The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Maintenance Midweek Motivation - January 22, 2025

Episode Date: January 22, 2025

This week, Odette and Weight Loss Group Manager Kim are here to supercharge your midweek motivation! Is "optimizing" the new "maximizing" in Maintenance? We’re diving into how to recognize where you’re at and what your changing self truly needs. From mindfulness in Maintenance to embracing the learning opportunities this process brings, we’re tackling your approach to Maintenance with curiosity and excitement for all that’s possible.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTo learn more about The Livy Method, and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi 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 relisten to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place.

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So Kim, who is a super familiar face, is joining us today and I'm happy to have you here. I'm super happy to be here. Thanks for having me. Yeah. I'm sure you got the, did you get the call like the last minute or? No, well, there was enough time to brush my hair and you know, get changed and stuff.

So that was good. So I was able to, you know, prep myself for everybody a little bit. Yeah. Well, I thought, you know, I love having you here. So it's great that we get to come together. Yeah, I'm excited. I've kind of missed it because with the weight loss group,

not having the tweaks start until next week, I've kind of missed going live and missed hanging out with the weight loss group not having the tweak start until next week, I've kind of missed going live and missed hanging out with all you guys. So I'm super excited to be here. Good. Well, I'm excited because I was reading some comments in the group this week. So normally we come in on Wednesdays. You'll remember Kim from, we used to do weigh in Wednesdays and we used to come in and we used to weigh on topics or trends or what was you know happening in the world of maintenance or just what was happening in the world in general. So now this Wednesday has shifted a little bit and we're talking about what our members are talking about what our members are asking in the group. So a bit of

a different focus but so I want to get into what we have been talking about this week. So I know Kim over in the weight loss group, you guys are talking maximizing this week and what that means for members in weight loss. And so we got to talking on Monday when we came together about what maximizing is for those members in maintenance and what, you know, the word optimizing came in. We've used this word optimizing a few times over the years. You know, is it optimizing? Is it maximizing? What is it for our members?

So what do you think? When you think of the word maximizing, when you think of the word optimizing, what do those two words mean for you? When I think of maximizing, I think of doing all the things, like getting the most out of what you have available to you when I think of Optimizing to me that means sort of leveling up

So I think while the term maximizing is appropriate in the weight loss group when people are doing things I have this information. These are the tools in my toolbox. I need to make the most of them I also think if you're in this where you're going through the maintenance program and you're solidifying your weight, then that could potentially also, you know, you're really getting that next step. I think for people that have been in maintenance for a while and maintain their weight for a while, that optimizing takes on a new thing. It's more of a, okay, I've been doing this much.

I'm at where I want to be. What else can I do? How can I explore taking this to the next level? How can I stretch myself or stretch the boundaries of this? So that's sort of my take on optimizing is like a, I've done all the things that I know I can do. Now, how can I dig in and make this better? Where can I take this next?

Yeah, and I think that was similar to a point that came up on Monday. I can't remember the member, but a member said that when we think of maximizing, we're doing more and more and more. What more can I do? What else can I do? Where you've come to this point, you've

done all the things already. Now it's looking at those things and leveling up those things. So we're not looking to add more. We're just looking at where we are now, what we're doing now, and what might need a bit more focus and what might need a bit more attention. I think we really came to the conclusion that optimizing is maybe the word for maintenance, you know, really

looking at what you are doing and, you know, where those little areas of focus are versus trying to do more and more. I think, you know, also in the weight loss group, there's a lot of people that are still learning. And not that we're not learning in maintenance, we're always learning, we're always evolving. But in the weight loss group, when people are just starting the Libby Method, they're learning all the things that they can do, where I feel like we have a bit of a leg up here where we know the things we can do. We just have to dig in deeper to doing them. Yeah. And I think for maintenance too, there's this concept that people, the transitioning of doing all of the things that they're doing when they're on their weight loss journey

and how long do I have to keep taking supplements for? How long do I have to drink water for? How long? This is where optimizing can come in. Like now you've drank the water, you know how much water you need for weight loss and everything. Now fine tuning it to figure out how much you need

to just stay hydrated and feeling healthy in general could be Optimizing your water versus like I'm trying to get enough water to get that scale moving That can be a bit of a transition the same thing with sleep Like I know during my weight loss journey. I needed to do this. I needed to get this many hours of sleep This was my routine. Now how can I tweak that to make that sort of getting what I need out of it now at the stage that I'm at? Yeah, and I think that's so important. Like we were talking when you say the stage where I'm at, because we were talking again off the top of the week this week in maintenance is supporting the new you. And I don't want members to get stuck on it's supporting the new you like this forever. We're also supporting the changing you. So, you know, that's really the only constant.

