The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - May 5, 2025

Episode Date: May 5, 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!This week on the podcast, Gina and Odette dive into what it really means to step into Maintenance. It’s no longer about pushing harder, it’s about supporting the new you in ways that make sense for your life right now. From recognizing old habits that may be sneaking back in, to using how you feel (not just what you weigh) as your guide, Gina and Odette share insights on building a lifestyle that feels good and works. They unpacks the power of awareness, why less can be more, and how to rethink tools like journaling and supplements so they serve where you’re at, not where you were.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Week two, supporting the new you. That is the focus for this week in the maintenance program. Welcome to maintenance mindset Mondays, because you're not only here to solidify the weight that you have lost and make your new weight, your new norm and your new set point, you are also here to solidify that mindset. You are no longer focused on losing. You are now focused on maintaining.

And it's about figuring out what maintenance or living the life of maintenance looks like and feels like to you. Hi Odette, how are you? Happy Monday. Yeah, I'm good. I'm good. So I just want to say that we are I mean, we're a Canadian company. We know that and another Canadian hockey team made it through the final made it through their round last night. So I'm a little my voice is a little shaky. I'm a little puffy. But anyway, I just want to start with that. So you know, not not to diss our American friends, but we got one more Canadian team in there.

We got one more Canadian team. So that's all. That's all I wanted to say. Well, we have people from all over the world joining us, but yes, we are a Canadian company and we are very much Canadian and we absolutely do love our hockey around here. That's for sure. Very exciting. Okay.

So what a great way to start the week. We are in week two. This week is all about, I mean, let's talk in comparison to the weight loss program where it's all about consistency and maximizing. I mean, at this point, people should know what they need. You are an expert on yourself at this point. You know exactly what you need. You are very familiar with the food plan, going through the steps. You've been there before, you've done it all. Now it is all about supporting the new you.

What do we mean by that? So supporting the new you is, we're still talking consistency and we're still talking maximizing, but supporting the new you, it means having a real look at where you are now. Looking at the things that you're doing consistently. But supporting the new you, it means having a real look at where you are now. Looking at the things that you're doing consistently.

It's looking at when you think about maximizing and doing the things, are you doing the things just to do them or is what you're doing really supporting where you are now? So are you just moving your body because you know you should but you don't really, you're not really doing something that you love or something that's giving you the benefits that you want but you're like well I'm moving my body so that counts so it's really about supporting where you are now what you need in this moment and it's yes it's also being consistent and it's not just doing the same things over and over and over again it's's being consistent with patterns. It's

being consistent with routine. So it's not about drinking. I have to drink five liters of water today because I drank that yesterday and I have to drink it tomorrow. It's about staying hydrated, but with the right amount that's working for you. I mean, you should always be drinking the amount that's working for you, but you don't want to just have these random numbers and these random goals. You really want to look at what you're doing now and making sure that it's supporting where and who you are at this point. Yeah. Because, I mean, again, let's talk about reasons why people gain weight back, not putting time

into solidifying their weight, but you're here and you're listening and that's what you're doing now by doing the maintenance program. Situational change, right? Something happens in your life that, you know, just kind of rocks your world, either an actual like change in where you live. So now your routines are completely different, changes in your stress, stress levels, maybe a new job, but changes in your personal life, maybe someone you know passes away or a real breakup in your relationship or whatever. But really, why is it are you gaining weight? Because you fall back into old habits. That which brings us to the third

reason not being mindful, right? So it's about you've made these changes in your life to be able to lose weight. Now you want to keep those changes going support that new lifestyle support the new you. So you have to keep doing those things, but then what's your intention and what's your why now? Right, like why are you moving your body? Well, cause it's what I needed to do in order to lose weight, but now you've lost your weight. What's your why for continuing to drag your ass out of bed every morning to work out or continue to, you know,

what is it? So are you just going through the motions because this is what you need to do to maintain your weight or are you making it personal? And are you making it resonating? I see Kath there, hello, checking in from a Delta plane. Yay, Wi-Fi, hi, I mean, right? Like making this part of who you, not just your lifestyle,

but making it part of who you are. I was thinking about this, you know, in terms of like travel, I'm going away next week. And you know, the old me would be like, let's lie on a beach, go to the pool, drink margaritas, get hammered, maybe join an Aquafit class, but only because I was so bombed, it was so fun. You know, and now I'm just like, okay, like drink my beet juice, eat healthy choices, go for a walk on the beach first thing, go to the gym, go for a swim, like intentionally make time to go for a swim before dinner, try to eat as early as possible.

