The Livy Method Podcast - Spill the Tea - Spring/Summer 2024: Week 9

Episode Date: June 25, 2024

This is the live recording of the Spill the Tea session with Gina and Special Guest Shannon Knight Wellnitz.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspringsummer2024Topics covered:Introducing Shannon Knight WellnitzShannon's story...on the Road to Disneyland and not being a bystander along the way. What it's like to be terrified to fall back into old habits, and to still do what you need to enjoy life. Where Shannon is at today in the current group. Summertime planning - How Shannon approaches the busy days of summer and stays on track. Shannon shares her aha moment about how past diets were not working for her. Family mindsets: someone was always on a diet! When the Battle to lose weight became the Journey for health. Shannon's first group story: slow at the start, followed by a powerful finish! Shannon encourages us to stop and realize this is YOU prioritizing YOU. The process of acceptance and determination in Shannon's experience. When tragedy strikes - Shannon shares how grief helped her understand herself better and get back on track. You're not alone - you can make positive changes in your life. Shannon shares some of her non-scale victories. What's next for Shannon. Shannon's final words of wisdom for the Livy Loser community: Keep going forward! Follow our Livy Loser account on IG @LivyLosers and use #livyloserTo learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on Acast, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple,

and Amazon Music. Welcome to Spill the Tea. This community is so open and welcoming. People that don't even know you come in and say, you know, I've been there. I know how you're feeling. Hang in there. Losing weight, but gaining so much more. It is time to spill the tea, which means have very real conversations with very real members about their very real weight loss journey. Today, my guest is Shannon Knight-Wellness. She is 49. She hails from Binbrook, Ontario. She's a mother of two. She has that story, been trying to lose weight for 30 years. She is now down 53 pounds and only 30 away from her goal. There's a lot to get into with Shannon today. In fact, I don't even know

where to start. I'm so excited to have this conversation. She has a really interesting perspective on Disneyland. You know, I'm always talking about we're on the road, we're trying to get to Disneyland, but it's a lot easier said than done. And so I want to get right into this conversation. I don't want to I don't want to take up any more time introducing her. So let's bring her on and let's get into it. Welcome, Shannon. Hello. Hi. How are you? Good. How are you? I'm good. You mentioned my first love, so we're all good. Disneyland. Yeah. Disney world. Yeah. That's all me. Yeah. It's okay. It's all the same thing. Okay. So where should we start? There's a couple ends. There's, you know, your 30 year, we lost journey. There's like your journey on the living method. There's the Disneyland conversation. There's the conversation about your dad, which I'm so sorry to hear. There's also this, this core memory of when you were younger. And this is also where

you shared in your bio. Okay. Here's what I want to start with your battle versus journey on your bio. You say, you know, thank you for taking the time to hear all about my weight loss battle. I mean, journey. Isn't that everybody? That's our lives, right? Yeah. You're never you feel like you're never getting there. You feel like it's a constant fight.

But I guess now, yeah, it's more of a journey because now I feel like it's a constant fight but I I guess now yeah it's it's more of a journey because now I feel like it's okay I'm getting somewhere and I'm not worried about what the next step's going to be because I feel like it's more lined up now so I guess maybe because I've done this is I don't know program three or program four I've lost count but I know what the next step is and I know yeah there's time in between, but I'm not worried because we're going to get there. So I'm not as worried about the fight. I'm more about just one step at a time. Okay. So let's start about, let's start with how you got to this place. I mean, we can go back to the beginning. We can talk about some things that

you've dealt with along the way during your weight loss battle, but now that it's a journey, let's talk about Disneyland. Let's talk about your why, because, you know, I always talk about Disneyland. We're all on the road and we are trying to get to Disneyland, but then there's like taking the plane, fitting in the plane seat. Once you're there, fitting on the rides, like, let's talk about that. What's your story there? Let's, I think this is a great place to start so we bought in so I worked at Disney in Florida in 95 so this is my 30 year I'm actually doing a reunion in October oh fun so my my love is Disney World um so in 2008 we bought timeshare down there and it's like this is where my family vacations this is what we love love to do. And so in the last, I don't know, 20, 15 years, 20 years, all I've watched is photographs and I'm big into scrapbooking and whatever.

