The Livy Method Podcast - The Reason You're Gaining the Weight Back Has Nothing to Do With Food
Episode Date: June 17, 2026Maintenance is supposed to be the finish line. So why does it feel like the starting line? In this episode, Gina Livy and Odette get into the real reasons people back slide and dig into why some peopl...e unconsciously gain their weight back to keep others comfortable, what the "bits and bites" slippery slope actually is (and isn't), and why finishing food you don't want is a habit worth breaking. Plus: a frank conversation about splitting meals, reading your hunger cues, and why your weight on the scale is almost never the whole story.This episode aligns with day 59 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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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 gLP ones? I mean, let's talk about it.
No bullshit, no wellness wankery here because we're trying to make real change and change is hard. But we're in this together. Welcome to the Livy Method podcast.
Time to get motivated. Hi. Hi. Hi. You're in your
Do we call it soccer or football gear?
Well, I'm, I call it soccer.
But yeah, football.
So Portugal's first game is today at 2 o'clock.
Oh, where are they playing?
They are playing against the Congo.
Oh, okay.
The Republic of Congo today.
So, I mean, they're not favored to win this tournament, but you never know.
It could go anyway.
I just love, you know, I love people rooting for their country and being proud of their country.
and, you know, I, and their roots and their families.
And I just, I think it's amazing.
I think it's great.
Yeah, it's fun.
It's a whole family thing over here for sure.
You know, we have our flag outside and my son's wearing a bracelet.
I mean, so, yeah, we're here for it.
I remember this team, Portuguese team, they don't traditionally have a lot of these big
tournament wins.
They have won from like 10 years ago in the Euro Cup.
And it was all, just a whole thing.
We come together.
your community comes together and it's yeah it's like fighting yeah the Portuguese folk know how to party
when I used to work at this um it was like a trailer park in Musselman's Lake um and it was like a
big Portuguese community and they used to have the street festival every year Sean Desmond would come
and his family had a trailer there and they'd sing and um that's where my love of Portuguese hearts came from
Yes, but we just had Portugal Day, National Portugal Day, like about a week ago.
So that was another big one.
And I'm sure the streets of Toronto are shut down.
And maybe Montreal and maybe Vancouver too, but Toronto for sure, they'll have the streets shut down.
So it'll be a good time.
I love it.
Okay.
Let's get into it.
Oh, God.
My live was a shit show last night.
I don't know what is going on with my connection.
I have like two, like I have a backup.
And when Tony tests my connection, it's fine.
So I don't know what's going on, but it was like so, I don't know, it was Facebook or just me.
It was so glitchy.
Oh, it was so disheartening.
But some really great questions.
Yes.
That I wanted to address.
One was someone talking about how they were trying maintenance.
And let me go back.
You sent it to me yesterday where they were trying maintenance.
But I've been trying maintenance and struggling.
If I can switch to the weight loss plan, can I start the plan from the beginning?
I mean, starting it and whatever, it's a whole other, like, logistical thing.
But I was like, where's this coming from this concept of trying maintenance, right?
Like, you are in maintenance.
You are either trying to work to maintain your weight or if you feel like whatever reason you want to go back and lose weight.
Like, you can absolutely do that.
The thing I thought was really interesting is the tweaks are the same.
Yeah.
Right.
So it's really all about the intention, trying to lose weight, as you know, is it completely.
different from being in maintenance and then working through all the stuff that comes up while you
are trying to maintain your weight. But as if you think about it, the tweaks are exactly the same.
So what is going back and doing the weight loss program going to do for you that that's different
from what you're doing here? I thought that was really interesting. I thought was a great question.
I just thought it was really interesting. Yeah, I think it's that it's that comfort level too.
It's that familiarity.
Like, well, I know what to expect in the weight loss group.
I know I'm comfortable there.
I know what I'm doing.
And they haven't fully maybe embraced transitioning or moving on or letting go of something
that they know for something that is unfamiliar because that's uncomfortable.
