The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness: Mindset Mondays - September 29, 2025

Episode Date: September 29, 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 are on location, coconuts in hand, and focusing on staying present in Week 3 of The Program. They unpack the concept of mindfulness beyond just food choices, calling out how easy it is to go through the motions without actually checking in on what your body needs in the moment. Whether it’s being physically here but mentally five steps ahead, or making healthy choices that don’t actually feel right, they explore what it means to settle in rather than slide into autopilot. It’s a candid, layered chat about body awareness, emotional check-ins, and building trust with yourself as you continue your journey.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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Hello. Thanks for joining us. We just got coconuts legit on the way here. Hopefully you can hear us okay. hopefully the the connection is okay I mean it is what it is

at the end of the day but we're here hi everyone so we also we're together we're together I knew from the checking this one

yes they did yeah so I think it's just you know this week for people and for us you know

your motivation starts to go a little bit having a change of scenery week three how are you doing are you still here are you still with us are you bored to tears

what are you thinking so mindfulness over the weight loss program is introducing the four sets of mindful eating questions. Understanding you're never going to count weight and measure your weight to sustainable weight loss. So bigger picture is you've already lost your weight. How do you trust when to eat, what to eat, and how much to eat? But more than that, mindfulness is so much more than that because, Odette, I don't know about you.

But we've been here for a couple days now. And we're in, you know, whether it's yoga or Tai Chi, we're trying to be in the moments. And my brain is everywhere else. It's on the next thing. Oh, I should get this photo. When I'm done, when I'm done my massage, I should go do this. And it just makes you realize how on your brain is all the time. And I think, you know, members are saying, too, that, you know, mindfulness for them,

even though they feel like they are doing all of the things, they're doing the healthy things. They're making the healthy choices. They're not tuning into exactly if that's what they really need in the moment. Yeah. You know, so their brain is working. They're going through the most. motions, doing these healthy motions, but not really just taking a minute, like you said,

hear your brain, what do I really need now? What's going on right now at this moment I need to focus on? So if it's not boredom, because I hear you, Kim, Kim's like, I'm not bored. I'm just getting into the group. And then Judy's like, I'm here. I'm loving it. No boredom here. So boredom is not the right word for our people in maintenance. Then what is the word? What's the word? Is it settled in? Is it finding your groove? Is it how do you feel physically versus where you are at mentally. Now, three weeks in is enough time for your body to adjust to anything, calm down from stress, pick up a new routine. There's a lot of science behind that. But so what is the word then? So next week, the word we use a lot is autopilot. But this is also a word I think that

comes through in week three because we are following this basic food plan again. We are talking about stress and sleep again. You know, so these things can become, I don't want to say complacent, but almost like you are just on autopilot. You're doing what you need to do without really allowing your mind to be there fully. Because you do want autopilot. Yes. Because once you're done and you're just living your life, you do want autopilot. You want to go to the buffet, not think about it and just know the exact minute that you're going to eat too much, right?

You're going to want to be like, oh, I'm hungry. Am I actually hungry? Yeah, I'm hungry. You go to your fridge. You're like, okay, what am I hungry for? Fruit, veggies, protein, dairy, what is it? right and that that is sort of where you do want to be on a constant level of mindfulness that is always on autopilot because it's always on but not a lot of work so while we are working

through this part of maintenance what's the work i don't know what the word is maybe it's also motivation maybe maybe that's what it is maybe it's maybe it becomes this place where you you you know we're using mindfulness and always being in the moment and and but maybe motivation is where you know, talk about them how they come together this week. Yeah. But it's motivated and how mindfulness feeds into that motivation. Like you might not feel like you want to do something. You might not want to be at the place where you, you know,

I have to ask myself the poor questions. I have to think if I'm satisfied. I have to make these choices. I'm not motivated to do that. So maybe that's the word this week. Maybe the word is motivation. Maybe it's really leaning into that and how they can fuel each other and feed off each other. What am I doing,

versus like, how am I feeling? I love, first of all, I love Kim. Just like Stella, we're getting our groove on. I actually just watched that movie, like probably a few weeks ago. First of all, I watched, I thought I was watching how Stella got her groove back, but I ended up watching another movie. I can't remember what it was. Whitney Houston was in it.

