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

Episode Date: March 4, 2026

Welcome to your Midweek Motivation!In this episode, Odette and Program Specialist Kim reflect on the unique energy inside the maintenance stage of the journey and why many of the same lessons from weight loss continue to show up in new ways. They talk about how hearing the same guidance over time can land differently depending on where someone is mentally and physically in the process, and why taking action on the information is what ultimately moves people forward.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've got this. Hi. Hey, how are you? Good. So for those just listening, not watching, Kim is joining me today. But you know Kim, because she filled in for me for quite a few of these a few weeks ago.

So I just want to start off by saying, Thank you, Kim. Thank you for coming into the maintenance group and taking care of our members here when we couldn't be here to do that. Well, I couldn't be here to do that. Gina was still here. So, just thank you. And I'm so glad that you're here. Well, I mean, you know I would do anything for you, but also I love any chance that I get to come in here. There's always so many great comments and so many great conversations. And it's, I obviously love the weight loss group. That's where my passion is. but it's, I feel like this group is like, and the people in here are like a breath of fresh air. And now that they've come to the other side of the weight loss and are working on the maintenance,

it's definitely a different vibe. Different vibe. Same conversations, though, you know, a little bit how there is that overlap in conversation. And, you know, Gene and I were talking, I think it was this week. I think it was Monday. Maybe it was last week. I can't remember. We're talking about how we say a lot of the same things over and over again.

And I know you do that in weight loss as well. You know, it's about seeing the information. It's about hearing the information. And then it's about really asking yourself, you know, did you take action on it? Did you take that information in? Did you, you know, are you really doing something about it? So I think, you know, same with me when I go into the weight loss group. And I'm hearing the same conversations.

I mean, it's evolved a lot from when I was really, really in there. But just hearing those conversations and understanding how what the members in weight loss are doing and hearing what they are or seeing what they're reading. And then when they come to maintenance, you have an understanding of what they went through to get here. So I would think that, I think you've said it before, like being here in the maintenance group gives you an understanding of where your members are going next to, with that next. Yeah.

And I think maybe not so much the conversations are different as they hit different when you're in a different stage. And I think you also see that like everybody's in a different place and you can hear something 10 times and it can hit differently every single time depending on where you're at and what you're going through and you take what you need out of it. And I think that's the interesting is we can have those connected conversations, but they're going to hit differently depending on where you are in your journey. And it is really interesting because being here and hearing the conversations here does let us get ahead in the weight loss group of where people are going. Like,

oh, we should probably work through this right now because this is something that is going to come up on the other side when you are working towards the maintenance, you know, portion of your journey. So I think that's, yeah, that's really interesting how that works and how we're all connected. How it's all intertwined. So speaking of what we're talking about, I don't really know what I want to talk about today. You know, I know I have the notes and I sent them across and we have the tweak and the focus of this week. And I really wanted to to talk about, you know, the vibe in the group right now. It's been a little bit quiet. We were talking about this just yesterday. Yesterday, you know, we had a quick meeting.

Talk about how it feels a little quiet. Like, members are, we don't know, are they away on vacation? We know some are. Are they just, you know, really dialed into this tweak and focusing and making themselves a priority and, you know, leaning into feeding the metabolism? But it's been, it's been a little quiet. Have you found the same over in the weight loss group? Yeah, it's definitely been a quieter vibe.

And like you said, just trying to figure away. I would notice sometimes there's things like stuff happening in the world, the time of year, so many things that can contribute to people's habits, not just habits on social media, but their habits in general. And we, you know, I know in general, six, seven weeks is kind of, oh, I just did that. I have teenagers at home. I have to do this with my hands when I say six, seven. I know.

Every time. The, like that timeline is really where people start to kind of drop off the old habits. creep in, but I've also noticed with some of the comments that have been coming in a weight loss, and I'm not sure if you're noticing, it's also an opportunity or a time when people are getting it. They're like, oh, I'm on a roll. I don't need to ask 100 questions. I'm in this. There's only four, you know, for us for the program, there's only four weeks left in this program. I'm riding it out. I know what I'm doing. I've got this. So I think it's a little bit of a combination. And there's so many things going on right now with, you know, time change coming up. We've got seasonal changes coming.

To your point, we've got spring break, reading breaks for the universities and stuff. There's a lot always happening, but just trying to figure out how we stay present in our own journeys while all of these changes are going on around us, I think, is one of the big important pieces. And that's the one thing. Like, you may not be in the Facebook group hanging out with us, but make sure you are still focusing on yourself and making the time for yourself. Yeah, I like what you said there. you said that word habits. And we've been talking so much about habits this week and how to make them automatic. And I think we can get and we also talk self-sabotage this week because this can be

the point like you said where, you know, we have this feeling like, oh, I got this. I'm, I'm, you know, eight weeks in now. I'm good. I've got it figured out. Maybe I can just take a step back. And now is a time where we really want you to engage. We really want you to start thinking about those patterns and habits and actions on a more frequent cadence. Like I had this quote I wanted to share today from James Clear about habits. And he said, if you miss one day, you can quickly recover the next day. The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It's the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.

