The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Maintenance Mindset Mondays - February 3, 2025

Episode Date: February 3, 2025

Maintenance Mindset Mondays is all about cracking open the conversation about what REAL maintenance looks like – beyond the scale and deep into personal transformation. Join Gina and Odette as they dive into the week’s focus, share insights on all things maintenance, and answer your questions. Whether you’re new or experienced, there’s something for everyone!On this week's episode, Gina and Odette are covering everything from the Sickness Protocol—why it matters and when to use it—to Downsizing in Maintenance and how it differs from weight loss mode. They chat about health and wellness wins and why all the work you’ve done serves you long-term. Plus, they break down why your body tends to sit 5-7 pounds above your lowest low, how stepping out of your comfort zone promotes growth, and why intention, self-determination, and self-awareness are essential in this phase.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.

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["Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"] Welcome to Maintenance Mind mindset Mondays where we discuss all things maintenance. It's the beginning of the week. We are rolling into week four of our maintenance program, all about self-determination and downsizing. What I loved that you wrote is that self-determination is a skill and a mindset. I think we're going to gonna wanna get right into that. Joining me as always is Odette,

who is the manager of our maintenance program. Hello, hi. Hi, how are you? Sick, not feeling so hot. And Odette is not either, tis the season, so not to make it about us. But I do wanna remind our members that just like in the weight loss program,

we have that whole sickness protocol. We also have that sickness protocol in maintenance as well. So if ever you're not feeling so hot, you don't just want to, you know, just do what you got to do. You really honor want to honor where you're at, follow that sickness protocol. And if you need a reminder of that reach out because you just want to help the body heal, feel better and then you can get get it back to focusing focusing on the things that you want to focus on. Yeah. I think, you know, sickness protocol at this stage too is you felt good for so long and then all of a sudden you feel sick and you're like, what the heck? Why do I feel

like this? And even something minor can, you know, it can feel so much bigger than it is, you know, not to downplay feeling sick, but you're like, oh, this really sucks, you know, when you know how, and you almost want to push through it, you're like, No, no, I'm gonna feel good again. I'm gonna feel good again. But no, I'm fine. I'm fine. Yeah, that whole I'm fine. I'm fine. I can do it. And then we do this. We do. We know that we do this. We push through sicknesses. Sometimes you got to do what you

got to do. And then we just end up prolonging the like, you know, trying to get healthier at the end of the day. Yeah, I was gonna say about that sickness protocol. I don't know, I'm starting a lot of drugs. Don't be afraid to use the sickness protocol. Again, we talk about this in the weight loss program, how it's kind of like, it can fast track kind of where you're at, because your body's trying to heal, repair,

rebuild, regenerate, rejuvenate. And it's really just about taking the time that you need to focus on yourself and being mindful and aware of that. And even in, you know, once you've lost your weight, the downside of losing weight in a healthy way, that's what I was going to say, is that you get used to feeling really good. And when you feel even slightly off, you feel really off. And what is great about being in tune to your body

is that you are going to notice the sickness coming a mile away, as opposed to just waking up one day and being sick. You'll probably start to feel a little run down, you'll have a little scratch on your throat. That's your body saying, hey, you know, like if you can help us out over here. That's when you wanna get to bed earlier, get that rest,

take any medications and stuff that you need to, and just be mindful. Your body needs your help right now. Yeah. And it'll help you feel better faster too, right? If you give yourself the time to get better, you'll feel better faster. Yeah. Okay.

For those who are feeling fantastic, because for everyone who's not feeling great, there are people who feel better than they ever have. What is this week about? What do you want to dive into with the tweak this week? Yeah. So first of all, I want to talk downsizing because that's the tweak that we're working this week. And I think members sometimes are surprised that we're still talking downsizing and maintenance and on the maintenance program. They thought they were done with it. Here we are. Surprise, Encore.

Surprise. So just talking downsizing. And then, yeah, I do want to talk self-determination because that's something that we introduced, you know, back in the fall, but I want to dig a little bit deeper into it now. So downsizing, you know, what is it? What are we doing? Is it the same? Is it different?

