The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Midweek Motivation - February 4, 2026

Episode Date: February 4, 2026

Welcome to your Midweek Motivation!This week, Gina and Odette deliver a real-talk reminder that sustainable weight loss and maintenance aren’t about perfection, quick fixes, or waiting for things to feel easy, but about self-awareness, accountability, and continuing to show up even when it feels hard. Taking on some member questions, they speak candidly about frustration, passion, and why resistance, excuses, and old habits can quietly creep back in if they’re not addressed head-on. They reinforce that the science works, maintenance is absolutely possible, and believing in yourself enough to do the work is where real change happens.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 livymethod.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams for my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on ACAST, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple, and Amazon music. It's your maintenance midweek motivation.

Some of my favorite conversations are taking place here. Wake up, look good, feel good, no matter what life throws out you. You got this. Oh, my gosh. Hi. Hi. You got? Like number payments?

Oh, Tony just came down. He always does like a huff and puff. I don't know. You know what? Today I'm in a mood. I think everybody is. Are you in a mood? I am tired. Someone actually in my, I'm, you know, for so many reasons, I'm annoyed, but not. I was just reading someone's comment on Monday where I was feeling like really like this is such, it's, I'm so passionate about this stuff. I know it works. I'm living proof. We know the science works. I'm not trying to sell people's snake oil. Um, you know, so I get passionate because like fucking snap out of it. You can do this. Stop it. Knock it off. You got this. You know what you know. need to do, get out of your head. I mean, there's some people who are just like, they love it.

They're living their best life. That's amazing. I know what can be accomplished. So I'm really passionate about really talking real straight up to people. Monday, I had this passionate live. I was feeling pretty passionate for a variety of reasons. You know, it's downsizing. People have been out of for a while. The diet industry has screwed them over. Really about doing the work. Because, you know, I see on social media on other people who like do our program and then members are like, oh, how do you stop the nighttime snacking? I'm still snack. And then I see them in the group. The same member is like, well, I'm doing everything perfectly.

And I'm like, okay, I just saw you over on someone else's post saying that you're snacking every night. Like, I don't care what people do. I just want them to be successful. And that's always where I'm coming from, right? And then also, like, we can't be boring because like, who would want to sit here and listen to us, drone on it makes you, you're eating on your snakes and you, whatever. Anyway, some girl was like, why are you so mad?

And now I'm mad. I was like, I wasn't mad when I did that. I'm like thousands of comments and you're the only person who thinks I'm mad. What about passion? What about, you know, like someone like caring so much. They're just so passionate about getting a message. Like that's what we fucking show up. Yeah.

Why do you show up? Like anyone listening right now, why are you showing up? what do you want for yourself? So anyway, I was just sitting upstairs in my bed and I was like, bad. Now I'm bad. And I'm like, so many things in life are hard. Like, it's hard to get a degree. It's hard to go to school. It's hard to do the work you need to do a bot to buy a house. It's hard to do the work you need to do to sell a house. It's learning anything. Learning to use my new phone is hard. Right? Like doing anything in life is hard because life is so hard. And the fact that people just think like, oh, like this should just be, like I had a woman in the group today being like, well, this science doesn't work because it's not working for me. I'm like, what does that mean? We are like four weeks into the program. What about non-scale victories? What's happening to your body?

What health issues do you have? Like, what's going on in your life? Like, what the fuck do you mean? It's not like, please give me contacts. I'm like, you just don't want it to work. You don't want it to work. because you're looking for reasons and excuses. And I'm like, I'm not going to tell you to quit.

You're not going to hear that for me. Same thing within maintenance. You're not going to hear it for me that, oh, you're not going to be able to maintain your weight. Yeah, you fucking can because there's no reason why you can't. The only reason you can't is because you are not self-aware. So you go into old habits. You know you're trashing yourself each night, but you're not holding yourself accountable because you don't want to believe it.

You don't want to figure out how it's possible for you. Maybe you don't want to face your past. and all the diets that you've done and lost and gained and lost and gain. And I can tell you a million times that's not your fault. But maybe you don't want to believe that because you just want to be so mad that all the diets you did didn't work that you don't really want to believe that this can work, right? Like even all the app, people were so mad. I'm like, at what?

