The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - January 26, 2026

Episode Date: January 26, 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 explore the powerful connection between mindfulness and motivation, especially during tough seasons, like mid-winter, or when life just feels heavy. They reflect on her personal shift from stress-driven habits to intentional action and share how even small changes, like cleaning a room or painting a wall, can become a radical act of self-care. Gina challenges listeners to stop waiting for the “perfect time” and start showing up in ways their future selves will thank them for. It’s a refreshingly real conversation about taking ownership of your space, your mindset, and your choices, even when you’re not feeling it right now.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.

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Week three, motivation and mindfulness. They kind of go hand in hand. You kind of need to be self-aware, mindful, know where you're at, what's going on, to even have half a chance, really, it's staying motivated. We talk about motivation not being it. You're not going to be motivated every day to do the things that you need to do. But you also can't let that stop you from doing the things you need to do. Having a really strong why, great idea to check your why.

throughout the entire program and process. And really recognize where you're out. There's a lot going on, right? There's always seems to be something going on in the world. There's a lot going on in the world right now. We're also in the midst of winter. Some people literally are buried under snow. You know, it's after the high of the new year and the holidays.

And really recognizing where you're at, what you need. I feel like I've said that a hundred times. What does that actually mean? So I think it's a great week to unpack that. I think it is a great week. Week three is one of my most favorite weeks. And just to go back to what do you, we're going to dive into it, but to go back to what you just said there, I was listening to your live in the weight loss group this morning,

which anybody can listen to on the podcast. And you had a member comment that said, when I'm in a stressful time or when something is going on, I tend to just really indulge. in that and not take care of myself until the stress is gone, but then the next stressor comes. So it's like that time never comes, that time where nothing is happening and everything is perfect never comes. So it really is about, yes, recognizing that stuff is happening, stuff will always happen and just, you know, still being able to find that capacity to take care of yourself in some way while it's going on. Yeah. And my old way of dealing with things was just to really indulge in that. I'm

stress, don't have capacity, let me just binge watch Netflix. My room would get messy and I would like be kind of myself. Gina, you'll deal with it later and all of that. And I've done the opposite recently. I've got some stuff going on behind the scenes that I'm dealing with and working through and working on. And rather than, and I took, I was saying I, you know, was listening to Dr. Dina about just it's not all or nothing, the little bits, break it down, make it manageable for yourself. and kind of done the opposite and gone into this whole, let me finally clean my room, organize my stuff. And it's been a lot of work.

And I'm almost through my whole house. On the weekend, I was painting, I was sharing how I've had these gray walls. They're kind of like grayish. They're not beige. They're not gray. They're just, they look dirty. And every day of my life,

I walk through my house and look at my walls. I'm just like, oh, God, they're so gross. Like, they just look dirty. They probably are dirty because I've had a million kids run through my house teenagers. And on the weekend, I finally grabbed a can of paint and I just painted. And I cannot believe what I've been able to accomplish in the span of two weeks, stuff I have been putting off for years and years and years. And I'm just like really proud of myself that I chose the opposite of what I normally do. And I begrudgingly made myself do the things that

I didn't want to do. But now I'm on the other side of that. Oh, I'm thanking my, my future self is looking back and thanking my past self and saying, fuck, thank you. That's really great. This actually is what I need. So that was fine. You're at capacity. Gina, you did the best you could, but I'm glad that you got to a place where you realize this is actually way better. This is, this is what we need to handle the hard times. This is what we need to, you know, keep moving forward. We need a clean space, clear mind. I needed you to indulge in this organization cleaning process rather than indulging in the wine, indulging in the chips, indulging in the, you know, lying on your bed feeling sorry for yourself or indulging in your emotions, whatever that was and however entitled you were to feel

that, because there's always something, always something going on, right? So, so yeah. So, you know, I loved that. There is always something going on. And, and, and, How can you keep showing up and show up in a way that your future self is saying, hey, honey, I know that was hard for you. I know that wasn't easy for you. But look what you did. Look what you did. Yeah.

And when we talk about motivation too, motivation is just this feeling, right? And feelings change. Like, I'm not feeling motivated. So I'm not going to do anything about it. Where if you just take action anyways, like you did, like you weren't motivated to really clean your room. You weren't motivated to paint those walls, but you did something about it anyway. And that ties directly in with mindfulness because then you're going to remember, hey, I took action anyways and look how great I felt.