Like, do you know? Cause that's like lifestyle I'm trying to create for myself. And it really is about just embodying the change and not just who is this new you, but how do you keep that going? How do you support that? Here's Judy, I work out every day because I've learned to love it.

I love that, right? And yes, it's gonna help you maintain your weight, but also like if you can learn to love and truly embrace and embody these changes so it becomes part of who you are. I think you need to be intentional about doing that though. Yeah, intentional with those choices that you're making every day and asking yourself, like you said, why are you doing them? What's the goal here? What's the why?

And I think when you like using movement as an example, and like, you know, Judy saying that she loves it, we've also had members saying, I'm ready now at this point to, you know, maybe have my workouts be a bit more intense. I was doing, I was just doing the same thing all the time, because like I said, checking a box. But here I am knowing my body can do a bit more. I'm going to be real intentional with doing this movement. I'm going to make sure that I'm doing it the way that my body is asking for, the way that it feels right for me and good for me. Just, yeah, I think it's important to say, being really intentional with that consistency.

I like here because when we, in contrast to the weight loss program that everyone's familiar with, week two is all about consistency and of course maximizing, doing all the things and what more can you do and whatever. But this is really also noticing how some of the things that you're doing have slipped, how you're not doing those things anymore.

Like not adding in leafy greens, maybe a bit, not as, kind of dropping the ball in certain areas. Like that's where you're really highlighting and paying it. Like you know yourself the best. You know what you do when you start slipping like it's great that you're you're Exercising every day, but what's going on when you're not? Exercising every day and you fall off of that right that really that sense of awareness

Is really what we're looking for this week. I see you have a member comment here from Carrie Yeah, I'm very frustrated with myself I a member comment here from Carrie. Yeah, I'm very frustrated with myself. I have probably had a little more bites and bits than when I was on the weight loss plan, but nothing crazy. So why? I really wanted to unpack this comment because I keep going because I'll tell you why I wanted to unpack this one. Okay, I'll finish it. Yeah, it seems like my weight is starting to creep up a little more than my comfort zone. How much weight gain or range is expected with maintenance?

Okay, this is loaded because this is not maintenance. If you are like, if you are frustrated, so you're frustrated with yourself, you probably had a little more bites and bits than when I was on the weight loss plan, but nothing crazy. Okay. So you know what's going on and those little bits add up, just like the little bits you do to stay on track, add up the little bits you do when I can take you in the opposite

direction. So I love that you're owning that. It seems like my weight is starting to creep a little bit more than why. Probably because it's not just the bites of bits. It's probably also your stress levels and your sleep, right? Your routine. It's probably all kind of sliding or snowballing. The bites of bits are just the obvious. The bites of bits at night that are messing with your sleep that mean that you're tired the next day, so you're less likely to work out,

less likely to drink as much water. Your body is less sensitive to the insulin when it comes to breaking down your food. So it's all of that in combination. You just see it as a few little bites, but also when maybe you're having a few more bites because you're stressed and your stress levels

are higher, right? Like you got to really stand back and big picture how you are feeling and how your body is reacting is not just because of a few more bites of bits there. So how much gain gain or range is expected with maintenance? Well, how far off are you going? So I was gonna say, I almost see that as a bit of a justification. Like, yes, I was trying to justify the bits and bytes. Well, if it's in the normal range, even though I'm starting to slip into old habits, if it's in the normal range, it's okay. You want to catch yourself at this point before it becomes bigger than why are we not diving into, I'm feeling frustrated,

I'm having bits and bytes, but not too crazy, but we're focusing on what's the normal range of weight going up. I think that was the part of that question I wanted to highlight. My normal range is about 10 pounds. Because when I know I'm kind of, I don't wanna say cleaning it up,

because I hate, food's not dirty, but cleaning up my lifestyle, tightening it up, trying to manage my stress better, get better sleep, eat better, move my body, do those things. Traditionally, typically, I'd be down in the lower range, 120. But then when I'm like party girl in the summer and it's hot and I'm drinking beers and I'm having chips and I don't give a fuck or I'm like extra stressed and know that I'm not being mindful and I'm like, fuck it. You know what I mean? I'm up on the 30 range. Where do I feel best? Obviously, I feel better when I'm doing all the things that I'm at my lower range,

but it's not because of my weight. Like my body feels better to me in the mid range, when I'm not like super lean, right, because I've had four kids with my boobs when I'm carrying a little extra weight, they tend to be a little bit more. So I actually like the mid range. I feel best at my low range. I like how I look at my mid range.