And I've watched my weight yo-yo and it's like a roller coaster. And it was horrendous to watch. And like to the point where three years ago four years ago i don't even know i lost track but i was in line for a ride and got rejected as i was getting on because it couldn't fit and i'm like mortified i'm crying i'm all upset i'm like okay this is this is not happening and this year for the first time ever i went back and i'm like okay i'm all upset. I'm like, okay, this is, this is not happening. And this year for the first time ever, I went back and I'm like, okay, I'm going to try it. My kid, my 21 year old is like, it's fine, mom. You're going to fit. Like you look amazing. He's like my, honestly,

my biggest cheerleader. And I'm like, I don't know. I don't think I can go through this again. If I don't fit, I'm going to like die right here. Like this is it. And I literally walked right on the ride. No hesitation, no issue. Nobody even looked at me twice. And I'm like, Oh my God, that was the biggest NSV I've ever had in my entire life. Like, it was just like, wow, I felt amazing. And if there's ever any reason to keep going, that was it. That was it. Well, I like that your why is to not be a bystander when your family was at Disney World. You wanted to do it. I don't want to hold the purse. I don't

want to hold anybody's purse. I don't want to watch the stroller. I want to ride the ride. I want to go through life where I'm riding the ride. I don't want to stand at the exit sign. That's not fun. Nobody wants to do that. Well, and it's interesting, I think, because Disney World is supposed to be the happiest place on earth. And there you are. You're not very happy about not being able to fit on the ride. Yeah. So sad and so upset. And yeah, I'm still there and I'm with my family, but it's not the same.

And you want to be part of it. You want to be part of your own life. You don't want to watch. Yeah. That's my biggest thing. And I'm so happy to be part of your own life. You don't want to watch. Yeah. That's, that's, that's my biggest thing. And I'm so happy to be where I am now. And so happy to know where I'm going. And like we've done in, since I started your program, this I've done two trips and the first one was after my first group and I was down 30 pounds and I, I kind of got off track while I was off away.

Cause I was like, no, I'm not going to ruin my vacation. I'm going to eat what I want to do. But I stayed more focused because I was terrified of falling back into old habits. And even though I'd done, you know, 12 weeks and I knew that I, once I got home and got back on track, I should be fine. I was terrified to lose everything. Whereas then I came home and I, I basically didn't gain while I was away. I was right on track. Now you're walking 20,000 steps a day. So that also helps. But this year when I went away, I was like, no, I'm going to, I'm going to eat the waffles. I'm going to eat the churro. I'm going to have the popcorn. I'm going to live my trip the way I want to. And then I'm going to come home and get back on track.

And again, I didn't gain. I was perfectly fine. Either one of the two pounds or three pounds I did gain was gone after a week when I got home and I thoroughly enjoyed my vacation and knew I didn't have to worry about it. And it's a different mindset than it was before. That was a hallelujah moment, I think. And with 30 pounds still to go, where are you at right now? What's going on with you right now?

This program's been a little tougher than normal. I've had super, super stress. But to be honest, I haven't, I think I've lost three pounds this program, but I'm still following if, if I can't get to the tweak and I can't do everything, I'm still following the basic food plan. So at the end of the day, not gaining. So I'm good with that. I know that regardless, if I haven't lost, you know, part of my 30, this town, I'm still on track doing what I need to do to get me to the next point and I know it'll come I just maybe at this point in my

life at this this point I think summer's hard anyway um there's always something to go to there's always something to do um but I'm so happy to just be on track, to just be me. So I love your approach with your vacation, right? I love your approach with like, this is what's going on. Let's talk about summer, right? Because, you know, we still have four solid weeks left of the program. People are nervous about summer. They're unsure. Like, what is your take on that?

