The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness Weigh In Wednesday - January 17, 2024
Episode Date: April 5, 2024Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording of Weigh In Wednesday from January 17, 2024. You can find the full video hosted at... https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:Introducing Maintenance and Mindfulness member Eileen LeslieSharing Eileen’s story of previously losing and gaining back the same pounds several times with starving and depriving methodsThe Livy Method was the first time Eileen lost slower but has been able to keep it off for 6 months nowSetting intentions while in Maintenance vs when losing weightBeing mindful of how we talk to ourselves when we don’t accomplish the intentions we set for ourselves each dayThe importance of having a clear Why to guide youLooking at changing hunger levels and cravings in Maintenance. Exploring habits and traditions, especially through the Holiday seasonWhat’s with water?! Diving into how to get it in when the weather is cold and water can become unappealingTips on managing water intake when travellingTo learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast.
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and Amazon Music. So here we are, weigh-in Wednesday in the maintenance group where we talk all things
maintenance. So Gina's not with us today, but we have a great crew here to chat it out. So as
always, we have Kim, our weight loss group manager. Hello, Kim. Hello. And we have Eileen, so a member in maintenance joining us today. Hi, Eileen.
Hello. Can you hear me? Pardon? Can you hear me okay? Yes, we can hear you. You look nice and
bright. Yeah, it's perfect. Okay. Kim, I know you're enduring a snowstorm right now. So I'm
glad you got your internet back.
Yes. Yeah. I gave Ojed a little bit of a panic moment earlier when I lost my internet. She
thought she was going to be just the two of you guys filling in the time today, but I'm here.
So if I leave, please do not take it personally. It is only because the snowstorm has finally shut
me down. Yeah. Well, you know, when you said you might not be here, because your internet was down, I said, that's going to be just fine, because I have Eileen.
And Eileen has a great story. I really wanted to have her on. I think your story is really
going to resonate with a lot of our members in maintenance. So Eileen, I'm just going to recap.
So you have lost, you lost 20 pounds, you did three groups, you used your last group to solidify.
And I think with your story, we've heard we've heard other members say this before, too, that,
you know, I've only lost 20 pounds, I don't have this big grand number that I had to lose,
but 20 pounds, you know, trying to lose and gain it back trying to lose and gain it back,
you know, over years and years can be just as hard. And, you know, just as big of a task as someone who
has to lose a hundred pounds. So I really wanted to have you on because what you said was interesting
that, you know, until you found something like the Livi method where you were actually learning
along the way and, you know, picking up tools that you could take with you forever. I think,
I thought that was, you know, really interesting and would really resonate because I think that's what maintenance and the living method is all about. Really, it's picking
up those tools and taking them with you forever, to your finally and forever. You're not just doing
a weight loss program and, you know, going about your merry way. It's everything that you're
learning and picking up along the way that's going to help you, you know, be successful and
be successful in maintaining. So I'm going to let you go, Eileen, coming to us from
Barrie's Bay, Ontario. I know you've got a lot of snow there too, but so tell us about you. Welcome.
Well, thank you very much for the invitation. I certainly, as Odette said, didn't feel like I should be on this program because the last few years I've been gaining and year of teaching, my top weight was 170 pounds.
And I managed to starve and deprive myself down to sort of 150, 145 range. range and it truly was through many methods but the starving and depriving method
was the one that i unfortunately used uh way too much and i
geez i did try and do my journeys on my own but but I'm sure that I shared some of that in either directly or
indirectly with, with my children. And I just felt that when my neighbor, Sharon Chippier,
introduced me to the program, and said, Hey, do want to, do you want to try this? Because she knew about
my struggles with weight through the years. And I said, why not? Um, and I kind of went in with
not enough, a lot of information, but as I started to go through the program and reading the science and the knowledge and listening to the amazing speakers,
I was just, okay, this is going to work. My first program was actually just with a book
and listening to podcasts early in the morning or late at night. My second program and my third program, I did go in,
and I was all in. And I've been good through the years at losing weight. But this time,
I was losing the weight, but I wasn't seeing fluctuations. My weight was slow coming up. And that took a while to get used to.
Because I had been used to taking off a little quicker.