Usually when I'm at my high range it's because I don't give a fuck. And then at some point I get to a tipping point where it's like, okay, Gina, rein it in. You're starting to not feel good. You're starting to complain about how your jeans are fitting. That means it's like party girl,

the time has come for you to get, you know, to check yourself before you wreck yourself. So my comfortable range is 10 pounds. Your comfortable range might be like five pounds, seven pounds, right? Like where's your tipping point? Where's your check yourself before you wreck yourself point? Right?

So you know that you feel like this based on the choices that you're making. So how far are you willing to push that? It doesn't have to be all or nothing, right? Either. So, yeah, that's interesting because that's the individual. Yeah. And I think, you know, when we talk about this range, like if you're sitting in this comfortable range, but you're still feeling frustrated and you're still, you know, making decisions that don't make you feel good, does it like that range and you're still making decisions that don't make you feel good. Does it like that range that shouldn't be your that the range is there to give you a numeric value, right? To give you a point where you feel comfortable. But I think what you want to

think about also, I'm in my normal range, but I'm frustrated. I'm in my normal range, but I'm not happy with what's going on. So, you know, that should be your range. Your range should be how do you feel about it? Not what that numerical value is. In a new scale, right? Where you can like adjust it. Like, let's create a new scale. Cause you're right, it's just that numerical range.

But let's say it was a physical feeling and a mental feeling range, right? Like on a scale of one to 10, at this weight, I'm feeling whatever I'm feeling. Cause you can have, your weight can be low and feel like shit. And like, you know what I mean? So it's interesting if you think about this numerical range where for me, it's a tipping point, right? Like how, like, I'm not trying to see my lowest low. I'm not trying to see my lowest low and be super, you know, mindful of what I'm eating and, you know, like maximizing, doing all these things to try to see my lowest low. That's not of what I'm eating and maximizing doing all these things to try

to see my lowest low. That's not it. I'm more motivated by how I'm feeling or whatever it is. And then my tipping point on the other end is how crappy am I willing to feel? How uncomfortable am I willing to feel? You do not need a scale for that. You do not need a scale for when you feel your best and when you feel your worst. You don't need the scale to tell that to you. So, you know, really it's about how you feel, not just physically, but also how you feel mentally. Like here's Dawn, right? I was visiting my mom, so no routine went on automatic pilot with what was presented, cheesies and overeating. We do that a lot. We, you know, especially when we revert back when we're around our parents.

I'm grateful to be back home where I can choose better. Weight went up two pounds and back down now. I need to work on that mental part, right? So maybe you're like, I don't visit my mom often. Fuck it, I don't give a fuck. What's important to me is being around my mom, not be worrying about my eating, whatever. So that is my, that that was acceptable to me.

And now you realize, ooh, because of that, I don't feel great. So let me get back to doing the things that I need to do. You didn't keep that going. You didn't keep that going. Right? So that's sort of what it is. It's always that awareness and recognizing what you're doing, how your choices are affecting you, where you are at. And yeah, I don't know the numbers. Here's, here's Debbie Boyce, that makes total sense. I like being at my low range, but feel I might look a little too thin, yet my mid range, I tend to berate myself.

Yeah, so if you took away the numbers on the scale, what would your range be? How would you describe your range? Right? That's interesting. I'm writing that question down. Yeah. We need a good visual writing that question down. Yeah. We need a good visual for that.

