The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - January 12, 2026

Episode Date: January 12, 2026

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!In this episode, Gina and Odette unpack what it really means to solidify your weight and your identity after weight loss. It’s not about chasing perfection or micromanaging your meals. It’s about rebuilding trust with your body, getting back into a rhythm, and recognizing the mental work that still needs to happen after the scale stops moving. They talk routines, reflection, and how years of dieting can disconnect us from what actually feels good. Whether you’re easing into the Maintenance Program or working through old habits that still sneak in, this episode brings calm clarity and real-talk insight to the mental game of maintaining your weight.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 is Maintenance Mindset Mondays week one.

Hello. All right. Let's get right into it. Hi, Odette. How are you? Good. How are you? I'm good.

I like Mondays. You know, I used to be one of those people that's like, it's Monday, but I don't mind Monday, not every Monday, but most Mondays. I like a good Monday. You know, I love a good Monday when I have spent my Sunday getting prepared for my Monday. Yes. You know, I, this weekend just made myself clean my room, which led to my vanity, to my bathroom, to my downstairs, to my whatever. I've been organizing. God, I feel good. I feel so good. I laid out my workout clothes before I went to bed last night. Did I work out this morning? No, I didn't. But that's okay. I feel really good about having been prepared for that. And my clothes are still sitting there. And maybe later on today, I will, you know, go on my walking pad or do a bit of a workout. But,

I think Mondays, if you can navigate your weekends and do things that you feel really good about about setting up your week, Mondays are really great. I agree with that. I think, you know, part of this of Sundays, like people call it meal prepping or people call it, you know, preparing or making their grocery list or setting themselves up. It's really just part of that routine. It's part of that habit. It's just getting ready for what's to come next instead of being caught off guard,

being caught off surprise, like, oh, my goodness, it's Monday. What happened? where did those last two days go, just that little bit of time can snowball into something that helps you feel more prepared for the new week ahead. And it's the same shit over and over. I see Karen. Hi, Karen. I just have to say, I love it when I'm wondering something or thinking something and boom. It shows up on the live and my question is answered last week's live was just like that, looking forward to this today. And that's it, right? Like, what are the thoughts and the feels that pop up when we are working on X, Y, Z? And then really

going deep with the conversation and then the reflection, right? And that's what the Mondays and Wednesdays are all about. And I know some of you, a lot of you obviously can't join us live, but if you can listen after the fact, it's just really getting you in that frame of mind, reminding you, okay, yes, I'm working on, you are actively working on helping yourself, physically, mentally be able to maintain and sustain your weight. And that's it. Two years, research is now showing that it takes for someone to be able to maintain their weight after significant weight loss. And that's just kind of randomly trying to maintain your weight. What we're doing here is like you're following a method, a system, a structure of actively helping your body

physically be able to solidify your weight and mentally solidifying that maintenance mindset, right? So that's what it's all about. That's where we're showing out. That's why that's why the maintenance program is so important. Yeah. And I think that's why also last week was so important, that prep week, that getting here into routine, you're reminding yourself, okay, this is why I'm doing what I'm doing. This is how I'm doing what I'm doing. And just getting back, just, I think when we're in this, in this place of getting into

routines again and getting to those habits again, it also brings into more clear vision when those old habits do start to come back up. Like, oh, okay, I realize that I was doing that because now I'm doing this. Now I'm in the routine. So I think that week is is really important to get settled and feel like you're here and remind you of what you're doing. And then this week, it's all about, like you said, solidifying that mindset, realizing like, oh, hey, yeah, my routine did shift.

Why did it shift? How do I make a plan for that? How do I work around that? And what's the importance of it, of having it shift and having it be a little bit different? Yeah. It's awareness. It's just being aware. It's being in tune.

years of dieting can really disconnect us, right? Not eating when we're hungry, not drinking when we're thirsty, not sleeping when we're tired. I'm fine. I'm fine. Right. And this, we've become very disconnected from ourselves that we don't even know what works for us and what doesn't work for us. And that's something that I use. Like, well, how's that working for me? Right. Is this a behavior that I want to continue? If I keep continuing this behavior, what's it leading to? How would I feel if I made this choice? how would I feel if I make this choice? Like so much of where I'm at, you know, I don't know if you all saw that video where I posted about 2026.