And I think maybe your body too, was trying to adjust to this, your this new method, like you
are feeding it like you had said, like you were starving and depriving before. So the weight was coming off super quickly, you know, and your body may have had
some underlying issues it was trying to heal from. And, you know, realizing like, oh my goodness,
Eileen is feeding me here. She's going, she's giving me all of this, you know, food. So there
was probably some work, you know, happening behind the scenes as we call it, or your, you know,
your body's trying to rebuild and repair to get into that weight loss mode. The six meals a day, what a
change, what a change and not having to measure and weigh and not having to, you know, deprive. What, what a huge difference. Now I have been keep maintaining my weight for
six months and, um, and there are, I have definitely tested the waters. Um, I, I feel
like I did the third pro the third program was definitely solidifying.
I tested the waters.
There are days when I actually believe,
and this is amazing for me,
that I'm in my finally and forever.
That's a little bit scary.
The whole balance thing is amazing.
I have so many less cravings.
I handle my stress differently.
I know that I'm retired now.
Oh, I didn't tell you I'm 65.
I don't keep it a secret.
I'm 65.
Put it out there, girl.
Put it out there.
Yeah.
I'm five to three.
I grew up.
That helps to understand the story. I'm five to three. I grew up that that helps to understand the story. I'm 65. Therefore, you know, where I came from, my parents were both immigrants from Scotland, you ate every single thing on your plate, as Dr. Beverly was talking about yesterday. And it was, you know, working through all of those issues through the last year and totally being disconnected in the past from my body cues and learning those body cues this year.
Amazing.
Yeah. And I know you like you say, like learning those body cues and, you know, the time that you put in, like, that's really what the mindfulness too is all about really leaning into it and, and feeling those body cues, but understanding that
that's what it is like, oh, you know, my body's talking to me now. I'm, I'm understanding what
it's saying. And I know how to, you know, react at this point, or I know how to go forward. So
I know you said you were listening to all of these guest experts and you were listening to lives. And I want to talk about some of our, some of, get into some of our topics
today. Sure. And I want to, and I want to know with you, you know, you were working through some,
um, you know, associations you said, and the experts were helping you. Um, but I want to
talk about this week, um, setting intentions. Uh, we, that was one of the big posts that came out this week. And I feel like,
you know, when we're in our weight loss journey, it's easy to I don't want to say it's easy,
but maybe the intentions are a bit more clear. I'm going to drink my water today. I'm going to
stick to all my meals and snacks today. Do you find that your intentions now have changed?
Are you are they now that you're in maintenance mode, are they different for you? My intentions are definitely different. Before it was definitely
making sure that it was all about the eating and drink, you know, like making sure that all the
meals were there. And, and now there's definitely a calmness and my, my intentions have become more about reading for knowledge,
listening to podcasts, learning about adenosine things, but I'm loving the challenge. like just light weights, uh, as well as my walking every day, even on the really cold,
crappy winter days. I get it. Yeah. Cold today. Saturday was worse with the snow.
Yeah. It's like somebody else went on their walk today too.
Yeah, they did. They got out there and got it done. So Kim, what about from
your perspective? Like I know you're, you know, you're in the weight loss group a lot and you're
on your journey still. Do you find that your intentions have changed like group over group or
round after over round? I am terrible at setting intentions. I think the last time we had a
conversation about intentions here in the maintenance group, I was looking at building the habit.
And I was just thinking about this last night before you even mentioned that you wanted
to talk about it today, because I tend to get up in the morning and just start my day.
I'm ready to go at it.
But there's zero forethought that goes into it when I get out of bed.
It's just get up and go.
And I've been pretty good so far for the last,
what are we on day 17 of the year today? Um, I sort of set the, um, I sort of set that I'm
comfortable with that. And I see how that routine is benefiting me. I was literally just thinking
last night, like I need to set up a similar healthy routine for the morning for myself,
because I don't, I tend to just to just like I said just get up and
go um I see people doing it in the weight loss group all the time and I think it's amazing you
go into the you know question of the day post in there it's just intention after intention after
intention for people in the morning and then obviously the reflections at the end of the day
and you know how beneficial it is, but it's those habits,
building those habits, because I do think they really do set you up for success to kind of have
a little bit of a map or a game plan for your day or what's my focus going to be today. And I know
I definitely need that, but full disclosure, I'm terrible at doing it for myself.