We're just doing our best around here for you. Good news is, though, for anyone about the app, we're going to go back to, we're going to unlock a feature where people can see their graphs and data and stuff like that. it's going to cost a lot of money for us to do that. And we're going to have to figure that out. But we're going to do that. So it's just like, how are you showing up? What's your interpretation of this for you?

Like let's fucking shake things up. It gives our heads a shake. Like, come on. You know, and it's not berating ourselves. It's having passion for ourselves to want what we want and to achieve the things that we want. And we want to be past this weight loss obsession that we've had for years because we know we can feel better. We know we can look better. And you already know that you are here in maintenance so you can maintain this. Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk. But how are you doing?

I'm good. I was really tired yesterday. I had that day where I didn't. I don't know because we were like up so late, late Monday night. And then yesterday I was like, I just, I felt like I was dragging all day, even though it was a day. And then today I woke up and it feels like minus 24. I'm like, what is happening? I get it to get like I just, it's, it's tough. But I think. And it's, but I'm good. Like, I feel good. I feel healthy.

I feel like I'm, my head is clear. I feel good. I just, yeah, like enough with some of the stuff that's going on already. And I love this like the way that we started this today because we so much around here we say, we speak in questions. Why is that? What's happening? How is that working out for you?

you know, it's all of these questions. So we've said before in maintenance that there's a lot of statements, there's a lot of sharing, there's a lot of comments. And that's such good reflection. But we love when we were like, ask the questions. Ask the questions because it's going, not because we need to, we need to be in there and doing something and answer them because it's, it's for you. If you're asking those questions, it's going to help you come to the answer. Maybe not sooner, but it's going to help you come to the answer instead of saying like, I don't feel great today. Okay, well, okay, why? What's going, what's the question there? What's going on? Could it be because of this? Or is it because of this? Like, these are questions. You know, ask us the questions and you're almost like you're asking yourself

the questions. That's why it's so much more than just making the statement. It's getting curious, it's asking the questions. We say every day, ask the questions. Participate. Participate in your life. participate in your life, don't gaslight yourself. Yeah. I think there's a lot of people gaslighting themselves. Oh my goodness, right? Like stop gaslighting yourself. Like get into it.

Turn up the volume. Want to know what fuck do I keep doing this? Why do I keep thinking like this? Why do I keep showing up like this, right? Like what is that about? You are absolutely capable of change. Yeah. Okay, listen into some of these quick.

You want to get into what do you want to add? No, I was just going to say, And that's like today when I woke up and it was minus 24. I'm like, oh, this is, this is awful. This is awful. And I'm like, why is it awful? It's awful because I can't walk my dog as long. It's awful because, you know, you can't be your regular routine of being out or just

running to do something is more difficult. So why is it awful? Why is it awful? That's minus 24. Of course, it hurts your skin. I mean, let's not get away from that. It hurts just to be outside. But then, yeah, it shakes up your routine.

It doesn't make things quite as easy. And that's why, you know, the weather makes everything else feel awful. It's not just because it is minus 24. It's because of what that means, what that changes. What's the question behind that? So, yeah, I wanted to get into questions today. I loved last week that we got into some questions. And the questions that members are asking are sparking conversation for our other members.

It's allowing them to want to ask more questions. Yeah, I love it. Let's get into it. I was already reading the first one. Should we just go through? Yeah, let's go through. So we had, the first one was from Alana today. And she said, downsizing is effective for understanding your portion size.

I struggle in the evening. I'm hungry an hour or two later, fully hydrated, had all my meals and snacks. Any tips? And what is the line between unsatisfied and hungry? Downsizing is less about eating less. If you think downsizing is about the portion size, you're missing it. You're missing it. It's a great question.

All these are great questions. Right? Just keep in mind, I'm a little pissy pants or I'm a little bit impassioned today. I struggle in the evening. Why? Are you skipping breakfast or are you choosing not to have breakfast? Because you think, oh, I don't have to have breakfast, but you're choosing not to have it. So have breakfast. Are your meals and snacks actually nutrient rich? Like, what's your vegetable snack? Is it just carrots? Or do you have like social media posted the other day of a snack and just showed all the different things you can add to your snack? And people want bananas. This is like, This is more like a meal than a snack.