That's scary.
They say, well, I gave it a try.
I gave it a try.
It didn't work for me.
You know, that's easier to say than I gave it a try and I had to dig a little deeper and
maybe I failed a little bit and, you know, it's safer to just say that I tried and it didn't work
versus I tried and I had to, you know, work through some big things. So maybe going back there
feels comfortable, feels familiar, feels like it works for me. I know I can stay here. I know I can do
it. And I'm not feeling secure enough to move into that transitional spot yet. Yeah, because I was talking to
Ruth earlier in the day and she was sharing a conversation about someone she had spoken to and they'd
gained weight back. And she's like, what was that all about? Last time I spoke to you,
you were really confident that you knew what you needed to do. And they were like, yeah,
but there was someone in their lives who was important to them and wasn't comfortable with
the fact that they had lost weight. So essentially they gained their weight back to make someone else
feel comfortable. And I was like, whoa, that like goes to show like the deep kind of work
that, you know, you need to do here in maintenance.
which is so different than what we do in weight loss.
Like you can become a person who's constantly losing weight and people,
people get used to that.
And then what happens when you can come with this person who's like,
you've done it and it's just who you are now.
Like that's, it's hard for other people.
And then that can make it hard for us.
It can make it hard for us because we don't want to feel like we are not as special
or not as worthy now to them.
or that they see us with different eyes and different eyes that are not necessarily reflective of how
we actually feel.
Like, you know, think like, oh, my gosh, my friend thinks of me in this way or my friend sees me
in this way.
And I don't want them to feel like that.
I don't want to burden them.
You know, I want them to still be joyful and happy and see me as the same person.
So maybe I should go back to being that same person.
Maybe this change wasn't worth it.
You know, I think that can be really difficult, too, especially in the very beginning.
or if it's new or if we're just encountering these people for the first time.
And navigating these relationships is hard.
It's difficult.
And because you don't want to let them go.
You're not ready maybe to let them go yet or to have them change.
But maybe you're not, you just not in that mindset yet where it seems worth it to you at this point.
Yeah.
And you have to live your life for you.
You can't be living your life for other people.
One of the other things that we talked about was bites a bits.
letting those bites in, that slippery slope.
I see that you have that on your list today to talk about.
Yeah.
So last night, so the live that you did, so while you were freezing,
the audio came through very clear.
So we were able to pick up.
Yeah.
So I think there was just one time where it cut off a little bit.
It was right around this area.
So I wanted to pick this back up again.
So yeah, this slippery slope of the bits and bites.
And why, like, why does it feel slippery?
You know, is it just because this, we still have this, this trigger of old habits coming back?
Or is it because this is how it started for you last time again, where you let those bits and bites in and those bits and bites turned into more and more and more and more.
Is it like, oh, I had a bit and bite in the afternoon.
So I'll just have another one at dinner.
You know, it's almost like we're, it's almost like there could also be testing themselves.
Like, let me see how far I can push it.
Is that the, is that the slippery slope?
Let me see how much I can push it before it gets the point where I have to bring it back in again.
I think there's a lot to unpack with this, it being a slippery slope and what makes it a slippery slope.
It's, gosh, it's seeing the slippery slope, I think, is falling back into old habits.
That's that mind, not being mindful.
Like, right, what are the reasons why people gain their weight back?
One, they don't give their body time to adjust through their new weight.
So there was a bit of that too.
Like you are either following the program as designed or you are personalizing the plan.
Right?
And that's we're going to be personalizing the plan and introducing it in the last couple weeks of the program.
So not giving your body time to adjust your new weight.
That's the problem with bites of bits.
If you're like newly lost your weight, this is your first round of maintenance and you're letting the bites of bits in, stop it.
Fucking stop it right now because you don't want to challenge your body.
That's not what you want.
causing inflammation, causing this, causing that, whatever,
constantly back on track.
You want to give your body times or like really create a new set point here, right?
