The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - April 21, 2025

Episode Date: April 21, 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!Welcome to a fresh Day 1 of the Maintenance and Mindfulness Program! Gina and Odette kick off this fresh season with a real-talk check-in on what it actually means to maintain your weight. From celebrating the win of reaching your goal to navigating the uncertainty of what comes next, they unpack why solidifying your mindset is just as important as solidifying your weight. Whether you’re brand new to maintenance or you've been maintaining for a while, this episode is your reminder: you’re not doing the Weight Loss Program again. You’re building something new. Something sustainable. Something that lasts.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livi and welcome to the Livi Method Podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 Day Weight Loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews, and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the Morning Live? Want to relisten to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place.

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. Welcome to our maintenance mindset Mondays and day one of our maintenance and mindfulness program. Hello. Hi, I'm Gina. You all recognize me. If you're new to the maintenance program, introducing Odette,

although you might have seen her around in our weight loss program, she is the manager of the maintenance program here. She's going to be guiding you through the program day to day. Her and I are going to be getting together on Mondays and Wednesdays and other special occasions to make sure that you have all the information that you need to be as successful as possible. Hi, Odette. Hello. Hi. How are you? Day be as successful as possible. Hi Odette, hello. Hi, how are you? Day one. Good, good. I'm feeling good. It's always a vibe. So how are people, what's the vibe in the group today? How are people feeling?

I think people are feeling the same way that we are feeling. I think that we were just talking before this. I think they're excited. They're feeling this energy and this vibe of day one. I think there's also this a bit of uncertainty, like how did I get here? Why am I here? What do I do now that I am here? So I think, you know, there's, there's, there is that general sense of excitement. I mean, people are coming off this high of hitting their weight loss goal, you know, and they want to ride that wave, they want to make sure they keep it. But I think a lot of them in the back of their mind are like, what does that

look like? What is that? What's gonna you know, what happens from here? So I love that there is that sense of excitement. But I also love the honesty and the vulnerability that you know, we don't have it all figured out just yet. And we have this group in this time now to figure it out. Yeah, I mean just like your thoughts and feels give you such insight into when you're you are losing weight when you're in maintenance it's beyond just solidifying the weight that you've lost physically it's really about solidifying that maintenance mindset. So we now know that

the tools and the skills that you acquire and the things that you work through while losing are gonna help you get to maintaining your weight. And now that you're in the maintenance program, it's the things that come up and the skills and the tools that you acquire in here, they're gonna give you what you need to move on to live your life. Eventually you wanna get to a place where you wake up, you look good, you feel good,

you just go about your day, you know when to eat, what to eat, how much to much to eat you trust that it's not about eating perfectly either It's like making a conscious choice to indulge not berating yourself afterwards It's about how to easily maintain your weight, especially when life is throwing you curveballs now We've been doing this program for what three years now, oh dad Yeah, it'll be three years. It'll be we've had the group three years now, Odette? Yeah, it'll be three years. We've had the group three years in June. Yeah.

Sorry, July. Yeah. Keep saying July. Yeah. July. Odette has been with me from the get and she has a massive passion when it comes to maintenance, having been through the program and maintaining her weight herself. When we started this a few years ago, I didn't think we needed a maintenance program.

I'm like, we're teaching you everything that you need to learn in the in the weight loss program. And boy, was I wrong. People love the structure and the routine of doing the maintenance program. There's also so much to learn. And so how the maintenance program itself came about is that we've had Ruth Kane and her team at the University of Ottawa studying people in maintenance. What are the commonalities between people who've been successful and people who haven't been as successful? Obviously, the way that you're losing makes a big difference. Ruth came up with these kind of six pillars of success when it comes to maintenance, and we've built the maintenance program around that. So it is the same base program in terms

of what you are eating and when with the basic food plan and the tweaks that we are making each week, but it's all about the intention. So you want to make sure that you are reviewing the posts. So don't just assume prep week is the same prep week that it is in the weight loss program or downsizing means the same thing, in maintenance as it does in the weight loss program.