That's that connection. That's that awareness. I took action anyways, even when my energy was low, even when I didn't feel like it, even if I couldn't see that there was going to be a positive outcome, I did the action anyways. And now next time I'll remember that. And you'll take that action again next time. That mindfulness, you're going to be more aware of how it's going to make you feel after. So you're going to be more inclined to do it anyways, take action anyways. Have that do it anyways mindset.

Because you remember how it made you feel at this point. Yeah. And it's so important because I switched like my go to behavior. And it's not to say I haven't cleaned in the past and organized stuff, but I was like motivated to do that. Right. I really went against my nature, which is to be cut myself some slack. It's all right, Gina. You know what I mean?

This two shall pass and then off you go. And that works too. Eventually you get around to it. But I went against my nature. I want to read some of the comments of everyone with this week. I hope everyone is okay from the snow shoveling. Right? I can't.

I don't know. So I'm in Burlington. And apparently we were in this like belt from Pickering to Burlington Hamilton Hamilton that was supposed to get the most of it. It snowed until 4 o'clock this morning. So my husband is 6'1. He went out to shovel this morning. and I couldn't see him beyond the snowbank.

I think we got almost four feet overnight. Like it is insane. This snowstorm. Anyway, that's not what the comment was about, but that's, I had to just add, add my thought. The snow is, is ridiculous right now. It was like a record amount of snow. Some people are loving it. And then some people, not so much.

Some people realize like, oh, they're just, they're, they're kind of bored and they're, you know, stress eating or boredom eating. Some people are loving the exercise that it brings. Sue here, I love this. We've already got a gentle nudge right back to the basic four questions. How do I ever get away from them? They're monotonous. It gets so old.

But I promise you you will get to a place. All of this is helping you to be in tune. Keep your energy directed at yourself to trust. Wendy, what to eat, how much to eat. But this also puts you in tune with what's the right decision. What's the wrong decision? This makes you double down on trusting your intuition, right? How would I feel if I do this?

How would I feel if I do that? Oh, I'm definitely doing that. Like it just is this is just beyond this is beyond portions. This is just being so grounded, so in tune, so self-aware that no one has to tell you what you got going on because you already know what's going on. No one has to try to hold you accountable because you're already holding yourself accountable. No one has to tell you you're being a bitch because you already know that you're being a bitch and you know exactly why and what you can do, you know, to I don't manage that. I don't know. You know what I mean?

I would say we say so much. Like it's, it's, you know, don't overthink it. Don't overthink it. But this is the week. If there's ever a week, if there's ever a practice, it's this mindfulness practice that you need to overthink. You need to overask because it's going to then that's what's going to help it become second nature and feel natural later.

It's that repetition. It's that practice. So yes, overthink this week. You know, overask the questions. over check in with yourself because that's what's going to make it natural. We're going to talk a lot about automaticity later on, but this is what's going to help you get there. So we're not saying you need to be mindful because it's only about the portion and it's only about your belly. It is.

It is 100% about that. But it's also about building this foundation, making this feel natural. So overthink now so you don't have to overthink later. Overthink. Be obsessed with yourself. Yeah. Right. Be obsessed with yourself. And the other thing I want to say, too, about I know you want to get to a comment,

the other thing I want to say about the mindfulness too is we're seeing a lot of members, you know, end of week reflections and weekly intentions. I need to be more mindful. I need to be more mindful. And I want to just challenge our members to be really specific what that means. Like, I want to be more mindful. Okay. What's your plan? What does that mean you want to be more mindful? Like we're seeing members saying, I'm mindful.

I'm making these nutrient-rich choices, but I'm still overeating. My portions are still too big. Or I'm making these nutrient-rich choices, but my tummy still is aching after I eat certain things. So be super intentional with what mindful is. It's not just about making those right choices, you know, for lack of a better term, right choices. It's about really being intentional of what mindfulness means for you, you know, day-to-day.

I mean, we were talking about mindfulness before. mindfulness was the thing. Now everyone's talking about mindfulness. You're right. What does that mean to you? Like, what, what is that for you? Why do you want to be mindful? Right? Well, because I want to make sure, let's just say it's superficial. I want to make sure I want to, you know, do everything I can, make sure I'm not overeating my portions and, you know, I'm in tune to them. Okay, well, why is that important to you? Well, because if I'm not overeating my portions, that I'm feeling better, walking away from eating my food, I'm going to be better able to maintain and sustain my my weight. Why is that important to you? Well, that's important to me because I've tried really hard