The only constant is that we are changing all of the time, you know, our needs change, our bodies needs change, our, you know, our emotional needs change, our mental needs change. And I think that's really constant. We're just talking about supporting the new you. We're also supporting those changes that you need to make from day to day. And we had a member comment, actually,

I wanted to pull it up from Ellen. And she's, I saw this comment actually today and it, right, like first thing this morning. And she said, my weight is going up for the first time in six months I'm not doing anything different and I got excited because I'm like there's so many things you could be doing Differently and maybe that's exactly what your body needs. Maybe it's exactly what you are Craving right now is is something different, you know, maybe have your sleep needs Maybe have your sleep needs changed,

have your movement needs changed. I mean, I've talked all week about being in a polar vortex. It's so, so cold that I can feel like the food that I need and the fluids that I need, all of that has changed. So I think that when she said, I'm not doing anything different, I thought, oh my goodness, there's so many things that she could be doing different.

It's about figuring out what that is. Yeah, and I think too, just even when you think about what you're eating and changing needs of your body, whether it be seasonal changes that you need with those heartier foods, but also the amounts that you need to be, your body as you sort of settling into your maintenance, your body's working differently than it was when you were losing

weight. Your whole point while you were losing weight was to get to a point where your body worked more efficiently. Now your body is working very efficiently. It's being in tune to those hunger needs of eating more some days, eating less, eating different food, like eating different foods, and those fluctuations. So I definitely there's, I think there's room with that. And are you doing everything the same because you're stuck in that routine of this is what I did before? Or are you keeping things the same? Because that's where your body is happy. Is it your mind happy or is it your body that's happy in that routine?

And you really wanna get to that, to back to the place where you're listening like, great, I'm doing this now, but is this what I actually need right now? Yeah, I think that's such an important thing to say, is this what I actually need right now? And this is where the mindfulness practice comes in. We know that, you know, members who have said,

oh, I've, you know, gained some of my weight back. And one of the main reasons is not continuing to be mindful, not continuing to be open to the cues your body is giving you. And, you know, just going through on autopilot and doing the same thing day in, day out, well, I'm going to eat this much because I always eat this much.

I'm going to drink this much because I've always drank this much. When, you know, we say your body is changing, you're changing. This is where this mindfulness practice really continues to be so important. And it was where you really have to really have to lean in. We had another member, Frankie, who had said, How do you tell if you're over hydrated? I'm drinking the same amount as I did to lose and That it kind of is the same thing like we're just we're doing the same thing, but we're not looking for the same outcome now

you know, so What does your body actually need now? How do you know if you're over hydrated? Well, you know our members here Have you know been through that we've put the water post up, you know the cues to look have, you know, been through that. We've put the water post up, you know, the cues to look for. Are you listening to those cues? Are you looking for those cues? And it's not being, it's about not being afraid to make the changes, you know, and, and steering away from like, well, I've always done this.

I need to keep doing this, you know, rather than I need to make a change because what I'm doing now is not working for me. You know, like with, with Alan, I'm not doing anything different, but it's not what you didn't, what you're not doing differently is not working for you. So how do you recognize that? Yeah, and I think that some of that goes back to working through some things like past diet trauma,

where as soon as you stopped doing the thing, like counting the calories or over exercising, your weight came back on and that is something that might take a little bit for people to get over and trust their body that we've done this in a healthy way. So we're in a place where our body is working more efficiently, more optimally versus before when it was sort of a starving, depriving over exercising that as soon as you stopped, it kind of had that reaction. So I think it part of that, that transition as the people transition into maintenance is actually that trust of it's not going to the