So you'll notice all the information is skewed to be around where you are at in maintenance as it does in the weight loss program. So you'll notice all the information is skewed to be around where you are at in maintenance. So that's my piece of advice is try to get into that maintenance mindset and really be intentional about what you're trying to do. Now you may end up losing a few more pounds, but as you'll come to realize, when you're in maintenance, your weight is gonna fluctuate just like it did

when you're trying to lose weight. And even after you're done maintenance and just living your life, your weight will always continue to fluctuate, but, and sit usually about three to five pounds above your lowest low. Because in the weight loss program, you're trying to see your lowest low every day. In the maintenance program, you're trying to really transition from losing weight into maintaining to transition into just living your life. So you'll notice there are some similarities, but there's's a lot a lot of differences as well. So what do we want to say about prep week this week for our maintenance

members? Yeah so I think for prep week I think the biggest takeaway I want members to have is that even though this is we're still part of the living method the maintenance program is still part of the living method that's an important thing to remember and that's why there are these similarities and that's why it's going to feel familiar. But what I want to remember is to really take away from here is they're not prepping to do another round of the program that they know. They're not going to do another round of the weight loss program. They're prepping to do a round of the maintenance program. And that is going to come, like you said, with its own mindset. So I think, you know, we've seen members over the,

we've done this a few times now. So we've seen them come in this week and they're like, oh yeah, it's prep week. Okay, I'm going to go back to the basic food plan. But it's there, then they're just going through the motions and they're not listening to what we're saying. And they're not really reading the posts in that little bit, you know, with fresh eyes, with new intention.

They're not picking up the new message, because they're just feeling comfortable thinking they're doing another round of the program because the, you know, the posts look the same, the tweaks are familiar. So I think what I really want members to think is they're prepping to do a round of the maintenance program, they're not prepping to do another round. So I think that's the big difference. That's a part of being intentional. So let's talk about this week then.

Obviously, you know, people have had a bit of a break if they're coming off of the weight loss program or this is they're doing another round of the maintenance program. They're coming off that two week break. It's about reestablishing that routine. Routine is the foundation of change. What I like in maintenance is that the routine is going to be familiar with you. So it does give you that headspace to focus on your thoughts and the feels and sort of what is happening mentally, really an opportunity to level that up.

What are some of the other things that people need to keep in mind when it comes to prep week this week in maintenance? Yeah, I think reestablishing that routine is a big one. I want to just touch on it because a lot of our members, especially if they're just brand new here and they've been in the weight loss group or they've been part of that weight loss program for a little while, they have their set routines. They're used to having a 9 a.m. live, right? They're used to that being part of their morning. So I think when we talk establishing routines,

it's also not letting a bit of a change in your routine throw you completely off. Because again, you are in this new program, you're in this new space. If you're used to having something at 9am, it doesn't have to be the 9am live with you. It can be the 9am and 9am podcast with something else. Maybe you fill that 9am. This is just an example, of course, maybe you fill that 9 a.m. time slot with something else, a new routine, a new habit, something that's different for you. So you don't feel like you're totally, you know, off your routine and off what you normally would do,

especially in this first week. So I think reestablishing routines, getting back at it, if you've kind of just, you know, personalizing for the last two weeks, or even being open to what that new routine might look like for you. Yeah, this is envisioning you've been working on creating the life that you want, right? You've lost your weight, you've made some changes, you can't go falling back into old habits.

So it's really about solidifying these new habits and changes. What do you want your life to look like? How do you want to feel? Like really come up with your strong why for that. Chances are your why in maintenance is going to be a different why than what you had when it came to losing weight. So why are you now showing up? We get this a lot with people in maintenance and they're like, okay, I'm able to easily maintain my weight, but don't feel as good as I felt when I was doing the weight loss program. Why is that? Well, when you're doing the weight loss program and you're chasing a number, you are more

