you? Did you find your eating had to change for you?

Has it changed? I know I was pretty hungry there at first. So again, like you say, be mindful. So then you're checking all the other things. It's like, okay, did I have enough water today? Or yeah, I've had my fruits, had my vegetables, had my protein. And I just, I just, i just use my mindfulness also when i am eating because i am hungry it's like you think you can eat a bear like or a lot and so

you want to make that plate big it's like just let's go what i think i normally have and they eat slowly too good mindful again be slow and then all of a sudden it's like no you know what i feel satisfied right now that's good and guess what if i'm hungry i'll have some a little later on just like an overlay and that but uh but you have to be mindful mindful is that's that's my i'm gonna get a shirt i am mindful you know that's my shirts we have to make around here that's that's the next one yeah well I did put that Michael on my phone with a little beach it didn't kind of quite fit but I knew what it said you know but uh when we talked about that changed my life about being mindful and I was on autopilot and it's like no more autopilot you know and everything is is mindfulness do you find do you find I know I asked you if you're eating is different now but

do you find like on the days when you are um when you are exercising you are moving more do you find that that you have to be more in tune to your choices or do you you know because I know you said earlier you said you're not eating to the food plan you're just eating to what you need so are you um do you find on those days that you're having to to think about it a little bit differently think about it differently that's always i'm just nutritional food and don't eat too much i used to think a lot more protein i'm still eating the same amount right now we'll see and watch my energy levels that is going to be it'll be it'll be a big test the next little while when I pump it up. Like right now, I'm consistent. I'm at a different level of consistency than before.

It was my own. Now I'm doing like a HIIT program, but not really. It's sprint intervals. You go really hard for a short period of time. It's a rest period. It's not long, but it's enough. But I'm feeling now, you know what? I need to be challenged a little more.

So I'm going to add a little bit of weight to it. And then I'm going to add intervals, but shorten the rest periods. So let's see how that goes again. You know what I'm saying? But right now I just, yeah, the mindfulness, like I say, you just, I'm eating relatively the same, same amounts. I get full. I'm fine. And my energy is good. One morning, my energy was bad. I woke up and I'm like, Oh, I don't feel very good. The scale is down. It's like, I guess, you know, when know, when it does that, I don't know.

That's what I find anyways. I know when I'm going to drop on the scale is because my energy is a little low temporarily. But then I know I was just mindful that day. By the end of the day, my energy was back. I drank more water that day. I had a lot of healthy greens, fruits, live foods. I was never a processed food person anyways, and it's not come back. My desire for any of that stuff is kind of gone.

Like people make cheesecake, all my favorites. It's like, hmm, it's okay, but can I just have a bite? I take it and taste it and go, hmm, okay. And what about you, Kim? I know you move quite a bit too, right? I mean, we've been seeing your Insta stories and Kim's getting out there and getting her movement in. Do you find that you've got, that you, you know, need to be more mindful those days are just different or just as the same day you just, you know, tune into what your body's

cues are? I think it's it is different. There's definitely a mindfulness component to fitting it in. And I find that that is whether I work my workouts around my eating or work my eating around my workouts, I do need to be conscious depending on what I'm doing. I'm just going for a walk, I can usually get away with it doesn't matter. It's just a walk and get through I did one day, I made the conscious choice trying to time I went for a long hike with my daughter and it was it it was really long and I did not time my food out around it. And I definitely got to the point where I was like, man, I should have packed snacks. I'm feeling depleted. And I learned from that. I learned from that, that maybe I need to, if I do that again, I do, I had my fruit snack before I went, but it just wasn't enough because it was such a long hike. I thought,

okay, I'll get back to the car. We'll eat our lunch. We'll be fine. So I think being mindful of things like that, like I knew, okay, this is how I felt. I might need to add in a bonus snack that day because I know I need a little something to kind of nudge me through. You know, same thing if you're working out, say before dinner, you might have to time like an afternoon snack where you might not normally eat one. Like I'm not going to be able to, I have to work out before dinner, but I'm not going to

