The Livy Method Podcast - The Tweak This Week - Fall 2025 - Week 7

Episode Date: October 29, 2025

Join Gina and Program Manager Kim as they break down and dig into the tweak we see in week 7 of The Livy Method.The Tweak This Week? Maximizing & Feeding the MetabolismThe Tweak This Week is back! And in this episode, Gina and Kim unpack the Feeding the Metabolism tweak—one of the most impactful weeks of The Program. They explain how splitting meals isn’t just about eating more often, but about calming the mental chatter around food, tuning into satisfaction cues, and helping the body feel safe enough to burn fat. From stretching beyond old habits to learning what real hunger actually feels like, this conversation is full of relatable insights and practical reminders. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed or on top of things, there’s something in here that will meet you where you’re at. Plus, they break down how to keep it flexible in real life, because perfection is never the point.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2025To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Well, hello, and good morning, everyone. First of all, let's talk about the Jay's game last night. we both not like come on i don't even know what to say it was so great i don't know if i was more excited about how the game went or the fact that it was over at a reasonable time so we could get to bed early last night see straight today i mean like i can't even see straight if it's it's the up and down in the up and down it's the excitement all of it um my goodness um i was sharing some tips on the check-in this morning or the one i pre-recorded court of knowing that I would be exhausted

and tired. You guys, this is Kim. Kim is the manager of the weight loss program. She I mean, she runs all of it and she knows exactly where you guys are at and the questions that you are asking about the tweak. So we're coming together to answer some

of the more frequently asked questions that you have. So we do have a whole sheet of questions, but if you got any in the comments, we'll also take some from there as well. It's speaking of early, it's 6 o'clock in the morning for Kim, because she's all the way over in B.C. So bless you for, you look more refreshed than I do.

Well, I put so you got set my alarm a little early this morning. I got lots of lights on in my room. So, I mean, we're good to go. All right. Okay. Now, there's the combo we've been looking for it. You know, I'm excited about this conversation because Kim has a different perspective than I do. And so she says the most brilliant things.

So I'm setting you up for success. No pressure, Kim, today. What do you want to start with? So tomorrow we're about to split up the meals and snacks part of this week. So we've been following the basic food plan, eating enough to feel satisfied, the same as we were doing last week. But last week we were downsizing and eating a few bites less. So what's the number one thing you want to, you want people to know about the tweak this week? Oh, the number one thing.

I think the number one thing is don't always. overthink it and just try it. I think that's the biggest thing. I think this, I think this week was the reason that we started doing the tweak this week in the first place when we did it back in some other groups because really it's to try to help with some of that stress. And we're seeing it. People are concerned. They're concerned about my work schedule. How do I make this work with my work schedule? They're concerned that the second half of their meal is going to taste gross because it's going to be cold or going to be reheated in the microwave and not taste good. They're worried that they're going to be going to be going to be able to do it.

And there's lots of seeds of doubt that creep in for this week. So I really think the big piece of it is is that we're not asking you to split every single meal and snack. If that doesn't work for you, we're asking you to try, try to do as many as you can. So I think the biggest, I think the biggest, that's the most important thing, the biggest tip I would have is you have to plan for this. You cannot just assume you're just going to set a timer for 20 minutes later and everything's going to be smooth sailing for the day and you're going to hit all your meals and snacks and split all of them because that's not real life. I hated this week when I

first joined the program because of the fact that I thought that you could just set a timer and things would be fine. But you really, I ended up, I think after my first round of doing it for the second week, I actually wrote out a day plan for myself with my meals and snacks. I have to eat breakfast by this time so that when I split it, I still have some time before my lunch, like a little pre-planning involved for sure. Here's Megan. I love this week. So eye opening of my satisfaction levels after the first half yet.