Well, maybe that's your intention this year is to set intentions. Maybe start that now. And I think what you said, too, about, you know, the end of day reflections, I think when we set these intentions in the morning, you know, we set our intentions with good intention. But what happens midday? Like, are we checking back in? You know, are you are we using these intentions at the end of the day to say, Oh, yeah, maybe I didn't exactly,
you know, do what I had set out to do? And what can I change tomorrow? Or what can I work on
tomorrow that I can, you know, maybe get to where I want to be. So I think that self reflection at
the end of the day to that those intentions, maybe just, you know, give you a bit of a roadmap,
even leading into the next day. What about you, Eileen, do you find that you're reflecting on
them at the end of the night? At the end of of the day I've always been a person that reflects on my day uh forever and so yes I
reflect um on my intentions now although I don't necessarily write down intentions I have intentions I wake early. I wake at five, five 30 in the morning.
I get out of bed at six and, uh,
by choice. I've always been an early riser and that hasn't changed. Um,
and, uh, those intentions,
uh, some days they are very deep and some days it's okay.
Today's the day where hopefully five minutes outside I can do it.
And they're not as deep.
I think that's a big important part of it is when you set those intentions, if you're not reaching them during the day to not look at that as necessarily a failure and
just be so careful about how you speak to yourself when they aren't. I said I was going to do this
and I didn't do it. Looking at the things you did accomplish and sometimes how far you made it like
maybe your intention is to make all your meals,
meals, nutrient rich, or get in all your water. And maybe you nailed the morning,
but something happened in the afternoon, a little monkey wrench in your plan or something like that.
And you recognizing that, like, you know what? Yeah. I didn't follow through for the whole day,
but I really nailed the morning or something unexpected. It was out of my control.
I had to pivot. And that pivot is okay. As long as you don't kind of let it, you know,
bury you and sort of start that negative self-talk like, oh, I didn't follow through.
I think that's a huge, important part of it. Oh, we have a comment here from a member. What do we
have here? I write my intentions down and check them when I'm done. I put an X on ones I
didn't get to. Some days are more red marks than green. However, it pushes me more the next day.
I continue with my progress. Yeah, I think that's so true. You know, like we said, like maybe we
didn't accomplish everything today, but you know, how can that push us through to the next day? And
we're not, you know, um, berating ourselves and belittling ourselves for getting everything done.
You know, maybe that's your motivator for the next day is to really, you know, focus in on that.
One of your posts talked about choosing a theme word.
And this was a theme word that has sort of stayed with me through the years because it was a theme word at the high school
that I taught at for a year. And the theme word was Kaizen. And it means change in by small
increments that lead to it's a Japanese term and it that lead to that lead to progress. And so that is my theme word Kaizen. I love it. I love it. And it's I
think, like little little steps, like little progress, you're just building upon what you're
learning, you're taking, you know, all these little things, and it's going to eventually
turn into, you know, exactly what you want it to be. We're just, you know, moving forward small steps I have another another part of my my journey I have
I turned out I have high cholesterol and I found that out part way through the program
and so I definitely had another why that why has not left so that why is still with me um but and that definitely keeps me uh
keeps me focused um but but i don't dwell on it which is wonderful it's calm because i know what
i i know what i can eat and what i need to avoid. I think that, you know, this, this whole conversation about,
you know, setting intentions, and I know we've probably said that word 100 times now.
But you know, setting intentions and really setting yourself up for the day, you know,
especially when we're not, when we're transitioning from this place of weight loss to this place of
maintenance, and we're not really sure what that looks like. And what does solidifying mean? And what does testing the
waters mean? And what does finally forever mean? You know, it can be, it can be uncertain,
uncomfortable, I think, if we can just, you know, spend some time in the morning or the beginning
of the day, whenever it might be, and really just kind of map out what that's going to look like for
you today, you know, maybe don't have it all figured out quite yet. But what can I work on
today? Or what can I think about today that's going to help me feel more focused and more
organized. There's a great comment here too. Someone has said the first intention of their
day is to reflect on three positive things in their life that sets the day and my focus. I love
that. I love starting that intention. Like it doesn't have to be, I'm going to do this, or I'm
going to. It's something positive about your life that you can be thankful for or focus on for the day.
