The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - June 9, 2025

Episode Date: June 9, 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!In this episode, Gina and Odette explore the emotional shift that happens when moving from weight loss to weight stability. As the Livy Community navigates the in-between of spring winding down and summer ramping up, the conversation centres on the importance of transitioning with intention—acknowledging that maintenance isn’t the final destination, but the beginning of living life in a whole new way. They highlight how members are gradually letting go of uncertainty and stepping into curiosity, calm, and confidence. From weekend reflections to real-life wins (like a trip to Wales without weight gain!), this episode reminds listeners that progress often looks like ease—and that the goal isn't just maintenance... it’s freedom.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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Hi Odette, How are you? Good. I just brewed a coffee into a mug that already had a coffee in it. So that's how my day is going so far. It's waiting for me to finish cleaning up downstairs when I finish here. So well, I have one of my many children home who I just ran down and I'm just like, can someone make me a tea. So I just got a very hot tea delivered to me. But I feel you today. It's a it's a it's a there's something in the air I can feel it. And because it's people are quiet. weight loss programs quiet, this is quiet. I don't know people where they're I just there's something going on. You feel it too. I feel it. Weight loss programs, quiet, this is quiet. I don't know people where there I just there's something going on. Do you feel it too?

I feel it. I feel like we're in this. I know we I feel like we run this in between. We've said that a couple of times. I feel like we're really in the in between right now where we're just on that cusp of summer, you know, where in those summer things are happening, that summer mindset is happening, but people are still wanting to have a bit of routine and structure and not that free for all for summer yet. So I feel like we're kind of in this shift, like am I all in or am I putting my flip flops on? So I feel like there's a, I'm just like middle part right now. Yes. Yeah, I agree. Yeah. And you know, like we were saying last week that it felt a bit quiet in the group Over the weekend, I feel like I've got a bit more active. A lot of members are reflecting and setting intentions, which we always love over the weekends

We're starting to see that mindset shift a little bit So I wonder if some of that anxiousness of what is the maintenance program? What am I doing here is starting to go and a bit more of the curiosity is here and a bit more of the acceptance is here. So I feel like that we're also in that little shift where they're letting go of, I don't know what to expect to, I'm just here and I'm going to, I'm just going to write it out and see what I can see, what if I can, you know, pick up what's being put down. So I'm feeling that little shift a little bit too. Yeah. Well, this is a good week to shake this up

and to get people back in. And I think though there is a certain sense of like, okay, like you're here, you did the work. Doesn't mean that there isn't more work to do, but it also could be people are just feeling more calm about it. As each day and each week goes by, you're feeling more self-assured that, yeah,

you really have acquired the skills and the tools that you need to be able to maintain your weight. And now it's, you need to acquire the skills and the tools that you need to go and live your life. And if that isn't enough to shake things up, I don't know what it is. And that's where people might be falling into this mindset mode or maintenance mindset mode, which is the whole point. But don't forget,

your goal isn't maintenance. Your goal is moving on and living your life and easily be able to maintain and sustain your weight. There's Joe definitely reflecting, really leaning into optimizing. Right? right? Yeah. Yeah, and I think people are, you know, we've talked so much about, you know, connect the dots, ask the questions, and I think members are starting to see those little dots connecting. And like you said, so they're feeling a bit more calm, they're feeling a little bit of confidence starting to come into the school next stage. So yeah, you're right in saying that maintenance is not your goal, you know, being out there

and living your life is your goal. And I think that members are starting to feel a little bit closer to that. So I think it's a great place. Not everybody, you know, some people are still asking what the heck is going on around here. But I think generally, people are really getting into their rhythm. Yeah. And then there's people like barrel first time in two weeks, catching this just got home last night after an indulgent two weeks back home in Wales. I love that, lots of walking and surprise. I weigh the same, yay!