How can you be so calm? Having, you know, be 30 pounds away from your goal, having lost a couple, really this program, summer's coming up. I mean, you're sitting here and you sound so confident. How did you get to feel like that? What is that about? Share that with us because we need to know. I think my biggest thing is that I just find consistency does it for me. If I know that, you know, these are the meals I need to have in a day and I'm going to do everything I can to pack my lunch, to go to work before, you know, before program, I would just fly by the seat of my pants. If I wanted a burger at lunch,

that's what I was going to get. Now I'm trying to, A, on Sundays, I'm trying to make a meal that I can keep the chicken so that I can add it to something for the week. I'm boiling my eggs to put them in the fridge so that I know that I have them for the week. So regardless of what I have on or what event is on, I've got some sort of plan to get me through. I do baking and I, and everybody laughs because I bake as a side business and I don't eat it. I don't even know what half of it tastes like, but everybody loves it. So I still do it. Um, but when I have bake sales and stuff, I'm still taking, I'm finding a way to pack a cooler bag to, to get me to the next step. So I don't have to worry about it. I don't worry about not having

my meals. There's zero reason why I'm missing a meal because I'm just packing it. I'm doing something little and portioning it out. And when I go to a restaurant for some God forsaken reason, now the first thing I look at is the salad menu. And I never dreamt I would do that before, but I've had some really amazing salads. They can be good and they can be hearty too, right? Nothing bugs me more than like the salad with just the, like the lettuce with like a cucumber and one tomato in it makes me crazy. Okay. Let's talk about your, so where was your mindset before? Why the living method? Why, where were you at before the living method? I think most of us have tried so many things and you know, we've done the, the, my mom, my mom and dad were always on a diet.

So my mom tried everything. And with it, so did I. Once I hit about 20, I think I was joining along just to do it. But nothing stuck. Nothing was, I mean, probably the go-to for everybody other than your program is the one that stuck the most. But it wasn't a lifelong, like I couldn't do it for life. I could, I'm not going to weigh everything. I'm not going to measure everything. I'm if, and if you don't do that, then you're not getting through. And I think

the biggest thing for me was, and the biggest mindset for me was I was holding back my, my, what I wanted. I wasn't having it so that I was saving it for something down the road. So then I was eating like a bird so that I could pig out at the end of the week because I could save my points. And I'm like, this isn't working. Like this is not working. It's the worst mindset ever. And after you've done it, after I had lost, I don't know, 40 pounds on it, I wasn't losing anymore and I didn't lose. And I just, it didn't work. It worked for so long because you were tricking your body into, okay, I can, I can do this. But it, once it hit,

once I hit a wall, I wasn't going anywhere. And then once you get frustrated and you've hit the wall, everything has gone back on. And then I gave up when you, so you say your parents always died. Did you look back? Do you do, were your, were your parents overweight or would like, was that a memory of yours? Um, yeah, my, well, my mom was, my dad was always heavy. Yeah. My mom was heavy until she retired, to be honest. And then she was walking like 20K or 10K a day. She just took up walking and the weight fell off. But she still, to this day, watches what she eats. And I mean, she has no reason to.

But I think my whole family has. I mean, my youngest sister was super heavy when she was little and now has multiple health issues and she's skinny as a rail. Um, but not for any reason other than she's, she's not well. Um, but it's just was a mindset in our family. And I think we just grew up that way. And that's what we've ever, somebody was always on a diet. And what about you? Do you, when you look back at when you were younger, do you, are you like, I didn't need to go on a diet?

Like what's. No way. Did I, there was no, I look at pictures and I'm like, what was I thinking? Oh, what I would do to look like that now. Yeah. Not worry about it. Like there was no reason, as I I said like the girl in high school who looked at me and said wow you have huge ankles and I'm like what are you talking about

but why people say things why it sticks with you I have no idea like it just it just does I think it does to all of us and it's terrible yeah I noticed you mentioned that so you're what grade 10 and you didn't like, you were, didn't ever thought about your weight until someone pointed out that you had, what was the word? Huge ankles. You were five, six, 165 to gymnastics, cheerleading, anything, but overweight. I was a captain of the cheerleading team. I have, have you ever seen a fat cheerleader? I'm sorry. That's just not happening. I'm sorry. That was just not happening.