Yeah. I think an intention can even be, I mean, it kind of in the same lines as like,
I'm going to be more aware of this. I'm going to be more aware and try and see these little
glimmers, these little, you know, positive things around me. It doesn't have to always be doing,
you know, it can be about like setting that mindset and setting, you know, setting yourself up for really
what you want your focus and your priority to be that day. Well, that was lovely. I'm glad we
talked about intentions today. I hope everyone's feeling a bit more inspired. So just want to move
on. I know that at the beginning, actually, Eileen, you had said
that, um, you know, you're noticing that you're not having, um, cravings as much anymore. And
that was another big topic that we had seen. So we, that post came out in the group this week
about changing hunger levels and cravings. And I think that, you know, as we're, as it's January
and we're getting, you know,
back into routine and back to habits, I think a lot of our members are surprised that they're starting to see those cravings, um, sneak back up again. And I think, you know, we want to be
in this place where like, no, we conquered them. You know, we, we worked through our weight loss
journey. Our cravings are conquered, you know, but they do tend to creep back up. And do you
find that they, that they start to creep back up or have they ever creeped back up for you um fortunately for me
uh i can tell you how many times cravings had have taken over my thoughts for a while so four times in the past year where I have I have I've had a hard time
yeah with the cravings even though I asked myself the four questions and I made sure I had water
and I was trying to decide am I you know is this, is this hunger or, you know, where am I at?
And then stress took me to, oh, who cares?
And so always continuing to be mindful. And I actually look back and go, wow, wow, this is like really,
really fabulous, like gratitude. I am so grateful that I'm, I'm in a calmer place.
Yeah. I think, you know, when, when those cravings can come up, if you're not in this calm place,
you know, you can start to maybe worry about them or stress about them. Why are they here? What's going on?
How am I going to, you know, and then they can be all consuming. And I think, you know, just
reminding ourselves, like, where are these cravings coming from? And it sounds like you recognized it,
you know, you were feeling stressed out. And, you know, maybe your body was looking for a bit of
support. And that manifested into a craving for you, you know, that your body was looking for a bit of support and that manifested into a craving for you.
You know, that could have been where it came from.
And, you know, really recognizing that, you know, these things are going to pop up from time to time.
Cravings are going to creep back in, you know, whether it's for salty food or, you know, for sugary foods. And I think, you know, going through this process and learning and taking
that awareness forward with you, you know, is what's really going to help you. Like you said,
you were able to recognize it and get through it. And community and having a next door neighbor
who's continuing the journey. Boy, that really helps. and a few close friends who you can reach out to
and say okay huh i need to talk this through before i reach for the bag of cookies or whatever
yeah i think another one like i was thinking had this exact thought and then i saw a member
said it at the same time.
So thank you.
I can't see who the name is, but you spelled it out for me.
That they found cravings crept in during Christmas because of the traditional foods and desserts.
I think the holiday season, you know, there's so many different things that different people are celebrating during this past month to two months, really, that's been going on since, say, U.S. Thanksgiving,
is all of those memories that are attached to the foods and traditional foods, the habits,
like always at Christmas. And I know my house, for example, has been the very first week of
December, it started with the first basket of Purdy's chocolates that were delivered to our
house for my husband from one of his
work. And it continued through the month. We did receive another one after Christmas. And I was
like, oh, you're kidding me. They're still coming. But you have that there and it's there and it's
kind of bombarding you almost. So I think it's expected to for some people at this time of year
to be getting back on track with that because the exposure to everything like normally I wouldn't think about chocolate whether I have it in my house or not it's not
really a thought but when you see a stack like this of boxes of chocolates on your counter you're
going to take a peek in and see what's in there do I really want and do I not and think through
it that way so I think we're maybe faced with a lot more things generally during the holiday season than we are the rest of the year.
So it's a great that whole cravings conversation, I think, also is sort of escalated and magnified this year because people you have the sugar and then you want more.
So if you did enjoy. Exactly. Yeah.
You're going to be working at getting back on not enjoying them necessarily as often, but it's
pretty common to indulge more over the holidays. And then it is a little bit, take some time to
just get back to your habit, which is now your habit of not having those things and of being
healthy and of being mindful of stuff. So it's just, you know, it's, I think it's expected time
of year. I think it's really valid what you said. Like you had it and then you want more.
It can often be a snowball effect, right?
Your body, you have it and your body is like, oh, that was good.
I want some more of that.
Especially when we're talking about these sugar cravings, your body has it.
You feel this little rush from it and you want to have it again.