There's an adult that's connecting. Right, however I was very cognizant of what I was eating, et cetera, and definitely lived my life, that's it. Because if you weren't cognizant, you'd probably just feel like balls now. And you probably just not felt great on your trip. And instead, you had a fabulous time you still enjoyed. You got back, life goes on, you feel fantastic. This is amazing. This is what it's all

about. Love that. Yeah. And this week, I think, you know, we've got the next few days here, because week seven is feeding the metabolism, we do that in maintenance as well. And but these first few days, we've got the next few days here, because week seven is feeding the metabolism. We do that in maintenance as well. But these first few days, we're just kind of settling back into that, eating to satisfaction. We know what we need to do,

really focusing on those four steps of mindful eating. So, coming back to satisfaction this week is not about eating more. It's not just about eating more food than you ate last week. It's about really understanding that you leaned into being unsatisfied last week. You use those questions, especially the ones, especially the separate you're asking, how would I feel if I had a few more bites and how would I feel if I stopped eating now? Those were really important last week and they continue this week. So if you're asking yourself that question, you know, how would I feel if I have a few more bites? You should know now or you should be close

to knowing now if I don't have a few more bites, I'm going to be unsatisfied and that's not the goal. So I'm going to have a few more bites. Or if you're if I stopped eating now, I think in 10 or 15 minutes later, I might be I might still be hungry. So I'm going to have a few more bites. So I think that's where that step really remains important. All steps are important, but I think that one's particularly because you've been so honed in on being unsatisfied. Last week, you're going to be closer to this week. Yeah, it's not just going back.

That's not it, right? You're building on, just like in the Weight Loss Program, you're building on everything that you're learning in maintenance. So what are you learning in maintenance? And what is that looking like, feeling like, and where are you going? Right? Think of building, building, building, building, building on that. So

people are getting dissatisfaction, hot off the heels of downsizing. And again, just that's just helping you kind of keep yourself in check for those portions. Some of you notice that your portions were starting to creep up, re doubling down and reinforcing what it feels like to feel unsatisfied so that you know full well when you've had exactly enough or when you know the exact moment that you're going to overeat, right?

So there's Beryl, definitely do not feel like balls. I feel fantastic and ready to go back for more fish and chips, right? That's it. That's exactly it. And you know, and for Beryl coming back from this vacation, she knows that she can go again. And maybe, and I don't know if this is the experience she had, I feel like some of our members, they are anxious about going on vacation.

They're nervous about going on vacation. And this is all part of those experiences. Now Beryl's gone. She's had that experience. She comes back. So the next time she's gonna, she's had that experience, she comes back. So the next time she's gonna prepare to go on vacation or anybody's gonna prepare to go on vacation, they're not gonna have that anxiousness around it.

They're not gonna have that nervousness around it. So this is what I love about this maintenance program too is that we want you to go have these experiences and come back and reflect on them so that the next time you're gonna have that experience that's gonna be happening for you and you're gonna love it that, you know, that experience is going to be happening for you. And you're going to love it even before you get there. You're going to feel confident going into it and feel calm going into it.

That's exactly it. And that's what this maintenance program is about. And yes, you're solidifying your weight physically, you're solidifying that mindset, but you're also solidifying your lifestyle and going on and living your life and being able to be calm around food, physically, mentally, and enjoy all the yummy bites, bits that come with life. So it's always bigger picture.

It's always bigger picture. So what is the bigger picture for you while you are doing the maintenance program? What do you wanna get into and talk about next, Odette here? So I wanna talk about optimizing because we are going to get into feeding metabolism, but that's not until Thursday. So we can talk more about it on Wednesday. We will talk about it a little bit today. Just talk about over the next few days as we settle back into this eating to satisfaction, it's really an amazing time to look at optimizing. We used this word a few weeks