There was no way. I don't even know what. Like, it doesn't make any sense. But then once she said it, then it's like, oh, maybe I do have big ankles. Maybe I do have big legs. And then once it's there, it's in your head. It's like, I don't know. It's an awful feeling.

Was there a time then, when did you gain the weight then? Obviously, at some point, weight started to come on. Yeah, I think to a point where I needed to lose, probably after my first child. Like when I, after I had my oldest, I could eat whatever I wanted through pregnancy because I had morning sickness so bad. Um, so then once I'd had him, I continued to eat whatever I wanted and the weight just stacked on. And I didn't, I was too tired. I was post-mortem, postpartum and just didn't want, didn't want to worry about it. And then by the time I'd had one and then packed on the weight,

I was pregnant again. And then back down the same road, I lost weight when I was pregnant because I was, I was sick. And then afterwards it was like, okay, I had gained probably 40 pounds and it's time to wake up and do something. So then the diet started and it was an endless cycle. And then, so, um, I'm assuming you did Weight Watchers just by talking about the point. Is that kind of the main one that you stuck with? Like, how would you, going back to that, like your journey was a battle versus, you know, your, it was a battle versus a journey. When did that change? I think your program changed that. I mean, honestly, like I was on a battle through, um, LA weight loss. I did, um, weight watchers. I did Jenny Craig. I think I did Jenny Craig twice, which God knows why, but, um, pre pre made meals are not for me. Um, but it was always whatever you could find, whatever you could, anything that would work, I would try it. Um, but I didn't stick

to it because I literally battled it. I would lose it. And then I would, I felt like I was great. And I felt like I knew what I was doing. And then the minute I stopped with the prepaid pre-made meals, I was done. I couldn't do it anymore. The minute any of the, anytime the structure was gone, I was done. And I, the structure wasn't something you could live with every day. It wasn't, it didn't teach you what to do. It just kind of gave you something to follow. And the minute you stopped doing it, you were, you were done. So I was done dawdling. Doesn't it seem crazy that it's less like you just kind of eat less exercise more

on some point. There's no structure to it. No. And who can do that? That you can't maintain that in real life. Like, I mean, it's great. I can go to the gym for two hours or every day or go with, but not everybody can do that. I can't starve the gym for two hours or every day or go with but not everybody can do that I can't starve myself for the rest of my life so that's not gonna work yeah so okay so so how did you hear about the program I think it was a Facebook group and it was just a local mom group and somebody was talking about what to do and somebody else had asked if anybody had tried it and I'm like huh and then kind of from there looked into it and now I know about just in in my hometown I must know 20 people that are on it and which is crazy to me and the number of people that

are like oh is that the program you're doing okay Okay. Well, I mean, I'm sure some of them are listening now. And it's really just famous in our little hometown. Oh, I love that. We'll have to go to your hometown one day. We'll have to go to your hometown. Absolutely. Okay. So I want to talk about your first program because from what I hear, you actually lost more weight in the back end than the front end. And I think it's such a relevant conversation for some of our members right now. So what was that like for you? What was your first experience? Where was your head at? How were you feeling?

