The Livy Method Podcast - The Tweak This Week - Fall 2024 - Week 7

Episode Date: October 30, 2024

Join Gina and Program Manager Kim as they break down and dig into the tweak we see in week 7 of The Livy Method. This is the live recording from October 30th, 2024.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodfall2024Topics covered:How are members feeling this week? – discomfort is the theme.What if the second portion is cold?Discussing the guidelines for Feeding the Metabolism.Discussing levelling up and splitting the proteins from the carbs.What about the star of the meal?What are all the different sources of carbohydrates?Don’t leave heavier carbs out if your body is asking for them.You don’t have to split every meal or snack.Can we drink in between meal portions?What if you’re not hungry for the second portion?Sometimes, the food becomes less appealing when you’re already satisfied.The difference between your wants and your body’s needs.How do you know you’re eating enough?Discussing warm vs cold food.Feeding the Metabolism happens again next week.We want you to let us know how it goes for the next 4 days.To learn more about the Livy Method, or to sign up for our Winter 2025 Program, 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. It's a whole new week. It's a whole new tweak. It's one of my favorites, feeding the metabolism. But man, people can be very polarizing about the tweak this week. Some people love it. Some people hate it. They're annoyed by it. So let's talk about it. Joining me as always is Kim. She is the manager of the weight loss program. And why is she here? Because every single day she has her pulse on what is happening or you have your pulse or you're on the pulse. I don't know what that fucking saying is, but you know what's going on. You know, the questions that members are asking, you know what they need to know, you know how they're feeling. So talk to me. Hi. Hi. Yeah, this, I mean, this tweak is a little bit different in that we don't start it till tomorrow. So I feel like it's been pretty quiet, which to me is really good because in the past,

people have started the tweak on Monday, not really reading through and understanding, and then asked all these questions and saying they're not doing it wrong before Wednesday. And now they're like, obviously not doing that. So that must mean that everybody is actually holding off until tomorrow. I have to admit that I also get very confused about whether it starts Wednesday or Thursday, no matter how many times I do the program, no matter how many times I put the post in the guides and read it. I'm like, what day is it? Should we start today? But we don't start till tomorrow. So I think there are a few people though, definitely the discomfort I would say is the theme with this.

There's all of that future tripping of like, well, what if my, I go to eat my second portion and it's cold. What if I only get a half an hour for lunch and I can't put those two portions in? What if, but we haven't had a lot of people asking if they can switch days or if they can start early or if they should do it. So I feel like this is a win for us. I feel like people are getting it. They're reading the information. That's a win. Well, I can see how people are new to the program. Be like, what the fuck is this? Again, everything has a rhyme and a reason. Whether you start today

or Thursday, same, same, but different, you know, it's not going to be make or break or whatever. And yes, you can't switch the days around. There's a rhyme and a reason to that as well. But maybe same same but different you know um it's not going to be make or break or whatever and yes you can't switch the days around there's a rhyme and a reason to that as well but maybe this has to do with our conversation we had last week when we gave people a sneak peek at this tweak i think um it can be very polarizing because people are like oh my gosh we have to eat even more i don't have time for this this is already a lot so just remind people it is worth doing. It's only four days or three days. Four days? Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Four days. It's only four days. And then on Monday, we're back to satisfaction again. It's really cool when you take the pressure

off like you had in downsizing and the feels I can come up with that, how you can view and experience how your body's responding to the portions you're consuming when you know you have that second portion to eat later. In terms of food being cold, we eat our food cold all the time. Come on now, let's not overthink this. Do you know what I'm literally eating cold soup because I had soup earlier and I didn't get a chance to finish it. So now my soup is cold and I'm going to eat it cold. And it's not even the splitting up the meals and snacks part of this week. Or to your point, I started eating this about a half hour ago. I got into some meetings and some calls and got sidetracked and now I'm going to finish it. So

kind of no different than the splitting up the meals and snacks part of the tweak. This is where you could though give some thought to the kinds of meals that you are preparing to make it easy to split those up. You can always reheat, microwave, or put something together that you don't mind eating cold, that type of thing. If and when you can. Even if you can't split up all your meals and snacks, just a couple of them is totally fine.