There's a lot to unpack with this tweak here. That's why even if you just try with a couple meals and snacks, you have to remember at the end of the day, just following the basic food plan and doing everything that you are. are doing there like that's enough in itself um you had a question that you sent me this morning about timing uh from lisa i'm excited to try this tweak but i'm wondering about timing it's recommended we wait 30 minutes to it's she said 45 but it's really 30 minutes to three no longer than three and a half hours between meals and snacks i'm wondering if i'm waiting 20 to 30 minutes between halves how will that affect my meal times usually i have my nut and sneak seed snack

at four and dinner by 5.30. Well, timing matter as much on these days. So that's where you have that, that, you know, in between meals and snacks, you don't want to eat, you know, any earlier than 30 minutes in between and you really don't want to go any longer than ideally three, three and a half hours in between. I mean, we kind of give you a little bit more leeway on that in the next couple weeks. But this is really for dinner. Like if you're eating dinner late, you might not want to split that second half if it has you eating, you know, later than you feel comfortable with. So you do have to play around with the timing a little bit. Like if you have an hour at lunch, for example, maybe you want to make sure you start eating that first half right away. And then this is

where it can be, you know, it doesn't have to be exactly half hour. It could be 20 minutes. You know, 10.15 is still good. I wouldn't go any longer than waiting a half hour in between meals and snacks. But yeah, you're going to have to, this is where that planning that Kim talks. talked about comes in. It's going to mess with your day a little bit. And that's, that's why beyond some of the foods that you are eating, like, we don't want you, you know, splitting up things that are hard to split up, or if you're separating proteins from carbs, doing that with foods like a chili that, you know, that's not easy to do. We want to do, we don't want you doing any weird, weird, weird shit. We can play around with it. What do you want to say about this, Kim? I think, yeah, that's like you

said planning. I think one of the benefits of this tweet and the way that it messes with your schedule is how it pushes you a little bit out of that structure and that comfort zone that you've set up with yourself with your meals and snacks. People are very routine with their meals and snacks. I to this, I eat my nut snack at four. I eat my dinner at 5.30. I feel like that may be what you like to do and what you've been doing. But do you need that nut snack? snack at four? Do you need your dinner at 5.30? What happens if you're hungry at five o'clock for dinner? Is it a possibility you could eat earlier so that you could split your meal? And I think that's my favorite thing about this tweak actually is trying is I started, I started eating my lunch

at 11 o'clock because I thought that gives me my afternoon spread out. I get up at 5 o'clock in the morning. I eat breakfast at 6. There's really no reason why I can't be eating lunch at 11 o'clock. stretching yourself out of that comfort zone of your daily routine can give you an idea to like, do, why am I eating at 12? Like, of course, if you're working, you're eating at 12 because that's when your lunch break is. Like, you don't have a choice, but play around with it on the weekends. If you have the weekends off, play around with the timing. You might find that you have a new routine that really works for you.

Like, wow, I really actually like eating my lunch a little bit earlier because I don't feel quite so panicky about trying to get those snacks in in the afternoon before dinner or or something like that. So I think playing around with the timing is really important. I mean, most people will find that once they eat that first portion and they just give it some time, they're really not going to be all that hungry for that second portion. And again, it's everything that you're learning with this tweak. So the inconvenience of it, just making you aware of what you got going on during the day when you are hungry versus when you're not hungry because routine is really important. It's the foundation of change.

right so so so this is why this is just very disruptive for four days and four days only and then we bring it back to satisfaction again at the beginning of next week so it's really what you're learning with it even the thoughts and feels that you have coming up just thinking about it you know that that again that can give you great insight into some of the things that you want to want to work through as well um how late to eat dinner is okay i mean three hours before bed but i would say you know new research is saying at least four to five hours before bed, as soon as it gets dark at night, your body starts, you know, pumping melatonin through your system. So melatonin rises, cortisol levels drop. And that kind of just sends this signal to your body that, hey,

it's time to shutter down. And once your body starts that process, it's very involved in your whole sleep cycle. So you really don't want to mess with that. So as early as possible always, although, you know, like if you, you know, it's better to eat late than be starving. You don't want to be starving before you go to bed either, right? So if you're, if you end up at work late or you just can't get to, you know, eating anything until it's really late. So there's, you know, there's, there's some room there for that. Yeah. And I think that's where the, um, some of the type A personalities might run into problems if they can't split all of the meals and snacks is really thinking about what's best for me right now. Like is it more, I would like to get some sleep. It's getting late. you need to let go maybe of splitting that dinner if you're in that situation because you can't do both. You can't be perfect. You can't get to bed early, get that good night's sleep and necessarily split every meal and snacks. So you've got to be able to let it go a little bit, but absolutely try to do it when you can because there's going to be situations you don't have control over where you can't split something. So the times that you can and you have the opportunity,

you just really want to take advantage of it. I think, too, that you touched on great there was at the eating to satisfaction what you said before about people finding that they aren't hungry after that first half. And I think that's the really important piece of it that people are missing out. They're looking at a couple of the questions that I've noticed in the group. People are looking at it as like, okay, we're feeding the metabolism. We're splitting the meals and snacks to get the body working harder and all of that and how that affects it.