So short answer is downsizing. If you've been through the Libby Method weight loss program, as we know, we have members here that haven't been, they are here to maintain their weight from other programs. So if you have downsizing is the same, the tweak is the same. So you are walking away from your meals and snacks, just feeling slightly unsatisfied. Like you could have just a little bit more. And you know, we were talking so much mindfulness last week and really putting that into practice this week. It's going to create some change. It's going to, you know, have you stepping

out of your comfort zone a little bit. So this is where downsizing is the same as when following the weight loss program, just a few bites less. And it's really, go ahead, yeah. No, I was just gonna say, like people may be maintaining the weight just fine, but yeah, your portions are getting bigger and bigger and bigger. And it's great that you can maintain your weight at that, but that's also not ideal.

There's no real benefit of eating more than what you need. And it can still bring up all of those fields. Like you said, food waste issues, food scarcity, all of that. So even though you've successfully lost your weight physically, you might not be done mentally. I also love what you talked about because we do have people doing the maintenance program who didn't do our weight loss program. And I think this maintenance program is gonna be becoming bigger and bigger and bigger

as people find out about it, whether you've lost your weight through another diet or taking any of the weight loss medications, for example, you almost have more work to do now that you've lost your weight to get in tune to your body's needs. So you're running through the same steps of the weight loss program, getting into those portions, helping to increase your metabolism, helping your body adjust to a new set point.

So I would say it's probably more work for people and you have to be even more consistent and diligent when following the maintenance program than someone who's been there before lost their weight through the living method. So I love that you mentioned that because we are starting to get more and more people who are finding out, lost their weight, however, finding out about our maintenance program and signing up for it, which I think is great.

Yeah, and I think this is a place where, you know, it's really, like I said last week, we were doubling down on those mindfulness, those four steps to mindful eating. And, you know, like that's a lot of the mental work you sit down, you're asking yourself the questions and, you know, this week it is a bit more of really tuning into that physical feeling as well.

And it's really about, you know, letting yourself feel slightly unsatisfied, feeling a little bit hungry. I think that we can get comfortable in this place where if we're not full, we think we're hungry. Because we don't have that feeling of like food in our belly, where being hungry is not, you know,

not having physical food in your belly. There really are hunger signals. So it's really, you know, allowing yourself to tune back into what hungry feels like, really realigning those, that feeling again. Yeah, such a great point. Cause you want to know what it feels like to feel like you've had enough. You want you want to know what it feels like to feel like you've had too much and you do also want to remind yourself what true hunger feels like. Because if you know what real hunger feels like, you know when you've also had enough so they to go ahead and again this is all leading into big

picture which is you've lost your weight, you've maintained your weight, now you're living your life, waking up, looking good, feeling good, just making choices in tune to your body's needs, not even giving a thought about your portions because you don't have to ask the four questions. You just know it's enough, it's not enough.

And then you know the moment you've had enough or you know the moment you've eaten too much, right? And you know exactly when you're hungry so again This is all just to make this second nature so that once you are ready to move on past your journey You you just live your life without having to think about it yeah, and it's like we said like it's a week of shaking things up a little bit too if we've just been following the routine and You know Maybe the mindfulness didn't come as easily last week,

or you didn't put as much practice as you wanted to into it, this week is really a continuation of that, of being able to just sit down, be more mindful, and be like, okay, how do I feel right now? Am I getting to that point where if I had another bite, it's really asking that question. If I had another bite, would I be satisfied? Yes, okay, then I'm gonna stop now, and then just taking that mindfulness to the next

step. Yeah. I hear Kim here. My husband is just getting over a really bad cold. I'm feeling amazing even after taking care of him for six days. I don't quite understand, but he used to always get sick. Now I feel my immune system is so much stronger. I wonder if that has anything to do with eating better and taking care of myself, like better

sleep and managing my stress. 100%. 100%. When we talk about increased metabolism, we're also talking about increased immunity. Like you are just healthier, so you are more resistant to viruses and colds and flus and all of that. So yeah, absolutely. I was just saying to Tony today, it's been a while since I've been, I've had a cold. I don't even like or a flu or anything. I have other

things that I've had to deal with like menopause, but cold, it's been a while. So yes, your immune system has a lot to do. One of the things that we are doing is increasing your immunity, making your body healthier and stronger. something we actually don't talk a lot about. No, I was going to say like when you think of the foods that you're eating and all of the, you know, we talk about nutrient dense foods and having a stronger immune system and having a stronger metabolism. Well those nutrient dense foods come with antioxidants. They come with those vitamins, those minerals that are boosting your immune system.