be able to work out on what I have left in my tank. If I eat the way that I normally eat when I'm not moving and just be conscious of that. And I feel like that's sort of what, what I've had to do is just be mindful of the timing of the snacks and the meals, not switching orders around. Like I'm following the program, not personalizing the plan right now. So it's a little different for me. I need to figure out how I can make the food plan work with it. But for everyone who's maintaining, people who are personalizing the plan or who are maintaining and or have solidified already, just that consciousness. It comes sometimes while you're working out of like, oh, yeah, what did or have solidified already just that consciousness. It comes sometimes while you're

working out of like, Oh yeah, what did I have for breakfast? I'm feeling like my tank is empty. What did I have for breakfast? What could I have done differently next time? So I think there is certainly a component of mindfulness that comes into that. So Rosemary, so Kim said, personalizing the plan. It just, you know, sparked me a bit here. So you've been here, you've been maintaining almost two years now. I guess I said that off the top. Are you, do you find that, you know, so your personal plan, I guess what I'm trying to ask is your personal plan. Does it look like the food plan? Does it look different every day? What does it look like for you now at this point two years later it's it's healthy eating it's kind of like the plan in a way because because it works right it works for me and that's usually what i feel so i have uh that high protein breakfast to get me going i work out before breakfast right now amazing and i'm not never been a morning person now i'm i'm in good and oh and also rebound rebound is a new thing and and that is anyone's having trouble with uh their morning bowel movements that has helped me i go two times and tmi but just to know the mini trampoline is wonderful but i do that i have one i love it i

love my trampoline yes right now my energy levels increase since that but um so i have my my high protein breakfast and and and uh when i get hungry for a snack, it's usually fruit. And it's because of the science behind it, like what Gina said. And I like it because I found before I never got my fruit in during the day or when did I have it or I didn't have it. So being more mindful or consciously feeding my body what it really should have. So I put my fruit in there. It works for me.

I like it. I enjoy it. I look forward to it or I'll have more food if I need to lunch I keep with more veggie focused because I never used to get enough vegetables in you know it was the easy easy and I loved carbs and I loved bread and I love pasta but I don't have it as much anymore because I don't really crave it I like the light the light foods I like vegetables I roast vegetables I like vegetables. I roast vegetables. I steam vegetables. I mean, vegetables is my focus, and it works, and I have some protein, too. And then the vegetable snacks, sometimes I don't normally have that necessarily.

I don't know if I'm hungry. That's what I'll go for. But listening to my body, I know that's a smart snack at that time, and I want to get those things, the good things, into my body. And then dinner, the same thing. I just like to make it balanced i have a have a little bit of everything see what i feel like what do i feel like which which normally is getting a little bit of everything and oh my favorite is my nut snack

i love nuts and lots of diets you can't even have nuts and isn't that funny but i know i need nuts too for the the oils like i've been doing that's the thing about this is me what you want to learn a lot more too right or you learn from Gina and then you want to learn more but the nuts I needed for the magnesium I need for my bone health I have osteoporosis I don't want osteoporosis that's another reason I do the mini trampoline because apparently that helps for that

and cellulite ladies in case wow you'll have to learn from me I've been doing my research because yeah when I said no i don't like what i see and then you know and then things just come to you and one of my girlfriends said hey try this and then when i researched it sure enough that's good for that so anyway so yeah then i have a nice dinner and then that rule don't eat after dinner because your body wants a rest and so i i respect that i respect my body so i don't eat after dinner and sometimes I'm I'm I'm a little snacky but I go you know what it's all right and

if I know you normally if I am uh hungry or especially when I was doing the plan or trying to lose weight if I was hungry when I went to bed when I woke up the scale was down too because that was just a sign that I was going to drop. Yeah. After all that, you said something right in the middle there. You said, you know, for breakfast, I have this and for lunch, whatever. And then in the afternoon, if I'm feeling like a snack, I have it. If I'm not feeling like a snack, I don't have it.