Not thinking about that the piece of that satisfaction. and really digging into your portions, because when you split, one of the major things that this accomplishes is you realize you are satisfied 10, 15 minutes after you eat the first half of your meal, that means there's room for you to dig into what you're eating, how you're feeling. You prepared more food than you needed in that moment. Why did you do that? Was it because of how it looked? What made you decide that that was an appropriate amount? And I think that's where it's key to point out to members, especially those that are new, that making a half a meal and then making another half a meal or making your protein portion looking at it and see how it

feels to you and then making your veg portion later isn't a way to do this tweak. You really need to look at your meal as a whole and then split it. That's really important. I'm just going to run people through it real quick, right? Because we do have the guidelines and all of that and we do have that post that talks more about it today. But you are taking, let's say the last couple days, the same thought that was going into your meals and snacks and portion sizes, right? You just, you plate your food and then you just simply split it in two. And then you eat that first portion, you know, being mindful, asking those four questions. And then when you're done, just really understanding how you're feeling. You might still be hungry. Maybe you're not hungry.

wait right that you know half hour ideally but 15 minutes 20 minutes as much time as you possibly can but no longer than 30 minutes and then you're going to have that second portion if you're not hungry for it still have the token amounts you still have to have it because we don't want to go back into that deprivation mindset that pops up with downsizing you still have to have it so that makes you feel really calm about only eating half your meal because you know you get the second half even if you're not hungry Right? So still have those token bites. That's really important. And then you want to ask the four questions and eat enough to feel satisfied with that portion. Now, if you're still hungry, make sure you go back for more, right? And then eat enough of that portion. You don't have to wait another half hour or anything crazy, crazy like that. But what really messes people up, too, is that they separate their proteins from their carbs and your leafy greens and fats can go either way. And this helps you get in tune with your, you know, how protein and fat just hit differently. People are always concerned about. not getting enough of their vegetables in. Oh, I'm not getting my vegetables in. And yes, of course, that's important. But it's only for a few days. It's only for a few meals and snacks. Chances are, if you're not hungry for those vegetables 30 minutes later, you weren't actually hungry for them in the moment either. So that's where you have to learn, oh, my goodness, I've been eating this size lunch, you know, for the last few weeks. And turns out I only actually need half of it. And then, of course, you know, we're going to do this for four days and we're going to bring it back to satisfaction.

That gives you an opportunity to reassess your portion sizes and how you're feeling on them without that restrictive mindset, right? So, okay, where do we want to go next with this? I think with this, I think just the probably the whole concept behind the separating the protein versus the vegetables and why we do that. the, you know, the reasoning behind that, that splitting it, taking it that one step further. We do have that question of, if I haven't been including carbs in my meals and snacks, we did share that post, the protein carbs and fat post at the beginning of the week to remind you guys that when we're separating it, we're not talking about having rice for your second half or potatoes.

We're talking about your vegetables too. Yeah. Yeah. That's a good point. That's good point because those are carbohydrates and energy foods. I love this comment from Sandy. I'm struggling with not eating the second half because I feel. feel like I already have downsized a lot and my body needs the nutrients. I realize it's only

a week, so I'm all in. So that's a big mental battle that people have, right? But this is why portions are always what they feel like and never about what they look like. And so downsizing was eating a few bites less than what you were used to. And then these last couple days, you've been eating enough to feel satisfied. And the reality is that your body's needs, they change every day. So one day you might be really hungry and the next day not hungry at all. And as we progress through the program, we're going to work to get even more in tune with that. Big picture, again, is not just losing weight. It's losing weight in a way you can maintain and sustain. And that is being able to trust when to eat. When are you actually hungry versus eating out