So the more that you feed your body that, of course, you're going to build up that natural strength of your immune system because you're feeding it. That's what you're feeding it what it needs. When you're avoiding those processed foods and sugars that we know can lower your immune system, you're feeding it vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, those phytochemicals, all those things that your body needs. That's what you're doing every day. Yeah.

Your body continues to repair and rebuild and regenerate and rejuvenate and all those things. I see a question here. You talked about some people are excited sharing that they love downsizing and some people are nervous and you have a comment here. I'm worried about downsizing as I don't want to lose any more weight. I've exceeded my goal and I'm still losing on in maintenance. I'm embracing my routine, trying to be consistent and being mindful of my choices.

I still seem to be wanting, waiting for my body to catch up to my mind. Yeah, so the reality is it's cute that we think that we can control where our weight is at and where our body is happy. And the reality is a lot of people do tend to continue to lose weight and maintenance. Whether you were doing another round of the living method to solidify your weight or you are just, you're personalizing the plan.

If your body has excess fat, it feels like no longer serves a purpose, it will release that fat. And so, I mean, obviously you're not gonna lose more weight than you would like or more weight that is healthy for you because you're going about it in a really healthy way. But this isn't unusual. It's not unusual for people to continue to see the scale move.

Now remember, once you're kind of living a life in maintenance, your weight tends to sit about five to seven pounds above your lowest low. So that'll give you a little extra wiggle room there. But you are trying right now when you are doing the maintenance program, you are doing all the things to to live optimally, right? You're managing your stress and your seat, you're following the food plan, you're eating good, nutrient rich foods. You're not always going to follow the plan. You will live your life the liby way. And so if you're adding in breads or pasta,

it's not that they cause you to gain weight, but your body will retain more water with them. So your weight will still a little bit higher. But you know how hard it is to lose when you're trying to lose, right? So this is sort of where, don't worry that you're gonna end up losing too much because you won't,

because you have to really try at that for one. This is probably just your body being like, I have this extra fat doesn't serve me. So let me release that fat. Yeah. And I just want to remind everyone that one week and one tweak is not the reason that you're going to lose more weight than you want to or that you think is healthy. Right? So we think of downsizing again, and maybe it's a bit of that old diet mentality coming back, like, oh, I'm eating less, so I'm gonna lose weight. Well, one week is not going to be, you know, it's not gonna push you over that edge.

That's not what it is. This week is not about, you know, eating less to lose weight. It's about keeping yourself unsatisfied so that you understand what that feels like. It's not about trying to lose more weight. Such a great point because downsizing was never about that, right? Downsizing was never about the eating less part. Like it's trying to get people to really understand that downsizing is about getting even more in tune to your body's needs and understanding your hunger level. Such

a good point. Such a good point. Yeah. And so, and we know what this like, just like Ludian said, we know that this tweak, you know, it's small, it said, we know that this tweak, it's small. It's a shake up. It's a small tweak when you think of what we're doing, but it can bring some really big feelings with it. So that's really why one of the reasons we want to bring it into the maintenance program as well, because now that we've maybe gotten a bit more brain

capacity, we're not trying to lose weight and get the scale to move, how can we use this tweak to, you know, grow a little bit to bring those feels forward and really have to face them? And, you know, it's a time of change. It's a place of change where you're going from what you did for three weeks already, well, four, like prep one, two, and three. So four weeks, really, you know, doing the same thing. And now we're asking you to go to a place of change and that's not easy right we're asking you to do maybe a hard thing and we hear over and over again we can do hard things you can step out of your comfort zone and you know motivation alone is not