Because people don't do that.
They go back and do old habits.
That causes a slippery slope.
Situational change.
So you lose your job.
You know, something happens.
It's dramatic.
It's life shaking, shattering.
And you go back and old coping mechanisms, back and old habits, not being mindful, right?
Mindlessly eating.
not giving thought to your portions, not listening to Body's cues, back into old habits.
So the slippery slope is it is throwing you back into old habits before you know it.
You're just living there again.
And you were a product, byproduct of that lifestyle.
So that's the slippery slope is the big slide back into old habits, which caused you
to gain all that weight in the first place, which means you keep staying there.
You keep going there.
You are going to gain your weight back because you're just going to keep doing the same things that
cause you to gain weight in the first place.
So that's the slippery slope.
I think with the bites of bits.
It might be different.
Like, is it just because it's spring and you've been at a few barbecues?
It's, do you know, like, like, what part is it, is it the season?
Like, would you call it a slippery slope?
It was the holidays.
Like, I'm thinking about, you know, like Christmas time, you know, trying to think of
the other holidays included in there.
But that, you know, the holiday season.
So if you were indulging here and there in the holiday season, would you think that's a slippery slope or is that just related to the time of year?
So I think I think you have to kind of be like, is it a slippery slope or is it just like I went to a couple of barbecues and I found myself?
I'm being more social and leaving the house. So I'm having a few more bites of bits there, right?
Yeah. And I think it's how do those bites and bits translate outside of like where are those, like you said, where are those bits and bites happening? Are they happening in these social events? Is it translating more into that every day?
You know, like you said, you're slipping back to old habits.
And, you know, if this is your first time through the maintenance program, like you said,
you don't want to be challenging your body right now.
And you also don't want to be challenging your mindset, right?
You don't want, we're trying to overcome those beliefs.
We're trying to overcome that fear.
We're trying to build trust and confidence.
And then when those bits and bites are continually happening and we're reinforcing those
habits we were trying to let go, that's also going to play into your mindset,
into that, well, this is too hard.
Well, I'm going to give up.
Well, this is, you know, I can't do this forever.
So you don't want to challenge your body,
but you also don't want to challenge your mindset at the same time.
Yeah.
Yeah, I hear you.
I'm just reading the comments.
Sue is with me.
She's like, oops, it's starting to freeze.
Yeah, no, she's good.
Yeah, you guys are good.
Maybe it's not me.
We're good.
We're good.
I also, it might be a setting that I changed to,
I don't know.
I have found that while I'm in the maintenance,
group, although the food plan is the same, the mindset is very different. This has been the biggest
challenge for me because transition is uncomfortable and change can be daunting, but it isn't in that
discomfort. It's in that discomfort where real change happens. That's exactly it. I'm currently in my
5 to 10 pound range, but on the higher end, I've been so focused on that 10 pounds that I've been
missing the bigger picture that I have kept off 80% of the weight I lost over two years ago.
Kim, that is amazing. That is huge and we're celebrating.
maintenance has helped me look at this journey in a more holistic way. And that's that you are in,
you, this is what you're doing. What is happening in your life that's causing you to be in the higher end?
There'll be times in your life where it's easier to be in the lower end, right? Like, sometimes we're
happier in the higher end because like, you know, whatever we got going on. And then sometimes we're
happier and more, we have more time. Maybe we're working out. Maybe we're eating healthy.
Maybe it's a different time of year that makes it easy for us. So that is exactly it. You don't gain your
weight back and not notice. So if you're starting to gain your weight back, you have to be like,
what is this about? And it might not just be the bites of bits. It might be the stress you have going on
right now. What's happening with your sleep, for example, maybe you have an injury. You're not being as
active. Like that's where you have to be that big picture, that bigger pitcher, right? That's where you got
to take a look at that bigger picture and be like, okay, what is going on here? Where does my
body need my support? Your weight gain is just, it's a message.