to lose weight in the right way and to actually get to a place where I'm going to be able to live my life. Okay, why is that important? Well, because I've stressed my entire life about my weight and I just want to be happy and enjoy life and enjoy food, enjoy living and be as active as possible and healthy as possible. Why is that important? Well, because I can spend more quality time with the people that I love so I can make the most other the life that I'm. have, right? Like, it's not the surface. It's like go deeper. Why? Why? Why? Why? Like really get to like what that means. And that's like it's not the same shit for everybody. It's like the same foundational changes that we're making to the food plan. But this is really how you make it individual to your needs, right? It's really

resonating with what you're doing here and more importantly why. Yeah. And that just goes back to overthinking, ask all those why questions. And then the how is going to come. You know, the how will come. You're going to ask why is it important. Why do I want to do this? And then the how will come. So this is all part of that overthinking, getting a little deeper. They're ready for it. I mean, you've lost your weight. You've done it in a mindful way already. You know, you've already been through that process. Now it's that time. Now it's the time to put that work in. Go a little. Ask the questions that are a little bit deeper than those surface questions that you were asking before. Yeah. I want to deeper.

I want to lose weight. So I'm going to practice those four steps of mindful eating, you know, like it's my job. Well, now you don't want to lose weight. But why do you still want to practice those four steps of mindful eating? Where is it going to get you? What's it doing for you for your future self? And it's not more work. Sometimes it's doing less, right? And just really recognizing what you want to do. Here's Anne, feeling a bit overwhelmed with work, school, family stuff. So I decided to slow down and take things one at a time, one meal at a time, one bite at a time, a whole. whole day or week is too much. It feels compatible with mindfulness. Yeah, we're, you know, again, talking about this morning, we're constantly stressing about tomorrow. I mean, there is a sense of like,

you know what's coming, so you need to be prepared. Yes, there are decisions that you need to make, but stressing about what you've got going on isn't helping you right now in this moment. And all the books out there, even this thing that we're doing is just trying to teach you to be in the moment and to be in tune to make the best choices for yourself. And a lot of like eating is just mindless eating, right? Like, we're trying to do the opposite. Where does food fit in? Are we actually hungry?

Are we in tune with our portions? Why are we eating this thing? Is it the giving us the nutrients that eats? Is it the best choice that we can make right now? Like, you know, it's kind of like if you asked me if I was hungry right now, I just, I got a lot going on emotionally. So I'm not really all that hungry. But I bet you, if Tony was to go grab me some food and put it down in front of me and I was to start eating it, my body would be like, yeah, heck yeah, you are hungry. We need to eat. But most times I'll think about, okay, if I am hungry, what's in my fridge? And just like quickly going through. I did groceries yesterday. I know I got eggs. I got chili I'm going to make leftover soup from the other day. What's easy? Do I want fruit? Do I want protein? Do I want leafy greens? And it happens so fast. So these four sets of mindful eating get you so like in tune with when to eat, what to eat, how much.

much to eat that the work that you put in now will make it so much easier and quicker in the future. Yeah. And I think that's a great point that you, that, you know, when we're making this mindfulness connection and about what we want to eat, I think this is where our emotions come into it as well. Like you said, like, you know, you've got stuff going on and you get to the fridge and you open it and you're like, you know, I'm being mindful. I know I need to make, you know, veggies my focus at lunch right now and I need to add all these, I need to add the components, you know, but not taking into account your emotions and how you're really feeling that day or for that meal and thinking, okay, I need to get leafy greens. But maybe I'm not, maybe I just, I'm going to make

sure I get a little bit in, but I'm not going to make it the focus because my body's really looking for something a bit more comforting right now. Maybe it's the soup I need to have. Maybe it's something warm I need to have. So that's why we want to take that mindfulness as well. You know, yes, following those four steps, but not just focusing necessarily on, you know, the the components of the meal, but how is that meal going to make you feel? And I'm not saying that you're going to go have this comfort food that, you know, maybe doesn't align with where you want to go, but based on the choices that you have and the choices that do align, you know, when you're talking, thinking about mindfulness and how you're actually feeling, let those emotions be part of it

too. A cold salad is not appealing to me right now. But when you mentioned that, I was like, I do have some spinach that I can saute in a little bit of butter and garlic and salt. Yeah. Right. And that took seconds because Odette said, I was like, oh, hell no, God, because I'm thinking about lunch. That's not what I want. But you know what I mean? This would be more appealing for me. There's a couple more questions, comments that I want to read here.