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dreams that came true. At OLG, every winner has one thing in common. They played. Could you win next? Play in store or at olg.ca and bring home the win. Winner, Kenyo. CA and bring home the win. Winner, Ganyu. You have talked about this a lot. It's all about your intention, right? Just reminding yourself of what your intention is here is to really give your body the time and energy and you know that you need in order to be able to maintain and sustain your weight. You're helping your body adjust to your new weight

while also continuing to level up and help your body boost your metabolism, but mentally continue to work through those issues and associations with foods, habits, beliefs, and all of that. And your intention is to give your body this time and for you to work through the things you need to work through to truly get to a place where you get

on the other side of your weight loss journey, where you are ready to just live your life and put your weight loss journey behind you and just know that you have the tools and the skills to do that. Right? And this is that you, you, people are so determined to lose weight and that's great because you get that big payoff, but you need to be just as determined to maintain and solidify your weight, to really get to that place where you're calm physically, mentally around food. And you're able to live your life without being consumed about what to eat,

what not to eat and all of that. And I think, you know, what you said, like you have the skills and you have the tools to do what you need to do. But you have the choice to do that, too. Like you have the choice now to do what you need to do, to push through if that's what you need that day, to be you know determined. Let's use that word to get through the day or to get through that meal or snack or to make the choice at the end of it to say yeah I'm a bit uncomfortable here you know but I'm going to do it anyway because I know it's going to get

me to where I want to go. You're not being motivated. Who's motivated to do what's uncomfortable? Not me. I don't want to do what's uncomfortable, but I'm going to be determined to let myself go there so that I can come out on the other side or learn something from it along the way. Yeah, Kim says, I love downsizing. And this morning I made my breakfast and I was a bit off putt by leaving a few bites. That just goes to show it takes time and effort to be in the moment because I am really not hungry, but it kind of bothered me not to finish. Yes, right? I love this program has really had me become more aware. That's exactly it. You could have lost all your weight, but it's still working through

those issues. Yeah. Yeah. If it bothered you, you know, if it bothered him not to be finished, why? Why did it bother you not to be finished? You know, is it because you had to leave food behind or because it was delicious or because you're out of your routine? Like what about that made you, you know, bothered? And then, you know, maybe this goes, I don't even see maybe, it does, it goes beyond food. So when you're bothered by something else later on, you're bothered by what life has served you, you're bothered by something that's happening

around you, you're bothered by that, how are you going to cope? How are you going to work through that? You know, like, you're not, that might be an uncomfortable place to be outside of what's eaten. You know, what's bothering you and how you're going to cope with it. All these little things we're doing now, we're asking you to eat a little bit less so that you can cope with the bigger things later on. I mean, it's so true. And I think this is a conversation we can have in maintenance because it puts you in tune with everything across the board, the work that people are doing, the mindfulness work and awareness,

besides what to eat, when and how much like what works for you in life. When something is bothering you, this is where you say, okay, what is it? What is bothering me about this? Could be a work situation, a personal situation, whatever it is. This is that awareness. It's trusting your gut. It's recognizing when you're dealing with something and something's bothering you and be like, hey, what is this about?

Right? Like maybe you're bothered because you're still on a fucking diet. Like fuck, I lost my weight, right? Now I'm working on maintaining it. And here I am still having to do this shit. If you've been doing it for 20 years, right? This is like you're getting ready to move on from it. Love that. Dig your heels in even deeper, be determined to get this done and do the work that you need to do to get to the place. You don't have to worry about it, right? Or maybe it bothered you because the

cost of groceries is insane. And you just don't like the idea that you paid $57 million for these blueberries and you want to eat them all, right? Like this also same tips apply in weight loss as they do in maintenance. Put them in a container, cycle them back into your rest of your meals and snacks, right? So there could be a lot of reasons. You could just be annoyed at whatever's going on. And this is just the one more thing that just added to it, right? That self-awareness and really understanding what do you need day in, day out, you know, in the moment,

like beyond just what to eat and when following the program, you know? Yeah, yeah, I agree. Sorry, I don't need to put this comment out. I definitely have a harder time leaving delicious food. I want to keep eating even though I'm satisfied. And you can, you can put that aside for the next time. You can't, I think, you know, it's,