So the first week I lost, I think I lost five pounds. And I was like, woohoo, this is, this is great. And then it kind of slowed down and it didn't really move. I lost one or two pounds over the next three or four weeks. And I was like, I think maybe by the time I hit week six, I was probably down eight pounds because I would go down a couple, then I would go back up. I'm like, okay, this is crazy. And you want to laugh

in week six I changed the battery in my scale because I'm like there's something wrong there is no way this is like I'm losing I can see I'm losing I look in the mirror and I'm losing I know there's something wrong I changed the battery in my scale and I'm like okay well that's not it okay it didn't. And then the next day it was like, so I must've been just into week seven. And I was so frustrated. I'm like, it's okay. I'm going to get through this. I'm doing the 12 weeks. I don't care if it doesn't work. Okay. Whatever. I'm going to follow the plan. I was eating better. I felt better. I looked better. And like two days after I changed the battery and the scale, and I don't think that

had anything to do with it, but all of a sudden I weight dropped another five pounds and I'm like, holy crap. Okay. Maybe this is working. And then it continued. Like from that point onward, I was going down three to five pounds. So like probably every week, week and a half. And there was constant movement. And yes, went down three, went up one, went down three, like it didn't go just a solid line down. But once you started seeing it move, you're like, Oh, wait a minute. I think Gina does know what she's talking about. So maybe we all know, we all know. I think it's, I think this is important conversation because did you change anything or was it just that you felt like, what did you think? Like, what was your reconcile? Like, how did you reconcile that? Was it like, Oh, I've

changed what I'm doing or just, this is just the time that I needed. Like there's so, there's so many people as we know who are in a similar situation. And at this point they're hanging on, there's four weeks off. What's the point? It's not working. It's whatever. I thought, I thought I was doing it wrong. Like, I'm like, okay, I can't be doing the tweak, right? I must be doing something wrong. Like, everybody else is losing, and I must be not doing this right. And then I think I just took a breath and I was like, okay, you know what? I don't think I can do this wrong. Like I'm not a stupid person. I know how to follow instructions and no matter what, even if I'm not doing it to perfection,

because nobody's going to get it right the first time, I'm still doing it a whole lot better than I would have been if I wasn't doing it at all. Yeah. So every step was just a step in the right direction. And once I took a step back and took a deep breath and realized that that's what I internally needed, it started to work. Well, you talk about a deep breath. You are literally a breath of fresh air. Like you're the way you are owning it and the way you are talking about it, like how, is there a way you can describe how you, what do you think the secret sauce for you getting to this mindset is? How do other people get to where you are at? I hate to be cliche, but just stop and, and, and smell the roses for goodness sakes.

Stop and realize what you're, it's, this is for you and you have to put your own time into you and nobody else is going to do it. So if you don't stop and put your time into you, who's gonna, because nobody else, I mean, I think my family's tired of seeing me do the yo-yo diet as much as I am. And I'm sure when they thought I started this, they thought, oh, God, here she goes again. Mom's going to be miserable. And this is going to, when's it going to end? And now I think they've come to realize that this isn't going to end.

This is me. And this is what it's going to be. Somebody at work asked me the one day is what it's going to be. Somebody at work asked me the one day I picked up a Timbit. I was in the office and I grabbed a Timbit out of the box and she looked at me and she went, what are you doing? We haven't seen you. Because I don't care because one Timbit's not going to kill me. But I never would have done that before. Never in a million years, because I was never calm around food enough to realize that, you know, if I do indulge here and there, who would have thought Timbit wasn't indulging? But if I did, then I'm okay, because I'm following the program. And I know what I want to do. And I know where I want to go and I'm going to get there because I'm not letting anybody stop me. Well, I believe you. I believe you. How did you, so let's talk about that piece

with the family. Cause you know, we hear this story, been trying to lose weight for 20 years, 30 years. Um, you know, there's a lot of parents out there mindful of having children, you know, friends that are like, Oh my God, here she goes again. Another diet. Some people afraid to even share with anybody that they're on a diet because of that. So can you can you talk a little bit more about those feelings? And you know, obviously, that was on your mind. And then how did you move through that? I think I just wanted I for my for my family. Now my kids are older, they're 21 and almost 22 and 19. And I wanted them to see me as healthy and them to realize. And I think that they knew that I had to do something for me. I'm