minute I stopped doing exactly what I've been doing for the past six months, your, my weight is going to go back up again. Cause like's the experience I think a lot of us have. I know for me, that was my experience with weight loss in the past, is that as soon as I stopped, the difference is that when I stopped before, I went back to doing all the things that had put my weight on in the first place, such as going long periods of time without eating, not drinking water, like over exercising to the point where I was tired and not managing my stress. So it's not the same thing, but it's really hard

in your mind when you have those experiences for so many years to kind of trition into, oh, right, I did things differently and I'm listening to my body and I know what my body needs now. Yeah, I think that's such a valid point. I think I said that about one of your points already, which is why I love having you here.

Just about being fearful of making change or being fearful of having to believe in yourself or having to trust yourself. And we talk so much about learning opportunities, you know, and everything that you do, every experience you go through is a learning opportunity. It's getting to, it's about that self-awareness and getting to know yourself a little bit more.

And, you know, being brave, and we know, we're talking about not festering in your fear, but being brave enough to shake things up a little bit if you need to. And we don't mean like going back to old habits or doing things that you did before that didn't serve you, but all within the guidelines, within the principles and changing it up.

Maybe we're gonna change up the fluids that I'm having. Maybe I'm gonna change up my sleep schedule a little bit or change up the movement that I'm doing. Maybe that's what your body needs to kickstart. Shake it up a little bit for, for a lack of a better term to see what that happened, to see if that makes the change. I think it's just stepping out of that place of fear and into that place of learning, you know, not thinking of it as a scary place, but thinking of it as a learning opportunity. You know,

we can always come back if you need to. Yeah, I know I see there's a comment from Sandra here that she you know feels the same way and that she's finding that back on track isn't working. And with that, it's that's something to is maybe that's not what your body needs. Maybe you you know, back on track, we know is not for when your scale goes up to get your scale to go back down again. when you're doing that, it's getting your body that calm place if your body is at that calm place, but you are not tuning into what its needs are and you're trying to force it to some routine that makes you

comfortable, maybe you need to dig into what it is that you know, a had your weight sort of go up in the first place, was their situational change? How is your sleep been? You know, how was your stress level been? Is this just your weight's normal fluctuation? Like we know sometimes we said about five pounds above our lowest low and that's where our weight is going to stay. Is that what has you sort of, you know, concerned about the scale? So looking into what can cause, we know all the different things that can have your weight up and actually like what what can cause, we know all the different things that can have your weight up and actually like what are you being in tune to what your body needs or are you trying to fight it and

resist what it's asking for and you know giving it salads all the time and trying to stick to back on track because you think it's going to make the scale move. I want to take a quick minute out here to introduce to you our new podcast sponsor and we are so aligned. I'm excited about this one. It's Joe Fresh known for great value. So you know you are getting great quality for the price point as well as stylish everyday essentials. So they want you to know about their new active wear collection that they just launched that includes three new support levels. So something for everybody, which

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on track and with her food and her movement and her fluids. And I, and we talked to about approach. What is your approach here? Are you, there was a powerful quote from Sandra Elia this morning and she said, are you keeping the setback alive? Are you, are you, oh thanks Jodi, are you keeping that setback alive?

Are you in this mindset that is causing you maybe to be a bit more stressed out without not being aware of it? Is this really a heavy thing? Is it a heavy place? Are you approaching it, you know, with frustration and anger instead of, you know, being enlightenment and being able to work through it and getting back to this place where you want to be? I think that can play a part of it as well as really looking at it and what is your approach? Are you trying to control this situation? And with that brings even more even a bigger feeling of failure, like I'm doing all of these things. I'm trying to control everything that's happening. And you know, I'm still not seeing change. So you know, is that is that bringing

about more stress? Is that is that affecting you? Is there a way to approach that and look at that, you know, with different eyes? Yeah, absolutely. I think that's it. It's really, like you said, the mind frame. The mind frame that you're in when this is happening. And, you know, you... Success versus failure and, you know, where that sits for you. What does this look like for you? And what you're putting into what's happening has a huge outcome in it. success versus failure and you know where that sits for you. What does this look like for you and