It could be, end up being like a meal if you're hungry. Just because it's snack doesn't mean it needs to be small. And just because it's lunch doesn't mean it needs to be bigger, right? Like, think about that. Why do you have more food at lunch than you do like in the afternoon. If you're hungry for a snack, make your snack bigger because it's about what portions feel like, not what they look like, right? So make sure you're eating breakfast.

Make sure you're, speaking of lunch, it's under my nail. make sure you are making your food that you are eating as nutrient-rich as possible. In the evening, you can be, are you actually hungry after eating breakfast, a nutrient-rich breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, snack, and then dinner. And yes, downsizing is just a few bites less. It's literally just a few bites less from what you were eating last week. So are you feeling extra hungry because your portions have creeped out? and now just with a few bites smaller, like your body is noticing that in which you probably

then need to downsize, right? Like that's what it's there for. Yes, getting your portions in check. It's not about making portions smaller. It's about getting in check with your portions. So all you've done is gone from enough to slightly unsatisfied. So is your hunger mental? Like, is it that you just know that you ate less throughout the day or are you actually

feeling it in your body? Is it that it's minus 24 out and it's dark and it's dreary? and you're tired, so you're looking for a pick me up, or you're going through a lonely period in your life, so you're looking for comfort, are you stressed out? So you're using it as coping mechanism, like what's going on with that. So I struggle in the evening. I'm hungry an hour or two later. So chances are, whatever you ate for dinner still hasn't even been processed and digest through your system an hour or two hours later, right? Sometimes if you overeat your dinner, it causes an insulin increase in your body's need for insulin, which can have you craving more,

like large portions or sugar, insulin is insulin. So if you actually are overeating your dinner, that could be why you're actually hungrier a few hours later. Are your stress levels, where are you in menopause? What's going on in your life? Are you tired but super wired? Right. So your cortisol is still high and your melatonin hasn't come down to calm that down.

Like your body doesn't want you eating at night. It doesn't. It doesn't matter what you say. Your body does not want you to eat at night. It's prepping for sleep. Once you to sleep. So then why are you awake? Why are you hungry? What's going on there? Also, if you are still awake hours later past when your body is like, it's bedtime, honey. Like it's bedtime. So your body's like, let's drop the cortisol. Let's increase the melatonin. It's bedtime. But you're wide awake, scrolling on your phone. Do it and work. Your body's like, hey, girl, I see you're still up. So based on you. on our energy levels, you might want to think about grabbing something to eat. But you know you're

going to bed. So your body's saying, hey, girl, you're still up. Wow, okay. Let's, what do you need? Let's keep her going. That's not the same as you know you're going to bed. So your body's like, hey, you're still up. You're still active. You're still going. You might want to think about eating because remember, hunger is not an immediate need for food. So if you are hungry, your body's not, hey, we need food. Oh my God. Right now, we're starving. Your body's like, hey, based on our energy levels, keep doing this or you're staying awake, you might want to think about eating. And your body figures can take you hours to find food. Hunt down your food and kill it. Pick your food, prepare your food, skin your cow, whatever, your rabbit, right? Clean your vegetables, prepare it, eat it,

process, digest it. So if you're still up and you are interrupting the wind down process, your body's like, hey, you want to think about eating. So this is where you also have to be, oh, no, I'm good. Let me have some tea. Let me go to bed. Because with downsizing, you shouldn't be going to bed starved or deprived, right? So this is a great question, by the way. So it's not just about understanding portion sizes. It's about getting in tune to your body's cues and understanding what's going on there. And then how much of this was is like what's going on in your mind, right? So this is great, great question. So many people have this question. What do you want to add? I wanted to add just the end at the end of her question there, she said, where's that line between unsatisfied and hungry? And I think, you know, unsatisfied and hungry are two different feelings. Hungry is, you know, your body's looking for fuel, your low energy, you know, that feeling is not going to go away. Like if you are really, really hungry, that's one thing. Also, no one is really, really hungry eating six times a day.