likely to give a bit more effort into managing your stress, trying to get better sleep. Maybe you are moving your body more because you're motivated by that scale. So now that you're no longer chasing that scale, what is going to be your motivation for that? Obviously, just being as healthy as possible, but what does that mean to you? So it's a great time to kind of, you know, take a look at your why and what your motivator is going to be for showing up. And we don't want it to do be as all consuming as the weight loss program. Not to say that it's any less work, because it can be more work, especially mentally than physically, but it shouldn't be as intensive as our weight loss program. You've done the hard

work. Now it's just a matter of solidifying that work that you've done to just kind of make it who you are now. Who are you now that you've lost that weight, right? And it's about kind of reconnecting it and rediscovering that. So we don't want it to be all consuming and having to spend all your time here in the maintenance program. But to Odette's point, if you created a routine of listening to the lives or doing whatever you're doing, be like, Okay, you might not need that anymore. So what are you going to do with that time? There's all sorts of other amazing podcasts out there that you can listen to. You can use that time to go for a walk or whatever you're doing, right? So so you want to think about your

life, you're not a loser anymore. Now you're a maintainer. And then you're going to be a liver just off your life. We're gonna have to come up with some better names. Yeah, what's that gonna look like and feel like this is about you transitioning from being a person who's trying to lose weight all the time to being a person who's just living their life. So it's that it's that in between part, right? Here's Sandy with no with longer daylight hours.

I'm finding it hard to not think about eating in the evening. So that's one of the great things about trying to make change in the spring summer is that the days are longer. So you have a little bit more leeway and you can have dinner a little bit later. This is where you really wanna make sure you're eating all those meals and snacks. If you're finding that you're extra hungry in the evening,

make sure you are eating breakfast. I know it's optional, but it's also really beneficial to start your day. So if you're consistently hungry in the evening, make sure you are eating breakfast. I know it's optional, but it's also really beneficial to start your day. So if you're consistently hungry in the evening, make sure that you're eating that protein. Also make sure you're making your food choices as nutrient rich as possible.

And you're really digging into those four mindfully eating questions when it comes to your portions. Or you wanna be eating just enough so you're walking away feeling satisfied. And sometimes off the heels of our old program, we get stuck on these small portions when in the springtime, your metabolism is higher, your body's giving you more energy. You might not only their days longer, but you might be using more energy.

And so your body might actually need more. You don't necessarily need more portion wise, but make sure you're getting that protein and fat that really feeds into your satiety hormones. So making your food choices as nutrient rich as possible, being open to your portions, changing, needing less some days, needing more other days. So really digging into those four mindful eating questions will help with this.

Also making sure you're keeping up, you're drinking that water. And if you're having cravings in the evening, like what is it, right? Like am I craving sugar? Am I craving salt from craving sugar? you're drinking that water. And if you're having cravings in the evening, like what is it, right? Like, am I craving sugar? Am I craving salt? If I'm craving sugar, bump up my water intake, salt,

maybe I'm a little extra stressed, bump up my fat intake, give back on my supplements, my omega-3 and whatnot. But you'll notice your body changing and adapting with the seasons. And that is something that happens where your body's pulling you to that winter hibernation mode and starting to give you more energy, right? So don't be afraid to feed into

that. I was gonna say, I think it's interesting to with the daylight hours, like, what is it about those daylight hours? What's that association also with the daylight hours? Is it like, oh, the days longer, I can have a bit more fun, or the day is longer, I need to fill it. And what can I fill it with? You know, so it's, of course, it's your body talking to you. And you know, maybe you need to just, yeah, and you need to fill it and what can I fill it with? You know, so it's of course it's your body talking to you and you know, maybe you do need to adjust your portions and you need to, you know, not keep doing what you always did coming into a new season.

But also what's the association with those daylight hours? You know, what, why do you think your mind is going there now? Is it really because you are a bit hungrier and need to be in tune and ask those four mindfulness questions? Or is it because that feeling of that lightness and I need to have more fun during these daylight hours, I need to fill these daylight hours and how can I do that? What is really cool is that you're paying attention to that. And this is really what the maintenance is all about. And after you've lost your weight, you're going to go through a whole cycle of a year of like significant days in your life, triggering days in your life, holidays,

vacays, different seasons that are going to come up or your body has kind of different needs and you're going to want to be really in tune with that. So I love that you're picking up on that. I hear Sandy's like, you're right. I'm not hungry. I'm just bored, stuck inside. I think once it warms up, I'll be outside doing things. Also, you're awake. And if you are more active, your body's going gonna be like, hey, you know, I see you're still up here. Maybe you might want to think about eating, right? What is it?