If you can't split up any meals and snacks for whatever reason, just following the basic food plan is enough and you should still expect the scale to move with that. Again, just a reminder, these tweaks are meant to just kind of dig in a little bit more, to bring up the feels, to approach portions, especially from a different angle and to keep things progressing, progressing, but you're not going to be always able to do all the things and that's okay. You're doing enough just with the basic food plan. Yes. Okay. Exactly. Let's get into it. Let's get into feeding the metabolism. How it works. Okay. So, um, the last couple of days you have

been just going back, following the basic food plan and eating enough. So you're walking away feeling satisfied and not stuffed. Now, literally nothing changes. Let's just say you just recreate the last three days for the next three days. Let's just say you eat exactly the same thing. You do not have to eat exactly the same thing, but let's just say you take exactly what you're having for breakfast, for lunch, for dinner, snacks, if you're going to split up meals and snacks. And you take, for example, what you had for lunch today, and you simply split it in two. Now, I had soup today. And so I can just have the first portion and then eat the second portion. Separating the proteins and fats, which we'll talk about in a second,

it gets a little bit more difficult. I don't want anyone eating their soup trying to pick out the little protein bits. And you know what I mean? Let's not do weird shit. But let's say you took whatever you took for your lunch today. You're simply going to split it in two, right? And so you're not going to overthink how much you're making for yourself, just like you didn't overthink how much you're making for your lunch today. You just made your

lunch, right? You mindfully asked those four questions and you ate it. So you're going to take exactly, you're going to do exactly the same thing. You're literally going to take your portion, you're going to split it in two. You're going to mindfully eat the first portion. You're going to ask the four sets of mindful eating, and then you're going to wait 20 minutes, half hour. Now, 15 is okay. You know, 35, 40 is okay. But, you know, if you don't have at least 15 minutes to split, probably just mindfully eat that one portion.

And if you're going to, if you can't get that second portion in for like an hour, you might as well just eat that one portion, right? So if you can, wait 20 minutes, 30 minutes. Then you're going to eat the second portion. If you're not hungry for it, you still need to eat a token amount of it. If you are hungry for it, you're going to ask the four sets of mindful eating questions again, and eat just enough so that you're walking away 10, 15 minutes later from that portion that you're feeling satisfied and not stuffed. Now, what's going to happen is that chances are when you separate, you're going to eat that first portion. And after you wait 20 minutes,

30 minutes, and you know, you can have that second portion, you're probably not going to be all that hungry for it. Still, of course, have those token amounts and it's still okay if you are hungry for it. Now, there might even be a scenario where you take that meal, you eat the first portion, right? You wait that 20, 30 minutes, you do exactly the same thing you've been doing. Split your meal in two, ask the questions, wait 20 minutes, 30 minutes. That's it. If you're not hungry, still have a token amount. If you are hungry, ask the four questions, eat just enough so you walk away feeling satisfied and nonstop. Now, if you are interested in leveling up this tweak even more, you're going to take exactly what you've been having and you're going to separate your proteins from your carbohydrates. Your fats and leafy greens can go either way. Okay. You're going to eat that first portion of your protein and you're going to wait 20 to 30

minutes and then you're going to eat that second portion of your carbohydrates. This is going to help you understand how eating the proteins and fats feed into your satiety hormones and just hit you a little differently when you separate the proteins from the carbs. You do not have to do that part of it. That part is really the setup and the lead up and the opportunity to dig in a little bit deeper for the tweak that's coming down the pipeline. Did I get that right? You did. Now, a couple of the big questions that come up, I want to address one about that splitting of the protein and the carbs first. Lunch. People get very concerned that if they're eating the protein first and then they're eating the carbs second,