and what you're putting into what's happening has a huge outcome in it. Yeah, yeah and it's not easy and we hear our members, we feel our members you know like we want everyone to feel like they're at this place where they're calm and they've learned what they need to learn to learn and their weight will always you know be exactly where they want it to be. But in reality, it is going to fluctuate those few pounds here and there. And when we do feel like, you know, we're doing all the things and it's the we're not sitting where we want to be sitting. It really is, I think, a matter of just like you said, shifting that mindset a little bit

easier said than done. We know shifting that mindset a little bit and digging deep and how are you looking at this? How are you going to bring this forward? And is this causing you more stress? And maybe you just need to take a deep breath and be like, okay, I need to just settle in to where I am right now for a few minutes and then I'll pick up tomorrow

or I can shift my mindset tomorrow or I can move on, try something different tomorrow. I think that goes a long way too, is really just, um, you know, just giving yourself a bit of grace and, you know, changing your approach a little bit. Well, and I think thinking of it as that, that thought of failure versus we know why the scale can be slower to move and things that can affect your journey when you're losing weight, but do we lose sight of those when we're done losing weight and in maintenance?

Things can come up, things that maybe you need to dig into it with a naturopath. Maybe you need to assess things like food sensitivities that can come up. Food sensitivities can pop up or anything like that can pop up at any point in your life. I think about how menopause has hit me and the effects it's had on my body. If you know, if I was at my goal weight before menopause started,

pretty sure I wouldn't be now because of everything I'm going through, right? Like there are a lot of outside factors. There are, you know, the things like stress and so, you know, changes like situational changes that I mentioned earlier. But there's also all of those physical things you don't get to your goal weight like people that are at their goal weight and happy there are not immune to all the other things that can affect their body their health and their stress for the rest of their lives what you do have the advantage of and the edge on when

you've done this program is are the tools to manage and the resources to get to the bottom of what it is that's causing it. So we don't want to forget those resources we learned while we were losing the weight, such as working with your health care provider, you know, stress, sleep, things like that. So yeah, I think that's just something that's important to Yeah, I think that I agree with you. I think it's important. I think we often forget about that, about how, you know, our health care providers are there for us, whatever that health care provider might look like for you. That could even include, you know, going to therapists or a psychologist and digging a little bit deeper. You know, if you feel like you are doing everything and you're trying to work through all of this on your own, Maybe there is a point where you do reach out to you or whether it's your medical doctor, your naturopath or someone to help with mental health. I think that's such an important point to make.

We don't wanna forget about that, that we do have all these resources. And again, we know that it's not available to everybody all the time, but there are some incredible resources out there that you can reach out to because it's true, we are changing physically, we are changing mentally, and sometimes we need a bit more support, a bit more support that we can actually get from our team here, even though we would love to be able to support everybody.

And sometimes you do need that medical doctor, you need that healthcare provider. And I've found in the past too, sometimes it's even just having that conversation makes you just feel better putting it out there. And I think that's what's so valuable. Our members come into the group and they share and you can just see from the comments like, Yes, I feel the same way or Yes, thank you for saying that. I think, you know, just putting it out there and having that awareness is such a big step as well. So I think that's, you know, always keep that at top of mind too, that there are other resources that can help you. Yeah, exactly. You see Michelle has commented here that the stress at her job is totally contributing to her weight being that's, you know, there are, you know, thinking about

things like that. It's not failure, it's called life. And it's something that we need to learn to navigate as we are, you know, figuring out how this looks for us. Yeah. And yeah, we talk about stress being a big part of it too, right? Because stress, not only just disrupts your, you know, the way that you feel and the thoughts that you think,

but it actually has a physical manifestation in your body as well. We know that. We know that it can wreak havoc on your body. And I think having that awareness and understanding it's there, and I feel like awareness is like the word of the week this week. Having that awareness and knowing it's there and not trying to push it aside, like Michelle said, I know it's the stress of my job. Like that's an amazing piece of awareness to have. And now that that's there, it's, you know, having those coping mechanisms and understanding how is that stress effect?