I wanna keep eating because it's delicious without thinking I wanna keep eating this. Maybe I can eat it again later and it will be just as delicious later. So I think this is like overriding feels right when you know something it's like it is delicious but I you really want to focus on I've had enough like I'm full right like or be like okay let's say for shits and giggles I eat it how am I then gonna feel oh I'm gonna feel full and then mentally then I'm going to walk around feeling like knowing I've overeaten something.

And so that is sort of like that deliciousness is that, oh, I can have another bite. That's that almost that dopamine hit, right? Where there's you could listen, you could totally finish it. Is it going to stop you from maintaining your weight? No, it's not. But at the end of the day, it is about being in that situation where your satisfaction overrides. There are moments where you're like, this is so good, I'm just going to eat it, knowing that I'm going to feel uncomfortable afterwards,

whether that's physically or mentally or whatever it is. And so again, big picture, right? Saying no, saying no, or stopping when you want more is not feeding into that dopamine. And we're so used to feeding into dopamine, whether it's just scrolling on your phone or whatever those is, those quick hits of dopamine. It's almost like we max that out. And we don't get as much enjoyment out of things because we're just trying to enjoy all of those things.

Right, so there's benefits for that. But it's that sitting in that uncomfortableness you talked about, and you gotta get used to sitting in that uncomfortableness, because when you get used to that feel, not only will it help you not overeat in the moment, but also things like if you're hungry at night or you're snacking or, you know,

you get used to saying no, and then you get more comfortable with the feeling. Cause it's not that you really want it, you're just feeding into the dopamine hit that you get from it. Yeah, and when did the delicious meal ends? End? Like, when does it end? Like you think like, Oh, my breakfast was delicious. So I want to eat it or my lunch was delicious. I'm going to overeat it. Now my dinner is delicious and I want to overeat it. You know,

so I think it's it's yeah, it's delicious and you want to have it but you have to be like you said, like you can't put the feelings aside, that feeling aside of like, if I do this and it becomes my cycle again, it becomes my habit again. Now, you know, it being delicious can't be the reason. Well, and this is that in this is that association with food where like, are people actually enjoying the food? Like, are you smelling it? Are you enjoying cooking it? Are you actually like taking time to chew it? Like actually taking time to be I noticed this when I was away last week. And it's like, it takes forever. So the food was great, but it took forever. Like forever for them to make the food, cook the food, then you get

it. But they, no one's got anywhere to go. Everyone's on vacation. And so we would sit there for like an hour or more having breakfast. And because I knew it was gonna take so long, we had time. I actually like took time to like enjoy my food. When I didn't have to run into a meeting or go here and then go there and then do all these things. One night we got there early

because we wanted to get dinner early but the show wasn't starting. So we just like really took our time with our food and spread it out. One of the things you notice when you do that is that you're giving your body time to process and digest the food. You end up getting feeling really full when you take a lot longer to eat your food. It's hard to finish the food because if you've ever done a tasting menu or anything like that, because you're getting satisfied as you sat there. We don't take the time to enjoy our food.

That's one of the things that last week was really noticeable for me when I didn't have anywhere to go. I was actually enjoying my food. There's a way to indulge your food without overeating your food, smelling it, tasting it, chewing it, being mindful of the environment, the conversation around it. There are other ways to get that sense of indulgence without overeating that's going to then physically make you feel like you overate. Yeah, it's not the amount of the food itself. It's the essence of the food, right? It's what that

bite brings to you. You don't need to have 10 bites. You can have two or three bites of, and still have that same delicious feeling. And yeah, like you said, when you have, when you give yourself time to just enjoy it and take it all in and breathe, and you're like, oh, okay, and you know, it's almost better that way. It almost tastes better sometimes.