that they're not making vegetables the star if they can't finish that second portion. So you have something to say about that. Don't overthink that. Just like you're not overthinking that right portion. So you have something to say about that. Don't overthink that. Just like you're not overthinking that right now, you're putting together, making sure you have the focus on the star of the meal, which is your vegetables. That's your base. So you're going to start with your base of vegetables and put your lunch together exactly how you did today. You're not going to overthink it. People are like, well, I'm not getting enough carbs. I'm not getting enough this. I'm not, we're not, your body is, you're getting more than enough by following the food plan

in general. We're not really worried about that for the next four days that you're going to be doing that. So focus on, it's all about separating. So you're making your meals exactly the same. You're just separating that protein portion first. And if you do find that you're getting satisfied on that protein portion and you're left with a whole giant plate of vegetables, hopefully you'll be like, huh, wow, look at that. That's interesting. And then you

still are going to take a token amount. So even with that token amount, you're still be getting those vegetables in. It's just another way of approaching it where you're able to understand it differently, not just physically, but mentally. So don't worry about what the start of the meal is. Put your meals together with the start of the meal, but don't worry about it. Yeah. And then, you know, a visual of that is if you have your plate for lunch and you have your vegetables and you have your meat, you, you really need to double down on the questions when you're putting that portion together. How does this look for me? Because if you are, oh, I'll just grab my protein now and then I'll grab some vegetables later and not looking at what you're putting together and how that feels for you in the moment, you do run the risk of being like, oh, I'm just going to eat my protein until I'm satisfied.

And then 30 minutes later, of course, you're not going to have room for those vegetables because you were focusing on that one half of the meal rather than focusing on the meal as a whole and then splitting it. Yeah. I do want to address this comment here. And it's such a good point where someone said, what if you don't have carbs? So on the Libby method, your vegetables, your fruits, those are carbohydrates. The world has sort of classified breads and pastas and those types of things. Those are processed carbohydrates as those are your carbs, carbs, right? So carbohydrates are energy foods, foods that when you eat them break down into energy. So your main source of carbohydrate at your lunch, for example, is your vegetables. Now there are also grains. So if you're talking about your

rices and quinoas and whatever, This is how we classify them in our proteins, carbs, and fats post. If you want to check that out, we reposted that the other day. And then we also have our grocery list that categorizes things into proteins, carbs, and fats as well. So we're not talking about all of a sudden adding breads and pastas and those types of things in, although I guess you can call those carbohydrates, nothing is changing with the food plan. So you are eating carbohydrates like vegetables when you are putting your meals together and even then grains as well. So that would be carbohydrates would be your vegetables and your grains and whatnot. And I suppose if you are having brighter pasta, then those would also be included in that

as well. Yeah. And just a note on that, if you're not having carbs, just one thing to keep in mind is that the weather is getting colder and you may find that your need for them increases, making sure that you're not leaving those out this week. Talking about the heavier carbs, like rice is. Yes, the heavier carbs, like the grains and stuff. Don't leave them out on purpose just because you're trying not to eat them. Really be in tune right now with what your body needs. Everybody should be eating carbs because they're included in the basic food plan,

right? So everyone should be having vegetables for their lunch, vegetables for their dinner. So those are our carbohydrates. Those heavier carbs that we classify like your rices and your grains and potatoes, those types of things. To Kim's point, yeah, forcing yourself to eat salads is not necessarily the way to go in terms of the food plan in general. Okay, what else we want to think about with this? A couple things that we have, we hit it already, if you can't split all of yours, a lot of people are, you know, sharing that they, because of their work, their breaks and stuff like that. Remember, there's a way to do this as much as you can without hitting every meal and snack necessarily. Like if you have a half hour commute on the way

to work and you struggle with splitting all of your meals, eat half your breakfast before you leave for work and eat the other half when you get there. That's your half hour broken up right there. You can, you know, slide something easy in like that. You can't split your meals and snacks during the day because of limited break time. That's okay. You still have dinner. Potentially you're not snack later on. Try to figure out a way that you can at least get a couple of them in, in a day, because you'd be really surprised at what you can fit in when you actually dig in and try. Yeah. I was just reading this comment. Uh, someone did this with their egg this morning. You can, you can totally, some people do start a day earlier. It's no big deal, honestly. But she mentioned that it was awkward. So it is a little awkward. It should feel awkward. It should feel weird. I mean, almost everything we do on this program should feel a little awkward and weird until we get to the end of it because everything we're doing is to a means to an end. And so this is where, you know, you might want to just have a half now and then maybe bring half with you later. There's ways of doing that that isn't so weird,

