The Livy Method Podcast - Overwhelmed? Simplify.

Episode Date: May 21, 2026

In this episode, Gina Livy gets real about what it actually takes to reach your goals and why lasting change has nothing to do with perfection. This conversation dives into the mental side of the journey. It’s not all or nothing. Addressing real questions from people struggling with this, Gina get’s honest about how sometimes the best way to solve overwhelm is to simplify.This episode aligns with day 32 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm going to be honest with you, this podcast is unapologetically a hot mess because that is what midlife feels like sometimes. Why, though? And how do we make it better? Do we all just need facelifts and JLP ones? I mean, let's talk about it. No bullshit, no wellness wangery here because we're trying to make real change and change is hard. But we're in this together. Welcome to the Living Method podcast.

You're going to reach your goals. Are you going to follow through? Are you going to get there? How are you feeling? I think about this a lot. obviously because I'm here and I'm helping thousands of people reach their weight loss goals. I know you can do it. I know you can do it.

I've done it. I lost over 100 pounds and I've been able to maintain and sustain my weight for over 30 years. And what I'm doing here is sharing everything that I've learned with you. And I put it together in a method and system that, you know, has research and science behind it. Like it works. We know without a shadow of a doubt the living method works for not just sustainable weight loss, but losing a clinical amount of weight and more so, which. is the standard. So the living method measures up to all the other diets. They work because you starve

and deprive yourself. It's very chaotic. You don't really worry about what you're eating or when. You're just counting your calories, right? This has a whole system to it. If you were not reading over the why it works posts and the science post, I think you're kind of missing out. And I don't want you to feel like you have to, you know, spend hours and hours of watching videos or reading content. But I'm a, I'm a big believer in understanding what you are doing and why. And really, what's going to determine you reaching your goal, actually living a life or you don't have to try to lose weight, you know, is you following through and doing what you need to do long enough until you reach your goal? That's really the issue. That's really the issue. Quick fixers are great because it happens

quickly and then you very quickly gain that weight back. Whereas making real change. like physically what we're doing is rewiring how your body has come to function and feeling the need to store fat. We talked about that, right? Great conversation with Dr. Linketrejo the other day on hormones. You come in at a set point. It's hard to get past that weight. You always gain it back. You think this is where my body's happy.

It's not. It's just where your body has adjusted your weight. Just like Dr. Beverly, David shared with us how we've created food noise. We've created the food noise. and that's the way our brain is now wired around food. We've created an issue with your body where it feels the need to store fat, and the hormones allocate where your reserves go, and it is storing more in fat because it feels like it needs it.

And then the concept of dieting, starving, depriving, forcing your body to burn fat, yes, you will lose weight that way. You will give your body no choice but to dip into your fat reserves in which reinforces the fact that your body needs it. So it's really about making the sustainable lifestyle changes and choices. This is why, yes, moving your body really important, getting sleep, really important, managing your stress, right? It's not high stress.

It's the inability to calm down from that stress. Equally important. Nutrient-rich foods that give your body the building blocks that it needs to actually make change. Repair, rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate, all of those things. And that just takes time. And it probably takes a lot more time than you would like. The living method, yes, we.

run these seasonal live sessions to keep you motivated, but it's about following all day, every day, until you reach your goals and doing that where sometimes life makes it easy and sometimes life makes it hard, but you just keep going. And where in any other area of your life do you just quit? Like let's say you're building a house. I don't know how many people I know who have built a house. It took two years longer than what they expected. They ended up having to move into their parents' basement. it always costs way more money. And then once you get into the house, time flies. Oh, my goodness, we're here.

We love it. But imagine if you were to quit halfway through and be like, oh, this is frustrating. This is frustrating. This is tiring. I don't want to do it. Going to school, graduating, right? Following through and graduating, whatever you want to do or become. Imagine halfway through, you get some bad marks.

You've got some stress going on in your life. It's not making it easy for you to do your homework, get shit done. You know, you just decide. This is hard. I'm frustrated. And so let me just quit. Right. Raising kids.