Right? It's just, it's a sign. It's a message that something is unbalanced. You should be able to kind of stay within that range. And if you're if you're one way or the other, there's something off. And then what is it? Right. And foods are, foods, healthy, nutrient, foods do not cause you to gain weight. Even if you are overeating your broccoli, overeating your steak, those foods do not cause you to gain weight. There are obviously ultra-process foods that cause your body to relax.
react inflammation um you know you you couple that with messing with sleep and then you're you're
hungrier and you're overeating those ultra-processed foods but good healthy food in general does not
make you gain weight right neither does eating at night make you gain weight um directly so what
is it and what's going on and this is where if you can't figure it out and you know something is off
go to your doctor right get your blood work done maybe all of a sudden you're going through menopause
is, you know, like, what is it? That's where you get to know your body best.
Yeah. And I think, you know, when we're talking about like real weight gain and where that's
coming from and what's happening and yeah, it's not these these nutrient dense foods and
following the food plan and, you know, staying hydrated and getting good sleep. But weight's going
to come back like you said for other reasons. And you will always, you can always, if you just
take a minute, you'll know why. Is it because my portions are creeping up of the foods that,
of those bits and bites and that sort of thing? You know,
know, am I finding myself eating past satisfaction more often? You know, am I, am I eating mindlessly
just, you know, in front of the TV or out and about or whatever it might be? So it's all of those
things that that could be happening. And then in turn, that's affecting your sleep. That is affecting
your, you know, your hormone levels. And it affects everything. It affects your mood.
It affects everything. So yeah, if you are finding that that weight is coming back, there is a
reason. It's just about getting really curious about it and what else might be going on.
Yeah. Here's Judy. I've been in maintenance for every year, so I'm gradually trying to add more foods, but I have to be careful that I don't add too much. Like, and what are those foods you're trying to add in? And here's the end. That's so true. You have to give your body time to stabilize at your goal weight. Yeah, you do. You need to allow your body time to adjust to your new weight. That can take up to two years for your body to adjust to your new weight. Where is that? I did that last couple of months doing bites of bits because I thought it would be fine. But I noticed that I was starting.
to gain, I have been in maintenance for a while now.
Yeah, and this is like, are you actually gaining or are you still weighing every day where you
are picking up on those fluctuations, right?
Like if I was to go eat a bagel, if I was going to bagel and got on the scale, my weight
would be up, not because I gain weight, but when you consume carbohydrates like breads and
pastas, they require more water for your body to process.
And therefore, your body will retain water and your weight will be up.
Right?
Like that bagel didn't actually cause me to gain real fat.
It's just my weight is up.
Plus with the heat, your weight can be up.
Plus, if you started working out, your muscles are sore, your weight can be up.
So there could be a lot of things that you're adding in or doing have nothing to do with
real weight gain.
But if you're checking in on the scale every day, you're seeing those natural fluctuations
happening, right?
That's why it's a great idea to guess your weight before you get on this scale.
So you have an idea of like, what do I think my weight is today based on how I'm feeling?
And then when you do it based on how you're feeling, you can connect the dots of the choices that you're making or what's going on, right?
So, yeah, like I went away to a girl's weekend on the weekend and I had like a lived off charcutory boards and, and booze.
And oh, my God, I didn't even need to get on the scale on Monday because I would have guessed my weight was up like seven pounds easy, you know, because my bowel movements were off.
and it was, you know, and I was super active.
Like I drunk danced for like, you know, six hours straight, like actually recorded on my aura ring.
So I, and I golfed and I swam.
So I was active, but my weight was way up.
So that's sort of like where you're going to be like, what is going on?
And then what are those bites of bits?
Is it cheesies?
Is it chips?
Is it ice cream?
Is it whatever?
Those always caused your weight to fluctuate, right?
So just being mindful.
And I don't know if that's like adding them back in.
Like your body will never want a bagel for breakfast.
Like it's never a good choice.