even around the dinner table. Or if you go out for dinner, you know, you eat a bit of your meal now and then you indulge in conversation. You try to like wait a little bit, you know, have a couple sips of your drink and then, you know, go back in and have some more of your meal. I mean, I naturally do that anyway. I'm not usually eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat. I usually take breaks in it. So it can be, uh, uh, I mean, I've been with people who've been at the airport. I've been on vacation with friends and family who are doing this tweak. We've been in work environments where people are separating. It is weird. And it might not be something that we necessarily want to explain to people that we're doing. So this is where like, oh, I'm just taking

a break for a minute, see how I feel. You know, like, I just found I'm a little bit hungrier. So I'm going back for a little bit more. So there are ways to kind of normalize it. Although I do think that initial instinct of this is weird. It's kind of weird. We don't count and we don't weigh and we don't measure. You've got to get in tune to those portions though and in tune to your body's needs. And this is a pretty cool way of doing it. Again, without that pressure that we have with downsizing and feeling like, oh my God, we don't get to eat the rest of our food. We have to leave it there. Or that this is different where you get to eat some, just kind of see how you're feeling.

And then with no stress, eat the rest of it, right? So without that stress, it's pretty incredible how your experience with your portions is going to be completely different than what it was in downsizing. So yeah, I'm super excited for all of the awkward timers going off next week at the National Women's Show on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, the splitting days, we're all going to be together at the conference and timers going off everywhere on everybody's snacks and meals. You did touch on one thing that is a question that we do see a lot. It doesn't usually hit until people start doing it and they hit a little panic like, oh no, can I have a sip of my coffee?

Can I drink my water in between? All of that. That's a question that we get a lot. And yes. Yeah. You can totally drink in between. You can have your coffee, you can have water, you can totally drink in between. It's just the actual meal part itself. So no worries there. Yes. Yeah. The other thing, you know, just that overthinking it, the making the certain meals, making it hard to split. You got soups, you've got chilies, you've got stews, anything like that. You literally can just take your portion. Half of it. I find it's really one easy way to do it is portion myself some chili.

And then once I have my portion, I scoop out half of it into a smaller dish. I eat that and then I can heat up the other half later and have it. And I don't even necessarily heat that part up if I've already portioned it out. Same thing with the soup. It's not digging into the proteins is something that it's good to do it. It's good to try it. But if you're struggling with the idea of splitting and already feeling awkward, just do the half this, this week. And then next week,

when we revisit this, try to step further than like do baby steps. If that is really you, it's having a hard time wrapping your brain around that. Do what is the easiest and the, the most straightforward way this week, and then try the other way next week. That being said, if you're trying the protein way this week, separating the protein and then the carbs, try just splitting your meal in half next week and see how it hits you too. Like it's going to hit you a little bit different and you'll understand how differently it hits if you go both ways. But I mean, the protein, taking the protein that step further is, you're going to learn a lot from it. Yeah. Well, what's really cool is the tweak that we have coming down the pipeline is you're really going to understand about satiety hormones and how,

you know, protein and fat really feeds into those and gives you that more sustaining energy and makes you feel more satisfied a little bit longer. I do want to reiterate too, if you are not hungry for that second portion, you still have to have a token amount of it, which is that, that three to five bites. Um, okay. What else? What else? Um, just eating to satisfaction on that note that you said with the one thing that I think is the most common thing that happens with people is they do realize that they have eaten to satisfaction with that first portion and then they aren't hungry. I think that's probably the most common thing that we see is like, Oh, I wasn't really hungry for that other half. So you do want to be mindful when you're doing, you're eating those four questions.