Missing one is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a new habit. So this is kind of this critical point when we're talking about automaticistic. maybe it's not quite there yet. You know, it's not, and Dr. Ruth said this too. She said, it's not the one-offs that are going to mess you up. It's like, I had an off day today. Oh, just maybe I'll have an off day again tomorrow or I'll make one choice that doesn't align. Then that equals another choice that doesn't align. And we're kind of in this in this place right now, this week eight space where that can start to happen a little bit more. And why, exactly why we

bring up that topic of sticking with those routines and sticking with those. habits. And I just want to speak to a comment that I got from Sue. I know Sue's here listening today, but she's in the group. She said, I have been out of sorts the last few weeks, not doing my activity exercise classes, feeling tired and lethargic, allowing food back into my routine. And this is that spiral, right? Like it could be. I'm not saying, Sue, this is exactly what's happening for you. But this, I thought, was a great example of it's not just the one thing or the one day. It's the one thing that leads to another thing. So, you know, maybe I'm not doing my activity.

So I'm feeling tired and lethargic. When I'm feeling tired and lethargic that I'm going to start reaching for those coping, those ways that I used to cope in the past. It's kind of this cycle, right? So I know you wanted to say something there. Well, Sue actually said something earlier today in the comments that I think really hit home for me as far as the habits because I've also, I've been, I'm with you, Sue. I'm trying to get, I feel like I keep getting there. And then I have some days and then it's just like, why does everything feel so heavy?

And what Sue said is here on surviving a very long February, the sunshine is beautiful today. And oh my goodness. So I'm in BC. I haven't had what you guys have had. I can't even imagine the snow that you guys have been dealing with and how that your body wants to nest. That's all you want to do is nest when the weather is like that. And, you know, you start to get out of your routine because if your routine is walking and you can't because the sidewalks are slippery, there's too much snow, that's an easy way to get to that routine.

Here in BC, it's been, we just this weekend had two days in a row where it wasn't pouring with rain. So it's saying dark pouring with rain, you know, and it really, those outside factors can have such an impact on those habits at times. I think I forget sometimes, like I really need a new strategy when it's all very easy to have those habits when everything is aligned perfectly. The weather is great. You know, we don't have a lot of X.

or things that are, you know, adding to our to-do list. But when you don't have control over it, trying to keep those habits, and that's where I think those little habits. And you mentioned it, I think, in your notes is those little non-negotiables. They don't have to be big things. It doesn't have to be like, I'm going to go for a 5K walk every day. What's going to be, I can't do that today? What is going to be my non-negotiable that I do instead?

And I don't even think those things necessarily need to be equal. Like it doesn't have to be a walk or exercise. It just needs to be what am I going to do to keep myself grounded and focused on feeling my best today. Maybe I can't go for a big long walk, but maybe I want to have an Epsom salt bath and read a book and do some self-care. Like I know they're not equal and it's not going to replace exercise, but that time can be replaced with something that's going to be equally caring for yourself. Yeah, the non-negotiables can be, they can be a game changer. I mean, we can call them non-negotiables, we can call them boundaries, we can call them whatever they might be. I think sometimes when we think about, you know, habits and I need to prioritize my habits or I need to prioritize myself, we feel like it's this grand gesture, this big all or nothing, this big, you know, day or event of self-care.

When sometimes prioritizing yourself, like you said, is just having those non-negotiables in place. You know, my non-negotiable is to take 15 minutes to take care of myself. Maybe that's opening my eyeballs to the sun. Maybe that is taking that Epson cell bath. You know, whatever it might be, putting those non-negotiables, they will slowly start to become habits. Those become your habits of your prioritization, of your self-care, of taking the time for you. Because it's hard.

We know it's hard to think, like, how do I take time for myself when there's so much going on? Then if we compound that with thinking it has to be this big event or this big gesture, then that's where it can start to get difficult. We're just talking about these little steps, these little pieces during the day that you can put together for yourself, you know, bring yourself back to the forefront of it all. Yeah, for sure. And, you know, we always say around here, too, we're always trying to build resiliency. You know, we're trying to help you get prepared for life in the real world.

And we're all in the real world, but life beyond the program, life beyond following structure. And, you know, anything can throw you off. And when you've got these habits in place or these habits start to waver a little bit, just because you're not doing them every single day, doesn't mean you're going to lose everything that you've built at the same time. I think this comes back to what that Jane's clear quote about spiraling. So just because you didn't do your habit for one day doesn't mean you've forgotten it entirely. It doesn't mean that it's now gone. It's just that you're not as sharp.