Like I'm just like, fuck it, right? Like I'm just like, I feel so calm and confident with who I am and what I'm doing. But that comes from being able to trust my gut and make decisions that, you know, make me feel good and are right for me, not based on what other people want or think that I should do. And that is creating the life that you want to live. It's being able to trust that you know, you know what works for you. And you also know what doesn't work for you. And even though change is hard, you're doing the things you need to do to make that change when you're in weight loss or solidify that change when you're here in maintenance. I know we want to get into,

I'm going to talk about the app stuff in a second. But I do want to remind people that the maintenance program proper has been built on these pillars of success when it comes to maintaining and sustain your weight. So this is Ruth Kane and her team in the work that we've done here. What is the difference between people who are successful and people who aren't successful? And you may be thinking, well, this is the same guideline at this is in the weight loss program. It's not. Just like in the weight loss program, there's a lot of nice to know information. And then there's your need to know. I highly suggest if you're not doing. it to at the very least this is your first time in maintenance to read over the post again even if

you think you already know what they are about because it's all based around maintenance so it's not the same the week one tweak is the same as weight loss but the intention behind it is completely different so this week what is week one all about for our members and maintenance so week one of course it like you said the tweak is the same so we are following this basic food plan. And the reason we're following this basic food plan is that so that part is set for you. You know, as the program goes on, we're going to be talking about these things that these successful maintainers are doing. How do they handle their stress differently? How do they think of themselves differently now? Why are new coping mechanisms so important?

Like, these are things that successful maintainers are doing, have done. So we just use the basic food plan as this calm familiar place to give you the capacity to dig deeper into these other issues into these other associations you don't have to think about what to eat and when or what to do because we're laying that out for you what you want to do is give yourself that's basic capacity to dive into these deeper posts and that's what you're meaning by saying go in and read them because they're important that that's the work that's being done not the food plan we're not teaching you what nutrient rich foods are. Well, you already know. We're reminding you. But we're doing it in a way that we're going to lay out the food plan so you have the capacity

to reprogram that mindset, to look deeper into issues, to deal with triggers for lack of a better word when they come up. So that's what we're really doing. And this week is laying that foundation for that. And it's keeping their body calm. If you can go back to your first couple weight loss programs. The first time is this really physical, right? Following that food plan, what am I eating when, how my body's responding physically. Second time around, you know, you have the routine down, so it's more of a mental challenge, right? Third program is combining mind and body, and then from there, it becomes very individual. So the routine of the food plan is really important because your body feels very calm. You know what you're doing. Your body knows what you're doing. And it really allows

you to deal with all the mental stuff that pops up and then be able to see the stark contrast between I'm making choices and make me feel good as opposed to, you know, Kim here, the Doritos followed by the chocolate chips, followed by the marshmallows and how that makes me feel, right? Which I do want to say, Kim says, what doesn't work for me is Doritos at 10, followed by chocolate chips and marshmallows at 1030. So let's rewind that, right? Like, how did that happen? what was going on with your day. I'm going to assume like you got triggered. There's stress happening.

There's a lot going on. Is there in knowing yourself, the way you know yourself now, how is that working for you? And what could you do differently next time? And it's important to connect the dots on that, right? Rather than, again, I would say in the weight loss program, I'm not a fan of letting things go. Oh, I had a crappy weekend, let it go. you don't learn anything from that from that. So this is where when the routine and all of that, you've already worked through all of the changes we're going to be making each week, really allows you to go there. And then when we do do things like downsizing, it's like sometimes our portions can creep up a little bit, even though we're easily maintaining our weight. So that's just to check that, right? Even though we've lost our weight, there's still

room and improvement for, you know, increasing our metabolisms and have our body work as healthy as possible, right? There's benefits in all the tweaks that we're going to implement while you are doing the maintenance program. But it's really that mental part that you're really working on solidifying and continuing to work on with that so that you can lose your weight, maintain your weight, then get to living your life, which is wake up, look good, feel good, go about your day, just making choices that make you feel good. If you indulge, you don't berate yourself, you don't punish yourself, you don't, you know, you just get right back to helping yourself feel it's best and that's where that back contract comes in, you know. Yeah, got to find better coping mechanisms.