Raising kids. Right. You got kids. Oh, my God. Sometimes it's like the most wonderful thing in the world. And sometimes it's like, are you fucking shitting me right now? You know, there are times where it's wonderful and times where you just, you want to quit, but you can't quit because you just have to keep doing.

So where in our life do we have this quick fix mentality, right? It's really tied deeply into losing weight because the diet people out there, wanted you to think. It was so easy. And, you know, if you, if you lost the weight, that was their wonderful diet when it was really just starving yourself. Like, here's a way to starve yourself. And then when you gained it back, they blamed you. They blamed you. I was on the live last night. And we were talking about this. One of our members shared that, um, they had, you know, they had lost their weight. They had their, their lifetime pin and something traumatic happened in their life and like lost a loved one and gained five pounds back got the pin taken away. Are you

fucking shitting me with that? Like like if you can look back at kind of your relationship with dieting. And so a lot of thoughts and feels are being brought up this week. A lot of thoughts and feels are being brought up this week. And that's the point. Yes, we need to address our portions. Yes, we need to get more in tune with our body's needs for where we want to go and what we want to achieve. But it's bringing up a lot of feels. And so whatever that feeling is, that's, That's what you've got to work through. And if you're saying to yourself, like, sometimes I'll say people like, I just want to quit. And I'll be like, okay, go ahead.

I'm not like, go ahead. Program's not for everybody. Like, I'm not going to judge you if you quit. I'm not. This is your choice. But then what are you going to do? What are you going to do? You could go get liposection.

That used to be the plan B back in the day, except liposection isn't for weight loss. Like, it's not. And trust me, as a personal trainer, I've seen people who had liposuction, which takes the fat cells out of your body. and then you gain fat other places, and it can come back looking really weird. If you missed it, we had that post on fat that talks about, it's good, it's really interesting. It talks about, you know, how you have different types of fat. When you gain weight, you don't gain fat cells. When you lose weight, you don't lose fat cells.

But you get those suckers lipoed out, and then you're really in trouble because that weight's going to come back. And it's just not, it's not weight loss. People actually don't lose a lot of weight when they get liposuction. So that's not it. So now we have weight loss medications in GLP1s. But also not a diet. Also not a diet. They're great.

They work with the brain. They work with your hormones. They make you feel more satisfied so you're not as hungry. They quiet the food noise until you come off them. The weight just comes back. And they get like twice the rate. Food noise comes back. They can be very helpful, very helpful when you're also making the changes that you

need to make. But there's no way around that. We've talked to people who take weight loss medications. They're like, it doesn't really do anything for me because I never ate because I was hungry in the first place. I ate because of coping mechanisms. and stress in all of that. So you can take all the weight loss medication in the world.

If you're eating because you're stressed or you're emotional or use it as a coping mechanism, that's not going to help. So it really is about figuring out what's going on with you. Like what is not what's wrong with you. What's going on with you? And I do this in my everyday life, the self-awareness. I'm just like, okay, what is going on with me today? Why am I feeling down?

Why am I not feeling motivated? Why do I feel doom and gloom? Why am I waiting for the other shoe to drop? Also, what am I pulling? pulling into my world. So I'm going to ask you, what are you pulling into your world? Are you pulling in frustration? This doesn't work. Like, or are you pulling into, oh my God, I feel amazing. Look at me. Look what I'm doing? I, you know, like what, what are you pulling into your world that becomes your world? And that's the perspective and the attitude that you're showing up with. And sometimes we've

been taught to like, we got to be hard on ourselves to force ourselves to do things. And I don't know that that's ever worked for anybody. So, so this week, and I hope you get excited about all of the tweaks coming up. So understand why you are doing them. And then recognize that the work isn't in the food plan. That's like the routine. That's like the food plan is just kind of like the foundation that we're dealing with. But most of it is mental. It's not it's not rocket science. And you know, I've heard people say that. Well, her program's not rocket science. Well, no shit, Sherlock. It's not rocket science. That's not it. You don't need it to be rocket science. It's so fucking simple. It's hard sometimes because life makes it hard. Right. And our thoughts and feels we,

like for some people, this is the longest you've ever followed a diet. Right. So it's about showing up and like really, really going like inside and be like, what is going on? What do I need? And that's what intentions. I've had the great conversation at the beginning of the week. are you setting intentions or are you ticking off a to-do list? Intentions that you said in the morning are things that you can reflect on in the evening. It's not a checklist, right? And so if you set an intention to be more in the moment today, what happened? What happened?

