Weigh In with Gina

This is the live recording of the Spill the Tea session with Gina and Special Guest Nathalie Gallant.

You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Introducing Nathalie Gallant
• Many of us don’t have a lot of photos of ourselves from the past
• Looking back at Nathalie’s weight journey from when she was a child
• Breaking the trauma bonds from one generation to the next
• At 40lbs down, reflecting back on how Nathalie found The Livy Method
• Nathalie crushed her first Program, was down 21lbs, and then had to deal with the pressures of a summer of social eating/drinking while camping
• Where Nathalie is now, having set her goal and surpassed it
• This difference in maintaining her weight loss this time, compared to when she did Keto and other diets
• Nathalie shares her experiences with the evolution of the last 6 groups
• Discussing the desire for quick fixes and the effects of our children watching our habits
• Nathalie’s biggest challenge is still the evenings
• How Nathalie addresses each new group, gifting copies of the book to friends each time!
• Dealing with past traumas and how they trigger old eating habits and ways of coping
• Planning ahead for travel and vacations
• Nathalie’s tips for being successful with the Livy Method - watching the Lives, drinking water from a wine glass, creating an Instagram account and leaning on the Livy community
• Looking at comparison, recognizing our differences and how they shape our journey

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In this segment, Gina chats with Dr. Paul Hrkal, ND, about the secondary supplements that can help support you in your weight loss journey and level up your health.

If you are in the Winter 2024 Support Group, you can check out the full video here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Introducing Dr. Paul and Secondary Supplements: What drives people's health?
• How do we help improve our resilience?
• 4 main reasons your weight may be slower to move and Inflammation, Stress & Sleep and hormones
• Supplements to help build resilience and your adrenal system
• Your pattern of cortisol secretion during the day
• Adrenal Fatigue - what does that really mean? And what symptoms are associated with it?
• Menopause and perimenopause: How do the adrenals play a role?
• A dysfunctional adrenal system as the underlying issue in many health concerns
• You need to get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy
• The road back to health and how eating often helps
• Vitamin C, B Vitamins & Adaptogens to repair and replete our adrenal system
• How do you know if you are deficient in B12 and other nutrients?
• You have to get investigative about this process! Map your history
• Looking at non-scale victories as a guide through this process
• B Complex: look for the active forms! AOR is a brand, for example, that uses active forms
• Dosing of B vitamins: follow the instructions on the label or check in with your health care provider
• Adaptogens: help your body adapt! Ashwagandha, Ginseng, Rhodiola, Medicinal Mushrooms
• Where do you start with adaptogens?
• Supplements are more gentle and help your systems work better
• L-theanine, an amino acid found in green tea, has a calming effect on the nervous system and works quickly
• The synergistic effect of food, movement and supplements
• Stop looking for a quick fix; understand your OWN story and do the hard work
• Which secondary supplements apply the most to you?
• CoQ10 and supporting your cardiovascular health
• Turmeric as an anti-inflammatory
• MCT oil is a good fat that helps you feel more energized
• Trace minerals and proper hydration; what symptoms may indicate you need more minerals?
• What are the areas that you feel unwilling to change? That's likely where you need to go