I love that you're picking up and noticing that the change in the daylight is something that your body notices. And so make those small adjustments. Maybe you weren't having breakfast before, but now you might want to choose to have breakfast. Maybe you've gotten lighter on your snacks, try to make them a little bit more robust, right? But the fact that you picked up on that, that's what's really cool. Yeah. And I think we start to see more and more of that here in the maintenance group as well. More of these more of this self-awareness, more of these aha moments. And our members might not recognize it in the beginning. Like Sandy might not recognize, like she said, Oh,

yeah, I'm not hungry. I'm bored. You know, I think that the more that they're participating in this group, and the more that they're they're understanding how much awareness can come from this, this, these 91 days and beyond, I think that is going to be a massive game changer, too. So they're saying they're saying things like that. But once they're going to be a massive game changer too. So they're saying they're saying things like that. But once they're going to start to realize that these are these awareness aha moments, pieces of learning opportunities all coming together.

Yeah, like if the days are longer, you got that extra time you're bored, go for a walk. Yeah, start going for a walk in the evening, man. One of the best things you can do, especially go for walks after your bigger meals, right? Right? Like think about the life that you wanna live, who you wanna be, how you wanna feel, how you wanna think. That's where you really have that opportunity to start focusing on that part of your journey,

that part, you've made this physical change. Now it's really about solidifying, it's really more about solidifying that mindset that goes along with the physical change. I mean, that's really what gives you that fighting chance at being able to maintain and sustain your weight. It just becomes who you are. You are no longer a person constantly trying

to chase the scale and on every diet, you're now this person who lost the weight and now you are trying to learn what it takes to be able to easily maintain and sustain your weight. So getting the tools and the skills and working through the things that you need to work through, which is why the thoughts and feels that pop up are really giving you insight into things

that you specifically need to work on until you get to a place where you're calm around food. And they're just like, okay, like I'm good. This is who I am now. Like I feel really confident. 98% of our members, and this has been studied, 98% of our members who go through our maintenance program feel confident in their ability to be able to maintain

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Can you please remind us where we can find the four mindfulness questions? So I don't have them posted in the group right now, but I can post them in there. So in the next couple of weeks is when we really come back into mindfulness and asking those four questions, but they're also posted in your previous weight loss group if you still have access to that. You can get them there, but I can get them posted into the group if that's, if members are new to them sooner rather than later. General tracker mode in the app, I believe they still have access to them there if they go back into their past weight loss group as well. So they're able to pop them, get them from there.

So yeah, you can also use the search in the actual group as well. So you can use the search icon in the group. So we are working on a maintenance app. We're not there yet. This is kind of run old school. This is how we used to do our weight loss programs that everything was was on Facebook. So we are working on a maintenance app for you. But really, the four mindful eating questions are before you even eat, like, am I actually even hungry? Like, how am I feeling? And yes, you still have to eat. If you're not hungry stuff to have those token

amounts. So how am I feeling? Am I even hungry? How would I feel if I ate this whole portion and really getting out of your head about it and really getting into your body, right? Like how if I was to eat all of it? What if I was to eat half of it? How would I feel? Right? And then when you start eating, okay, now that I'm starting to eat, am I feeling any effects? What if I was to take a few more bites? What if I was to stop eating now? Right? Like I know when I've had enough, when I sit back, I put my utensils down. So that's the third set of questions is how did I know when I was done? Right? More than just eating everything off your plate mindlessly. Like how did I know? What are some of the signs that let