Right. So then the, so when this week, when we're talking unsatisfied, this is because we're thinking about food, right? It's, we're thinking about, oh, maybe I didn't eat enough today. Oh, maybe I'm going to be hungry. Oh, maybe I am hungry, you know. And it doesn't, and if you just distract yourself and do something else, those thoughts go away because you're not, that's that food noise that's in your mind. You know, I'm thinking I didn't eat enough. Did I eat enough? I should have eaten enough. I feel like I ate enough, but maybe I didn't eat enough. You know, and then they're like, oh, yeah. And then they, that gets confused with, with real hunger. But if you're like really hungry, then that starts from the moment you wake up. That's not just from, you know, after dinner. It's not that's not that one to two hours after dinner. That's been building all day because we have. and having that nutrient rich food and those components that we need.

I think that unsatisfied feeling is it's almost like you're unsatisfied because you haven't hit that expectation. Yes. You expected to eat more during the day. You expected to feel differently. So if when you don't feel that way, then you feel unsatisfied. You feel uncomfortable. Yes, because you're feeding into the hormone, the amount of insulin your body's used to

using. Like you're feeding into hormones in order to get your hormones and your body to adjust. just, right? You need to get your, you get your body's attention. I used to do with this with clients who just insisted they were not hungry all day. I just can't eat. It's too much food. I'm like, I said, okay, you just literally went eight hours without eating. I know, but I'm not hungry. And then I would wait a week and I would say, okay, so I don't want you to eat today for eight hours. And I'm like, oh my God, I feel like I'm going to die. Can I just have something to eat? Like what I just, so I'm like, I'm like literally last week you were going eight hours without

eating and didn't feel like you needed it. You were perfectly fine. And now when I told you that you couldn't eat for eight hours, you're acting like you're just going to faint. Like that's how strong the mental part of this is for people, right? And this is where if you think about it, think about the splitting up the meals and snacks part, right? How many of you were taking. those single portions that you ate yesterday to satisfaction, split them in two. And after you ate the

first portion and waited 20 or 30 minutes, you didn't even want the second portion. You're like, I don't even need this. That's like splitting your meals in half, let alone three bites less. So how much of that is physical and then what's happening on? Like physically, my body doesn't want me to eat in the evening and wants me to go to sleep. Why is it telling me I'm hungry? Well, because my ass is still awake at 11 o'clock at night, right? I love that you're checking, drinking your water. If you don't have breakfast, start having breakfast. But this is what you want to think. It's why I love this question, because it's about kind of being like, what's going on? Like, let's do the logical, how the body works, biology, science, logical, mental, like actually

practical. Let's work that out. Love that. Okay. This next one, I'm confidently downsizing yesterday and today and I'm hungry. So you're going to notice hungry. Now, you could have been eating before and not feeling hungry at all. And if that's the case, I love that you're feeling hungry. Because you were just probably giving your body food before it needed to ask you. And now that it's noticing the difference and it's letting you know you're hungry, that's a great sign. So it depends. There's context here. Right. So were you not hungry at all? And now of a sudden you are hungry, that's not a bad thing. That's not a bad thing. Perhaps I'm stopping too soon. What makes you think that? What makes you think that? Is that not what you're doing, what you're thinking that? What are you feeling? What's your body's cues telling you? Right? So that's where you can't think your way through this. You've got to feel that. So I love that. Perhaps I'm stopping too soon or not going back for more. Did you have to go back for more last week when you were eating dissatisfaction? Did you have to go back for more then? And if you didn't need to go back for more then, chances are you really don't need to go back for more now.

Now, unless maybe you started working out, you started training for a marathon, there's reasons why you, because your hunger levels do change, right? And then downsizing the second portion. I mean, worse comes to worse, you downsize what you think is right. If you are so, like, starved, which again, there's not enough time between meals and snacks for your body to actually be starved, you can always go back and eat more. But chances are what I ate before still hasn't been processed and digested and clicked in yet. So adding more to the mix just gives me that like instant gratification,

not actually a mental, a physical satisfaction, you know. So I don't know. I don't know what to tell you, Kath. That's a good question. Try it.

Yeah. And then try, go, if you need more, but I would wait. I would wait until 20 to 30 minutes, like minute, like wait it,

wait it out and see, right? Because you could find like, oh, yeah, no, actually, after I get over that hump, I'm actually quite fine.