Remember you are only eating half of the portion that you already are really getting in tune with how much you need and how much you feel like having in the moment if you're really getting in tune with that you should not expect to feel satisfied for that first half so it's okay to still feel hungry you have more food coming down the pipeline if you do feel satisfied that might mean you need to tune in a little bit more, but it's okay to end up feeling hungry after that first half. Great point.

It's almost like when you ask the first, when you ask those four mindful eating questions on that first portion, you're right. The goal isn't to eat enough. So you're walking away feeling satisfied. That last question is really assessing how you feel when you're done that first portion, because you're not, the goal for that first portion is not to eat enough to walk away feeling satisfied and not stop. The goal for that first portion with that fourth question is, okay, I'm done now because I finished this first portion.

How am I feeling? And taking note of how you are feeling. Because you could end up very well feeling, I'm still hungry here. And then what's really interesting is once you wait that 20 to 30 minutes, you'll realize, oh, I'm actually, whoa, I'm just as satisfied on half of this portion today as I was eating the full portion yesterday. And this is one of the things we're going to get into talk about a little bit more as we go is that how long it takes your body to break down certain foods. Some foods break down a lot quicker and some foods take a lot longer. So what you are eating with your meals can affect how hungry, how satisfied you feel and how hungry you are later. Right. So this is really starting to just kind of break that down and get in tune to

that. Yeah. I love that. Yeah. We had an interesting comment from Rebecca in here that said, when splitting the meals, I envision the second portion being less appealing after sitting for 30 minutes, as opposed to eating it fresh or hot. Something of note that triggered for me is, is that if I'm hungry, I don't really care whether what I have is hot or fresh or whatever, too. So sometimes that appeal, like we notice that as we're asking those mindful eating questions, the food does become less appealing when we're satisfied. And so when you're looking at that second portion, if you're not finding it appealing, it's not necessarily because it's not as delicious as the first portion it could just be that like oh i actually had enough and i'm just not really in the mood to eat more for that second portion again that's when we want to still make sure we're having those token bites but if you're feeling that it's less appealing then that could be a sign that you actually had enough in that first half

yeah yes um your body doesn't give a rat's fucking ass if your food is hot or cold. If you're hungry, you're hungry. It's going to want to eat. It doesn't care whether it's cold, appealing, not appealing. I mean, as long as it's not rotting. I mean, obviously your body has designed your smell and your taste buds to not want something that's rotting if you're hungry. But I love that though. That's some self-reflection there, right? Sure, it's great if our food looks good. It's great if it smells good and tastes good. But when you're hungry and you're legitimately hungry, your body's not really factoring into any of those things. And just because you have the most delicious meal in front of you, again, right now while you're trying to lose weight, and even when you're not trying to lose weight, like it's that need to overeat it, which is really going against our body's natural instinct.

Your taste buds will shut down. There will be cues that will come up that make we've had enough. It doesn't matter how delicious it is. Your body's like, okay, okay, honey. Like we don't need the whole chocolate bar. We don't need another chocolate bar. We don't need that third chocolate bar. Do you know what I mean? Like, so that's that our body doesn't care. So that is definitely a want over an actual need. You want to eat that food or more of it or more than you need because it's yummy and delicious or because you know it's

nice and fresh or whatever that is your your body doesn't actually need that so again this is about getting in tune continuing to get in tune of your body's actual needs over your wants which is really again another way of another way of looking at it yeah and that's where we've taken that from the downsizing weeks that we just went through where you have that food and you're downsizing. And as much as you want that food, you start to discover that, you know, and I think a lot of us hit the point when we were eating something that was delicious during downsizing that if you're not eating it, you walk away. A few minutes later, you realize like, oh, I didn't actually need that. I just wanted it. So taking what you learned from that and bringing it into this will also help with that. Like I actually need to eat