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@drpaulhrkl

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 40, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• We had such great discussions with Dr. Paul and Dr. Olinca this week, be sure to check them out if you haven’t already
• Looking ahead at Downsizing again next week
• The importance of focusing on getting the best sleep possible to support your body throughout your journey
• It’s Family Day long weekend in some provinces in Canada this weekend! Gina will be taking Monday off, catch her Live on Tuesday
• Trace minerals and when to add them into your routine
• Larger drops on the scale don’t occur overnight, momentum is built over time and then reflected on the scale
• Managing stress and prioritizing yourself, focus on taking things day by day
• Recognizing and celebrating that you are still here in the process, almost 6 weeks in!
• Navigating The Program while taking medications and how to best support your body
• No matter where you are in The Program, ask any questions you have, anywhere in the Facebook Support Group, and our team will respond
• Connecting with Dr. Beverely and some of our other guest experts, keep your eyes peeled for some upcoming master classes!
• The incredible changes our members are creating in their health - improving conditions and reducing medications
• The benefits of making changes in life
• Circle back to yesterday’s incredible chat with Dr. Olinca, it’s worth listening to over and over again!
• Bloodwork and what to discuss with your healthcare provider
• Remember to check the batteries in your scale! Sometimes they are the issue!
• Best options to add in trace minerals
• Enjoy indulgences, choose to not berate yourself, and then carry on!
• The reasons we’re not satisfied by the things we eat when craving sweet or salty things
• Antibiotics, their effects and impact on the scale
• Have you signed up for the next Program? The importance of having a vision of where you want to go and what you want to create
• Have you seen our new ads? Check them out and share the love! Be part of truly making a change to obesity rates
• Enjoy this weekend and remember, choose to not overeat, knowing we are heading back into Downsizing again next week!

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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In this Guest Expert segment, Gina talks hormones and weight loss with Dr. Olinca Trejo. Dr. Olinca is a licensed, board-certified Naturopathic Doctor in the province of Ontario. She also holds an honours degree in Kinesiology and has achieved her certification and internship in bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).

You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Introducing the topic of hormones. So, what are hormones?
• There are so many hormones that play a role in supporting your body in this process
• The role of melatonin, cortisol, and reproductive hormones in SLEEP
• What happens to your body when you are not getting that deep sleep and the impact on weight loss
• When you are tired, you are more likely to make choices that are not aligned with your goals
• Sleep deprivation and the impact on insulin and your blood sugar levels 
• Perimenopause and menopause and the hormones that impact your sleep
• The impact of reduced quality of sleep on men and their hormones
• How working on your sleep helps your hormones
• The effect of poor quality sleep on your ability to cope with stress and your resilience
• Stress and your flight or fight response and the hormones that play a role
• Are you living in a constant state of stress?
• Women, as a result of how we are socialized, do you care for everyone else but yourselves
• Finding the opportunity to deal with that stress
• The impact of stress on your weight loss journey
• Starving yourself is one of the most stressful things you can do to your body
• Hormones involved in your metabolism; the role of your thyroid
• Ghrelin and Leptin and the impact on your weight loss
• Insulin resistance and chronic stress
• Dopamine and its impact on your choices and your metabolism
• Our current food environment gives us way too much dopamine
• Estrogen, testosterone and progesterone and your mood 
• The role of dopamine and serotonin on your mood
• How restrictive diets impact your serotonin levels
• Oxytocin and the importance of community to your weight loss journey
• Are your hormones in a traffic jam?
• If you are making an effort to maximize, you are doing so much to help your hormones
• The role that hormones play in women is only starting to be understood
• Your metabolism is truly impacted by the amount of muscle mass you have on your body 
• Menopause and perimenopause and the impact on your mood and body composition
• Medications during menopause and perimenopause and having that conversation
• Wellness is not a state of being. It's a state of action
• Men's hormones and the reduction in testosterone, what else could be going on? 
• Testosterone therapy for men
• Take action!! There are so many things that you can do to make a real difference and help you lose weight

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To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording of Weigh In Wednesday from February 14, 2024.

You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

Topics covered:

• Today is all about all the things we love for Valentine's Day
• What does Valentine's Day mean around the world?
• Gina & Kim share what Valentine's Day is like with their family
• Which exercises do they love and hate at the same time
• Kim, Odette and Gina share their favourite books
• What movie are you embarrassed to say you love?
• Do you love mornings? Or evenings?
• If you could grab your passport and go anywhere right now, where would you go and with whom?
• What advice would you give your 20-year-old self?
• Favourite meal or snack on your choose-day
• What meal and snack do you love but doesn't love you?
• Gina, Kim and Odette share what kind of water they drink
• What spare time activity brings you joy?
• How and where did Gina, Kim and Odette first meet in real life?