But that's, I think that's the beauty, right? Is that option of listening to the cues and what your body really needs. And then you said, you know, if I am going to have a snack, I know these are the things I'm going to choose from. So I think that's important, too. And that is really your personal plan. You know, here we are, you know, two years later and you're at that place where you're like, you know, do I do I or do I not? But, you know, if you are snacky, these are the things in the afternoon that are going to, you know, help push you through. And my purse always has nuts in it. car has nuts i don't know that's that's the true that's the true tell me you're a libya loser without telling me is if you open up your glove box and all the nut snacks fall out right what am i going to do for the summer like groups

yeah yeah yeah sometimes you know and i don't know when i'm going somewhere i don't know what they're going to serve i have my little lunch bag and it has a cooler in it and it has extra greens and it has uh either healthy protein because sometimes you go somewhere and and they're feeding you lunch and it's mr sub and it's like that's true there's a comment there's a comment here for a member rosemary that says never t never tmi i appreciate hearing that with a poop emoji i think we all know around here that you know no topic is off limits and um you can really say anything someone is going to resonate a little poop emoji yeah for sure because i was doing everything everything everything it's like now do I need to go see the doctor about why I'm not you know doing my thing in the morning and

then the rebounder thing came along and honestly in the first second day it started everything started moving that's all okay well speaking of poop we have an expert on poop actually waiting in the background to pop in. So let's just see. 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 loss this year. Weight loss is more than just diet and exercise. It can be about tackling genetics, hormones, metabolism. Felix gets it. They connect you with licensed healthcare practitioners online who'll create a personalized treatment plan that pairs your healthy lifestyle with a little help and a little extra support. Start your visit today at felix.ca. That's F-E-L-I-X.ca. oh my gosh hi rosemary hi gina this is a real treat for me i'm so disappointed when you weren't

going to be on but here you are well i have been trying to get on in the background it's like the universe i don't know it's something in retrograde because the universe is like me and technology we're not jiving right now hi hi i do get to hear a little bit about what you were talking about as i was trying to figure out what's going on hello hello well the universe heard us talking about poop and all of a sudden your camera came on that was the cue i love poop you know, I could talk poop all day long. Well, you've got seven minutes, Gina. Enlighten us, Gina. What do you guys want to know about poop? What are you talking about? Well, go ahead, Rosemary.

She was sharing that she thought maybe it was TMI to talk about, you know, reasons why she had certain foods at certain times. And I said, absolutely not like, look at what the members are saying. They're saying there's never TMI around here. I was doing everything right and wondering if I needed to see the doctor, but then I heard about rebounding the mini trampoline there and I got one and I'm just saying that everything started working and two times a day so I was pretty excited got your lymphatic system going I love that oh yeah yeah for sure it's been great mood yeah and then I heard it helps uh cellulite and that's that's one of my issues well because it was only 25 pounds but enough that the skin there. So how long does it take, Gina?

Or it never will. I don't believe that. It does get better. It does get better. It just takes a lot longer for the skin. I mean, some cellulite is like a structural issue from underneath, but obviously when you lose the weight, you see a massive improvement. Lymphatic drainage in like your your lymphatic system like doing the rebound that's great for that and that's a big part of that i think it was a dr alinka i think was talking about

the importance of that and how beneficial it is get those one of those little mini tramp trampolines yeah yeah um there are some you know we're going to talk to Dr. Rice. Were you around when Dr. Rice had a conversation with us? No, that might be before me. It's only been two years before it in two years. Well, we're going to have him back. There's actually a clip of him on YouTube and he's like a plastic surgeon and he does deals a lot with skin and he's there's, there's a lot coming out in terms of like creams and stuff you can do, but just really time, time makes all the difference. I have time. A member commented, we need a way on way, way in Wednesday just on loose skin, just whole conversation. For sure.

It's so common, right? Like we're so happy to see that, you know, the fat go and the body changing, you know, it is a real, it is a real thing to have some loose skin. But I mean, doing it the way that we've all done it is really the best way. And you know, it'll come with time. We've had members come on that have said, you know, it does take time. And maybe it's not going to be 100% perfect. You know, if you're at that, you know, you're at that stage where you're just naturally a little bit looser, but it will get better for sure. Yeah. Your skin's constantly regenerating and rejuvenating.