My mom's in the hospital again and I'm 5,000 kilometers away. That's a lot. So you eating crappy food messes with your sleep, not only messes with your weight and how you feel, but it also leaves you susceptible to viruses, right? So you want to stay as healthy and as strong as possible. So you have the strength and the energy physically to do the drive, physically to be there support, and then mentally so that you are not breaking down and that allows you to be the caregiver, right? So almost your why for not having those things is like, I got to feel my best here because this is very trying situation. And this is what it will pop up, right? After you've lost your weight, you have to go through every Valentine's Day, every heartbreak, every Memorial Day, grief, every Memorial Day, grief.

celebrations, these things in life that, you know, knock us on our ass. And how are we showing up for ourselves in those moments, you know? Yeah. And I think this is such, when we talk about, too, the basic food plan, I know I'm backtracking a bit. We talk here about the basic food plan and just following that as we work through these issues and associations. Because what's going to happen is what you're learning now in maintenance, what these tools, these coping mechanisms, these stress management skills, you know, figuring who your new identity is, this is what's going to take you forward when you're no longer following a basic food plan. So, you know, if you don't, you want to be able to have that personalized plan. You want to be able to be able to cope when

these things start happening to you. And this is why it's so important to pick up these skills and tools and messages. There's so many messages here and learning opportunities to be able to carry that forward. And just to Kim, to Kim's comment about, you know, the Doritos at 10 o'clock and the marshmallows following it, you know, we're at this place, many of us are at this place where we're just trying to come out of this habit of weight loss. You know, maybe it's something that you've always done, right? Weight loss has been a habit. And now I don't have that anymore. That's a scary place to be. And this is where self-sabotage can start to creep up. So who am I now if I'm not somebody who's on a diet or on a cycle, that seems a bit uneasy. That seems a bit uncomfortable. Maybe I want to go

back to that person. Maybe I want to go back to that cycle, even subconsciously. And is this where self-sabotage is starting to creep up a little bit? And those old habits are starting to feel comforting versus a detriment. Yeah. Well, this is, it's interesting that you say comforting. Because like, why do we go back to our old habits? It seems easier. It's an, easy way to comfort ourselves, but that's like going back into an old relationship where all you remember is the good times and then you very quickly realize, oh, okay. You remember the feeling that it brings. And again, comfort food is really overeating, which jacks your insulin levels, which gives you this euphoric high. And it's hard to eat and think at the same time. And usually when

we have that feeling we are overeating around friends and family. We're laughing. We're whatever, right? Or we get that physical high. We forget about the down. We forget about the berating afterwards. We forget about the punishment afterwards. And we forget how shitty we feel afterwards, not just from eating, you know, inflammatory foods, but because it's messed with our sleep and, you know, all of that. So we think it's the easy way to cope when a reality, it's really much easier to do the things that we need to do to feel our best, right? So what, so in that situation, what could you have done? Called a friend, watched a movie cried, journaled, had a bath, gone out for a walk by yourself, not your dog and your did, like by yourself, right? Gone to winners

and gone through the aisles. You don't have to buy anything, right? Like, what could you do to help yourself better cope that will ultimately leave you feeling better? But in the moment that's very hard. That's very difficult to do in the moment. So this is where this is where you, the small things that you are doing where you're recognizing, oh, I feel so much better when I do this versus I really feel like shit when I do that. Right. I think that word that you said they're recognizing. I think it's recognizing it. Like, okay, I am doing these things now where maybe before you would just do them because they were just, that's who you were before. That was how you did things. where now you're recognizing that's not that's what I was saying off the top these old habits are more glaring now

because they're not part of your routine so you can say like oh yeah I didn't do why am I doing this it's not part of my routine it's not part of who I am it's not part of what I do and now I see myself doing it why is that where am I going and what can I fill there instead of that that's a superpower recognizing just once you get it's that aha moment you know Oprah I used to talk about the aha moment that moment of recognition is your aha moment. Oh, fuck. That's why I do this. That's why I did that. You know, that's why I wrote this book, The Comeback. I was really struggling. There have been times in my life where I felt really lost. And what was happening in those moments, I was listening to everybody else and not really trusting my gut. when I was younger, when I started out in business, when I went through menopause, like thinking I was, you know, losing my mind, honestly thinking I had dementia because where'd my brain go.

And then I didn't trust myself. And then that led me to a business, you know, situation where again, I wasn't trusting myself. And it's that it's that awareness. It's that recognition that was like, oh my God, here I am again. Like what? And when you really get it and you put the people, pieces together, you're like, oh, that's when you can actually do something about it. But it's one of those things you don't know what you don't know. And then this is why this awareness, while all the thoughts and feels that are popping up, we're not just letting them go or pushing them down. We're like, what is that about?

What's the message in that for me? Like, how are you feeling week one of maintaining your weight? Right. Like, how are you feeling today about how you navigated the weekend? How are you feeling about where you're at in life? Are you happy? Right? Are you doing the things that you know will bring you joy?

Or are you just doing the things that you are used to because in some weird sense, that's comforting to you, right? It's all about awareness. It's all about awareness. It's about making these changes each week and following these guidelines. It brings up the opportunity to be self-aware and work through those things. I love working through my shit. I really do.