strong-willed. They know that if I want to do something, I'm going to do it. So I think my family, my friends knew that this is, this was me putting my, foot forward and and going on a mission so I never hid it as far as I was concerned everybody everybody at work knows I'm on here today I'm an administrator in a in an office everybody knows where I am today because everybody knows that this is me now and whether you like it or not this is is what you're getting. And I've never hidden that. Like I, they all saw me at my worst after I lost my dad. And I think that everybody realized that that was that when I saw the light of day and I knew I was going to get healthy, that I was getting there. And I didn't worry about it. Can we, do you mind if we talk about that for a second? Because I think,

you know, it's, so I know I recognize that. So your dad was diagnosed, um, your dad was diagnosed with, um, what was it?

What? Uh, brain, brain and lung cancer. Yeah. And lung cancer. Yeah. October.

Yeah. And then it's stage four. September. And then he passed the February in February yeah this was the fastest diagnosis like it just was a whirlwind so I don't know as I said I don't know what we ate during that five months we people took care of us people and as people do food is the kind of go-to um food, food and flowers. Um, so you don't know what to do for somebody. That's what you do. And so appreciated. I mean, I couldn't ask for better friends and family, but afterwards you sit back and

go, Oh my God. Like, I think I just ate myself through five months and what I couldn't have asked for anything more. So what else are you going to do? You got to put yourself first. And at that point you just got to put one foot in front of the other and get through it. So horrible time, but we're here. Well, it's, it's tough, right? Because it's one of those things because I, you know, people, as you know, they deal with grief while they're on the program.

And I think it factors in so much to their journeys because it can account for weight gain. It can account for weight loss and then gain. And the grief of that is incredibly difficult. And then there's that, you know, whenever anyone I think, you know, passes due to health issues, you must wonder, okay, and especially if it's a family member, like, like even when the kid's dad, as you know, passed away, they're like, well, do we have cancer? Are we going to get, or do we need dialysis? Like, are we like, you know, so that, that, that factors into that. Is it still a factory? Is it, did you, do you reflect back on that? Is it, is it part of your journey? A hundred percent. Um, he, when he first got diagnosed, he was, he was dieting and he all

of a sudden had lost a ton of weight. So my sisters and I were like, wow, that's like, he must be really dieting. Like he must be doing really well. And we all know when men file follow, follow a diet, they tend to like, the weight falls off. So we're like, wow, he's doing amazing. And then my sister, who's a nurse was like, I don't know if that's a diet. I don't know what's going on. But I think because we had watched him yo-yo diet for so many years, it was not a clear sign right away that something was wrong. Whereas if we hadn't watched that for so long, would it have been more obvious sooner? And we it gets me to want to go to the doctor, it gets me to want to watch my health, it gets me to want to take the

right step for me. Because I don't want to be going down that road. And I don't want my family to go through that. and my mom's the same way I mean you know she's what she's kind of sidelined done the program through me and she's she's she's so happy that she's so happy to see me at the at the point that I am that we're all kind of each other's cheerleaders. And for the health aspect, it makes us all feel better, which would make my dad so happy. Oh, I love that. I'm sure it would. And you know, this is why I love that you joined me today, because I think it's so and I say it all the time, like I can sit up here and tell people what to do. But I think it's not that people

need to be inspired. I think people need to know that they're not alone. And people need to know that you can have this too. And you can make big change. And you can make a difference. And your weight isn't a life sentence. And you don't have to do these big, sweeping, dramatic things. That's what I love about your attitude of like, okay, so I'm going on vacation. I had this stuff.

I loved it. So I had a Timbit that is not indulging by the way. No, it felt like it felt like it. Can, um, I want to talk about your, your, I want to talk about your health issues and what you've done from a non-scale, uh, victory, um, perspective, high blood pressure, knee issues, digestive issues, asthma before the Libby method, your doctor's now looking into getting you off your blood pressure meds, your borderline, not needing them, digestion improved. Like you feel like a complete new person. I mean, that is everything and more that I would want for someone. Yeah, I just, it's totally different.