a habit or because you're triggered or because you're stressed or coping, right? What to eat. I need I need some protein i need a fruit i need more veggies i need you know a sat like leafy greens and then how much to eat and knowing the really knowing the difference between actually hungry you know um hungry unsatisfied slightly unsatisfied knowing when you need more and when you just want to eat more because it's delicious like those are those are what these tweaks are designed for it for for you that when we talk about getting the tools and the skills for that that's what we're talking about so you also have to understand i think is that people can eat a lot of food a lot of food doesn't equate to the nutrients that you need from that food so eating more food than you need

is not beneficial and it's not like you're trying to we're not trying to starve and deprive your body that's that's not what that is about it's about actually being in tune to your body's needs and when it comes to portions our portions have gotten crazy like that's that's the serving sizes that you get, the portions that we see, that's not what you needed. That's what your body used to because your body gets used to. Have you ever, if you've ever gotten sick or had the flu or anything and you couldn't eat for a while and then all of a sudden you start eating again and you're like, oh, I can't eat very much, you know, because I was sick.

You can't eat very much because your body had time to adjust to, you know, your digestive system had your stomach had time to adjust again, right? So we just get used to eating those foods. So you still want to make sure that you're eating nutrient rich foods. That's really important, but it's not the volume of food. But I understand where you're coming from. And the thoughts are real. That could be like, you know, like where is that coming from?

That's where you want to think about that. Again, the thoughts and feels that pop up with this. Well, I think, Kim, I was going to say this week is really good for that actually because when you have that first half of your meal, even though you are under, you feel like your portions are getting really small waiting that half hour and really digging into that feeling of satisfaction is absolutely going to reconfirm to you that you didn't need more food than that. It's that the time between the halves of your meals or snack is so much time for self-discovery and especially when it comes to being in tune with your body. That 20 or 30 minutes,

you're probably, when you start this tomorrow, there's going to be some people that are going to go through the whole like run of emotions in that half hour. There's going to be impatience. There's going to be frustration. And there's going to at some point for everyone, there's probably going to be a point where you're like, oh, I actually don't meet the other half of this. But you're going through all that. And I think it's a great learning moment for seeing like that immediate reaction when you

finish your food because you have it in front of you, you see it and you want more. This gives you the opportunity to find out. if you actually need more or not. So kind of lean into that a little bit and try to enjoy the ride. Yeah, such a good point. I also do want to talk about that second half that people are like, oh, it's going to be cold or whatever. This is why you don't want to be serving out two separate portions because it's not eating more food. It's just eating more often. And this is where maybe you might want to like a salad, right, or a chili or something that's really easy for you to heat up afterwards. Like you might want to give some thought to the kinds of foods that you are preparing. But I don't know how about you.

but I drink cold tea, cold coffee, half the time my food is cold. I mean, so try not to over, try not to overthink it. But even that coming up, like, you know, am I actually, like, am I actually hungry? Like, if this isn't appealing to me, maybe it's because I'm actually not, I'm not actually hungry for it, right? So there's a, there's a lot going on there with why we are eating. Yeah. And it is that food noise that goes on in the back of your head.

This absolutely helps you work through that food noise. Like, why does it have to be that what you're eating is appealing to you and hits all the marks of being, like, delicious and the right temperature and everything? It's really just lunch. It's the difference between eating because you're actually hungry versus eating because your food is delicious and you're enjoying it. And make no mistake, this whole program is about losing your weight in a way that you can enjoy food. That's what it's all about. but are you really enjoying it when that food noise is constantly going on?

And this is this is interrupting your brain, shaking things up, seeing things from a different perspective. So we can go in there and rewire how our brain has come to function if you want to think about it that way, right? So it's meant to be a disrupting. But there's a lot of science behind it still too. I see that we have some before we move on. Anything else you want to talk about this?

I know there's some questions here that I want to get through and ask. No, I think the questions are good because I think that's really the heart of why we're here is getting members of questions answered more so than what we want to talk about. Okay, let's go through some of these. Here's Kathy. I have a question about feeding the metabolism. Would meal splitting help increase and extend my energy when I'm outdoors being active? Let's say I'm on a hike and I sit for my first half and then 20 to 30 minutes up the trail. I have the second half.