It's always going to have you bloated craving carbs the rest of the day.
Like so what is your sense of adding that is is adding back in reminiscent of how you used to eat before?
Then that's a problem.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
Because you don't.
If these were foods that you felt were restricted before or foods that you had to avoid.
before and now you're adding them in just because, you know, well, if I'm not, I don't need to
restrict anymore. These are foods that you want to make sure that you, like you said, that your
body actually wants. I think same goes with the bits and bites. Like, do you actually want them?
Like, do you actually want these bits and bites? Or is it because of the situation you're in,
what everybody else is? So I'm going to as well. I feel like I should because everybody else is.
I think that it can work that way as well. Like, you don't have to add in the bits and bites. If you
want to, you can. But I think when we're also adding in bits and bites, I know I was thinking about
ice cream. I don't know. It just came to my mind, this ice cream that, you know, you're like,
oh, I want to have this ice cream. I want to have these bits and bites and you get it. And then
do you think, well, now I have to finish it? You know, I have to have the whole thing where maybe
you could just have, you know, one bite or two bites. And then take a minute, ask yourself,
how do I feel right now? Do I need to finish it?
or am I good? You know, I think that's also important to remember that the bits and bites don't have
to be in all or nothing. It can also be like just having a bite, a taste, you know, and then being
real with yourself, do I want to have more? Yeah, I really do. Okay, go for it. Or no, actually,
I just wanted to have that one little bit and I'm good. I think it's when we think of those bits and bites
and adding foods in, it's almost like, well, I have to finish it. I have to have all of it. I have to,
you know, because it's going to go away again or I'm not going to, it's going to be restricted again.
I think if we just look at those bits and bites as just something that's there, you can have it or not,
it doesn't have to be all or nothing. You know, we can take that restriction, that deprivation,
that label of a treat or an indulgence or bad food off of it. And it just makes it easier to navigate,
easier to handle at the same time. Yeah, your body is not a garbage can.
Yeah. Isn't that interesting?
it's think about that for a second because that may sound really harsh right but it's true your body's not a
garbage can and so let's say you someone brings in donuts and you want a donut and you eat you take a bite
it's delicious you eat that second bite and then you're kind of good yeah how do you feel if you don't
eat the rest of that donut how do other people feel if you just left that donut sitting there
oh my god you're wasting that look at her she took two bites you're wasting that we're taught
that we're wasting it, but you eating the rest of this donut is not saving anything or anyone.
And we need to normalize taking two bites of the donut and feeling worthy of having that donut
for what it's meant to give us and then be like, I don't want the rest and then toss it in
the garbage or toss it in the green bin or cut to a small, cut it in half and leave half for
somebody else. You know, I had a popsicle yesterday and that's one of the things. You
open up like a big Johnny Rocket or whatever it's called and you want to have it.
But halfway through like, how many of those have you had?
We're halfway through.
You're just like, oh, I kind of just don't even want this anymore.
But you don't want to throw it out because that's a waste.
And you don't want to give it to anyone else because you just lick the crap out of it.
Your goobers are everywhere on it.
So, but we feel so bad throwing it out.
Like we do that so often.
It's pretty messed up.
Yeah.
When you think about it.
And so that's what we're kind of.
fighting naturally is that trying to not feel like we're wasting food just because we,
you know, we had two bites and we've had enough, right? You know, same thing in restaurants.
Like this is why I always get stuff to go because give me that to go box, right? Because I'm
taking it all home. Half the times I don't even eat it. But yeah, like this is the kind of,
this is the kind of stuff you've got to get into with maintenance.
Mm-hmm.
Is being able to get to that place. Yeah. Being able to get to that place and being able to have those
conversations with yourself and being okay with that. I think that was what we said on Monday, too.
Like, you're not doing the things just because you have to do them. You're going to,
you have to do them and you have to be okay with it at the same time. You have to know,
that it's okay, that it's not, you know, whether that pressure is coming from outside,
whether it's coming from internal, your surroundings, the people around you, you've got to
be okay with saying those things to yourself. And that's hard. That's hard to do.