And I love the second part of, I mean, I'm all about the questions this week. And it's really exciting me. And I love the second part of the of cats. I mean, the first part wasn't a question. But the second part, perhaps I'm stopping too soon. Yes, ask yourself that question. Why do you think you're stopping too soon? Are you doubling down on those four steps of mindful eating? Are you asking yourself, how am I feeling? Are you asking yourself, 10, 15 minutes later? This is all part of those steps, right, of really getting curious and asking yourself those questions. Perhaps I'm stopping. too soon. Ask yourself why you think that, just like you said, or not going back for more. That 15 to 20 minutes later is going to tell you, you know, if you should have gone back for more. I think so this is just more practice, more repetition. And she's going to come up with those answers herself. Yeah. Yeah. Um, next one. Yeah. Next question. Is it okay to use a smaller plate at dinner time to make it easier to try to fill half the plate with vegetables? I would just, if you're hungry and need a full plate of vegetables, eat the full plate of vegetables. I am not a fan of tomfoolery, trickery, any of that.

Because what happens when you're out at a restaurant? You're at a friend's place. You don't have access. Like, we're not trying to trick ourselves, right? It's okay to use a smaller plate at dinner time to make it easier. That doesn't make it easier. It doesn't make anything easier. That's not making anything easier.

And to try to fail, why? Why? Okay, so this is good. This is good. because this is the brain. Yeah. This is the brain. So what's happening here is if I use a smaller plate and then put my vegetable,

it looks like I'm getting more food, that's a brain thing. That's what my food looks like, not about what my food feels like. Now, listen, at the end of the day, do you, do what you got to do, but at some point, you're going to have to be in tune. So while you are actively doing the program, that's when I think we want to do the work. If you don't learn it now, you're going to have to learn it later, right? So it's not make it so easier. Do we want easier? Or do we want to learn as much as we possibly can? But I love this. Like a lot of people ask for this. And I mean, am I like, hard ass that you can't? I'm like,

go ahead if you want. But I'm just saying try to see it differently, right? And then try to fill half the plate with veggies. I don't want you to try to fill half your plate with veggies. If you want to, if you're hungry for those veggies, eat your veggies. Right. So then why do you want it? My question here, I guess, would be like, why do you want? Why do you have to trick yourself? Why can't, is it an uncomfortable feeling that you're avoiding?

Do you not trust yourself? So. Yeah. And that's where you got to go. And I don't, I don't have an answer for you. Noran, I don't have an answer. Like, it's not a big deal to use a smaller plate at all. Yeah.

Like I like smaller plate. I just don't like a big plate. For me, I just, food is overwhelming when served in that, like, I'd like a smaller plate, but not because I'm trying to eat less. I also like using chopsticks because I can shovel my food in and it makes me eat slower. So I'm not opposed to this at all. So, but the question would be why? Why?

Why, why, why, why? Yeah, I think that's the question too. And I think that if you're, if you are using a smaller plate, like you said, Gina, because you enjoy a smaller plate, you like that feeling of a smaller plate, I think where I would, my concern would be is, like you had said, you go to a restaurant and you have a bigger plate with more food on it, but you're going to relate, you're going to think, well, the amount of food fits on this big plate, so it must be the right amount. You know, I think you've got to still get into your body about that.

You still, yes, if you want to use the smaller plate, use a smaller plate. But I don't think you're using the smaller plate to tell you if the portion is right or not. I think you've still got to know for yourself if that portion is right or not. Yes, you do. The smaller plate's not going to tell you that. No. Yeah. But if you like it, what's next? It feels easier. So we had Janet next. So Janet's was a little bit longer. So she loves living methods. Of course, we want to make sure we highlight that part. And this is her first round in maintenance. She doesn't quite understand how I won't continue

to lose weight I am if I'm doing all of the same things as the weight loss group. Is it just that I'm listening to my body and my body will find its own, my body will find its own natural weight, or is there something I'm missing? So this is where we want to talk about uncoupling what we're doing here with losing weight. Because what we're doing in the maintenance program, although the tweaks might feel the same, the intention behind them is different. And we talk about this from the very beginning. And your body's never going to lose more weight than it is healthy.