Would my energy hold any longer this way than if I ate before I went out? I am just wondering if this is a good strategy for me to use on a regular basis when we're being active. Well, this is where you'd want to, I mean, it depends on how active you are and you're just trying to keep up your energy levels. It depends on what you're eating. So that's where your fruit, you know, replenishes your glycogen stores really quick. Whereas nuts and seeds, if you ate them, take like 90 minutes for your body to break down. And it's kind of like if you eat something, you know, right now and let's say, you know, I am, hungry half hour later, well, that food that I eat a half hour later isn't really helping me because

my body hasn't processed and digest the food that I previously ate. And that's one thing we're going to get into talk about is it's not just eating in the moment. It's the time that it takes for your body to actually process and digest your food for you to get the energy that you need from it. So your body is always, and when you have excess fat, your body's usually drawing from your energy reserves for energy that you might need while processing and digesting your food. So if it's something higher in carbohydrates or sugar, for example, you might get that initial boost of energy and that hit. But it's really about constantly the energy that you get, especially whether it's working

at or a longer hike, is just from the foods that you're eating throughout the day. And so you might feel that you're extra tired because your body is constantly processing and digestion your foods more often, as opposed to having a, having a, having like but you can't like eat a bigger breakfast and have it last you longer like if you have to also eat at least an hour and a half before you exercise for that food to be of use to you when you exercise so you're kind of just constantly loading and loading and loading and loading so it would be beneficial if you're going on a long walk but it's not like what I'm eating right now is giving me energy right now if that makes sense yeah absolutely okay

Um, I really have no hunger or satiety being on ozempic. I'm eating according to the method, but portions are very small. Any suggestions? Yeah, this is going to be a great tweak for you. Just because you are taking medication that makes you not physically hungry doesn't mean that your body doesn't need food. That's really important, right? And so eating this good nutrient rich foods and especially for you following this tweak, this is great because you are actually making your body work harder for its food and this is one of the issues with people who are taking these medications right and so it's all about metabolism so you're able to lose the weight from not eating as much but this is why we gain it back because your your metabolism is tanking at the same time and so

there are other ways to work on you know a nice healthy metabolism at the end of the day but this is reinforcing that your body is continuing to get the nutrients it needs so obviously you don't this is where you don't want to be over-eating your food and forcing yourself to eat larger portions. So at the very least, eating nutrient-rich foods and eating token amounts, you're still getting enough. You're still getting enough. Anything else, Kim, you want to talk about?

Well, we just had a few people pop up in the comments in the group asking what exactly food noise is that they've heard mentioned in the program. So maybe if we have a little second, we could just talk about what food noise is for those people that aren't sure. I think. You know, I just letting members know, like we, Sandra Elia, the, if you watch the Sandra Elia segment or Elia segment that was on earlier in the group, she talks about it a little bit. But the food noise is really all of those thoughts that are going on in your head, whether it's

thinking about food because you're thinking about what you want to eat, thinking about the food as you're eating, looking at your plate and thinking, I want to finish this delicious. I don't know if there's anything else you have to add to the food noise that comes up. Yeah, it's kind of like you haven't even had your breakfast yet. And you're constantly thinking about your next meal or snack. And I'm not talking while doing the program. I'm talking like in life. I'm talking like standing in line, getting a coffee.

Should I have, there's a muffin. Should I have the muffin? Not have the muffin. You know, I shouldn't eat the muffin. I should eat this. You know, then you buy the muffin. Okay, I'll have a bite of the muffin. Now I've had, I might as well eat the whole thing.

And then the food noise is not just before you eat while you were eating while you are eating, right? Like some of us think we're enjoying our foods. We were eating something we enjoy and yet we're stressing about it the entire time we are eating it because it's not automatic. That's where you're asking those for us. That's a mindful question. So you know it's automatic. You don't have to think about how much to eat. You look at your food. You're going to know if it's enough or too much or just right, right? The minute you've had enough, your body will tell you, oh, I'm good. I've had enough. So that's why we're trying to do these things to make us so in tune that these are just automatic. And food noise is also after you eat it. And food noise is also after

you eat it. Oh my goodness, why did I eat? You made a decision to eat it. Why did I eat that? I'm never going to lose my weight. I'm just mad. You're going to bed. You're thinking about it. You're making a plan the next day that that constant. So you could say, well, the living method has to be constantly thinking about food. Yes, it does, but in a completely different way, in a completely different way. So this is about interrupting that. And this is when I'm talking about, here's jasmine right um exactly i'm now calm around food after six rounds and that and here's serena i didn't truly understand what food noise was until it quieted i was like okay wow this is nice i remember that food noise so clearly but like it's nice it is nice and when i say the goal is to be calm