So yeah, I think that can be normal.
And trying to, like you said,
come back to your habits or come back to your routine is kind of where we're sitting right now
and working through those again. And then we just had a member here saying, oh, I just,
here it is, not really cravings I deal with. I think it's past habits, eating after dinner being
my challenge. So we work on it daily. And that's true. It's eating after dinner being my challenge. So we work on a daily and that's,
that's true. It's eating after dinner. If that's always been your habit and you sit down, you know,
Gina's use that analogy over and over again, you sit down with your bag of chips to watch
Grey's Anatomy, or you sit down to watch TV and that was your time, you know, to grab a snack.
It's working through those habits. Why am I doing this? Am I, you know, I'm not hungry.
Is it true hunger? You know, what is, you know, what's, what's going on here? I think just even
having that awareness, like having this member say, again, I can't see who said it, but having
this member say it's past habits, having that awareness, you know, having, having, knowing that
that's, that's coming up and that's, you know, something that's normal for you is something to,
you know, to work through and to work on. Well, I'm turning it from a mindful choice to have that bag of chips
when you're watching Grey's Anatomy once a week, that versus turning it into a habit where you have
that bag of chips every night, no matter what you're watching, because you haven't before.
And that fine line between the two of those, like, are you choosing to have it? Or are you
just doing it because you did it the night before and it's now your habit again?
Yeah.
I love this mindfulness piece, right?
I just think mindfulness is just the game changer here.
And, you know, we talk so much about maintenance, maintenance, maintenance, but really this
mindfulness component and all of these members and even both of you like sharing this awareness
and just sharing that, you know,
this is what you've taken from this journey. I have this awareness now I have this learning.
And that's really what's going to, I think I said at the beginning, really carry you through to
your finally and forever. It's not just do the program and see you later. It's all of these
things that you've learned and, and, you know, can carry with you now. Knowing it's okay if you have a choice day to not start to deprive the next day.
That you eat regularly and enjoy your six meals the next day.
And it will balance out.
It's an amazing place to be.
Amazing mindset. I love that, yeah. yeah love it there's so many good comments i'm trying
to keep up with them all there's so many good ones i want to share so we're going to get to a few more
but i just want to move on to talking about um habits and talking about um cravings we know that
you know getting our water and can be a big one if we are, you know, craving those those sugary
snacks. But what's with the water right now? I know I talked about it in the in the check in
this week, but our members are really struggling with water. So, you know, it could be the changing
seasons. It is really, really cold here in in where I am, and I'm sure in other parts of the
country that, you know, or parts of the world, wherever you are, that water is feeling a bit more challenging to get in.
So I just want to know, ladies, how do you how do you stay on top of the water?
How are you getting it in when it when it does not feel appealing?
I love my jug and hot water, hot water.
That's a good tip. I love that.
Yeah. I, I, I love my, I mean, I've got water here. I've got,
so this is my one liter Mason jar that I,
I always have with me in the house cause it doesn't have a lid.
So I don't take it with me, but I know that's a leader.
And this is my other cup that always makes an appearance. I'm sure. Yeah.
But my, my, so two cups that I love.
Yeah, but also with the warm water, I find that going from ice cold water, which I, you know, do enjoy, you know, certain times of the year, but shifting it now to a warm water, something that's more appealing and cozy and really is, you know, serving me at this point.
That warm water really is, you know, doesn't make a big difference for me. Yeah. So many people are mentioning warm water or herbal
teas. That's one of my favorite ways to stay hydrated. I did that last night, last night,
it was cold. I really wanted a glass of wine. Um, but I, I knew that I was going to have to drink another glass of water.
Yeah, that's right. You would.
I would bug around. And I had picked up a thing of herbal tea or peppermint tea the other night
because I realized I was out and I opened the package and that smell just kind of, and I was
like, yeah, that's it. That's what I need. But yeah, good herbal tea is usually, I don't mind
herbal tea when it's, my issue is too, and I don't But yeah, good herbal tea is usually I don't mind herbal tea
when it's my issue is too. And I don't know if other people find this like I start the day with
coffee. Often I've been making myself drink a proper glass of water before I have my coffee,
just because otherwise I might get in the habit of having it. But I feel like with coffee when it
gets sort of lukewarm, it's not appealing to me but tea and herbal tea it doesn't matter to me if
it's gone completely cold it's still delicious so if I make a big thing of herbal tea I can sip on
that all day and it just mixes a little bit from the water but yeah I think the weather makes a
huge difference in the water intake um for a lot of people and it's it's so counterintuitive because your furnace is on
and the air for you know is drier normally when it's colder and you probably need more but you
want it less so finding those little tips like hot water hot water and lemon herbal teas are good
do you flavor your water eileen or do you just drink it like just as is? Often just straight out of the tap,
but I do occasionally add some lemon to it because I enjoy hot lemon water
as well.