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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Join Gina and Program Manager Kim as they answer your questions and break down the tweak that we see in The Program this week. This is the live recording from February 14, 2024. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Levelling up and bringing it back to Satisfaction and Maximizing
• Feeling like you should go back and re-do Week 4 and downsizing
• Digging into the information; know the basics to set yourself up for success
• Coming into the Messy Middle and the choices you have when you feel challenged
• DO, don't hope, show up for yourself and do the work
• Taking time for yourself and being quiet with your thoughts to figure out what you need
• Revisit the information from the first few weeks and be open to learning even more
• How do you get the takeaways that you need?
• Returning members, each time you do The Program, you need to approach it with fresh eyes
• Figure out what you can do right now, taking it day-to-day
• Setting yourself up for success by knowing yourself and being proactive
• Focus on the improvements you have made to celebrate yourself
• Troubleshooting, just because you are trying hard doesn't necessarily mean you are maximizing your efforts
• Being an expert on the information so that you can assess your needs 
• Having AWARENESS, If you recognize that you might not be doing everything, you are doing AWESOME
• Ask as many questions as you need to help yourself level up 
• Asking those 4 questions and getting in tune with your body's needs
• Tips for next week, Downsizing, really double down on those 4 questions so you really know going into next week

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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Gina Livy's Facebook Lives from The Livy Method Winter 2024 Support Group hosted on Facebook. This is a recording of the Day 38, 9 AM live. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Utilizing the Maximizing Checklist in your book, app or files section in Facebook Group
• How to score yourself on the checklist and be honest with yourself with where you are at
• Finding the areas that you can focus on, what are the things you can do?
• Building on The Basic Food Plan as consistently as possible
• Have you reviewed the information, and do you understand The Basic Food Plan and The Livy Method
• Are you trying to incorporate old diet strategies?
• Are you using The Livy Method app, and are you familiar with all the resources available to you to access information and support yourself through this journey
• Have you given yourself the time to allow your body to get to a place where it can focus on fat loss
• Are you being accountable to yourself? Are you doing what you need to do to get out of your own way?
• What are you doing to manage your stress and set yourself up for a good night's sleep?
• Water, are you paying attention to your needs and supporting your body in detox
• Would you like to get this done? Getting serious about this process!
• Are you really making your meals nutrient-rich? Are you forcing yourself to eat salads when your body really wants something hearty? 
• Are you falling back into what's easy? Are you really making an effort, or are you on autopilot every day?
• Are you afraid of fat? Embrace the concept that fat doesn't make you fat
• Are you still snacking at night? ARE YOU STILL SNACKING AT NIGHT?
• Are you moving your body? All the reasons exercise can support your body in this process
• How are you using your exercise? You GET to move your body; it should not be a punishment
• Are you supporting your body in detox
• Medications and health issues: are you using them as an excuse?
• Investing in your health, working along with your health care provider, maybe there are other things you can do along with The Program
• Are you missing your gallbladder? There are things you can do so you don't miss out on nutrients in your food
• Have you mapped your health history and weight loss history
• The Program is so important to support your hormone health
• Blood work; talk to your doctors about your needs!
• You need to immerse yourself in the information
• Do not go one day without knowing what you need to do!
• Are YOU noticing your non-scale victories
• Are you getting a variety of protein? Are you vegan or vegetarian?
• How is your digestive system? Do you know your trigger foods? Are you keeping a journal?
• Are you adding in those leafy greens?
• Are you pooping every day? Maybe your microbiome could use some work?
• Are you getting in your own way?
• Are you going to do this long enough to make real, sustainable change
• Feel those feels, but keep doing what you need to do
• Setting yourself up for success and visualize your goals
• If you feel like your choices are not adding up, take out that maximizing checklist

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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This is the live recording of the Spill the Tea session with Gina and Special Guest Polly Ann Orchard.