At the end of the day, if you feel like you didn't do that, okay, well, why? What was going on? And what can you do to better set yourself up for a six days? That's where a lot of reflection is happening to understand the things that you need to work on and work through. So it's a great week. Tomorrow, we're going to do our first live workout session with Sherry Perez, which I think is going to be fun. So that's going to be tomorrow at 9 a.m.

If you want to join us for that. And then I want to talk about next week because next week we are bringing it back to satisfaction. We're going to give our bodies a break from downsizing, bring it back to satisfaction. If your weight hasn't moved for you this week, don't be surprised if it moves for you next week while we are eating dissatisfaction. And that's a big question that I get always. after downsizing. Why is my weight moving this week when I was eating less last week? So it's not

about eating less. And weight loss is based on momentum, right? So your body receiving the message, taking action, you creating the environment for your body to focus on fat loss. But it's not going back to satisfaction because you'll notice after downsizing this week when you go back to eating enough to feel satisfied, you're actually feeling more satisfied on smaller. Let's get into your and see where you're at today. I had a late meeting at the Legion last night. I had McDonald's. I don't feel guilty because I was hungry.

This program has given me the skills to move on. Today is a new day. The lowest weight I've been since pre-COVID. Sometimes that's it. Sometimes in life, you work late, you have McDonald's, that's it. Right? Like that's a win. This whole attitude about that is such a win.

Because I know you didn't just arrive here and that's your attitude, right? Like probably before you would have felt guilty. You would have starved yourself, punished yourself, been like, oh my God, why did I do that? Today I have to starve myself because I had McDonald's last night. And you just, it's so much harder to gain weight than you think. But your body can be really reactive to foods that can cause inflammation, like ultra-process foods, alcohol, for example, all of that can cause your weight to go up. It's not real weight gain.

And as soon as you get back to doing the things that help you feel your best, you're feeling your best. And it's important to learn that. That's why it's not all about being perfect. I always have A type people who follow perfectly and they're like, oh my God, amazing. Lost my weight. They struggle more in maintenance because at some point you're going to be faced with making choices and, you know, those thoughts and feels and you're going to have to work through all of that. So that's why it's not about being perfect. Look what you've learned. You can have McDonald's and no big deal. You're still going to reach your goal. Like that is so huge. And that's the food noise. Why do I have that? oh my goodness, you know, kind of like, should they have it, shouldn't have it.

That's like breaking that, breaking that habitual way of thinking about food. It is what it is. You decided to have McDonald's, no big deal. There you go. That's it. That's it, right? I prefer to think of it as a lifestyle choice than a diet. Yeah.

I mean, this whole program was originally created as a lifestyle program. But you take it back 30 years ago. No one wanted to, they were like, what? lifestyle what? I just want to lose weight. I'm like, you will. You get to be healthy in order to lose weight. You make these changes. It will lead to weight loss. And everyone's like, what? No. So then I started marketing it or selling it as a weight loss program and teaching people that you have to be healthy in order to lose weight. And if you do these things, it'll help you lose weight. It was a long, there's a long road. It's been a long road.

What I really love is the science has finally caught up with me. And that's why I love Jason in Fung's book The Hunger Code, you know, because he's an actual doctor and saying the things that I've been saying for years. And I swear, him and I are like the only two people on the planet. And trust me, I have searched. I have searched and searched and searched for other people who were saying the same things that I was saying. Because you have to remember on a large scale in terms of these groups, I've been doing this now for how many years? 2018. It's 2018. And years ago when Tony first did the program, because my husband, like, he wanted me to help. him lose weight and I'm like no. No, it was like my second marriage. I'm not telling you what to do.