Just like if you, if you cut yourself, you're going to heal at whatever age, right? So your skin's no different, but does take a lot longer. And then maybe we're just more picky because we've made change. Then we're focusing on other things, you know, rather than. I think also you really, you put all the hard work in, you see it on the scale and you see it in how your clothes fit and you just like want that last piece of the puzzle so badly to just feel like your transformation is complete. And, but I mean,

everything that we're doing on the program and like through maintenance with taking care of yourself is all the steps in the right direction for having it happen. It's just that little patience piece of it that needs to come along with it. Isn't that how it is? We're working on patience constantly. I think we've talked about that so many times too, right? Maybe that's our word right now. The word for the year, patience. I hate that word. I hate that word. I hate that word, patience. It's not my favorite word. No, mine either.

I was the kid that was growing up to be patient all the time. So it's definitely not my favorite word. Yeah, I know that's my life learning tool thing that I have to learn patience still working on it we're all still working on it yeah yeah so dina i don't know if you heard this part but rose uh rosemary came on and she said that um her next big goal is to jump out of a plane at 70 so i think she's regretting saying it here now because we said we've repeated it twice back now okay my daughter is not going to allow me what to watch this no it was amazing she's done it twice already you forgot i was at 50 at 60 and then it was like okay maybe at 70 oh dad i said but that's why i'm not sure if it's

maybe yeah so she's laying the foundation now she that that is her roadmap her roadmap is to even if that doesn't happen even though we're going to manifest it for you she's laying the foundation now. That is her roadmap. Her roadmap is to, even if that doesn't happen, even though we're going to manifest it for you, she's going to have this functional, strong, 70-year-old body and mind. And she'll be able to make that decision. Then you can choose to or not, but you know you'll be ready for it. You know, I was just, I was watching something the other day that was talking about aging in your mind. And it's all about your heart, having that playful heart and still want to be a kid and still want to explore and still want to experience and still want to have new experiences and

putting yourself out there. And I was thinking a lot about that. First, I was thinking my age and I'm like, how am I 50? Like I, you know, and I think it's that wanting to do new things and, you know, put myself in new experiences and new environments. I think that keeps you young. I really do. I think that you don't ever want to lose that. Yeah.

It keeps you young and it keeps you excited and it keeps you eager. Maybe it just keeps you eager, right? And ready to just to do things and motivated. I'm not skydiving though. I'll tell you that right now, Rosemary. No. Well, when I want it, you know what I want to do? I'm going to do it and motivate i'm not skydiving though i'll tell you that right now rosemary no well when i want it you know what i want to do i'm going to do it when i'm like 110 is those wingsuits you know you'd see the people jump off the buildings with the wingsuits yeah uh base jumping is it or

when i was skydiving one of the persons put one of them on and jumped out at 15,000 feet in one of those. Yes. You want to do that? But when I'm like, I'm going to wait on that. If you make it to 110, then you can do it. Then I'm going to do it. Yeah. Well, this was amazing.

I'm so happy, Rosemary, that you came on. I know we talked about a year ago and we just, you know, waited a little bit and now you're here and you're in this great place. And I feel like the universe kind of, you know, plopped you into this week, you know, perfectly talking about reverse engineering and talking about what to do when you increase your movement. And I think your insight was amazing. So, and I'm loving that you're sharing more now.

Everything was coming up on her live at first and then Dr. Paul and everything, all my questions being answered about eating. If I had to eat more because of the workouts and it's like, wow. And then it coincided with us coming on here. So yeah, that's great. Well, I'm sad I missed it. So can we do it again? Let's do it again another time please come back on when i'm seven back on yes look at this with a parachute yeah there you go no well every every birthday i was telling them

is my check-in point though right so so that's so that's why, uh, and it's may, may I turned 62 and I was born in 1962. So I think that's pretty cool, but I want to look my best, feel my best. And then when's your birthday? Yeah. So then every year after that, right. 70, that was, when's your birthday? May what? When's your birthday? 16th. Oh, I'm May 19th. Oh, on May 19th. Oh, look at that. We're a couple of days off. Yeah.

Like another grandbaby do that month. Oh, wow. It's going to be a great month. Yeah. Well, the little one, my very first one, she turns five, and then her little baby brother is coming in the same one and she is the uh what there's four of them though she has four within five years so that's what is why i need to be in good shape that's why i need to be healthy and in shape when

i go why yeah four of them five four of them five and under could you imagine that's what it'll be i'm pretty poop after three for for a couple hours i love it gina for a wonderful program i totally believe in it 100 and uh my hubby is like frankie's there he's he's a gina pusher i love it so funny i have friends coming up to me why don't you tell me about gina's program He's a Gina pusher. I love it. Nothing wrong with that. So funny. I have friends coming up to me.