Hi, Robert. This week I'm changing up my routine. Instead of walking six days, I'm going to swim three days a week. Oh, it's swim season. Last year, I did 100 days of swimming. I made a point to swim every single day. I had the luxury of having a pool in my backyard that I can bust up the heat on. And I was away this weekend and I got to swim a little bit. So that's great. What do you need

now? Right? Where are you at right now? How do you support the new you? Here's Louise. I treat my workouts like it's my job. I have my workout scheduled for 930 Monday to Friday and I will not schedule anything else at that time. That thought that's another way to go. I respect that. I love that, right? Like this is a non-negotiable for me, right? My non-negotiable is from this time to this time, I am working out.

It doesn't mean that you can't be creative and choose to change your routines or whatever, right? Here's Frankie. So go ahead. I was gonna say, I love what she said there about treating it like a job. Because when you go to your job, you... I mean, we hope. You do it with intention and you do it with a bit of vigor and you want to do a job... come out of it a job well done.

And then if you're looking at your work like that, scheduling it, yep, it's my job. But then also when you're doing that exercise, treat it like your job in terms of the, you know, the outcome. You want to do a good job there. You don't just want to just do it. I mean, it's always doing something is always better than nothing. You don't want to forget that. But you know, if you're doing it like your job, like what kind of marker promotion or raise do you want? Are you just showing up trying to get by some days or you're actually trying to get a promotion or which is fine. There's no right. There's which is fine. There's no right answer to that. Today I'm just trying to not wear my shirt backwards, which I started and know it's just on the live. So I woke

up this morning and got up and then I went to lie down. I got my period again, or like almost six months of not having it again. And so I know it's TMI, but fuck it. That's who we are around here. Yeah. And so I was just like, so I was tired. So I went and lied back down and totally fell asleep and Tony had to wake me up for the night. So I threw my shirt on and it wasn't until I was halfway through the live that I realized it's completely in that's why it's not sitting right. It's completely inside out. And then my morning just kind of, and then I was just like, Taryn said to my daughter, said to me, you know, your shirt's inside out.

And I'm like, yeah, I just, I don't even have time today to, or the energy to take it off and correct it. So some days, sometimes that's your workout. You're just happy that you fucking made it. And other days, you know, your shirt's on inside out and whatever. Hi, it's Morgan from Off the Shelf. other days, you know, your shirts on inside out and whatever. Hi, it's Morgan from Off the Shelf and I'm here to tell you how my Google Pixel 9 helps me read more. Google actually gifted me this phone and now I use it nonstop. The other day I was trying to remember the name of this book someone

recommended and instead of spiraling into a 40 minute social media scroll, I just asked Gemini on my Pixel. What's that romantic book with a competition and a ghost helping her through the trials? The book you're likely thinking of is Phantasma by Kaylee Smith. Here's a breakdown of why it fits your description. It's like having that one friend who always knows what you're talking about. Learn more about the Google Pixel 9 at store.google.com. Here's Judy. Also, you're not always too motivated to go to your job. And sometimes I'm not motivated to work out, but I know it's what I have to do. Yeah. It's just a guess, right? You just something you have to do. And that's like maintaining your health and wellness is we,

if you live a sedentary life, especially like you have to take that time, you have to get your walks and you have to do it because it's what you need to be as healthy, like to stay healthy. You can't just live a sedentary lifestyle. You have to do it. You have to do it. Yeah. So I think that the point about, you know, we're talking about maximizing too this week and you said in the weight loss group, that's a big focus. And here in the maintenance group, we've been playing with this idea of maximizing versus optimizing. Not doing all of the things all of the time, trying to do more, more, more.

But looking at what you are doing and what's really working for you and optimizing that. Or looking maybe where you can give a little bit more attention. So it's not about doing all of the things, but looking at those things that, you know, who you are now, where you are now, what are those things you are doing that you can optimize?

You might not have to add in all of these other things, but what you are doing, that's what you want your focus to be. So I know we've been playing with this idea of, is it maximizing, is it optimizing, what is it here in maintenance? And I think when we're not trying to do, like I said, all the things, but we're really trying to do things that we are doing, we wanna do them really well. And do those things well.