The one was, could mindfulness, hi, Judy, also relate to just how my body is feeling regarding activity. I have great plans for my workout schedule. But lately, I've had to really listen to my body to see what I need instead of keep doing the same routine over and over. we had a great conversation with Amanda Thieb. It's over on our podcast, The Libby Method. If you want to go check that out, where she talked about exactly this.

Like, yes, you want to try to do resistance training, you know, at least two times a week, 30 minutes, whatever. But really on the day to day, it's rather than, you know, forcing your body through a hard workout that you don't find appealing and doing something like stretching, going for a walk, like really recognizing where your body is at and what you need is going to be far more beneficial than force. your body to do something that you don't want to do. With that said, though, you know, there's been times where I didn't want to do a workout. And then when I went to the workout, I was like, oh, my God, I'm so glad I came. Right. So that's one of those things. But, you know, I think it absolutely is about where your body is at and how you're feeling both mentally, but also physically as well. Yeah. And I think this is where that mindfulness and that motivation kind of fit together. You know, like I'm not feeling motivated to move or my body is asking for something a certain something.

But I'm going to, you know, and my mind is maybe saying, no, I don't, you know, we want to rest. We don't want to exercise. But that motivation piece is just taking action anyways. It doesn't have to be this intense workout. Take that action anyways. And then what is your body telling you after you've already started? You know, is it saying, no, I was right. I needed something a little bit more low key today or no, actually, I've started to take this action.

now I can do a little more. My body actually does want a little bit more. This is where those two kind of come together as well. I think you know, right? I think you know when your body's really saying, you do for real versus like I just would rather not. It's neat convenience. And you know when your body, like if you listen to your body and you're like, okay, how do you feel about like going for a walk today. My body's like, yeah, let's go. My mind is like, fuck that shit. There's so much snow out there. It's going to be cold, but whatever. But I can tell my body is like, yeah, let's go for a walk. I can feel crunching through the snow. I'm going to get my heart rate up. The crisp bear is going to make me feel invigorated. But my mind is like, oh, hell no. Like, I think you know, like, you just have to take a

minute and be like, how does my body, let me envision myself doing yoga. Oh, my body is sore. I do not want to do that. But I also, if I can get past that, I can feel like, oh, yeah, that would feel really good, right? If I feel like going for an aqua fit class or a swim, immediately, I'm like, I don't want to get into that cold water. I hate when you go and you get in that cold water. I don't want to do that. But then once I'm in there and I'm floating around, I can feel my shoulders relaxed and I'm back kicking. How am I going to feel when I get out of the water? Ah, whew. That was great. Right. Like that is that you are, you can, you can feel it. So sometimes it's a matter of like taking the moment, not just for your minds, but your body.

And that's what those four mindful eating questions are. They're not in your head. Hey, do you want a Big Mac? Yeah. Fuck yeah, I want a Big Mac. But then go to your body. Does your body want a Big Mac? And my belly is like, no.

I don't know. No. Do you want some ice cream? Yeah. My body's like, oh. No. Right. So reminding you that the mindfulness, I think we always associate into our mind.

being mindfulness, but it's also your mind is connected to your body. And it's a matter of just really tuning in. And those portions, am I hungry? That's, that's not your mind. This is your body. How would I then feel if I ate all of this? Oh, that's, I don't know. Let me see. Let me start eating or if that's too much, that's not enough. When I'm starting, when I'm starting to eat, am I feeling any effects? Not in my head, in my body. What if I was to take a few more bite? it's not in my head, in my body, right? What if I was to stop now? How did I know I had enough?

That's not in your mind because it's not about what they look like portion-wise. It's what the portions feel like. How did I physically know that I've had enough and then checking in 10, 15 minutes later, not how do I feel mentally? It's how do I feel physically, right? And that's a hard thing to do because we associate mindfulness with your mind and not your body. Yeah. And when we talk about this week, like,

where we are, you know, technically it's our fourth, even though it's week three, it's our fourth week here. This is when routines can really start to feel familiar. You can start to feel that calming effect happening. And then you're, then you feel like you're in this groove, like, okay, I'm, I'm in my routine. I'm making these choices. This is what I'm doing day in and day out. And you're not making that connection back to your body again. So this is where this week is like this mindfulness is perfectly placed that your routines might be feeling more comfortable. Your routines might be feeling more calm. You might be feeling more calm. You might just be going through those motions again because it feels good, but then that little disconnect can

start to happen with your belly, with your body. And this week really brings you back. And it really is the lead up to next week when we are spoiler, they're getting back into downsizing again. So this is really an amazing lead up to get back into your belly because next week we're really going to be getting back into your belly. And portion wise is so you get used to consuming larger portions. And we because we're not actively doing them, being mindful, asking those four sets of questions, We drop the ball on those because, you know, like it gets it to be a lot. This is where you kind of can fall back into old habits and things creep up. So again, that's what this mindfulness week is.