ago when we were talking maximizing versus optimizing. And optimizing really is this place where rather than trying to do more and more things, it's about taking what you're already doing and fine tuning that. And what we mean by that is, you know, assessing what routines and habits you have. So maybe it's around something like stress. We don't want you stressing out over how to manage your stress. You know, like we don't want you thinking like, I have to deep breathe, I have to go for a walk, I have to acknowledge it's here, I have to do all of these things to manage my stress. What you want to do now in this place of optimizing is find what works the best for you. And that's what

you want to level up. That's what you want to level up. That's what you want to tune into. You know, if deep breathing through a stressful situation is not for you, then maybe that's not your focus. Maybe for you it is to journal. Maybe for you it is to step outside for 10 minutes or go for a walk. Maybe that's what works better for you.

So it's really about taking this time to really assess and even reassess what you are doing and finding what works for you. So it's really about taking this time to really assess and even reassess what you are doing, and finding what works for you. So it's not an all or nothing, you don't need to be doing all the things you need to be doing the right things for you. And sometimes that's, it takes time to figure out, you know, if it's like, I have to move my body in this way every single day. But if that's not serving you and not leaving you energized and feeling amazing, then that's not working for you.

Even though you're moving your body, it's really about honing in what is right for you and customizing this journey. So it's right for you. And sometimes you're forced to, like Bev here, at our spot in Saskatchewan, home in Calgary, Alberta, last couple of weeks have definitely been in the fight or flight due to wildfires, had some rain here, so not as anxious and able to shift to being more aware

and mindful. Yeah, like that's so much like exactly Linda, right? So much stress with us. Sometimes you're forced to deal with these situations. So it's in the moment, you're learning the skills and tools that you need. So when you are forced into and these things happen, you're already prepared and your default or your go-to is, what can I do to take care of myself? What can I do to navigate this? What can I do to manage this? Because it just, the change that you've been making

becomes who you are. And it's not in those moments, obviously that's your in fight or flight. That's not the time to be trying to figure things out. Fight or flight is the time to survive, but it's what you're doing in and in those moments, obviously, that's your in fight or flight. That's not the time to be trying to, you know, figure things out. Fight or flight is the time to survive. But it's what you're doing in and around those moments that are changing who you are, how you think, how your body responds. And then you're building up this toolbox that when you have these moments, God forbid that

happen in our lives, you're able to say, okay, let me just take a minute. And you know what calm feels like, you know what supporting yourself feels like you. And you can trust your intuition to write, you know, when something is off and you know what calm feels like you know what supporting yourself feels like you and you can trust your intuition too right you know when something is off you know when you need to you know address your body's needs and that's that's in these calm moments that are such a luxury to have that you're you're acquiring those skills and tools you know yeah and it makes the skills and tools that you do use more intentional so down the road you're doing exactly what you know. Yeah, and it makes the skills and tools that you do use more intentional. So down the road, you're doing exactly what you know works for you. You know, you're doing exactly what you know is beneficial for you. Not, not, not just trying to check the boxes off the list of how to feel your

best, you're going to know what you need to do to feel your best, it's going to become really intentional. And this is going to help you build confidence, of course, in your tools and skills, but it's gonna also keep you from this place of burnout where you think that you have to do everything. You don't have to do everything. You just have to do what matters. You don't have to sacrifice what matters

because you're trying to get everything on the list checked. You're being super intentional. It's gonna help you avoid burnout and you're being super intentional, it's going to help you avoid burnout and you're not going to have to sacrifice what really works for you. Yeah. Yeah, so that's where this whole thing of optimizing comes in.

You know, take the time, take the time to do that, to figure out what works for you and what is, you know, really helps you feel grounded and what feels aligned. We want to give you all the options. We want to give you everything. Here are all the options.

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that's familiar. Now we have the capacity to really work on optimizing and revisiting these routines and habits. That's what the first few days of the week is really all about. And then we're going to get into feeding the metabolism at the end of the week. Are you noticing people already kind of stressing about that because you know the people in the weight loss program are losing their damn minds.