You need to practice it again. And bringing it back with some, you know, smaller. non-negotiables or bringing it back, you know, making those boundaries a little smaller as a way to get you back on track again. Speaking of life coming at you and throwing you off, we have that time change coming this week. And I know, well, you guys, this is so in BC, this is the last time you're changing the time, right? Yeah, this will be. It was just announced the other day, Monday, I think.

I got an excited text from Jody. I don't know if he was excited. He was excited for me. that in BC we're no longer going to be, this is it. We won't be going back with the clocks in the fall. It's going to stay at daylight savings time permanently. So I know for one,

I'm super excited about this because the time changes kill me. And it doesn't matter if it's the fall when I get an extra hour of sleep or in the spring. It totally messes with my system. Yeah. Well, you're not alone. I mean, I was just looking up, you know, stats around time change and just, you know, people sleep, their sleep is impaired. So not just because of the actual hour gained or hour loss,

but that anticipation of a big change is coming. So then your sleep is off. People are definitely more fatigued. More car accidents tend to happen. Like that, I know, as, you know, we don't love to talk about that, but it's real. It's on that, that Monday of whatever time change it is. And people's health does decline right on. The students, you know, have a harder time in school that first week back. So this is just another example of something that you, you know, you know, it's coming, you know, it's going to throw you off and to help, you know, help yourself get prepared for that. So yeah, in the group today, we were talking about that, how to get yourself prepared. And it starts now like anything, right?

It's just a little bit of planning, starting now, getting yourself set up for when that time change does come. And the point I wanted to make around that too is that your body is going to, you're going to notice. You think it's just one hour, but your body's going to notice. You know, you might see yourself as someone who always eats lunch at 12 o'clock. And then all of a sudden, it's, you know, earlier and you're not hungry or you're even more hungry. So I think the point we want to make, too, around this is to not let the clock be your boss, right? I think this is a really great time, excuse me, a really great time to allow those cues to

naturally come up and be a little bit stronger than they normally are. Yeah, and I think that's something. I mean, I know not everyone has that sort of like thinking if we want to adjust, the rest of the world doesn't. School still starts for the kids at the same time. There's no adjustment period. Hockey games at the same time at night. There's no adjustment period.

But the little things that we can do to kind of naturally help us adjust with maybe our, you know, bedtime habits. If you have a certain time, you usually go to bed. Maybe look, do I need to adjust this for the time change? What do I need to do to make? to make Monday easier for me. And you're, you know, with your sleep cycle, your meals and everything, it is going to make a little bit of a difference.

But I think it's all of the work that we've done to become so in tune with our bodies. This is another opportunity to kind of work with that and be like, oh, how in tune? Maybe what if you didn't have a watch? What if you didn't have a clock? What time would your body want to have their snack? Does that snack need to be? You know, does that, you know, when you're doing the regular food plan, Does that snack need to be at 4 o'clock or is there some flexibility on that timing when you can have it?

When you have your dinner, all of those things. Like it does it. I find like even here, we all have dinner at a different time because everybody's got different activities. And but I feel like there's very easy. If you don't have that kind of routine where everybody's all over the map, it's very easy to fall into that. This is dinner time. Yes. And that dinner time, maybe it needs to change.

maybe it needs to adjust a little bit with it being light later. Maybe that's the opportunity for you to get out and move your body. Like, hey, it's light later. Maybe I can sit in that walk before dinner before I get settled in and I just want to sit on the couch with a cup of tea and watch a show. Let's try and fit that in before dinner and bump dinner a little later rather than eating the dinner, cleaning up the dishes. And all of a sudden you're like, oh, okay, now it's sort of late.

I don't want to go for a walk. Or just leave the dishes. Don't just leave them. Someone will do them eventually, right? No, yeah, I agree with that. I think that, you know, having those times throughout the day, like, oh, this is my lunchtime, this is my snack time, this is my dinner time, and feeling like you have to stick to that because the clock is dictating it to you and fighting against your body.

You don't want to fight against those cues that are going to naturally come up. If you find yourself, you know, feeling hungry at different times of the day, or if you feel yourself, you know, like you said, feeling more tired or even less tired in the evening, let that come to the surface. Let that come up. Don't try and fight that. Don't, don't, you know, pick a fight with, with what your body is, is really wanting. And I think just be open to that.

And, you know, it's not just that one hour. I think we think of like, oh, it's only an hour. It's no big deal. But it's the light that changes, you know, it's the whole rhythm of the day that can change. Just be open to that. One more thing that's going to, you know, just give you a learning opportunity. It's we like to call them. Everything's a learning opportunity around here.