And that's what these tweaks are each week. You know, I've been thinking a lot about what is the weight loss program, what is the maintenance program. And really it's a place to continue to show up in a safe space with community and education and great guest experts and conversations to just remind you to take time for you. to remind you to take time to be in tune, to be mindful to to you know, this is an opportunity to learn more about yourself and where you're at and what you need, right? Not just doing the things. I see a comment here from Judy. And this reminds us of, you know, the fact that we're all dealing with something, you know, and happy to be here today because I'm dealing with the death of my husband on November 30th. Oh, that's shit. I'm so sorry to hear it. Honestly, like life fucking.

sucks sometimes. And there are so many things that I have to take care of that I haven't had time to check in with the group. Well, I'm glad that you're here today because this is like you've got to take time for yourself and that's so difficult to do. I'm not doing badly with eating, but there's something that I need help with. I've never been able to track since the app went down. How do I get back into freemium mode and who can help me with this?

So we can help you out, reach out to customer service. we can get into tracking. Maybe it's journaling that you also need to. I know so many people were used to the app and you might have missed it, Judy, and you can reach out. So we gave people an option to kind of upgrade or check out our new app, which has all the bells and whistles on that. If you want to reach out, there's a, what email, Odette can she reach out to the, give her the maintenance went? Yeah, so the maintenance, it's MM. M.M. So the letters M at Gina Livy.com. Yeah.

So reach out and we can. And, you know, so we've had a lot of talks about this, you know, from the beginning in the program and we've made some changes. And, you know, maybe we haven't got things right. And they're, you know, this is really, you know, with the app, I don't want to go into this, but reading some of the comments, you know, I think that we've learned so much from our community and we love feedback. I think that, you know, that if you want things to change, that I think there's a way to ask

for feedback, a way to ask for help. Like, Odette and I are here for everyone and we want everyone to be really successful. But, you know, on the weekend, Odette and I had to read some stuff that honestly wasn't very nice from some of our members regarding our app. And, you know, since then, I've been like, well, maybe we can do this and maybe we can do that. And, you know, there's one thing that we're very good at doing. We're good at taking member feedback and making changes and, you know, trying to help people the best we possibly can. And yeah, I just want to say that, although some members I think have really lost sight of that. And honestly, the way that they've accused us of things and said things to us was really fucking shit. It was just shit. It was just shit.

I just want to remind people that we really are here for you. And yeah, maybe we don't get it right. But we're sure we're trying our best. We want to run a business, an ethical, successful business. And, you know, we need to be able to grow and evolve. And, you know, we're always here to help you out. I just think that if you're a fucking asshole, it makes us not want to show up and be here and makes us not want to help you. So you know who you are and your shitty-ass fucking comments on the weekend. I can't help myself, but say that today because every time anyone mentions this is the app,

it's just bring that up. So, you know, something for us for me to work on behind the scenes. But I want to say, reach out. We're here for you. Yeah. Always reach out. I mean, our emails are there. We make them public for our members to be able to use re-reply.

I mean, as quickly as we can, we pride ourselves in, you know, between 24 and 48 hours. If we can, sometimes it's a little longer. I don't work on the weekends as much. So it takes a little longer sometimes. But yeah, we want our emails to, you know, we want you to feel like you can contact us through the email. The group is, the group is a support group for people that are trying to maintain their weight. that's where we want the conversation to go. That's what the conversation and vibe should always be about.

And I think if there's something that you're feeling challenged by or if there's information outside of the program itself that you need help with, yeah, reach out. Use those emails and reach out because we're happy to help. And we want to make sure that our members that are in the groups trying to maintain their weight and make change and work through challenges. We all have these challenges that we're trying to learn from and work through. that that's what we are focuses in the group.

Yeah, this is where we want this, you know, this beyond just maintaining your way, this is a place to show up and life is hard. Yeah. You know, and there's got a lot of, there's a lot of heavy stuff going on in the world right now and a lot of stuff people are caring with themselves and their own issues. You never know what people are dealing with or going through, you know. And this is where you have got to take time. You've got to be able to indulge in taking care of yourself.