Why didn't you tell me about Gina's program? Don't tell me all about it. Why didn't you? And it's like, what didn't you come up? And then they'll sign up. Oh, I love that. Yeah. Oh, it's a happy people sign up.

Yeah. Well, tell your hubby I said hi. And I'm so sorry I came in late. I'm glad that I finally got in well I am so glad I got to meet you it's great all right ladies well tomorrow is February 29th it's a leap year you guys all get it you guys all get an extra day this year so I hope you use it all in the best way possible for sure I totally forgot. You know me, I don't know what day it is half the time. I only know it's Wednesday because it's my favorite way in Wednesday day. That's right.

And tomorrow, yeah. So tomorrow you got, everyone gets an extra day. So I hope everyone uses it to the fullest and takes advantage. All right. Do you have anything fun coming up for us? No, not really. That was it. There's always fun in the group. We always have a good time. We have a fun post on Friday coming out. And, of course, tomorrow is leap year, so we're going to be talking about that. But we're always having a good time around here. Leaping.

This group is, it's like, it's the place to be, this group. It's hopping over here. I'm loving it. No offense, Kim, but the weight loss group. Yeah. I've been loving the maintenance group myself. So is it still good to be here, Gina, two years later? Yes, I think so.

I think it, you know why I think so? Because it's a great community and it's, I think it's really special whether you, and you know, our community, even if whatever you're going through in life and you just need to kind of like, you know, you need some kind words or some support. And, and I think there's different seasons of your life where you may feel like, okay, I got this, I'm good. And then you may encounter something new happening in your life or a season in your life that's just kind of got you, you know, you know, where you need to be reminded to prioritize yourself, reminded that you have the tools that you need being reminded of those tools. So no, you know what I, what I'm really working on Rosemary is a third group. I think we need the third group. We need that. Okay. You got maintenance down and let's continue the community in another space where we're not losing weight. We're not maintaining weight. We're really just want this positive space to show up, connect and work on all the other amazing things we want to

do in our life. Like talk about skydiving and, you know, and we don't have that place yet. So I hope that people hang out in maintenance for a little longer and stay connected to the community because I really want to work on something really special, just kind of a safe place to land, safe, you know, positive space for people to check in, or if they're not having such a great day to get that support while they're just trying to live their best lives. So yes, please stick around. You know, we love seeing especially our familiar faces. We love that. And, you know, I think when we have that third space, we may see people who are like kind of ready to move on,

but now I think it's great. Yeah. I'm glad you're still here. Cause we got to have this conversation today. Yeah. And I think, you know, talking about seasons, you know, he just said seasons, you're, you know, a year ago, Rosemary, you said you were quiet. You were just reading what everybody was saying. And now you're, and now the season you're in now is you are seeing those new people say the same things. And you're discussing with them. And you're offering what you've learned. So I think it's a different season for you in this group now. And this is leveling up all your conversation about exercise.

I was wondering about that. You know, what do you do? How do you eat? And it all got answered. And it's the emotional part. You still need to, all the talks. I love, I can hear and listen to Dr. Beverly and Dr. Schaefer all the time.

Yeah. Me too. I've been doing this for 36 years. I'm not tired of it. I'm not tired of it. And this are, you know, 21 groups in the weight loss group. My goodness. Next year, this time it'll be 25 groups. That's crazy. And second year on maintenance, it never gets old. We have the same kind of conversations, but different every week. I find I, I look just as forward to it every week as I did the previous

week, the previous year and a year before that. it's a good living longevity over here that's it on that note i mean how do you get better than that so we might as well say goodbye now right doesn't get i don't want to go i don't want to go i feel like i missed i got fomo i missed it all right next time next time we'll have you back rosemary we'll do this again thanks it's great being here. Thanks for coming on. All right. Is that it? We're done? That's it. We're done. All right. Thanks, everyone. In case nobody's told you, weight loss goes beyond the old just eat less and move more narrative,

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