me know I've had enough? And then the fourth set comes after you've eaten about 10, 15 minutes and be like, how do I feel now? Now that my body's had time to process and digest the food, how am I feeling? So just again, bringing that sense of awareness. These four questions that you're continuing to ask in the maintenance program, you are asking so that when you move on and just live your life,

you don't have to ask. You can just trust when to eat. My body's like, oh, I'm hungry now. What to eat? I want a steak, I want a salad, I want some fruits and how much to eat. I don't even have to think about that because I already know if something is too much

or not enough just by looking at it. Like I never, never overeat unless it's a conscious choice. Like I'm always like, this shit is delicious. I'm eating more. And then that's it. I'm not, oh my God, why did I eat more and oh my goodness, all of that. I'm like, I know that if I keep eating,

I'm gonna feel uncomfortable, but this is so good. It is so worth it that I go in knowing that's how I'm gonna feel. So that when I walk away and I'm overly full and stuffed, like I did at Thanksgiving, I'm just like, wow, that was so delicious. That was not Thanksgiving, Easter. So I was with family. I piled up all the stuff. I knew it was way too much food. I did not care. Right? Like I only get my family's home cooked meal like

a couple times a year. Yes, it's the same ham, the turkey and, and creamed onions and all of that. But I love it. And I just, I made a plate and I ate all of it. I knew I was gonna feel stuffed. I felt stuffed the whole day. Was it worth it? Would I do it again? Absolutely. Am I punishing myself because of that today?

Not at all, right? So this is what you're learning in maintenance to get to that calm place where you just, you are just this person who's maintained their weight. I like that this is a smaller group. It makes it easier to keep up with the comments. It makes you feel like even more part of the community. Yeah, we have a different flair around here. We're more relaxed or more chill. Reach out. You have the same amazing team of people helping you here. I'm looking

forward to learning this new mindset and being successful at maintaining a weight loss for the first time in my life. Yeah, that's that's the goal. Our goal is to get you to a place where you truly are able to move on from your weight journey. Yeah. And you know, we're on day one, I feel like I want to say everything today. I feel like, no, just kill everybody, everything today. And, you know, just to speak to that, to Amanda's point, like just, you know, being here to be able to maintain her weight

and being excited to be able to do that. And just knowing that as we go on, you're going to actually believe it. Like, you're not just going to say it here in the group. You're not just going to say it in a comment. You're really going to start to believe it. Like, yes, I can do this. Yes, I am going to be able to maintain my weight. I am going to be able to live this way because you are acquiring those skills, but you're not only just acquiring them, you're putting them into practice in different ways than you have in the past. You know, we're going to walk you you through like you said, like those triggering moments that might come up over the year, we're gonna help you think about using tweaks a little bit differently, you know, like, you know, let's talk about downsizing surprise, we're downsizing and maintenance as well, you probably thought you were done with it, but you're not done with it. But it's what you can learn about yourself when you're working through a tweak like that, because you're not working through a tweak like that to get the scale to move, to get to your lowest low,

but what you're doing is you're helping to build that confidence in yourself by the things that come up during the week, by the new thoughts that come up, or old thoughts that come back. So it's really about learning about yourself, and in that way you're gonna be able to trust yourself and believe in yourself, and that's one of the biggest things is believing that you actually can do this

and trusting that yes, actually can do this and trusting that, yes, you can do this. Yeah. And like downsizing is just getting back into those portions, really understanding what it feels like to be actually hungry, really understanding what it feels like to feel satisfied. And then when those moments where you do find yourself overeating, really understanding what it feels like

to have overeaten your food. So it's really clear. Like when you think back to when you started the weight loss program, am I hungry? Am I not hungry? Am I just being triggered? Is it habit? Is it cause I had sugar, so I want more sugar?