Yeah, I haven't noticed anybody stressing about it yet. I think because most of our members here in the maintenance group have come from the Living Method weight loss program. So they've done feeding the metabolism before. They know what to expect. They know what the tweaking entails. But what I'm noticing is that they want to do it sooner rather than later. They don't want to wait till Thursday. They want to just go because they want to do it sooner rather than later. Yes, they don't want to wait till Thursday. They don't want they want to just go because they want to see what happens, what's

going to come up? What's going to happen? I want to get at it now. Right? There's this like, there's this feeling of wanting to get into it because they know in between. So I think that's where they're so not necessarily freaking out about it yet. But we're really interested to see what does happen when they do start because it's not a comfortable place to be this feeding metabolism. So we're not doing it to shake things up to get the scale to move, but we're doing to shake things up to see what comes up. And we know from members that have done feeding metabolism in the past, they have this this conflict where they are feeling guilty for needing to take that much time for themselves. I've already spent so much time on myself losing my weight.

Now here I am, you're asking me to take time for myself. Do you want me to stop? For a lot of people, 12 times a day, some more. If you're splitting up every meal and snack and focusing solely on yourself. And members are feeling uncomfortable, they're trying to rush through that process. Yeah, well, what is the,

and there's a couple of things from our members, Heather's talking about love the wording, optimize. I think what are the words that come up for you? How do you make it resonate? What are some of the words that keep popping up? You think about what you need to do, what are the, oh, I stress don't have time. This is inconvenient. This is thing. This is maybe you're worried about what other people think. Like what is the word? And I love that Kylie, interestingly, I've had some food noise starting to creep in.

I think it's because I've been having too many bites of bits. Brothers wedding with lots of family dinners with relatives need to focus back in and quiet that down. And, and it's sometimes it's not quieting down, it's actually turning the volume up. And I think that's one of the reasons why feeding the metabolism can be really effective. Because we're constantly thinking about the food. Well, this way, you're thinking about as opposed to not eating the food, should I have the food? Am I hungry for the food? How am I feeling about having the food? And sometimes it's like, it's not actually quieting it down. It's turning the volume up. And that's what feeding the metabolism does this week.

It turns the volume up on all of that. So you can kind of be like, what is that about? What is that word that keeps popping up? What's that feeling that I keep having? What's that, you know, that sort of, you know, whatever that is for you. And so that's why I like it's really about rewiring your your body, physically and rewiring your brain mentally when you are losing. And now as Odette's

mentioned before, it's like reprogramming it now, right, like really like fine tuning it, like what exactly is the frequency of what's going on in your brain? I love this week for that the feeding of them at the splitting up the meals and snacks part. It's it's it's it's shake the it's messy. Yeah, in a good way. It's messy. It's inconvenient. And it can't it can bring up that that negative. He's not word negative. But you know, it can bring up that feeling of like, ah, it's too much work. I don't want to do it. I don't want to spend the time. I need to rush through it. I need to, what am I going to learn from this? So I think that, yeah,

having to sit in that uncomfortable, I mean, it's only four days, you know, but having to sit in that uncomfortable, I think members are eager to get to that feeding the metabolism to see what it brings up. And I hope that when they are in there and the stuff and all that stuff does come up, that they are, you know just as excited to have it come up and learn from it. Yeah. And you might not even understand how much you're you're still in that kind of diet mentality. When you do separate your separate your meals into two

that you are noticing that you're just not hungry for that second portion. And yet you were eating that whole portion to satisfaction, right? And then also don't forget the second part of separating the proteins from your carbs, which really help you understand how protein and fat feeds into your satiety hormones,

taking that to a next level. I know we're gonna discuss more about that on Wednesday, but here's Linda. I was in the middle of unbelievable stress. I really didn't know how ingrained this program had been come. My partner was hospitalized for four plus months, still working through the damage from this blood infection, just finished clearing out my mom's closet after it sales.