You're not telling me what to do. I don't want to police you in your food. I'm not doing it. So he's like, fine. I'll just sign up for the program and do it. And before that, he kind of knew what I did, but didn't really know what I did. Anyway, he got so involved in the program. Lost weight, loved it. Eventually quit his job, thanks to the pandemic. He had a great job at Amazon. Quit his job to come help and work with me because he believed in the program so much. But he also wanted to figure out what I was doing and why it was working. Because he also was like, how am I eating more and I'm losing weight? Like he was a high stress job, long periods of time without eating, would overeat home.

Like very typical. Like, why is this working? And so he, you know, he's a total research guy. We don't do anything, buy anything. He was researching bed pillows and sheets last night for like three hours. Three hours to find the ride. I'm just like, just go to fucking home sense. Buy pillows.

No. He sheets and research the kinds of pillows that we want. So that's the kind of guy he is. So he came across this guy, Jason Funk. And he's like, this guy kind of sounds like what you're doing. And I was like, oh, my God, this is amazing. And I listening to him. And then he started talking about fasting. And I was like, ah, fa. You know, and fasting has its merits, obviously. And I'm a big fan of not eating after dinner. And if you choose, you want to fast a little bit longer, choose. not to have breakfast. You've got to hit it mid-morning. But most people take it too far. It has its merits for autophagy and other health issues and reasons why it's beneficial. But a lot of people confuse just eating less and doing a fast. And so I'm just like telling women to just eat even, even less is not the answer because you need to create sustainable lifestyle habits. Because then you'll fast, sure, then you'll just go back to gaining your weight back. And so it And him and I kind of differ in that respect. I think you can fast, obviously give your body needs time without that food, but he's like the one person who was like talking about the same

types of things. So there's actual hunger, right? The hunger you need to eat, which you never are really starving because you have fat reserves. That's the thing that people don't talk about. Like you're never really starving because you have all this extra energy, right? So a lot of times those, that hunger hormone growl in is because you've created a habit and that's how much you are used to eating in order to feel satisfied. So your leptin becomes resistant. So your leptin is a hormone that says, okay, we've had enough. And that becomes very resistant. So you need more and more and more food in order to feel satisfied. Right. So and then there is, there's conditioned hunger. So eating out a habit, right? I always, you know, when I go to the movies, I eat popcorn. So when I go to the

movies, I want popcorn. Someone mentioned last night, the sun is shining, the weather is warm. I want beer. Like, that's the, you know, well, listen, a beer in the warm weather is nice. But that's, like, the habit. And then there's emotional hunger. Then there's, like, eating because you are, because you are coping or been triggered. So hunger code is a great book if you want to pick that out. Please tell us what betting Tony settled on. So he, he got, what's it called? Luxome. Luxome. L-U-X-O-M-E is what he decided on for sheets,

which is interesting because I, you know, so I got those new pajamas. I don't know if you saw on my Instagram account, and they are like for, they are like designed for women in menopause. They were just like, like, this company's been around for like 12 years. So this wasn't like a jump on the menopause tip. It's like 12 years. And they're lights.

And it's the first time I've been able to wear a, and keep them on all night. So anyway, they also make sheets as well. So I'm going to, I definitely want to check those out because these pajamas are amazing. I actually want to talk to them about doing my own pajama line. I've always wanted to do a pajama line. So I'm going to talk to them about that.

But yes, pillow wise, custom fit pillows. Poop. C-U-P-E. C-O-O-P. And what kind of pillows are they? They're shredded memory foam. Like, yeah, I'm just like, So our pillows are kind of old, way older than what they need to be.