But really being confident and know exactly when to eat, what to eat and how much to eat. I see a couple of questions here. I wanna get to Nicole's asking, if 15 minutes later I am still hungry, do I have a little more or do I wait until my snack? Now, because you've eaten what you thought was enough to feel satisfied in the moment,

if you do find that you are hungry or 10, 15 minutes later, I would just wait until your next meal or snack. Sometimes it's because if we overeat, we actually are hungrier again sooner rather than later. It could be just your body checking in on you and saying, hey, it's time to eat, but without registering the food you just ate. So if you find you are hungry 10, 15 minutes later,

think back of how you felt, why you thought you had enough, wait until your next meal is snack and then try again. And then try again. Cause you have your next meal or snack coming down the pipeline. And chances are you have eaten enough. It's just that it hasn't registered yet

because it's gonna take time for your body to process and digest your food. So adding more food on top of food that your body hasn't digested yet is not gonna help you feel any less hungry at the end of the day. Love to learn my intention about eating regarding something good.

Choose to eat and move on rather than being on automatic pilot. Yeah, to Odette's point, you don't want to just be, I've done this before, it's just doing it again, going through the motions. There's so much to be learned if you really are intentional about everything that you can and need to learn. What's the best way to deal with leftovers?

We hosted yesterday and I indulged not feeling guilty about it, but feeling weirdly strange about the idea of throwing out leftover cheesecake. Okay, so you don't, you're not a garbage can either. Right. And so whether you put it in the garbage can or you eat it when you don't need it, you're not saving anybody anything at the end of the day, you can freeze it. You can give it away. I would be very mindful of like having a little bit every day or feeling like you need to eat it to justify having it. It's like it's not not the mindset that you want to have. Like for example, if someone brings donuts into work, like you can take your donut and you can just have a few bites of it. Right? What's

the difference if I would have eaten the whole thing versus have a few bites of it. Right? What's the difference if I would have eaten the whole thing versus having a few bites that I really enjoy and then leaving the rest? I'm not helping world hunger. I'm not saving anything at the end of the day. Right? If it's leftovers in terms of like your foods that you can incorporate into your other meals, like I brought home a plate of food yesterday because I brought some for Tony, but really I wanted some more creamed onions and stuffing. And so we just incorporated that into our lunch today.

Right, so, you know, out of sight, out of mind, it's always really good. Put it in a Tupperware container and maybe someone else will eat it or freeze it, or maybe you just come recycling day, you just, you know, recycle it. At the end of the day, you're not the garbage can either. Right. So eating food that your body doesn't need is not a benefit to you. And that's a really, that's a food waste. So, so this is a perfect example of when we are

downsizing, which is always less about eating less and more about issues and associations that can pop up, even though you may have done downsizing a few times in the weight loss program, even though you may have reached your weight loss goal, you might still have a food waste issue. So you're gonna really tune into that during our downsizing week

if you're already doing it now. So, right, this is that opportunity because a few weeks to work through some of those issues and associations that pop up it can take us a little bit longer. So that's a perfect example. That's a perfect example of that. What's another one? Hi Cynthia just got back two weeks ago from an 18-day vacation. Nice. I really tried hard to keep focused and on track. My water intake reduced and I did not I did indulge. I would constantly hear Gina in my head say just enjoy and have fun. It can be fixed now that I'm following back on track and hopefully I can find my my way again.

This them few days all in you're going to get back to feeling your best. Your body loves what you did before. It loved how it was feeling. It's gonna love getting back there. Yes, of course, you're feeling it, right? You want your body to feel it. You want your body to say, Okay, that was fun. Time to get back at it. Few days back at it. Don't hope to you're gonna get there. Few days, you're gonna get back. You're gonna be like, I'm back, bitches. I feel great. Yeah, I love that you said that don't hope just do because I

think that, you know, don't tell yourself hopefully no tell yourself Yes, I am. I'm going to you know, maybe it's not gonna be tomorrow, you know, but maybe it'll take a few days And you will you'll get there. You'll do it for sure that there's no, you know, I don't want to say there's no hoping around here There's lots of hoping and there's lots of hope to have around here, but there's also a lot of it's right Let's help behind you. There's a lot of doing around here here too. We're just doing it. You're just doing it. You don't have to worry about it or think like, Oh, you know, can I, can't I, you can, you a hundred percent can. Before we go and I ask, and I'm going to ask you what people's homework is. So Odessa and I are going to pop on live Mondays and Wednesdays, just like our other lives. If you can't join us, you they'll be in the guide so you can watch them later. Just

like in the weight loss program, there's two things you want to do, right? You want to know why, why you're here? What is your motivator in maintenance when you're no longer chasing the scale? What's going to be your motivator? Right? That's really, really important because just like in weight loss, you're not going to be motivated to show up and do the things that you need to do every day. And you want put as just as much work and effort into this program as you did the weight loss program.