It's never going to lose more weight than it needs to. So I think when we're here and we are doing the things in maintenance, you can absolutely still see the scale move. You can still see that number go down, but we're not doing all of the same things here. We're not maximizing all of the things all of the time. What we're doing is giving our body what it needs, but we've learned that it's needed over the course of our weight loss journey. It needs to be hydrated. It needs to be rested. It needs to move to feel its best. We want our digestion to be on point. So it's not a matter of being here and doing all of the things all of the time to get the scale to move. It's being here

doing the things that continue to help us feel good at this place. And sometimes that's going to be focusing on our sleep. Sometimes that's going to be knowing when our water needs to have a bit more attention. It's really about focusing on those right, the right areas at the right time versus all of the things all of the time. Yeah, I just, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's hard to grasp because you did a weight loss program and you're using similar techniques to be able to now maintain and sustain your weight. That's fair. It is hard to wrap your head around that. Like I keep saying, if I'm doing the same things as the weight loss group, but it's, it's the routine and the foundation. It's the routine that's really important for your body.

And so every time you go through the program, even in weight loss, the foundation is the same, but you change, right? And it's all about intention. We all know how hard it can be to lose weight. You have to really try to be able to do that. And so even though we're following, this is why downsizing, for example, it always was less about eating less than it's more about the thoughts and feels that pop up when people are trying to lose weight, right?

If people just followed that food plant, eventually they would just eat less. It just would take them a lot longer to do that. And so with the maintenance program, it is very similar in terms of the steps because that's very familiar. It's it's also equally effective ways to challenge your body, but also challenge your mind, right? So feeding the metabolism is still great for helping you get even more in tune with your body's needs. It's still great for feeding into your metabolism. Protein and fat week is still great to understand the difference between how fruit feels versus how protein feels and satiety hormones and decreasing those carbs to help lower your insulin levels, which can still be a benefit even

after you've lost your weight, right? So it is complicated, which is why, again, another great question, but it's all about your intention. Like when you're trying to lose weight, you've got to be maximizing, really like into it, like doing all of those things. And that's why when you come into the maintenance program, you'll notice your weight kind of, it fluctuates. There's a range, right? That's because you're probably not trying to maximize and doing all those things. Then what happens is people are like, well, I don't feel as good now as I did when I was in is when I was trying to lose weight. Because maybe you, you now aren't managing your stress and trying to move your body and try to get better sleep because you're no longer chasing a scale. So this is where your why has to be.

Why am I doing those things, right? So you, you might end up losing more weight. And one ways you can shift that if you don't want to lose more weight is building muscle. right is is is is is is is definitely building muscle um but you're i i'm always hesitant to say that you're not going to lose more than what your body would like you to lose but then people are always like well i knew it i have 20 more pounds to lose but i just it's so hard i'm never going to be able to lose it your body is meant to store a certain amount of fat for emergency purposes but it shouldn't be like a make you feel fat fat right it shouldn't be able to grab your excess fat like the body is meant to be very lean, but you might see, let's say you do the weight loss

maintenance program and you lose five more pounds. Well, when you're just living your life processing foods, you're probably going to sit about five pounds above your lowest low anyway, right? So, so you might actually, there are people who continue to lose weight in maintenance, but just there's a big difference between intentionally trying to lose weight and then what we're doing here, which is more helping our body adjust to your new weight. But here is what I can say. Whatever weight you've lost as you work through the maintenance program, you are solidifying that weight. Right? So if you go and lose like five pounds, maybe 10 pounds, like it hardly ever happens, but it can by doing the maintenance program, you're still solidifying all that weight loss that you've done before.

I was reading this comment from Judy actually in the comments. And she just said she had the same question in her first round of maintenance that, you know, wondering if my body's going to keep losing weight, why do I keep, you know, why are we doing the same tweaks? And then so now she understands that she needs to do these same things, but with a thoughtful and questioning attitude. So it's not about just doing the tweaks trying to lose weight, but what, you know, what else are these tweaks bringing up? What other associations are coming up? What is coming up inside of my body or what's coming up inside in my mind when I'm working through these tweaks? So I love that. So, you know, as we, we, we We're four weeks in.

You know, I don't, I think for Janet, like we're four weeks in. We're still trying to figure out, you know, what this program is all about. I'm new here. I think that this just having more time, you know, being really intentional, participating is really going to help her come to understand. Yes. What we're doing here could look familiar, but it's very different. Yeah. Yeah.