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So we are going back to. feeding the metabolism tomorrow for our members. Right? Yeah, tomorrow's Thursday. Yes, tomorrow's Thursday. Yeah, tomorrow's Thursday. So we're going back to beating the metabolism one last time before we tuck it away for this

round of the program. And I know our weight loss members are doing the same, hitting into feeding the metabolism one more time. It's really an interesting time for our members in maintenance because they're thinking about feeding metabolism as it does rev their metabolism. It helps their digestion work a little bit faster. But what is this also bringing up for them? You know, this is really a great time for that repetition to repeat those habits, to make those choices over the course of the day.

And, you know, feeding metabolism is not just about mindful eating around here. It is, of course, but it's also about having your choices become a bit more automatic as well. So, you know, we're asking those questions now. We're going through those motions now. So later on, it's less thought. you know, it's just knowing. We're not trying harder. We're just thinking less.

We're able to make those choices. It's that repetition. So as inconvenient as it might be, as uncomfortable as it might be, as uneasy as it might make you feel spending so much time on yourself. This is a really important tweak. What do you tell your members in weight loss about this week who don't, you know, who might find it inconvenient or uncomfortable? Well, yeah, I think just making the importance of making the time for it and just to go

back to us, even just about the changes in, you know, timing of things in your meals and stuff like that is this is a prime example of why you maybe don't want to get stuck on certain times is, you know, we have had it. One of the common ones is people saying, like, I don't have time to split my breakfast in the morning. And it's like, well, what if you had the first portion a half an hour earlier than you normally eat your breakfast and have your second portion the normal time? And then you still have time to get out the door to work in time, like making adjustments like that. Most people are up at least a half an hour before they have to leave for work. So considering thinking outside the box when it comes to that. And of course, no pressure to split every single

meal and snack. But the more you do, the more it brings up. And the more to your point, you can feel it, you know, sort of feeding the metabolism that is sort of making you more hungry or making you more satisfied, like the changes in your hunger and the more in tune you get, the more you do it. So really just giving it a try. But I think that's a big thing is this is a really a big exercise and what you're willing to do in order to prioritize yourself. And, you know, are you willing to eat cold food in order to prioritize yourself?

Are you willing to maybe look a little silly eating half your meal and then pushing it away for 20 minutes and then eating the rest of it when you're with friends. Are you willing to annoy your family because you're waiting 20 minutes before you finish your meal? You know, like, what are you willing to do? And, you know, if you think about that in the grand scheme of life, they're so very often you try so hard not to inconvenience other people. And I think this is reflected in this tweak. You're also probably not willing to inconvenience yourself. And I think that that inconvenience and being a little bit uncomfortable is part of the point of this is getting through that. It's not convenient. Not everything is going to be easy. Not everything is going to be

convenient. What if we just did it anyway? And that's kind of the focus that I like to have the members think about in weight loss at least. Yeah, I mean, I don't even have to say. I love that. What are you willing to do? What are you willing to do? Are you willing to be a little bit inconvenient to learn these lessons, to pick up the messages that we're putting out. What are you willing to do? I love that little mic drop moment, Kim. So thank you for saying that. I think that's a big part of it is you think, like, people ask, they want to go back

to their normal life after they've lost weight. After dieting, they want to go back to their normal life. That's what's convenient. That's what's easy. And I think that's the one big thing that a lot of people are learning here is like, it's not about I'm going to diet for the rest of my life, but the way that I was treating myself and my body prior to losing my weight is not serving me. And so it's all like what you're doing after in maintenance is really just a continuation of just taking really good care of yourself

and loving yourself, loving your body. And this is part of it is just going to go in that extra mile for yourself doing the things that you don't want to do because it's something that's going to, it's going to end up feeling good once you do it. Well, take it from Kim. I mean, she's not even hanging around the maintenance group as much as we are, and she's already getting that message. You're seeing it ahead of time. So I think that that's a great message. And I think that's a great way to end it. I think that was a great way to wrap it all up and bring it all together for us. So this week, I can't believe it's Wednesday because I just said yes, tomorrow's Thursday. We're talking priority even more tomorrow. We're getting back into eating the metabolism. We have the weekend ahead before we move into next week. week and a brand new tweak, which we're excited for almost, like I say, one of my favorites. So that's coming up next week. So Kim, thank you for being here. Thank you for filling in. I'm not sure if we helped anybody today, but I think. I don't know. I was going to talking to you anyway. So either way. I didn't know. I'm talking to you anyway, for sure. All right, Kim,

thanks for joining me. Thanks for everyone listening. What are you willing to do? I guess that's the question, right? What are you willing to do to live this life that you are trying to create and trying to build yourself. So believe it at that. Okay, Kim, thank you. Thank you. See you.