It does. And you can bookend this, cause Julie's saying whenever I have a bit too much of a good thing, I'm uncomfortable afterwards. And we need to remember that over full feeling. Right, so this is why if you're really indulging in it in the moment and then you want to eat more, just stop and be like, okay, if I was to eat all of this, I'm gonna walk away feeling bloated.

I'm like this with wine, because you all know I have been trying not to drink and wine specifically Because wine I just will drink a bottle after bottle now I'm to the point when I see wine I my stomach immediately is like no and and my and I and I really remember Because I've been focusing on this when I have wine I want Gina remember how you feel the next day and that's the part that gets me. I feel depressed It's the certain feeling that I have. It's the part that gets me. I feel depressed. It's the certain feeling that I have.

It's just like, not just physically, it's more of a mental thing, but I just don't feel great. And so that I've been trying to associate with that. Every time I want wine, I'm like, okay, remember the feeling, how you feel afterwards. And now it's to the point, I don't have to say that anymore. I just watch someone drink wine

and I'm just like, don't want it. Or I was with someone who drank wine the other day. And I swear the next day I watched them drink one I swear the next day I woke up feeling like that. Yeah, I'm just like, what? I didn't even drink. How do I feel like I think from watching someone drink the wine. That's literally how I felt. Right. And then you and then you so that's at the end of your meal, then really pay attention to enjoying the meal because I think you can enjoy you don't want to like eat your meal thinking about how sharp crap you're going to feel if you eat all of it, you still want to enjoy it. You want to enjoy it. Yeah, yeah, I would. I'm when I last night with my kids and my husband, and we had tacos and margaritas anyway, so we had

tacos. And they were they wereitas. Anyway, so we had tacos and I mean they were delicious. They were so good and I had two and I thought I would love another one because I you know they come with a variety and there's a whole bunch of them. Like if I have another one I'm gonna go home tonight I'm gonna feel so gross because I have to drive an hour home. We were out of town visiting my son. We had to drive an hour home and I thought I'm gonna feel sick even though it was delicious you know. I, I didn't feel that feeling. I want to wake up tomorrow. I'm already not feeling great. I don't want to add to that. You know, I just want

to feel good tomorrow. And I thoroughly enjoyed those, you know, those two that I had. And I woke up today and I'm still not feeling great, but not because of the tacos, which, you know, what it made me feel even worse. So, and knowing that I made, I had that made that choice last night today, I'm like, Oh, maybe I can make some other choices today. It kind of gives you that bit of confidence that, you know, yeah, I've made the right choice for myself. I can continue to make the right choices for myself as the day goes on.

And as the weeks go on and as the program goes on, you know, maybe that's the point I'm trying to get to is that you make one mindful choice, it kind of reinforces that you can make another mindful choice and another mindful choice and really build on that. Yeah, and then build on that. I love that. Okay, so what's your always-decide homework for people on Mondays? Yeah, well, now after having this conversation,

I'm going to ask people if they are feeling bothered by having to make this change, like, why, you know, ask yourself, why are you feeling bothered? What is it? You know, what is it about being slightly unsatisfied or maybe even a little bit hungry? You know, what is it that feels uncomfortable? You know, is it other is it associations coming up? Or is it old diet dialogue? Or is it fear? Are you scared you're going to do something to yourself because you're, you know, you're

doing something wrong to yourself because you're letting yourself feel hungry. And on the days when that motivation is not there, like it's a gray February day today as I look outside and I don't want to do anything but get back in my bed, but I'm going to do it anyways. So if you have that feeling of, I don't want to do this today, can you shift your mindset to, I'm going to do it anyways and see if that makes you feel any better at the end of it? Or compromise, I was just in bed right before this,

but I was doing work. So I was like, okay, I don't have to sit at my desk, let me go sit in my bed and then I can do my work." And I was like, actually, okay, this is good. For a second, I felt guilty. Then I'm like, wait, no, I'm working. It's fine. I'm just working from my bed. So you can compromise. Do whatever works best for you. Okay. Thanks, Odette. We will be back on Wednesday for our midweek motivation conversation. So I hope everyone has a great rest of your day. You too, Odette, and we'll see you. Okay, we'll see you later.

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