Yeah.
I try and have my big,
a liter of water before I have my first coffee.
That's my,
that's my,
I will fill myself too. Some days I do it. Some
days I don't make it. Yeah, I do that too. I, so I'm an early riser like you are Eileen. So I like
to have my coffee early and I, you know, I try and have one of these two, um, jugs, either my
liter, this one is like 750 mils. I try and because I would love to have another
coffee right away so I try and you know commit to drinking one of these first and then I can
and have my next coffee that's just a little habit that that I've you know set up for myself
and then amount you know setting timers I still set my timers once in a while if I know I'm gonna
have a busy day um and um what else I'm trying to think what else I do. That's probably
I really miss my water when I'm traveling. Oh, my gosh, because I know that I, you know,
need to be able to pull over and go to a bathroom, you know, regularly. And so I will cut back on my water. I so dislike being without my water.
I have a little system. We have friends that live about just over four hours away from us that we
visit often. And I have to drive up there to drop my son off sometimes. And I have a place where I
know I can start drinking my water and I'll be able to make it.
You know your route.
You have your route map.
Yeah, I'm sitting along the way for about three hours.
And then when I hit that final hour, I'm like, yes, I start drinking it.
And then I get into their house and I run in there.
But it is, it's just not just traveling.
Traveling by plane, I'm getting better.
I used to be terrified of having to get up and go to the washroom on a plane,
thinking for some reason it's like an inconvenience. what if somebody else is in there and stuff. And now
I'm sort of more comfortable with that. But I think for driving, it's a big one. You got to
plan it around that when your body's used to it. And we're driving into the mountains when we go.
So you can feel when the hydration is being sucked out of you when you get into the mountains. And
it's definitely, I noticed that too. I miss it.
And I have so many water bottles in my car all the time.
So on that note, let's everyone take a sip. We all have our water bottles.
Everyone take a sip. Here we go.
I see Jodi backstage is sipping too. Brennan, hydrating.
Everybody's hydrating.
That's the one habit we're not going to kick, right? one that's gonna stick with us for life now it just feels so good to be
hydrated yeah yeah well um so in the um so in the um so in the um so in the have another topic but
we're not we're just gonna with the uh just, uh, this in the, in the, um,
keeping time at the top of our mind here, it's, it's time.
Your Eileen's reaction just now to the time being up is mine every single week, Eileen.
It's true. You know, I say every week, it's a quick, it's a quick 30 minutes, you know, and we, there's so much we can talk about and, you know, which is why, you know, we love having
these conversations, um conversations every week.
We love when Gina's here, but often if she can't be here, we want to make sure that we're still having these conversations.
And we love having our guests on.
So it doesn't matter if you think that your story is not relevant or it's unimportant.
Every story is unique and every member that we have here is unique.
So thank you, Eileen, for coming on and for sharing.
And I hope that you do feel now that your story is important and it's just it's as impactful as anybody else's that we have in this group.
Thank you. And if anybody wants to chat at all, they're certainly welcome to do that.
Yeah, I agree. I agree. I think that we have this community that
we've built here that everybody is, you know, can, you know, we're here to chat, we're here to
support each other, we're here, you know, through the ups, the downs, and we're and we're here to
share, you know, really share our tips and, and our challenges and our wins at the same time.
So on that note, I'm going to say goodbye. I want to thank you. Oh,
we just had this comment, loving this way on Wednesday today. Oh, that's so nice. Well,
we love being here. So I just want to say thank you, Eileen. Thank you, Kim, again. And I hope
you all stay warm. And I hope the snow doesn't, doesn't bury you too much, Kim. Enjoy it. Look
outside your window and enjoy that.
So it's a good view from the office today. Yeah. Okay, ladies,
I'm going to sign off, say good night. And to our members,
we will see you next week. Bye.
Good night. you