It is. My goodness, it takes a lot of brain work. I want to also talk about the splitting up the meals
and snacks that people are going to do tomorrow because there were a couple concerns of people
who separated their proteins from their carbs. And then because they didn't want to eat,
they were not hungry for the second part of the carbs, were concerned about not getting in
their vegetables or leafy greens. So one, I want to remind you, your leafy greens can go either
way. So you can have your leafy greens with your protein. But it was interesting because the takeaway
was, oh my gosh, it's not good for me. I'm missing my veggies. I'm not whatever. And not going to
why are you satisfied on just the protein?
And that's not very balanced, right?
So that's where you might want to look at the serving of protein that you're having.
Because one of the things people are doing now are just trying to get there 30 grams of protein in.
And eating more protein than you need is not beneficial.
And this is sort of where if I take the same meal, like say, you know, broccoli and chicken and a side salad.
and I ate the chicken and I'm satisfied after the chicken and not hungry at all for my,
you know, my vegetables and my salad.
Way too much chicken for me.
Mm-hmm.
Way too much chicken for me, right?
So it's not like, oh, my God, what do I do?
I can't get my veggies and leafy greens in.
It's like tomorrow, eat like half the protein and then leave yourself hungry for those veggies,
right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I thought that was interesting that that was the go-to for people.
And it was more than one too, right?
It was more than one member that said that, that they were, they found that that's what was happening.
And this is such an important point about looking at that portion size, looking at the amount of, of that first half.
Yes, it might physically look like half.
And it's not just about taking only the protein off the plate and like, oh, that's half.
You know, so it's really about looking at what that protein size is, whatever it might be,
and understanding if it is too much for you.
And then being able to have those because you want to be able to have a little bit of all the
components, right?
That is what bounce or else.
We're all going through life just eating chicken.
I mean,
we don't want to do that because that's what we're satisfied on.
So it really is about looking at that portion as a whole.
Yeah.
And I just want to say before you go into your appointment is that people are concerned about
their portions being too small.
But remember you're eating like six times a day.
And as we go towards the end of the program, we're going to be personalized a plan
where you might just end up having breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
because you're not hungry for your snacks in which then you're you might find your breakfast
and lunch and dinner portions are bigger right like this is like it would make sense at the end of the
day you're not really hungry for dinner when you've eaten already so often good nutrient rich foods
throughout the day right and again it's that concept that this bigger meal for lunch and dinner
and breakfast or whatever that we don't need more food at a certain time just because it's lunch
or dinner we need more food that's not how the body works it only takes it what it needs at the time right
So don't be afraid to have those small, if you're not all that hungry for your meals,
because you are, it's how you eat throughout the day and what you're eating throughout the day,
not just at those meals.
And then that might change later on as we go.
So what's right?
What were you going to say?
No, I was going to say about the splitting of the meals and snacks too is the approach going
into the second time that we're doing it because we were also reading some comments like,
well, I only, I knew I was going to have a busy day, so I only split my dinner.
I knew I was going to only be able to split lunch.
And I just wanted to bring up the point, like, let's just be in the moment with feeding the metabolism.
Like, yes, we want to have a plan.
We know that this is the plan.
You have six opportunities to do it.
You don't have to do it.
But don't make that decision ahead of time.
Because if you go into the day saying, well, I'm only going to split my dinner today,
but you actually have opportunities throughout the day to split those other meals and snacks,
lean into that.
Like, don't have it set in your mind that you can only, you can only,
do one that, you know, this is all that I can think about today. Because in the moment, you
might realize that you can split more than just one meal or one snack of that one day. And it
might only happen that you can only do one. And that's okay because that was, you know,
you made that intentional decision at each meal and snack time. Check in with yourself at each meal
and snack time. You might find that you can do your fruit snack. You might find that you can do
your lunch as well. So I think that this was important for any time, not just feeding the metabolism.