My goodness. Last week was very trying. I do have to admit, and I think this might be a good time to talk about our app. You know, when we started this maintenance group, it was originally a group, and there was no structured maintenance program to go along with it. And therefore, we didn't feel it was right to charge people, you know, every three months like we did in our weight loss program. So we didn't have a structured program that we were running three times a year. And so we were like, hey, right now, let's just have people pay one price, one price. They can be in the maintenance group.

There's no recurring fees. And that's how we're going to run it. Because one, I didn't think we needed a maintenance group. Once we got into the maintenance group, we realized the benefit of doing an actual maintenance program after years of Ruth Kane and her research. and because before people used to do another round of the weight loss program in order to solidify their weight. So it evolved from a group into a now program that we've been offering the last couple years. I really don't want to say it again, but an app was never part of ongoing use forever.

And I'll tell you why. With our old app, it costs us about $5 per month for people to use our app. With our new app, it's $8 per month. And so as much as I, you know, so what happened was while we were developing our new app, Tony's like, what are we going to do about our old app? I'm like, you know what? We know change is coming. Just let people use it.

And so not only were our people in maintenance using our app, but everybody was continuing to use our app. People who hadn't signed up to do any program since 2022 were using our app at a cost to us. Our mantra for the living method is affordable, accessible, doable, and sustainable. And we cannot keep things affordable if we just keep letting everyone use our app for free. So I get that people were using our app for free, but it was never part of the pay one price have access to the maintenance group forever. So that's just the evolution of that.

And now things have changed. And so, but I get like people are used to using our app because it's a great app, but there is a cost for us. And there's people who we know have been in maintenance for like two, three years who paid $30, $30 to get into. And I'm a nice person, but I also have bills to pay and a company to run. And other apps, you may not realize this, but other apps sell your data and they charge for advertising to offset their costs. So when you use other apps, even if you use Instagram and you think, oh, well, there's no advertisement in there. Why do you think when you click on something in there, it pops up everywhere else because they're selling your data. So we don't

sell your data and we don't sell advertising. And so with our new app, obviously, we can't continue to let everyone use it for free anymore. So you didn't have it as part as the maintenance program that you bought, but we were letting you use it for free. And so, of course, You know, people have said horrible things to me in the last week about my integrity and, you know, all of this. And I really just want people to be successful, hence the cost of the weight loss program and the cost of the maintenance program. But here's what we're going to do.

If you don't want to pay anything and you want to continue to use the maintenance group as is exactly how it has been and use our app for free, you can use it in the new freemium mode, we are going to get rid of that pop up that tells you to support. that tells you to subscribe every time you use it. We're also going to get rid of that home screen with the birds flying every time you open it. Right. So you can continue to do that. Or what we are going to offer you, and I know there might be some outliers situational wise,

and if that's you, just, you know, be patient with us and we can discuss what's going on with you on an individual basis. We're going to offer people to sign up for our subscription service for the first three months for free. So you would get January, rest of January, February, March for free. And then April you would start your payment of $20, starting in April, which will allow you to continue to use our app and our new maintenance program in the app. And if you don't want that, then you can cancel after the four months.

All you would have paid is that $20 to be able to use the app. Now, it's still the weight loss app. We're not going to have our maintenance version of the app available until the spring. But what we can do is upload all the maintenance information into the AI feature. So you'll have access to all of your graphs, all the information, all of the guest experts that are in the weight loss program, all of the information. It just won't guide you through the maintenance program like our spring version of the maintenance program. So right now with our subscription, people can do the weight loss program and then when they're ready, move directly into the maintenance program. And then when you're done maintenance, we're actually working on a beyond the scale kind of lifestyle program too with our app.

So there'll be stipulations to that, right? You have to be in the maintenance program to take advantage of that offer. Only one code per person that's got to align with your name, register to your maintenance program. And we know that there's going to be some outliers. So, Kath, yeah, you like this option. Okay, great. I think it's really fair. To be honest, the cost to us.

You were willing to eat that cost out of customer loyalty and really wanting the best. We don't want to piss you guys off. We want you to be successful. We, you know, all of that. But that's how it all evolved. And that's what we're offering up here. So, you know, so, yeah. So essentially we're letting you into the weight loss.

app, but it'll have all the bells and whistles, the new AI will upload the new maintenance information to the AI so that will work. Yeah. Or there's Christine. I've adjusted to the freemium. Yeah, I don't want to pay anything, have access to the maintenance group as is forever. You can use the app in freemium mode. Again, we're going to take off that subscription thing that pops up and all of that. So there you go. Yeah. I want to see your historical data. In order to see your historical data, though, you have to use this code and kind of go through the sign up process again using the same email that you use to register for your last weight loss program. And if you don't, we'll migrate that data over, but it might take a while to migrate that

data over. Yeah, so we'll put a post in the group. It'll include that. Yeah, to include these details again. It'll have your one-time use code in there. What I want to say, as the manager of the maintenance program, is that you're going to have access to the weight loss app. Do not get sticky about which program you're in.