Waiting to exhale. I watched all the waiting to exhale. And I was like, when does she go on the vacation part? But I just watched how Stella got a group up. I like settled in, says Kath, feeling calm, feeling present in the moment. I'm still learning to trust. My mind is still playing out old patterns of self-limiting beliefs waiting to fail. Oh, that's a big one.

That's a big one. Being aware, says Patty. You know, maybe the word is calm. Maybe, I mean, as much as we don't like to use the word normal, maybe this is your new normal. Maybe this is, you know, leading into that this is this normal place for me now. Maybe it doesn't have to feel like work. And you don't have to feel like, you know, mindfulness. And this is just my new normal.

Not placent normal. Yeah. But this is just how it is now. Or it's a 2.0 version. Yeah. It's a 2.0 version of where we are to where we get here, right? Living our lives in a mindful and intentional way. Laura says conscious of where you're at and where you want to be.

Yeah. Yeah. Well, here's Mary. She's having trouble finding time to read all the info and feeling out a sink. And so that's a big one, right? Like it's time from some, and maybe it's reconciling. You already put so much time into losing weight.

And do I really need to put time into maintenance? And so this is where we know studies are starting to come out where it takes about two years for people who have lost their weight to actually be able to maintain and sustain that way. But that's just them continuing to do their lives. So think of this as a concentrated effort to solidify your weight physically, but also many. And so this is where that word intention pops up. You want to be intentional. Yes. And I think also when it comes to the

information, be very intentional with the information. You know, we like to tell you each day, this is what you want to focus on today. Like Monday, focus on those guidelines. Not every post is something that you're going to need. So don't feel like you're behind because you can't read every single post. Maybe it's taking a look at what's coming out that day and saying, I have time to read about. the four steps of mindful eating but not even though I have time to this is what needs to happen for me this week I don't need to read about listening to my body's cues right now right now I need to read the guidelines and I need to read that post and then maybe tomorrow you know we're talking stress tomorrow if you're feeling like at this moment that post is not something that you need

to take on maybe you just let that one go until you are ready I don't think you have to feel like you are behind or need to read everything some of the information is what do you working on this week in terms of the tweak, you know, what part of the food? Are we doing the basic food plan? Are we starting our tweaks? And then it's like, what else do I have to think about this week? And then really focus on that information and those posts that align with you that week. I like you said, the alignment, because to me, Mary, I'm thinking about out of sync. And if you're feeling out of sync with what's going on here, you're probably bigger picture feeling out of sync with what's going on in your life. And I find like whenever I'm feeling out,

it's really about being in that in that moment it's such a hard thing to do i'm coming to realize this week and before i get out of bed what i'll do is hard which i'm not doing here by the way um i'll like because you're getting up to do tai chi i am he climbed a whole mountain to do tai chi did it maybe that is what um but also maybe that's why i'm having a hard time like actually grounding myself in the moment where i'm at home before i get to bed i like i close my eyes and i think about my day and harmonize my day and how i want my day to go right so intention could be like I'm being intentional about the things I need to do. I need to make time for me.

I need to like, but then also intention could just be like in the moment. And what comes to me is what you see is what you're meant to see where you're at is where you are at. Like there's no one telling you that you have to do all these things. So you can just go through this. Like maybe you've got a lot going on or do you know what I mean? I guess. Each person's experience I think is going to be really individual. Like, what I get out of this week?

So we're in St. New Show. We're at this resort called Body Holiday, where we're working on a retreat, well, transparency. And it's a place where you come, and every day your treatments are included. There's like a whole bunch of that, 52 activities that you can do.