Yeah. You know, you have an event coming up and you're like, oh, it's a lot.
going to be, I'm only going to do this. This is my plan. I'm only going to do this. I'm not going to be
able to pivot or, you know, just be in the moment with it. So this is a lesson learned for that as well.
So just, you know, have a plan, of course, but be open to pivoting in the moment and and seeing what
happens at those times. Yeah, that's what all of this is just about being in the moment, right? So
if you can be in the moment with this, it teaches you to be in the moment of life. That's like,
you should always just be in the moment, not in the past, not in the future, just exactly where you were at and what
you need. So this, this is practicing doing that. And this is rewiring your brain to be in the
moment with everything that you're doing. So I love that take O'Dadette. Before we go, I just want to
shout up Michelle who just had her appendix removed yesterday. Looking at my balloon tummy worries me
on the scale. Oh gosh, you're going to so pumped up full of stuff that you, yeah, your body's
got to be bloated and inflamed and sore and all that. What's so exciting is how healthy you've been
leading up to. You should have a great recovery. And just think about the foods that you eat.
give your body the nutrients it needs to repair and rebuild and regenerate and rejuvenate, right?
Like what is in the foods that I'm eating that's giving my body the resources to make change?
That's one of the things we don't think about is like like the food that we, just because you can eat
it doesn't mean you should be eat it or it's designed for us to eat it, right?
Like cows have this like four compartment stomach for breaking down grass, but we feed them soy
and a bunch of other shit just because they can.
It doesn't corn, right?
just because they can doesn't mean they should.
And we're the same.
Just because we can doesn't mean that we should.
And like what are these foods doing to our bodies?
And I'm not here to vilify.
I love my chippies and stuff too, right?
But yeah, give the body the foods, the nutrients it needs to make change.
And that can be your focus is healing.
And then that will, before you know it, any weight that's up on the scale,
it's going to come right back down.
Where am I at?
What does my body need?
Right.
So wishing you a speedy recovery there.
Hi, Valerie.
Hi, Valerie.
who are you? Valerie, she's an OG. She's been here for a while. She is. It took me years after
hitting my goal to figure out how to listen to what the right portions were for me, especially
after years of dieting a lot. I lost easy and on this awesome plan, but the work after was
truly the work for me finally there and so happy. We're all very different patients.
Yeah. And look at Valerie checking in three years later just to say hello, you know,
like that's what this community is for to. Just, you know, it's here when you need it. So one thing I
want to say to Michelle if this makes her feel any better. So Michelle, when I had my first child,
he was seven pounds and 11 ounces. And I came out of the hospital almost nine pounds heavier
after having my baby because I was so pumped full of fluids. So I just had the seven pound baby
and I actually left nine pounds heavier than when I came in. So your body is good. Your body is doing
what it needs to do. And I was one of those two of those on the scale. I wanted to know, you know,
what's going on here. So don't be worried, Michelle, and your body is doing what it needs to do.
It's healing. And you'll feel good. You got this. You got this. Take care of you.
Okay. Thanks, everyone for joining me. Sorry about my glitches last night. I fucking hate Facebook sometimes. God, it's name. Yes. But I digress. It's nice to be here with you today. The rest of the week. Words for anyone.
Yeah. We have Andrew Blakey joining us tomorrow at 10 a.m. We're going to get into the real talk about fitness. Like what is what how much.
What do we really have to do to make it matter?
Do we have to lift heavy shit?
Do we have to throw things around?
What is this zone to?
What does this mean?
We're going to get into it and just give people really,
really great info to take away to make the most of their movement.
Don't love it.
We're going to get into it.
Yeah.
Good.
Cool.
And feeding me.
It starts tomorrow.
All right.
I asked how much the appendix weighed.
I think.
I don't know, sir.
Yeah.
All right. Have a great day, everyone. Thanks for joining us. Thanks, Annette.