And this is a place to do. do that. So whatever you need to reach out, we're here for you. That's what it is. That's, that's what it is, right? Being mindful of have you show up for yourself, for others, all of that. I was just going to say to your point for for Judy when you mentioned about journaling. I mean, there's a lot of emotions with what she's going through. I had some great loss last year too. And, you know, just doing my daily tracking wasn't, this is just personal experience, wasn't doing it for me. Like I really had to, I really had to connect some dots and get some thoughts out. And that in turn made me be more aware and be more mindful of my actions day to day and then,

you know, getting on the scale and seeing the number and being able to work through my emotions at the same time. Because sometimes when you're going through something like this, like whether it's a loss or it's, it's extreme stress, not even extreme, can be any stress. Sometimes if you get on that scale or you miss a day of tracking or the tracking isn't going to quite as you want, that can become, it can feel much bigger and it can feel much heavier and you can't cope with what it might be triggering inside for you. So oftentimes journaling or just jotting down or even if it's a digital journal in your notes app, even, you know, sometimes that can help you get to where you need to go and get back on track for lack of a better thing. Like it's

really, it can just help get you back to where you need to be because you're working through what you're really feeling challenged by. Oftentimes it's not just, I miss my nuts snack. So I'm really upset about that. Something else going on. Well, I'm glad you said that very straightforward. That's what I was trying to say. It's like that I don't know that it's the app. Do you know what I mean? Like, that's why I think journaling, like you're right. You don't need to tick things off or whatever. It might just be taking a minute and being like, okay, like your whole world is rocked. What do I, what do I really, need here, right? Like, what do I, what's important right now?

And that's like, you know, all of that, that it's like, I think when you, your future things shift and it's not what you expect it to be, it kind of really shake things up. And that's what mindfulness, it can go pretty deep sometimes. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. That's it. All right.

Homework for this week? Yeah. That was a deep conversation. That's a deep conversation. I just, you know, I, I don't know. I think just with a lot, with everything that's going on, and it's just so much more than you trying to maintain your weight. Yes. Right?

It's just so much more than that, although obviously that is the goal of that. Yes, that is the goal. So homework this week obviously is practicing that mindfulness, those four steps of mindful eating specifically, overthinking. This is the week to overthink everything. Also, there was a post that came up today about leveling up your mindfulness beyond just the food. So really taking a look at your emotions and how they play into the decisions that you make each day. And, you know, something like lack of sleep. How does lack of sleep affect the decisions that you make each day?

We're talking a lot about sleep as the week goes on. So, yes, those four steps of mindful eating, but also thinking about your mindfulness, like we've been talking about this whole half hour on a bigger scale, not just around the food, but around how, you know, everything around you can affect your decisions. Well, we, we, someone asked about guest experts I saw the other day and we're going to try to shift more emphasis on guest experts over here in the maintenance conversation and work on building more about that because the conversation is a little different when you're not in weight loss anymore and you're looking to maintain your weight. So Odette and I are making a plan to try to

get as many guest experts in here and you know any good ones or people you'd like to see come in as well. We're open to suggestions. I know Odette's been. compiling a list and trying to book people and to have some. Yeah, we have two booked already a little bit later on in the in the program, but we've got two coming already and we're still trying to get a couple more. So we know the conversations here are super important. And even beyond what we know and what we can say and what so we need to bring those experts on. Yeah.

And you do have access to all the guest experts that we are having in the weight loss program as well. And if you did upgrade and do the app thing, there's a guest expert guide in there. You can actually go in and check those out too. It would be really great to have guests focus on maintenance. Yeah, right? Yes. But don't forget, you do have access by way of our podcast still. That is open.

I mean, we are going to be turning that into something that, you know, only members are going to have access to by way of our app or something like that. But right now you have access to all of that. So make sure you go through that. And some other conversations in between there as well that we have going up on our app. And these ones are there up there too. I would love Dr. Beverly to come on, talk to us, changes we are dealing with as we go through maintenance.

Yes. Me too. So she's listening. Me too. I'm talking to her tomorrow. I'll get her booked for you. Talk to her. Tell her to return my email.

I'm calling her right. You know, we should see if they're available for some evening in the M&M group. Yeah, because they're all recorded. I mean, if you can't join live in the evening, our members can, they're there and the competition is going to be for them. Evenings would be great. Yeah, evening was a beer. Okay, we'll work on that for you guys.

Thanks, as always. We appreciate you being here with us. Hope you have a great week. You know, speak of mindfulness. What does mindfulness mean to you? Not the surface. Take a deep, do, do, deep, deep, deep. Go deep with it.

Have a great rest of your day, everyone. And we'll see you on Wednesday. Wilde, thanks.