around your food like physically like the cravings and all that being in tune with your body's knees and mentally that's that big part to be able to be in a room full of your favorite foods to walk by all the grocery aisle to be at a party and not be like should I have it shouldn't I have it? I had it oh my god like that constant food noise just be like oh oh this looks good do I want it no I actually don't or oh you know what I want to try this have a bite and not feel like you have to eat the whole thing right that that that I think that feeling of that that members who have discovered and gone through the program and got to that stage, that point where, you know, it'll come up in a couple

months when we're going through the holiday season and stuff and you're at all these holiday things and all the food prior to the season, you're kind of worried thinking, look, oh, how am I going to make it through? And you, the first party that you go to when you realize you spent the entire evening talking to your friends or your family and you didn't eat anything because it was after dinner and you weren't hungry and you didn't even think about it. You weren't grazing around the food table thinking about it. It's a point that. you'll get to when you really get in tune with your body what your body needs and that that's when that feeling stops for people yeah and it's it's a process to get there too like let's say you're

watching the jays game and like last night again chips right toning got chips i'm eating chips and then i just i had to be like babe take the take the bag right like chips are addicting those processed foods like out or addicting, but I knew, okay, this is no longer bringing me joy. This is now stressing me out. Because as I'm eating the chip bag, I'm like, I shouldn't be eating this. I don't feel good. Why am I eating this? I don't want this. And then I was like, okay, this is ridiculous. These are not bringing me joy anymore. Take the chip bag, right? But that's the moment that you're trying to get to where you have that rather than the mindlessly you keep it going until you've eaten all of it. Right. And then then you regret it. And so we're trying to, it does this way.

This doesn't have to be all or nothing. Here's Tracy, before I started the living method, I thought I was the only one who thought about food noise 24-7. Yeah. And that's it. That's, that's, and your brain is wired for that and especially with dieting, right? Like it's, our brains are wired to search out food for dopamine to be, we are, we are intrinsically motivated to eat because we need to survive.

But this, all these processed foods readily available and made to be. be add being on diets, trying not to eat for a big part of your life, ignoring your hunger cues, right? Not eating when we're hungry, sleeping when we're tired, drinking when we're thirsty. So we're just trying to reconnect, reconnect all of it or rewire it in a whole new way. I just want to go through a couple of these things. Again, keep it simple, you said Kim, because here's Allison saying I'm confused. Maybe it's my ADHD brain. So for example, we eat some breakfast. Yes. We wait 20 or 30 minutes and then eat the rest. Yes. Or like eat half an apple and wait 20 to 30 minutes of I'm hungry. Eat the rest. Yes. And if you're not hungry, you still have a token amount. Right. Yeah. It can be as simple as that. And if it's a small apple, you can just eat the apple. You know what I mean? You can just eat enough to feel satisfied in the moment. Not, you know, not some of your, splitting up some of your meals and snacks won't make sense. That. Yeah. And that's actually a very, good point is that if you're not hungry for your meal or snack to begin with and you're just

having token bites because you're not hungry, thank you for the reminder. You don't, you can't split if you're not hungry really. You're having just token bites. But that being said, you may find that when you start eating those token bites, you then start to feel your appetite, like, oh, I am hungry. So this is a really good tweak for getting into that too, is if you do find you might find that you do need to have the other half of your portion or you need to do that if you do find you're hungry. Love that. Love that. So if you're not hungry at all for that meal or snack, you can just have the token of bites. But if you do find you start to get hungry while eating it, that's where you might want to take got that. My taste buds have changed. I'm

loving vegetables now. Yeah, that happens. That actually happens. Your taste buds. This is so exciting. Your taste buds are there. Yes, to make sure you don't eat rotten food. And yes, you can enjoy your food, but you will notice your taste buds actually will shut down when you've had enough food as well. So you'll find that you'll keep eating your food and it's not as flavorful. This is like, if you eat chocolate, for example, first bite or even food, first bite is delicious. And then as you continue to eat, your taste buds actually shut down. They're on your side. So they do become more sensitive because you are more in tune and paying attention. Here's another one. I thought we were supposed to have carbs in the morning, fruit snack,

and otherwise protein veggies and leafy green. So carbohydrates are fruits, carbohydrates are vegetables, carbohydrates are not just breads and pastas and rice and potatoes and those things. But I do want to say, you can have fruit in the morning with breakfast. You can have fruit for your morning snack. You can add fruit with your lunch as well, right? Like you're not just restricted to just your fruit in the morning. But yes, we get this comment when we, in our next.