And they were beautiful when we first got them. But now they're kind of yellow, you know, and like they're just, they're flats. So I'm like any pillows, you've got to be better than the pillows that we have. I am new to the program. And one thing that keeps coming up is my inability to eat with no distractions. Yes, I feel you on this because life is so distracting. Like we're on our phones all the time. I always like to go back and visit the good old day.

and think about what life was like, I think about this a lot when I'm on vacation and everybody's on their phone. Or if I go to a concert and everyone's on their phone. Or like I'm trying to put my phone away, especially like at dinner, leave my phone. And we were just so distracted. So distracted. There was a time many years ago where I got really sick. And I was like really sick and it took me a while to recover and any kind of stress. I lost like 30 pounds of muscle. Like it wasn't good. And I realized that so many things are stressful. Like I had to go pick my kid up at school. The school is five minutes away. And I thought, I can do that. And I got in the car and I'm trying to like look to see what's happening. And there was construction on the road and the people crossing. And, you know, then I got my kid. And by the time I

drove home, I was like exhausted. And for the first time in my life, I really recognized the kind of, that's just driving my car and how much stress is in that, right? And then you just add, like, that's just driving. That's just driving. So let alone your work, your to do list, what's happening in your family, you know, we're trying to get a million things done. Like, if I don't respond, like our customer service is like this. So we have real people in customer service. And like someone will be like, I sent you a message this morning. And I'm like, okay, but it's like two o'clock in the afternoon. And they're like, yeah, I sent another one. responding. I'm like, oh my God, it's like it's real people, but we're so used to, right,

chatbots or getting responses right away or sending emails. Like, of course, we want to help everyone in customer service, but we're so used to this like get it right away, do it right now. I got a lovely email from someone, actually Claire, who I'm working with at Indigo. And she sent me a message and on the bottom of the email, it said, hey, I have sent this at a time that's convenient for me, please respond at a time that is convenient for you. And I was like, isn't that lovely? Anyway, I digress. Back to you. Okay. Sorry, Sheldon. I'm into the program. One thing that keeps coming up is my inability to eat with no distractions. I generally eat breakfast and lunch on my own and find it hard to not pick up my phone or read while eating. As a result, the mindful piece is harder, but I know it's

important. I'm not sure why I can't sit quietly while eating. So this is a muscle. You're training to be in the moment, right? So this is a habitual way of thinking. It's like, so it's kind of like, there's a couple things going on. Some people function at, like there's a Hertz megabyte, like, I think it's like four or five, two. Like there's a couple of frequencies that the world, like, functions under. Stay with me, because it's actually a real thing and not woohoo. And like, it's like the beat and the rhythm of the universe. And some people function to like Metallica. And some people, Adele. So Adele songs, Bob Marley songs, these are, these are like, this is why they become very popular songs because they contain that, that beat and that rhythm. So there's that, right? You're

going along, you're singing Adele. And then there are people who are like Metallica out that are like ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-da. And it's sort of like, what is the rhythm that you are used to? And if you are used to constantly just here, there, everywhere, go, go, go, go, go, mind, going, move, move, move, move, move, it can feel really strong. It can feel really strong. strange when you take the time to chill out, when you're like interrupting. Now, what we're doing, we're rewiring the brain and rewiring the body. I'll tell you another example. So I went away to like a retreat. We're going to actually buddy holiday. We're finally making that happen. So I went away with Kim and Odette, who are the managers of the program and my chief of staff, Sonia,

we went away and we went to a retreat. And at this retreat, people are not on their phones. There's no TVs in your room. There is activities all day. So you can do like archery, golf, tennis, salsa dancing, aqua fits, spin classes, meditation classes, art classes, you name it. Or you can do nothing and sit in a chair and read a book. Or you can just hang at the beach. And so we're not on our phones because we're not working, right?

I mean, we did a little bit of work, but when we worked, it was very, like, isolated. And by day three, we were like, what's wrong with us? Am I sick? Am I okay? We weren't talking. And we were sitting around and I'm like, what's wrong with us? Like, do you guys feel okay? And they're just like, I just feel really like, I don't know.

I don't know what's going on with me. And then I was like, are we relaxed? Have our mind calm down. And my point is it was so foreign to us that we were literally like, what's wrong with us? because we just weren't used to it, constant stimulation and distraction. So it's kind of like something you have to practice. You have to practice taking time. You have to practice also the uncomfortableness.

So there's a lot of dopamine happening when you respond to an email, opening email, like a post, someone likes your post, you get something done. There's a lot of you feel productive. There's a lot of dopamine hits happening. And so it's like you have to get used to not having the dopamine hit. And it's very difficult. you have to be very intentional about it because you feel really weird. And you can also feel like really not productive.