Understand what you need. Like Linda here, this week I'm going to work my trust in my ability to trust my present self by doing something to reinforce that new belief system. That it's really about being intentional, being aware, understanding what you need. Like you are an expert in yourself at this point. You didn't just lose your weight

by counting and weighing and measuring. Like you really went like internal versus external. You really worked on a lot of things, whether you realize it or not. And you are so in tune at this point to what you need specifically. You know, it's probably the places that you are avoiding and the things that you are avoiding are probably the places you need to go and the things that you need to do, right? That resistance, that's where you need to recognize, okay, every time I do eat dairy,

my belly gets upset, right? Every time I do eat, you know, some bread or pasta, I just feel bloated. So maybe you have a gluten sensitivity, you know. You understand when you're falling back into old habits. You know, are you happy? Do you really believe that you have arrived? Meaning that you have lost your weight, yes, but are you the person that you want to be, not just physically, mentally, and is that aligning with the life that you want to live? Like are you, have you gotten lost your way and you're this person, but you're still the person on vacation that goes and trashes yourself and eats all the things, drinks all the things, you know, does all that comes back and just feels like shit balls.

And was that really, is that really aligning with who you are now? Or is are you going to be that person who, you know, goes for walks, goes to the gym, makes a point in drinking water, you know, tries to get those greens in like whatever so that you can enjoy your vacation feel fucking fantastic the entire time. And I'll have to clean up a mess like, do you know what I mean? And there's nothing wrong if you still want to be that party person, like there's nothing wrong with that. But is that really what you want anymore for yourself? Like, it's great that you have lost the weight, but are you that person that you want to be? And have you really solidified the lifestyle and the mindset to support that?

Because I like, I know what the person that I want to be and not the person who goes back to sleep and falls asleep and wears a shirt inside out. That's not who I want to be. It's who I am today. I can handle my stress better. I could move my body more. I could be more intentional about my sleep. I wanna be that person who feels like

they can handle anything and everything. There's a lot I still am not doing to support the life that I know I want to live. And like I look great and I have a great family life and businesses, all of that, but just personally, I'm not there yet. So beyond weight loss, there is so much more to still to do. And I don't mean that by putting pressure on anyone, like you got to do more, but ask yourself that are you, have you

arrived? Are you the person that is, are you matching up to the person you want to be yet? Right. And I think what you just said, does that make sense? And I was going to say like what you said there about, you know, being the person that shows up with your shirt inside out, are you going to allow your, like, are you going to take from that? Well, I'm the person that has my shirt inside out, so tomorrow I'm going to be the person that has my pants inside out too. Or are you going to say, no, tomorrow I'm going to wake up and I'm going to make sure

my shirt is on the right way. You know, I think that's it's that self-awareness of like, okay, today I had this day carrying that forward and not letting it become like, well, my shirts on inside out. And so maybe it's where I'm not going to wear a shirt at all. Like, you know, I think it's a self awareness and doing better the next day, optimizing the next day, being intentional the next day so that it doesn't become this big snowball effect. And then so that it does align with who you are and where you want to be. Yeah. Unless I could backtrack and there are reasons why I'm a bit of a shit show today, right? And do I regret it? No. So I'm just kind of being like, all right, I'm just going to go with it today. But that can't snowball, right? I can't snowball. I like, hi, Anne, how are you? My old habit is

yoga pants, not conducive to really being mindful. Right? Right? Like you wore the yoga pants for whatever reason. And you know, now, like, you know, put your jeans on, put your pants on, put your whatever on, right? Like exactly. There's still a lot of work to do here. How do we want to round out this? Every day is the opportunity to do better. I love that, Risa. How do we want to round out this conversation? I know you still wanted to get to journaling. You want to talk about supplements. We have like five minutes left. We have five minutes. So journaling, I mean, I want to touch on that because I feel like a lot of people think of journaling as tracking, you know, track your water, track your weight,

track your food, track, just tracking, tracking, tracking. And I think journaling can be a really impactful practice to create self-awareness. So we're not just tracking what we're eating, what we're drinking, but we are noticing patterns. We're noticing what we're feeling challenged by. We are putting our thoughts down on paper. And this is a great way to build self-awareness. So you can start to notice these patterns and challenges and how they affect each other. But So you can start to notice these patterns and challenges and how they affect each other. But what you can also do too is really see those little moments of celebration.