Like my knees were at a point where I borderline wanted to get a wheelchair when I was at Disney. And now I'm walking like 20,000 steps. I'm more complaining because I was exhausted only because it's so many steps in a day, but not for no pain in knees or anything. And yet before, I don't know how I was getting through. And I mean, I'm going to be 50 this year. I don't feel old, but I did feel old. Like I thought, okay, how am I ever going to do this in 20 years? If I can't, you know, walk the parks now. And I don't want that. I don't want anybody to have to push that wheelchair.

And there's already too many scooters in the park. So I don't want to ride one of those either. So I've heard. So, so, so I've heard. Okay. Shannon, I'm cognizant of our time. I told you this before we even jumped on, I told Shannon, time goes by so quick. What's next for you? Like what's next for you? Well, I'm already signed up for the fall. Um, as I said, this program's not probably going as, as smoothly as I would like, but it's going and I'm okay with that. I'm getting through. I'm hoping that I can lose another 30, but we'll see. I feel good. And I'm just taking one step at a time. Um, I probably, I probably have another two or three groups in me minimum. And I don't even know then I'll stop. Cause I like being accountable to somebody. I like, I mean, I don't know how I get through the week without your videos and your online and watching your guest speakers.

I don't know. I was talking to whoever signed me in. And they're the voices of Dr. Dina. And honestly, it's the most amazing thing. I love your guest speakers. So I think I need your program. Sorry. I might need it for life.

So this one, I'm working on a maintenance program and the next program. So we're going to, we're going to transition you. I agree with you. I mean, I learned so much from my own guest experts. I think it's a wonderful place to be, and it's a wonderful supportive community to work through your journey, any journey, right? Like I, and I, and it's people like you who make it a part of that. So in knowing that you are from your small town and so many of them are doing the program and so many people are, you know, cheering you on, what would you like to say to our community keep going keep going look at

where you are look at what where you want to be and take a deep breath and keep moving um I don't need the graduation certificate that Dr. Bedverly was talking about this morning because I want to keep coming back I don't need it for the certificate. I need it for you and for this community. And if we're all like, we're all in it for a reason, we all want to be here for the same reason. And I think if you've got that need, you don't have to ask why you just keep coming and keep doing your best. You don't have to be perfect. Just do your best. Try to stick to the main, if nothing else, try to stick to the main plan and you'll get there. Yeah. I love it. I used to say you don't need a lifetime membership for weight loss, but maybe you need a lifetime membership into the

Libby loser club. I don't know. We might have to rethink that. Um, here's one from Joanne way to go. Your determination is very inspiring. Yeah, I absolutely adore you. Thank you so much for coming on. I adore you too, if you can't tell. And I'm here for you too. I am here for you. So please reach out at any time. I want to continue this conversation with you.

I would love to have you come back. Please come back. I'll be here. All right. It's a date. I'm going to hold you to it. Shannon, thanks so much for joining me today. Thank you very much.

Oh, my goodness. Man, I could have talked with all my guests. I literally, I could, you know, everyone I talk to, I literally could talk about this all day, every day. I just, so many, I think there's so many, Shannon has so many resonating points. How long she's been at it, you know, that that thing said to you when you're young, that just kind of sticks with you, you know, working through real life situations. And I love that she's on this journey and no longer

battling her weight. I thought her perspective was refreshing and super inspiring. So I just want to massive thanks. I honestly cannot thank our guests enough because it's not easy to sit up here and share. Okay. So this week we are revamping the food plan. Kim and I are going to get together tomorrow. We're going to talk about the tweak this week. And then Tanya Gelsomino is going to join us on Thursday. We're going to talk about body image, how to, the fact that you really are changing, not just physically, mentally, what's your style? Like, who are you now? How to dress your ever changing body, it's going to be so much more than what to wear. It's going to be a deeper conversation. And we are not done. We are we're going to be we're here all month. We're here for

the next four weeks. So make sure you stick around and have an amazing day. Thanks for joining me today. Bye everyone.