You can feel like I should be doing something. So this is a real thing. And it is. It's kind of like a muscle that you have to train. You have to train yourself to be more in the moment. And that's what asking the four questions do. So here's what I would suggest. Make a non-negotiable with you when you sit down, you eat.

It doesn't have to be every meal or snack. Let's just start with lunch and dinner maybe. or breakfast and lunch. Like, I'm be like, I'm going to take a deep breath. I mean, put my hands on the table, and I'm going to just take a deep breath. Maybe two. And then I'm going to say, like, am I hungry?

And not in your head, because you're trying to like figure it out in my belly. Am I hungry right now? And I'm really not hungry. What if I was to eat something? Would I be hungry? I don't really. I'm not hungry right now. So then you're kind of aware.

You still want to eat a token amount, right? If you're not hungry. Because sometimes we do start eating and then we realize, oh, we are actually hungry. We're just kind of still distracted. And then ask yourself, how is this portion for me? Right? Is this enough for me? Is this enough?

Is it too much for me? Like, you don't have to wait for the answer. You can ask, is it too much? It's not enough. Like, what do I think? Oh, I think. Yeah, I think that's enough. And then you can start eating it and maybe like try to chew more and being intentional.

But I wouldn't start with all your meals and snacks. You're just going to feel like you're epically failing. But that it's practicing those four questions are practicing being so in tune that it just becomes your body's automatic reaction to it, where you already, you just know. And you can, you don't, it doesn't take any time to do it. So that's what I would start with. Atomic habits is a great one because this is what you're,

you're trying to change your habits a little bit, that I find just simply taking a deep breath, being intentional about sitting down, you know, make a point of enjoying the food, be aware of how you're thinking. It's definitely work. Like a lot of what we're doing can seem like it's a lot. You don't have to do all of it.

I saw a comment today actually. Oh, someone else has my phone. And they're like, I'm getting burnt out by doing all the things. And because they're trying to lower their insulin. They have insulin. And I'm just like, okay, but let's roll it back. First of all, no one is asking you to do all the things. It's great that there's so many things you can do.

But what capacity do you have? And what are you getting burnt out from? You're burnt out from eating healthy, nutrient-rich foods. Maybe you're burnt out from constantly thinking about it, but you need to eat. This is how you make change. Like this is like, this is like I'm burnt out from going to school, but you can totally be burnt out.

So what can you do to not feel burnt out about it? Like the thing, like it's, the things you are doing right now today are the things, like are you burnt out on trying to address your health? Right. Probably that's not it. Probably that's not it. So then, so are you making all this effort to make super fancy now? Stop doing that.

make it really simple for you, right? Are you making an effort to get to a gym and you spend three hours there a day? Stop doing that. Put your running shoes on, go for a walk around. Like, this is where you want to feel, like, if I'm feeling like overwhelmed and there's too much, what can I take off my plate and what's going to make me feel good? Because this is how I started the conversation. That burnt out, doing all the things, you know, whatever, frustrated, you ain't going to last.

You're not going to last. You're never going to reach a goal. Two steps forward, two steps back. all those things. But if you just do the what is going to keep me moving forward each day, what's going to keep me focused on doing the small things that are going to add up, bring me joy, enhance my life. You know, this is habits that you can stick with and truly creating a lifestyle. That's what's going to get you to the end. That's what's going to get you to it. So it really sucks and you have health issues and things that you can't do. But, you know,

at the same time, there's no way through that. So it's just, it's, and again, this is like, what kind of, what are you, what are you pulling into your vision, right? What is the attitude that you were showing up with? How are you framing this journey? Where are you getting and learning from downsizing? Is there a way, if you feel overwhelmed, that to make it easy for you? And the weight that you are feeling, is this your life or is this the program? And this is specifically where you are focusing on you so this is where everything is coming to light because chances are if you feel this way while doing the program you feel this way in your life because picture stopping doing what you're doing let's just say fuck it I'm going to do any of it then what's then what is that look like