next week coming down the pipeline in a couple of weeks or people like, I haven't been eating any carbohydrates when this is not like low carb. So also if you feel like you need the carbs, if you're eating your lunch and you're forcing yourself to eat a salad every day and you're feeling unsatisfied. And I don't mean in a like you didn't eat enough food, but unsatisfied, just it's not satisfying you. Don't, this is not low carbs. Make sure you add in that quinoa or that rice or potatoes if you need it, right? Yeah, especially this time of year when the weather gets colder out, you're going to find that your body kind of needs a little more sometimes. So it's, we want to make sure that you're being in tune with that.

Things like the season will change too for that. Yep. I hear someone talking about how it's difficult for work or at school. That's okay. Just kind of split up some. And we're going on the weekend too. So maybe you're not able to do this Thursday, Friday, but you can do it on Saturday and Sunday, right? Again, don't forget about maximizing and all the other things you are doing to be proactive on the scale. Yeah. I saw someone. I think it was a net that mentioned. she's got a girl's weekend going on and she knows that it's going to make it hard or she's not going to be able to split and I mean you'll probably find some moments I think that's one

bit of advice I know that you've mentioned before in the past about the splitting of the meals when you're out with friends eat some of your food stop and have a conversation with them for 20 minutes 15 20 minutes if anybody asked if they try to take your plate just say like oh I'm just no I'm just letting it digest for a little bit and then go back to it and nobody's going to know the difference that you're doing it. I mean, maybe don't have all the bells and whistles and time or going off if you're trying to keep a low profile about it. But just, you know, you can be mindful and you can do that. You can take a pause in the middle of a meal with friends, enjoy the conversation and then go back for it. Look for little opportunities like that.

Like, absolutely, enjoy your weekend with your friends and don't stress about it. But you may find that there's more opportunities than you think that will come up where you can take that break in between. Love that. This final question, because I I knew this would come up. So it's a great question. I heard that eating more often raises your insulin resistance. So this is very nuanced. So the whole program is geared towards decreasing the amount of insulin that your body requires when eating.

And so this is actually not a thing when you are talking about nutrient rich foods. This is absolutely a thing when you are consuming high glycemic or processed foods. like people you have to remember when people talk about dieting and eating they're not talking about eating the way you are eating when you are following the program and eating protein leafy greens healthy fats fruits vegetables those things are not going to increase your insulin resistance actually there's science and we it's actually in our well there's science coming out on the weekend but we talk about a little bit in our why it works post so that's actually something that people who are like that's pseudosciencey stuff and that's not real life and so eating more

often does not raise your insulin resistance if you are concerned about insulin resistance this is a hormonal thing at the end of the day too this is also about managing your stress and getting better sleep because you are less resistant when you are you know getting a better sleep and you are less stress and so it's not actually eating good healthy nutrient rich food throat the day that that's that's not it that's not it at all this is insulin resistance is more of a hormonal thing uh than it is from your body processing and digesting healthy nutrient rich foods that's a that's a great question because people are concerned about that when they follow the program initially remember though if you're new to the program like we're teaching you how to be

in tune to your body's needs which change every day so that you're going to trust when to eat and technically when to eat can look a little different we've constructed meal times to be social, people eat at lunch, people eat at dinner, even though they might even not even be hungry at lunch or at dinner, right? Like your body doesn't need significantly more food at certain times a day. So this is like a practice and technique to get you to a place where you're actually truly in tune to your body's needs. So but with that said, you know, we never want to tell you to do something that you're not comfortable with at the end of the day. So you can always check in with your health care provider.