Yeah. Let's remember you are here on your maintenance journey. Yes, you have access to the information through the app, but don't get lured back in by, you know, a lot of those posts that are weight loss specific. So enjoy the app. Enjoy seeing the weight loss, winter weight loss program through the app. But remember, you are a maintenance member.

We really want you to keep your focus here in the maintenance group. But you're going to have full functionality of the app, which was amazing. You'll see your data there. You'll have the AI picture, like we said. But you are a maintenance member. We want you here to maintain your weight. Yeah.

And then come April, they'll be able to go into the full maintenance program. That will be a whole new look and feel and uploaded and all of that. So we'll be able to access water specifics. No. So it will just take off the feature of every time you go to input something. It tells you to. subscribe. So it's just the day-to-day tracking. That's it with the premium mode. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. And the thing

is with this, and Odette and I talked about that, so many people are excited about being in maintenance. And, you know, again, it's never really had an app to go with it. And the weight loss program never originally had an app. And so there's so much the benefit. We really want to keep the focus on you and your journey and figuring out what you need. And heck, if you don't want to use our app. There are all sorts of other great apps out there that go ahead and use those. Really, you just want to focus on where you're at in maintenance. We don't want this conversation to like sidetrack people from really focusing on how amazing it is that you are here and that this is your focus moving forward. You know, and focus moving forward this week for week one,

you know, really having that mindset that we're not here to change our bodies. We're here to support our bodies where they are now. We are talking about those changing routines as the week goes on. And we're talking about, like I said, supporting that body. So what, what, you know, might be different now that you want to lean into? Maybe it's time to check in with your healthcare practitioner again. Maybe it's time to take note of what those, you know, TMI, what those bowel movements are doing for you now or if they're still changing. So it's all about supporting where your body is now, because that's going to be the lead up into next week. So just, yeah, just remember, we're not trying to change your body at this point. You know, yes, if you want to change your body

composition and you want to work out, or we're not trying to make these big, massive weight loss changes. We're here to support what we've done up until now. And have a why, right? So we can tell you now, if you're new to maintenance, people really struggle with, why am I continuing to focus on managing my stress and try to get better sleep and moving my body if I'm no longer trying to lose weight. So what is your why, right? What are the things that you want to focus on? What is your why when it's no longer a weight loss goal, right? Some of the things you wanted to talk about, O'Dep, before we go was the food plan, you know, keeping an eye out for old habits, creeping in, being as consistent as possible. Food plan is still really important. Self-sabotage is the big one,

getting caught up in other things or sidetracking yourself, you know, you want to take almost your maintenance journey even more seriously than your weight loss journey. And then ways to do that, obviously setting intentions, end-of-day reflections. I sure we'll talk more about that on Wednesday. The homework for people this week? The homework for people this week. was just really to understand where they are now in terms of their physical body. Yes, we're talking mindset as well, but your physical body, you know, how has it changed and how does it need to be supported? Just like I said, you're going to still, we talked about it last week. You're still notice those, you know, small signs of detox that might be popping up. Be aware of that. Notice how your

body needs to be supported now at this point. We're not trying to, like I said, have it, you know, do these grand changes on the scale. So just maybe pinpoint a couple things where you can, you can just be more aware of that. I saw a member saying I'm checking in with my doctor this week. I am going to the gym and trying some new exercises because my body's different. I want to support it in this different place. Yeah. Just one thing about the app. I see outliers like Judy. I already signed up for both because I love watching the lives in real time. So there are some outlier situations. Obviously, we don't want you paying more. If you've already paid for something, we don't want you to pay for it again. So this is where you can reach out to us on an individual basis. We're still dealing with a

backlog of some apps down from the way of last program. We want you to be happy. We want you to be here. We want you to be successful. We want you to be happy. And we want you to enjoy your time here. So we're really trying to figure out what works best for everyone. So if you love that idea, we're going to post more information today. And if you're one of those outliers, Judy, obviously, you can come to talk to us about that. Okay. Thanks, everyone. We'll see you on Wednesday. Have a great rest of your day. A great couple of days. And we'll see you then. Bye. Bye. Bye,