I mean, now is it weighing on the choices I make? Is it weighing on, you know, the way I talk to myself or the way that I'm approaching myself? So I think that's an important part of it. Stress is such a such such a, how do you say it nicely? It's such a, never going away. Let's just say that. It's not. Yeah, but that's the thing too. Like Michelle has said, she's determined to remain strong and keep plugging along. That being strong isn't necessarily being consistent with a food planner, getting on top of your water, making sure you move your body. When you're dealing with stress, sometimes that being strong can be some of the things Gina has mentioned with just stopping

and taking a deep breath, making sure that you are taking moments throughout the day to kind of break the circuit of that stress and it piling up on you. Being strong and supporting yourself while you're going through that stress isn't necessarily back on track for somebody who's trying to get the scale down. It's in taking care of other things. And that's where that optimizing comes in. You know, that all the things that we

learned on the weight loss group that are our go-to when our weight is up, when we are in maintenance, it might be something that we need to optimize versus maximizing. Yeah, I think that's such an important point to remember as well. You know, I just, I feel like we want to come together on Wednesdays and we want to just let our members know, you know, that it's whatever is happening, whatever is going on, you know, we want to call it motivation. Maybe we just want to call it momentum. Maybe just we want to call it support. That there's always something that can be done. There's always something beyond the fear or beyond the frustration or beyond the way that we're talking to ourselves. There's always something. And I think that's the one thing they, you know, our members can take away from this little conversation today is that, is that

there is so much to be done, you know, and let's try not to be stuck with where we are. Like, I am this new me and this is who I am. This is who will always be forever. I think it's realistic to say, you know, we will always need support. We'll always need to face that our bodies and our minds are changing and there is so much that we can do, you know, and maybe it is pulling out that maximizing checklist. We still call it the maximizing checklist. Pull it out and get a little bit deeper with those questions and ask yourself. You know, I think that's one of the one of the first things I think if we want to come away

with some midweek motivation this week, it's that there is some there is something you can do. And nobody here is a lost cause. I think that's one of the things I learned from my very first living method in 2018, you know, was nobody's a lost cause and, and, um, you know, we can help you, you can help yourself. So just take a little bit of what we were talking about today as if that's your motivation that you need to move forward and, you know, reach out and we're here to help and to support and offer advice when we know we think you need to take it beyond the group and beyond us.

And that's always an option too. Absolutely, absolutely. And then just talking about all of that and where we're going with this and next week, next week we are talking all mindfulness here in the maintenance group and the maintenance program. I know you're talking mindfulness again, or as well in the weight loss group and we are talking mindfulness here.

I mean, like I said earlier, we know that it can be one of the reasons that, you know, that weight starts to creep back up if it does. And we're going to dig really deep into listening to your body's cues, not just am I hungry, am I not hungry, but how, you know, all those other cues it gives you about being tired or movement or how it's feeling or, you know, is it sensitive to foods? What else is your body telling you beyond, you know, is it hungry or not? Yeah, I think there's absolutely going to be some great reminders for people that are feeling a little bit stuck right now.

And especially those that are coming down off of the holidays and things like that. This is, what did they say? This Monday was Blue Monday. And I think we have to keep things like that in mind that the time of year has an effect on a lot of us physically and mentally and the seasons can have an impact on you. So I think there's always a lot of, a lot more you can tune into. So I think next week's going to

have some great tips and reminders. Maybe you can help to your point that they're not a lost cause. This is just something else that they are navigating in their journey. Yeah, yeah, I think so too. So on that note, one thing I want to say is just a reminder to our members, we were talking supplements this week. So we are giving away some amazing supplements in the group. I know both of our groups are. So find that post. We want to know from our members what healthy means to them

and what a healthy looks like to them. So we're making you go a bit deeper. You can't just say, oh, I wanna be healthy. We wanna know what that exactly means. So finally we've got nine prize packs available to win. So make sure you find that. And Kim, as always, I'm so happy that you came to join us today. I'm excited too.

Happy to be here and see everyone and chat with you. I know our members are happy to have you. Nice, familiar face. OK, I'm going to say goodbye to you now. Thanks so much. Thanks everyone for joining us. Bye. Bye. Bye.