Although it shouldn't be all consuming, right? You wanna be intentional about it. So what is your why? The other one is take stock of your weight history, right? What's your weight story now, right? When did your history with weight start? What are, now that you look back and you reflect on and you know, you know better and you know more, what was it

about? What were the diets that you did? What was going on in your life when you gained weight? What was going on when you lost weight? Think about all the diets and all the things that you've been through in your life. Think about your journey with the weight loss program, the things that you work through, the things that you did, the mindset that you had, that you brought you to where you are here today. You want to turn the page, you are turning the page from your weight loss journey into your maintenance journey. So what do you need right here, right now today to be as successful as possible. So at the end of this program, you are feeling competent on moving on and your ability to truly live your life without

having to worry about losing weight every day, right? Odette, what is our member's homework for this week? Yeah, so I wanted members to really think about this. I mean, you gave them a few really great things to think about there, but really think about what feeling they're coming into this week with. Are they here because they're fearful into this week with? Is it, you know, is it, are they here because they're fearful of gaining weight back? Are they here because they're excited to know that this is something that's totally different and they are doing it? I want them to really define what that feeling and what that emotion is this week. And maybe that's the thing that's going to help them transition that mindset.

Right now too, they really need to, like I said, talk to themselves in a way that they're preparing for a new part of their journey. They're not preparing for another round of the weight loss program. They're preparing for this, like it's a new course, it's a new journey, it's a new semester, if that's what you want to call it.

And what do you need and what emotion are you bringing into that? What feeling are you bringing into that? Really define it, really put, you know, make it tangible. Yeah, I love that. I was just thinking of like the analogy of a clean house, right? Like I've cleaned my office. I'm ready to go. And what do I need to do to be able to maintain that? What are some of the changes that I need to make? Right? If I have notes and papers, I can't just throw them on the ground or I'm just going to end up with a big mess all over again.

Right? What do you need? You work so hard to build this house. Now, what do you need to do to keep your house the way you like your house to be kept? Right? You got to like a nice yard, you got to mow the lawn. You want a nice, you know, when you come into your house,

you can't just kick your shoes off and throw your socks anywhere, right? You need to take your shoes off, put your shoes away. Like what are the things that you need to do to maintain this life and this lifestyle that you've created for yourself, right? Like to be that person that continues to wake up full of energy, to that's calm around food, that are you that person who's getting up and, you know,

going for a walk every day or meditating or journaling or that person that, you know, you were before that I was dragging your ass out of bed and felt like shit all day, right? Like you've made these changes. Now it's about really solidifying those changes that you've made solidifying the weight, solidifying the changes that you've made and solidifying that mindset. I love, I know, right? It's a good analogy. I'm like a visual person. Okay. Um, thanks for joining us today, everyone. I'm excited. I love you're kind of going to come to realize, I love the conversations that we have here in the maintenance program. These are the conversations that nobody, no one is having out there. We actually truly want you to be able to maintain and sustain our weight. So we were really passionate about being here and we thank you for joining us on this journey. We're going to have a lot of fun over the next 91 days. Okay. So Odette is going to be

checking in with you each day. I'm going to be checking in here and there as well. We got some great guest experts are going to be joining us throughout the 91 days of the program. And I'll be back with Odette on Wednesday. So we like to check in on a Monday, see where we're at, what's going on, check back in midweek on Wednesday. So if you wanna check in with us, we'll be happy to see you then.

Otherwise, have a fantastic rest of your day and have a great week. Thanks, Odette. I'll see you Wednesday. Bye. Bye.