Okay. Anything else before we go? No, I think we covered it. I, you know, I think this is a great tweak. I hope everyone gives it a shot. We will get another round next week to work on it. So anything that comes up, make sure you're asking your questions in the group or using Livy A.I to ask questions just to make sure you're super confident and super secure with it. And we would love to hear all of the feelings that are popping up for you between your portions too.

so make sure you're sharing. Yeah, we're here for you. Don't stress. Try to have fun with it. Approach it in a curious way. Also, let's go Blue Jays. Can you, Jody, come on, jump on with us. Jump on with us for a second.

Jody is like a huge Jays fan. You can tell by the display behind him. It's a huge Jays fan. Jody was telling, listen, I'm a sports fan, but not a fanatic. Jody, and he was talking about how the, what's really exciting about the Jays is that they've come back. they've come back.

They keep coming back. They keep coming back. Kind of like some of us do, right? We get off track. We come back. What do you want to say about the Js this season? That's just been very fun. I think everyone would agree.

It's been a super fun team to watch. And I mean, just getting this far is awesome. But let's see what happens. It's very exciting. You know what? Everyone's making core memories right now. And I was a kid in like 19, 93. It's happening again.

And it's super cool. And my wife keeps joking that I'm just like, I'm like living the child's dream watching these Blue Jays play. So let's go. It's true. We were up so late the other night, but we will never forget the fact that we stayed up the 3 o'clock in the morning to watch the,

you know, World Series. Absolutely. I wish it wasn't the World Series. I would have gone to bed way earlier. But we're not that old, you guys. We can do this. We can stay up late.

We can do this. What do you think is going to happen tonight? I can't I can't nope you guys got to sit and and cheer them on and uh and we'll see what happens well Jody's got um tickets for game seven and so we are kind of sort of hoping they make it to game seven but I had the J's winning in six because I'm not I'm hosting a Halloween party and I can't imagine anything more fun than having the Jays win and all of that but Jody you'll take it however no I like your plan I don't need to be the game seven if they want to win in six I uh I want you to go to the game.

I want you to go to the game. It'll shorten my life being there no matter what happens. So like if they went in six, it just extends my life. Okay, well, we like that. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we are bonding as a nation.

We are all collectively fucking exhausted. I was going to say, it is like they are Canada's team. It's, you know, we don't, they're our only team that we have. We've got a little team out here in BC that's part of a different division and stuff. It's really like, it is an entire country. It truly is a world series this year because it has more than just the United States in it. So that's pretty exciting. And Japan is like viewership is higher than Canada.

So it's really, it's cool seeing. It's rolling in a lot of viewers from around the world. So. Yeah. That's so cool. Here's Allison, my 88 and a half year old father and I have been Blue Jays fans for life. So exciting. So much happiness across my.

Amazing country. I love that. Good vibes. I was watching Joe Carter hit that Homer in 93. Well, I remember. I was a university. I was at Laurier and we were at like the pub that was there and we all had a table and we were watching and, you know, so exciting. Where were you? What did you remember, Kim? Well, I was definitely at a pub in 92. I would see. Watching it. Yeah, I think I was at. There was a little pub out in my hometown that I remember and just remember everybody going crazy like for the games. every night. It was every game, every night that during the series that everybody was there, I was kind of, you know, just maybe not quite old enough to be in a pub, but I got in there. I forget you. I forget. You guys are young. I'm only here. You're more than you. You've been born yet, Jody? I was like, I was old enough to watch the beginning of the game, and then I think my parents made me go to bed before they were over. But, yeah, I think I got the recap the next day, and I remember all the hype and the parade.

and I have a bunch of the stuff in the garage and a bin, like the book, the commemorative book and the cards and everything. So. Awesome. Tony and I were talking about it last night. I'm like, oh, this is where I was. Where were you? He was like, I was like, probably a bad.

That's cool. Let's not talk about it. I'm not going to talk about it. All right. Have a fantastic day. Thank you so much for joining me, Kim. Thanks, Jody. Go, Jays go.

Have a fantastic rest of your day. Please don't stress. Remember, we're here for you. This is all about fun. curiosity and learning at the end of the day. All right, everyone, Andrew Blakey's going to join me tomorrow. That's going to be super fun. All about fitness, health, longevity.

It's going to be a great conversation. So have a great day, everyone, and we'll see you then. Bye. Thanks. Bye.