And the first time I came here, I was like, I'm doing all the things. I'm doing Tai Chi at 7. I'm doing yoga at 10. I'm doing a rapid thing. I'm doing blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And then I realized, I am like totally stressing myself out,

about trying to get in every single thing. And then that's not wellness. So this time around, I'm like, okay, I can make a plan. I could know when the things are that I would like to do. But come day of, so like last night, I was going to, I was going to go, I really wanted to do Sunset Yoga. We just finished an all class. And I had done a spring class.

And I was like, I don't feel. And it wasn't like I was just like my body needs like, I just knew I would just be tired. And so that's where that, it's about being intentional, about being mindful. It does. And I think you said it in the chicken as well. It's intentional without that pressure.

So you don't want to pressure yourself to be mindful. You don't want to feel like pressuring yourself to do it all or do it all right. So the pressure is not there. I think when you bring intention back, that's when you can, the pressure starts to ease off. So don't feel pressure to read all the information. Don't be pressured to do all the things. But be super intentional with the things that you are doing. Because chances are those are the things that are going to align with you more.

Yeah, like look at this. Getting your groove on. Settled in, feeling calm, feeling present in the moment, learning to trust, being aware, living our lives in a mindful, intentional, right? So I think that's where this is like, we say this week is about X, Y, Z. but if you're still here, what is this week about for you? Right?

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It comes and it goes. And we talk about this a lot. It's not there. The motivation is not what's going to drive you. The motivation is not what's going to keep you here. It's the intention. It's knowing that. that you're going to do the thing anyway. It's knowing that I'm doing it because of my why. I'm doing it because of these reasons. I'm not doing this because I feel like I want to. I'm doing it because I know it'll lead to more. And when you start doing the things that you maybe know that you have to do or should do,

your body's going to want to do it more. You're going to want to do it more. Yeah. Also, we already know where we all want to go, right? Like you guys know the end game here. You know you want to be able to just live your life, not be stressing about what to eat and when and any of those things. So you already know, right?

That's your why. That's your roadmap. That's where you want to go. So whatever is coming up and popping up week to week to week, whether you're reading the guidelines or not, honestly. As long as you're showing up every day, the things that you need to learn, they're going to come to you.

They're going to come to you and they're going to feel like they're just part of who you are. It's not going to be something down the road where it's like, oh, I need to think about this. It's just going to be kind of automatic. It's going to be part of where you are. So if you're listening right now, what's a word that would describe, like the feeling that you have like right now like on a Monday wait it's Monday right yeah the Monday I woke up today like right now if you think about your journey what's like a word that pops up

I think about yours for a second I'm going to think about mine obviously I've been maintaining my weight for a while but I have nowhere I want to go what's what's the word that pops up well sweaty is a word I can't let get rid of right now are you're asking me how I'm feeling In terms of my journey, I think the word that does come up for me is, is alignment. Alignment. That's my word today. I think I'm still trying to. And, you know, I've been here a long time too.

I think I'm still trying to align. This is my first time away. This is my first vacation, you know. No, no. It's never been away without her kids or her husband. No, never. So this is the first time away that I am navigating what this, you know, whether it's a wellness trip, whether it's a girls weekend, whether it's a vacation.

Felt guilty about being away? No. Oh, good for you. I don't feel guilty. I felt guilty the first couple of days, but I left a big to-do list. That's what I felt guilty about. It was more of a don't forget list versus a tithing list. So I both a little guilty leaving that behind.

But no, I don't feel guilty because I'm trying to find what that alignment looks like for me. What does vacationing look like for me now? Yeah. Getting away looks like for me now. You know, how am I going to spend my time now? Yeah, because mindfulness is recognizing what you need in the moment, right? Like, I love joyful, present, intentional. I love all that.

And this is the ability, when you are in tune with when do you, what to eat, how much? When you're spending time being mindful, you're in tune with everything across the board. And I think this is where you learn to ebb and flow with life. This is where you learn. There's a forward. There's a back. There's time into your life. We're going to be stressed.