You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Introducing Polly Ann Orchard
• How Polly found The Program
• Polly’s experience with dieting and why she signed up for The Program
• Polly talks navigating The Program as a wine lover
• Replacing meals with friends with activities with friends
• How water impacted Polly’s journey and her tips for getting it in
• Polly shares what she thinks makes The Livy Method different
• Polly describes her journey over 5 Programs
• What motivates Polly to keep showing up
• When Polly realized she was making life-long change
• Polly shares how her health issues have improved since beginning The Program
• Even when Polly wasn’t losing weight, she was noticing changes in her body
• How Polly worked through the mental aspect of the process and changed her relationship with food
• How starting your day with a high five can make a difference in your day
• Polly’s tips for success

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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In this live guest expert segment, Gina chats about 4 main reasons why your weight might be slower to move with Dr. Paul Hrkal, ND.

If you are in the Winter 2024 Support Group, you can check out the full video here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodwinter2024

Topics covered:

• Welcoming Dr. Paul
• Microbiome and the gut-brain connection
• How the weight loss conversation has changed
• Rest assured, you are already doing so much
• The most important place to start is with mindfulness and reducing stress
• The role microbiome plays
• Everything leads back to your brain
• Gut health is ground zero for communication in the body
• Microbiome is at the center of many issues
• Food either fuels or hinders your microbiome
• How to fix your microbiome- start with The Food Plan and supplements
• Can you test your microbiome?
• Stress plays such a powerful role in your microbiome
• How improving our ability to handle stress can balance our hormonal systems
• The anti-inflammatory effect of the Vagus nerve
• The importance of addressing these issues and doing the hard work
• Changing your mentality and simplifying your life
• How to identify and handle food sensitivities
• The difference between food allergies and food sensitivities
• The body is a fine-tuned signalling machine
• The gut is at the root of this intricate web of obstacles
• Dr. Paul’s thoughts on stevia and artificial sweeteners
• Natural sweeteners like honey and maple syrup are your best bet
• How do you know if you have inflammation?
• Is it fair to say that inflammation is the most common problem?
• The importance of the adrenal system
• Supplements you can take to help with the adrenal system
• Dr. Paul describes what he calls the “mom syndrome”
• How menopause affects the body
• How stress eating and emotional eating can affect metabolism
• How thyroid and cortisol levels affect hunger cues
• Re-watch this segment as often as you need to educate yourself
• Where to find Dr. Paul
• Over the next week, think about how you can take action

To learn more about the Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

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Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording from February 12, 2024. Gina discusses self-care with Julie Clark, founder of Province Apothecary.

You can find the full video hosted at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

or here on YouTube.

Topics covered:

• Introducing Julie Clark of Province Apothecary
• Defining the basics of self-care - looking at how we want to be feeling and what might be missing
• Tips on finding time to fit self-care in - looking at what you have capacity for each day/week/month and letting those around you know the time you need. Then, book it in! 
• Working at letting go of the guilt of taking self-care time, recognizing we show up as the best version of ourselves when we make it a priority
• Sometimes self-care is not scheduled and is enjoying doing nothing at all with zero guilt
• Often we wait for a breakthrough or breakdown before we prioritize ourselves. Our body will send us signals with things like inflammation, rosacea, digestion issues, etc.
• Simple tips for making self-care a priority without creating more stress. Look for ways to slow down
• Diving into Province Apothecary natural skincare and how to support our skin in a safe, simple manner
• Exploring the most suitable products to care for your skin @22:10
• The benefit of facial massage in preventing and releasing wrinkles and fine lines
• Tools to help create energy flow in your skin
• What’s more important? Your morning or evening skincare routine
• Julie’s can’t live without product
• The benefits of using oils on your skin vs soap and why people have been cautious about using oils
• Enter Julie’s giveaway and take advantage of the amazing 25% discount she’s offering for a limited time!
• Let’s inspire each other by sharing our best self-care ideas!

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com.

How to find Julie for your own personalized skin care and facials:

Instagram: @supernaturalfacials

Website: www.supernaturalfacials.com

How to find the products discussed through Province Apothecary:

Instagram: @provinceapothecary

Website: www.provinceapothecary.com. Use the discount code GINA25 to save 25% on your order until February 19, 2024!

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