some more. It's not a matter of whether I want it or not. I actually know I need to eat some more. So taking that question. Yeah, that's perfect because I just want to address Melanie. Second round for me, I have no issues with splitting meals and snacks, but I'm actually feeling satisfied with very little food, which is totally normal because people eat way more food than what they need, although it varies day by day. I'm just wondering, how do I know I'm eating enough? Long history of depriving myself prior to this program. Well, that's such a great question. How would you know you're eating enough? Well, with eating five, six times a day, nutrient-rich foods, I mean, that alone, you're eating enough well with eating five six times a day nutrient rich foods i mean that alone you're eating enough even in small portions you're asking those four

mindful eating questions right you are still having token amounts if and when you're not hungry you'll notice and the reason why we do that is sometimes we think we're not hungry and then we have that token amount and stimulates our digestive system and realize oh shit i actually am hungry the. The biggest thing in understanding that is why are you asking that? Is that in your brain? Do you think that you are not getting enough because of what you're looking at? Do you think that you're not getting enough because someone said to you that doesn't look like enough? Do you think that you're not getting enough because you are looking at what other people are eating? Is this all coming from your

brain or is this coming from your body? Do you feel satisfied after you are done? So you eat that first portion, right? Second portion, you're eating enough. So you're walking away feeling satisfied. Are you feeling satisfied? And then you know, you know, if you are undercutting and ignoring those cues and purposely putting out like three little blueberries for your breakfast because you're trying to eat less. You know, if you are purposely trying to eat less, way less than you need, because you're trying to work around the system, incorporate oral diet. Like you got to be honest with yourself, right? And I say that out loud because there are some people with issues when it comes to eating, disordered eating that do that. They try to do everything we're doing on

the Libby method, but pull back, cut back, try to incorporate those diet principles that just don't fit. So if you're doing that, knock it off, right? And ask yourself, why am I doing that? And then really dig into that. And that could mean that you're going to need some therapy to work through that, right? Like that's some big things that you might be doing. But really, it's in your body. It's in your body. So if you are feeling fantastic, you have great energy, you are sleeping good, your body is changing, the scale is moving, you are literally walking around not feeling like you're going to faint any moment because you're so starved and deprived, chances are you're good. But this is

a real thing that people really feel. So I'm glad that you brought this up because that concern of not eating enough, and I'm glad, I'm so happy that you are concerned about not eating enough because, you know, you should be because of our history that so many of us have with dieting. That's been our go-to, right? Our go-to for sure. So this, if you think about it, is an opportunity to really address that from another angle that's not like not attached to that diet mentality that you get with downsizing. Downsizing can be very triggering because it's it feels most like a diet. So this is

really an opportunity to kind of let your guard down with all of that and see a different way in that might not be as triggering, especially when you can have that second portion, you have the freedom to have it if you want. And if you don't, if you're not legitimately hungry for it, you can just have a small token amount of it. So hopefully that helps. Yeah. Right. So it comes, it's more of a, it's a, it's a physical feeling in, but a lot of our concern about that comes from our mind and our past issues and history of dieting for sure. Yeah. There's a lot attached to amounts of food. I remember just, um, I have twins and I remember when they were babies, Sophie ate literally nothing, Mason literally everything. And I was so concerned about it. I asked the doctor and they're like, does she have energy? Is she like screaming all the time? Like she's hungry. Does she have energy?

Is she gaining weight? Like, yeah. Okay. She's good. Like, like, there's, you know, there's nothing telling you that she's not getting enough other than you're comparing what she's getting to another person right beside her. And I think of that often with this, like, I, everybody, you sort of figure out how much you need, but you really dig in those four questions and really have to internalize that versus looking out for other, looking at what you did before this, before starting this program, looking what you did last week, even, and looking at what other people doing aren't going to give you the answers. Yeah. That's such a great example. I remember cause I was nursing my children and it wasn't something that traditionally that my ex-husband's family did. And they're like, girl, you sure you that baby's getting enough food? And I'd be like, I don't, I don't know. Like you should give it some, you know, this or that or whatever. And then I go to the midwife and she'd like, look at your baby, like, look at your baby's chunky legs and chunky arms. And like, what are you talking about? What part do you think we're not getting enough?