Still, I am standing and leaning into the positive aspects of my life. So glad one last thing to worry about with my weight creeping up. Yeah, it just, that's what this is. It's, it's creating a life. It's less about a diet and more about creating a lifestyle. It's more about making the change and less about the physical change and more about the mental change and just becoming this person who does take care of themselves, who is mindful, who is in tune and you manages your life differently. You know, whereas me before, you know, and that never stops either. I want to say that never stops.

Like after the stress that I've been under the last couple of years, my wine, for example, was a massive go to massive go to. And that's not my go to anymore. I've been feeling really great. I had a lot of stress was kind of like stress going on this weekend. And yesterday I came back home and I ate like a whole bag of chips. And boy, do I feel like balls today. It's just my stomach is off.

I just am like, and I'm just reminding myself today, and even I did that, that this is not the way to cope. This is not it. So this is thanks for the reminder, Gina. This is not it. So this is thanks for the reminder, Gina. Yeah, not it, honey. You know, and but, you know, you still will go back into old habits. It's catching yourself. I don't need to do it again tonight and the next day and the next day and the next day. Because I'm like, okay, that's

enough. Right. And so that's what that's about. It's that it becomes just who you are. Now You can't help but notice. Yeah, you can't help but notice and you can't help, but want to make a change the next day. Like you said, so you did it yesterday. It was a reminder in the moment. It was what you know, you reach for what other members have reached for. And then today it's waking up and being like, OK, I don't want to do that again.

You know, how easily have been in the past where you're like, well, I did that yesterday, I might as well do it again today, and I might as well do it again tomorrow, and I might as well just keep doing it because what's the point? I think, you know, having that awareness and even just talking to yourself, you and like members saying to themselves,

you know, I'm not in that place anymore, that's not who I am anymore. Maybe in that moment when it's so, you know, I'm not in that place anymore. That's not who I am anymore. Maybe in that moment when it's so, you know, you feel so maybe just overwhelmed or you feel like that's all you can do in that moment. Right at the other side of that moment, you know that there's something else that you can do, you know that the next time there's going to be something else that you can do. So I think that in itself needs to be recognized.

Even if you didn't make the right choice in those five minutes or 10 minutes, that you were able to think about that in a way that's not, that's going to help you not make that choice next time, I think is a huge win, it's a huge accomplishment. I love it. What's our homework for the week? So the homework, well, it's only a couple days because we're going to, then we're going to talk feeding the metabolism on Wednesday, but the homework really is to get into optimizing. Really take out that pen and paper, or if you're more digital, and really write down your routines and habits over the last couple of weeks,

over the last, maybe even since we started this, seven, almost eight weeks ago now because of prep week, and see what needs to be reassessed. See if you are still trying to do everything all the time and that's stressing you out and that's burning you out. Doesn't have to be a big drawn out assignment, but just sit with yourself for a few minutes and see where those routines and habits can be optimized

for you to make this journey your own, to make it personal. I love it, make it your own, make it personal. That is your mission. Should you accept it? Yeah, because I mean, we're not all gonna be following a program for the rest of our lives, right? We're not all going to be doing these tweaks weekend and week out.

And you really wanna make sure that you're doing something that works for you. That's really personal to you. Great, before I go, I to read this comment from Robin. I agree the program has taught me not to be overwhelmed when I eat something that isn't the best choice, not stress, and to move on. And so what do you need to learn?

What do you need to work on? What do you need to work through? Something to keep in mind. Bigger picture as you're going through these tweaks this week, especially this one with feeding metabolism. Thanks, everyone who joined us live. All your questions and comments. We appreciate you as always, Odette.

Thank you. I appreciate you. And I'll see you on Wednesday. Yep. See you Wednesday. Thanks, everyone. Your door to big deals is on door dash right now sign up for door dash and enjoy a free Big Mac on your first McDonald's order of $20 or more only on door dash now until June 15th terms apply