And just when you said a minute ago, like I could backtrack and I could tell you why, I may have woken up this way or I'm feeling this way today. And that's what journaling can also help you do. It can really put your thoughts down, but it can also connect dots for you. And not only just patterns when you're feeling challenged, but when you are celebrating, it's going to help you create more moments of confidence that's

going to create more moments of celebrating. So I think that's that's really important as well. Like track like journaling, it's such an impactful practice. It doesn't have to be this big long thing that you do at the beginning of the day or the end of the day. You can do it in a way that works for you, but it's just a matter of unpacking maybe what's in your mind, what's going on, and give you a bit more insight into what's happening with you and around you.

Yeah, because you may have just been stuck on how you were journaling while losing. What is journaling all about now that you are maintaining? I love that. What did you want wanna say about supplements? I know Dr. Paul is coming on tomorrow in the weight loss program discussing supplements. Yeah, so Dr. Paul is coming on in the weight loss program to talk supplements, the basic supplements.

So here in the maintenance group, we're talking about supplements beyond weight loss. And we have a segment I'm gonna repost that was with Dr. Paul. And he talked about supplements beyond weight loss. So of course we're gonna cover the basics basics but it's also about curating a program that supports you again where you are now. Like we get many questions like should I take K2? Should I take iron supplements? Should I take this? Should I take that? And that's something that at this point where you're ready to curate a program

protocol sorry supplement program that's that's really exclusive to you. That's what we want to talk about supplements. We've talked about the basics, how they're important. We're going to talk about the benefits beyond weight loss, of course, then how to go about curating a protocol that's right for you. You know, like I've added in iron, because that's something that I, I need. It's not something that is was foundational for weight loss. But where I am now

and knowing myself better, I know it was a supplement I had to add in. And so I think that's what we want to talk about supplements is how we get that question. Should I stop? Should I continue? You need to figure that out. We'll help you with the guidance and then just creating a program that's right for you. Supplements really become about taking care of your body, giving your body the support that it needs. Like for example, if your stress levels are still through the roof and that hasn't changed even though you've lost weight, taking your magnesium, getting in some L-thene, omega-3 is probably still a really good idea.

Unless you've moved to a place where it is sunny year round, probably still getting your vitamin D. Yeah, it's all important. Or maybe you're going from weight loss to longevity, and now you want to live your longest, healthiest lives. And so what are some of the things you can add in that will really help support your body? Right?

Like you can have, maybe your motivation before was weight loss and deficiencies. Now it's maybe like building on that and try to support your body and being its healthiest. What is people's homework for this? What's people's homework for this? So homework this week is really to consider being all in with that journaling practice. Just take a few days this week. You know, if you can just take this one week and see how it can become a habit for you and if it can and if it changes anything for you. So if you're not a journaler, if you're someone who really only tracks, try just getting your thoughts down on paper or in the app, whatever it might be, and see what that leads to. See if it leads to you feeling

anyway. I think sometimes we can think of journaling as a chore. I don't want to do it, but if you can just give yourself a few minutes and see if that brings something up for you. And then also to use that, we have that checklist that came out in the group as well, which is that maximizing and maintenance checklist, but go through it and see it's different than the weight loss checklist. So I want members to be really, really aware of that, that it looks the same, but the information is different. So have a look through it and just see where there are those opportunities where you could optimize, where you could be really making this a personal journey versus just a journey. How is it going to be for you? How is this process going to be personal

to you to support you? I love that. And it doesn't have to, you don't have to write a book and your writing doesn't have to be perfect. And there can be scratches and spelling mistakes. I'm going to add that because I just like, I'm all about, I need it to be perfect. And then, you know, here's the next, you know, like here's my notes. But when it comes to a journal, like it's gotta be, it's never going to be perfect for me. And if you've got a menopause brain like me,

half the time, you know, words have missing letters and they're spelled backwards and you know, I forget some, so it's not about being perfect. No one's grading you, no one's seeing it and no one's grading you on it. It's all about getting it out. That's what it's about. And when you get things out,

you bring them to the forefront of your mind, you're more likely to continue doing them. You are more self-aware. It helps you just take it off your mind too. So whether you journal like before you go to bed at night or when you wake up in the morning or you sit down with lunch throughout the day, there's no right or wrong way for doing it. I will add on top of that. Thanks everyone for joining. We're going to be back on Wednesday for our midweek check-in. And so we will ask you how you made out on your journaling or not. All right. Thanks everyone for joining us live. Thanks, Odette. I'll see you on Wednesday.

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