And this is where I think sometimes people don't read the information. Like you really have to, it's like we don't talk about fresh. fresh eyes like fresh eyes with the weight loss program you guys are familiar with but it's like this is a different mindset this is a different like perspective and look and that's a hard thing it's hard to turn the page on that it's very hard to turn the page on that and so always be like from a maintenance perspective always read the information from a maintenance perspective yes and he's giving us what no yeah jody's giving us the hook okay for the last two days have been ravenous following the plan with a letter, but I'm hungry either between males, increased portions, not have caused

gained weight, could it be extreme cold, nothing else has changed. Yeah. Temperatures, um, temperatures go down. Internal heat rises. My, my lips have been so dry. I cannot possibly drink enough water, which is having me to be ravenous. I keep eating the things and it's not doing what I need to do because I need to drink the water, but because I only drink it in tea, I'm having a hard time keeping up with the amount of water that I'm drinking. Yeah. I need to figure out the difference between healthy habits, which I've been trying hard, still in autopilot. Ooh. Intention.

Autopilot, automatic. There's a difference between autopilot, automaticity, because you've done something so often, it just becomes part of who you are. So if you are on autopilot, that's not the same as automaticity. If autopilot is causing you to make choices that do not fall in line with where you are at. Yes. Is it falling back into old habits or not upkeeping new habits? That's a great question.

Yeah, I think autopilot is one of these places where, I mean, in some parts your life, you need autopilot, right? It's safe, it's secure. But it's when you are deliberately not allowing the mindfulness to come in, right? You're just doing things just because you're doing them. I'm not talking like brushing your teeth. Like those are things that are automatic, brushing your teeth, drinking, you know, having your water bottle ready. That's automaticity. I think when we talk about autopilot, it's like automaticity you have your water bottle ready. Autopilot is you're just drinking amounts, not even knowing if it's the right amount or not and asking yourself, is this, you know, is this the right amount for me? I'm just doing it just to do it. So I think that's the difference between those two. Okay. I don't want to disrespect Jody and our time frame. My last question, how do I downsize eating an apple for my snack? Serious question. Great question. Right? Because everyone just buys an apple and they eat the whole thing. But what if it's a big apple compared to a small apple? Like what's going on there, right? If it's a big apple, don't be afraid to leave a few bites. But if you're like eating an apple and you're like hungry and you're still like on your last

bite and you're still hungry, just eat the whole apple. Right. But also if you're not hungry for your snack, just because you brought a whole apple doesn't mean you have to eat the whole apple. Not only is this a serious question, this is a really great question. It's a great question. And you know, I had to start slicing my apples because if I, it's just a small thing that made such a big difference. If I had a whole apple, I would just eat the whole apple. But if I had a sliced apple in a bowl, I would have a few slices. I'm like, oh, yeah, I actually don't need those two slices. I'm going to just put them back in the fridge and have them later.

So I think, yeah, I think it's just, again, how do I downsize my apple? You don't have to eat the whole apple. You don't have to eat the whole banana. You don't, whatever fruit it might be, you don't have to eat the whole thing just because it's there in one whole piece. Yeah. Love it. And I love all of you and I'm here for you. Yeah.

Right. Like, ah, God, I want this for you so badly. You have no idea. So that's why we show up every week. We appreciate you being. here. We love all these questions. This is what it's about. Let's be passionate about what we're doing here already, you know? Like, let's get excited for ourselves. Let's also not just hold ourselves accountable, but cheer ourselves on too. That is so important. This isn't about ragging on yourself

and getting into that bad. It's about being like, okay, girl, let's go. What's this about? That's why I would like to see people dig into these. I don't want you as being here forever. We're working on a next Live Your Life program, but when we need to go there, we don't want you to be in forever. So let's get her done if you have the capacity to do that. All right, Odette. Okay. What do you got coming up the rest of the week? Well, we have Dr. Beverly tomorrow. Oh, she's so great. I can't. I can't wait. I know our members have wanted her for so long. And we've been, you know, going back and forth. We finally found a date that worked. And she's coming in tomorrow. We're going to, again, answer questions. We've got some questions on our poster.

We're going to get into that nitty gritty. We're going to get into why it's hard, you know, to move from weight loss to maintaining and shifting that mindset. We're going to to get into it. Yeah. She knows our members. She knows where they're at. So we're ready for it. Okay.

Amazing. Thanks, everyone for joining us. Have a great rest of your day. Thanks, O'Don. Appreciate you. Bye. Bye.