that might feel easier for a second but it's going to end up being harder in the end right and is that going to get you to where you want to reach your goal but sometimes we just want to indulge in that feeling that I'm frustrated. I had to do more things than I would like to do because I got these stupid fucking health issues. You can work with that. Sometimes we don't allow ourselves to feel the actual feeling. So then it carries over and we hold on to it in like not as deep a way. Like sit with yourself and be like, what is this about? I want this. I, how did I get here? You know, maybe there's some guilt or stuff. Hide into like maybe, you know, like how you treated yourself or you know you never know there could be some deep feelings in there and be like what is

this about and actually sit with yourself which is easier said than done and be like what is going what is going um so shelly i love the fact that you um i love the fact that you um i love the fact that you're like aware of that like that's the first step is just being aware of that is is taking the time that's really huge uh just finished waiting 90 minutes until getting blood work done and ecg there you go um i haven't been feeling well in the past few days. Lightheaded, nauseous. And so I went to the doctor. My blood pressure is quite high. I'm definitely feeling a bit better today. My blood pressure seems to be coming down. Everyone is so confused because I exercise regularly. I've lost a lot of weight and eat well. But heart issues run in

my family. So you never know. My biggest why has been avoiding getting sick and family issues. And that's why our health is well. And there you go. Right. That's it. I'm sorry, Reese, you're having a hard time. Make sure you're not, make sure you're putting electrolytes in your water. like you want to that can really affect your blood pressure if you're drinking too much water or not getting electrolytes in i know you're just brought out there doctor i'm definitely no doctor but that's one of the things just popped into my mind sometimes they overlook that but i guess if you got your blood work done that would show in there because especially because it was really hot i don't know if you spend a lot of time outside the and the weekend what was really hot

that might be feeding into it but this is exactly it like the things you are doing here are all the things that are going to help you be as healthy as possible you know finding your why i've always struggled with this tweak seventh program, but the tweak in week seven and eight, so don't worry. Yeah, we completely switch gears for the next week's coming up. So this is one week. So hang in there. Have fun with it. Listen, at the end of the day, bottom line, if you just follow the basic food plan and did the bare minimum, it's still worth showing up for. And if you don't have the capacity for the downsizing, that's okay. That's okay too, right? Do what you can do. That is enough. Do what you can do. That's enough. And try to like see.

it for what it is. I mean, like, what is there to learn from me here? Maybe you can lighten it a lighten it up a little bit. You don't have to downsize all your meals and snacks. Just try. Just even think about it. Think about what if I was to stop eating now? Oh, God, that makes me feel uncomfortable. No, I'm not doing it today. That's okay. That's okay. That's okay, right? I like the beginning of my journey with Olivia where the weight drop quickly. It's a battle going into year two, especially downsizing for the size body. I'm in it for the long haul, but it's tough for the first time. Yeah, and this is where you're, it's layers. It's layers, right?

Like the initial fat loss part, don't get stuck on tuning what you did before as well, switch things up. Everyone gets stuck on, I did this before. When I was losing weight, I did this and your body is completely different. So make sure you are really tuning into where you're at, but it's deep layers. It's deep layers. It's deep, right?

Because this is where when you know the routine and your body's got it down, where what's going on mentally, what's going on mentally. And you are so in tune, your body screams at you louder. Your body's very, he'll really let you know. What is going on here?

Right? Okay, guys, I, that's my time for today. I am going to be back. So at 12 with Alyssa, so if you want to come and cook along with her, I'm not actually going to be cooking today because I've got to have a photo shoot stuff set up, but I'm going to let her be the star of the show today.

So you want to cook along with Alyssa. The recipe is shared in the file section in the Facebook support group. if you are looking for that. And Sherry Perez will be joining us for a live workout session tomorrow, which is going to be fun. So join us for that. Have a fantastic rest of your week.

I will be checking in downsizing. Do what you can. Don't stress out about it. This is a practice week if you're new to the program. Bring it back to satisfaction next week. And then we're going to do it again. And then we completely switch things up and switch gears. Hi, Mom.

Love you. Okay. Have a great day, everyone. I'll see you later. Bye.