I do. I do want to, Yeah, it's a good question. I do want to again, people are coming back to eating the food cold. And then this is again, eating a food cold is a desire. This is like a want or a need. You want your food to be warm. You want it to be all those things, but your body doesn't need your food to be warm. It just if you're hungry, you're legitimately hungry. So if you're getting turned off because it's not cold, chances are you're just not actually

hungry for it has nothing to do. Your body's not looking at your food and thinking about the temperature of the food, your body is not registering whether that food is cold. Think about this for a second. Your body is not registering whether that food is cold, or that food is hot. It don't know the difference. So your association to I don't want to have it because it's not warm. That's not it at all. That's up here in your brain. That's not a physical thing from your, from your body at the end of the day. Chocolate isn't warm. It's well, I mean, sometimes it's warm, but it's good warm or cold. So I don't know. That's true.

Listen, I'll eat cold wood. I mean, I feel like as a mom, I've eaten cold food my entire life. I feel like since when do I actually ever eat my food warm? I think. Yeah, I know. I feel, I feel that way too. That's what I think. I'm like, I don't remember ever eating a warm meal as my kids were growing up, but now like, yeah, I don't know. I don't mind a cold leftover. My favorite is like roasted veggies, leftover roasted veggies, like beets and Brussels sprouts and stuff like that. I love it cold the next day. I put it on greens and sprinkle some fennel seeds on top of it. So good. At least yours make it to the greens. I'll eat, I'll pull the container right out of the fridge and eat like that. I just did that the other day. We had like zucchini and onions and snow peas that Tony made. And I just like pulled

it right out of the container. I was just eating it cold. Okay. We covered quite a bit. We don't have to spend really any time on next week's tweak, except at the beginning of the week, we reset again. So just like we did on downsizing off the heels of downsizing, we have a week in between where you come back to following that basic food plan and you notice after following the tweak that you're getting satisfied on smaller portions or you're more in tune to them. That will happen as well. We don't do whole weeks in between. We go back for those first three days again, which you will notice that. And then we'll do the splitting up of the meals and snacks one more time. And then we'll get into completely shift gears and roll into a whole new week and tweak for week nine of

the program, which is, it's just has a lot more flexibility to it. You're taking everything that you've learned is where I actually start to eat more in tune to the body's needs, which is super cool. So yeah. Um, I'm really looking forward to starting tomorrow, everyone's questions and comments in the group regarding their experience with this, um, you know, uh, how, how you're managing it. We want to hear how you're managing it. We want to hear what's frustrating about it. We want to hear what is going really well about it, what surprised you about it. And those comments, we're going to be, I'll be using those in my notes for Gina for next week. So don't hesitate to drop them in there. And we'll, that way we can address some of the issues that is new for you, right, this is a practice round. This is a practice round. You're going to have an opportunity to do again next week. Just the intention of you think, oh my God, it seems obsessive. I'm constantly thinking about. Yes. You're constantly thinking about it. You're

constantly asking those four questions. You're bringing it to the forefront of your mind. If ever there was a time to be obsessive about this, it's why you have signed up for the program and why you've taken these 91 days to focus on this. And remember, remember, remember, this is all a means to an end, to make actual, real, concrete change. Not just physically, right? Not just mentally, but how your body's become wired. And we are rewiring and reworking how your body's come to function physically and also mentally. And a lot of you, your brain has been wired to that diet mentality. And how do we break that?

By doing weird shit like this. That works. That's right. Rhyme and reason behind it. Weird shit. Follow the Libby method. You get to do weird shit, but it works. Become obsessed with yourself instead of your weight.

We need t-shirts. We're still working on those. I'm going to write that down. Become obsessed with yourself, not your weight. That's a good one. Someone write that down for me. All right, Kim. Brennan's ready to go. Thank you so much. Thanks everyone who joined us live. I hope that you found this helpful. We'll be back next week. Until then, have a great day, Kim. You too. Oh, well, Polly talked to you later. Kim, you too. Oh, well, I'll probably talk to you later.

Yeah, you too. Thanks.