Other times that you're not. And I think it's catching on to that. It's like really the nuance. months of life. My word is being real, just real, really here right now, real with everything I'm saying, just really just, and me, like really being me. I think that authenticity right to yourself and being real with who you are now, being real and honest about, you know, how things have changed for you. Yeah. Who are now. Yeah. It's okay to want to be, um, and if someone new or to live in a new way.

That's okay, too. I think being real about that is important. Yeah. I love Debbie. Even when I was, hi, Debbie. Even when I was in the weight loss group, I took what I needed at the time

or else I would have been lost in all the info, but remained faithful to the food plan. That's what worked for me. Edcast says, Odette, first of many. It's so wonderful. It takes your time. Yeah. I'm taking my time.

This is my, this might be on our vacation from now on. They may never come with me ever again. Right? Yeah. well that's so good okay so what is um i'm just thinking about time okay what is what what's so this so we read the program yeah what's like what do you want people to focus on so i want them to be mindful yes around the food plan obviously you know using those four steps of mindful eating that's

the tweak that's what we're following yeah but i want to be a little bit mindful also of um other aspects around you other parts of your life so how how is movement going for you are you working out just to work out? Or are you feeling really good with the activities that you're choosing? You know, think about your sleep. Like, did I get a good sleep? Did I not get a good sleep? And if I did or didn't, how did that affect me the next day? You know, how, be mindful about that. We had a member in the group actually say, I've never thought about journaling. And I always only slept five to six hours a night. She's like, you know, here in maintenance, we were talking about journaling. I started journaling. And now I'm noticing I'm sleeping a solid eight hours a night.

getting our thoughts. Yeah, getting the thoughts though, getting that dump out. And it's about being mindful of when you do start something or try something new, not be mindful of what comes from that. So mindful of you see that's around the four questions, but mindfulness around other things that you're doing and how it makes you feel.

I think you also have to make mindfulness resonate with you. Yes, right? Like mindfulness when the weight loss program was something that you did and you're doing. And it's not like you want, eventually you want to be an autopilot because you're mindful all the time. Also being aware of thought. and what's going on like you're like where like check in with yourself in the morning when you

wake up how do I feel how's my body feel what's going on in my mind check in with yourself maybe you know when it comes to the four mindful eating questions right it's like maybe they're different this time around like oh how am I feeling right now like in my body in my mind how is that connected to the choice I made for breakfast today right like really defining like what's the next level or layer yes at that mindfulness I'm doing this business thing right now I was telling Odette, it's a business networking thing, but it's not, you're not going there to talk business. You're going there to connect with people on like the five person. You go to the five percent of how you're feeling. So there's how you feel. Oh, hey you. How are you? Oh, I'm good

today. Oh, no, really. How are you, O'Don? If you're, oh, man, I'm dealing with this. I'm dealing with that or whatever. And it's like, the next person comes along. It's like, oh, you're dealing with this. You're dealing with that. How is that going? Like, that must be thing. And it's like kind of like getting under each layer. Yeah. And so you really truly get to like what the message is or the true thought or the true thing that you're doing like the root of it. A root of it.

What's the in the juicy middle there? Juicy. Yeah. I've used that were juicy a couple times. Yeah, that's her word too. Yeah, yeah. Juicy. So it's like, you know what I mean?

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I think that's all they need to know. And I think, you know, in terms of motivation, like I said, comes and goes.

But I think the message there is to take action. So this week, if you're not feeling motivated, you know, we also saw a member say, I feel bright Monday, Tuesdays that my motivation lacks. Lean into your routines and habits, take action because chances are when you just take that action anyways, you're going to be so happy that you did. And the motivation might come the next day. So don't wait to feel motivated to do something. Take action.

routines, they're there for you. And that's how you're going to make it happen. I could take action on these hairs I have growing up my chin. I guess they're driving me crazy. I think it's the sun. It's the sun they grow. Like by the end of the week, I'm going to have a full-on beard. So I think I have to do most of the time.

I think I'll find some tweezers. Okay. Anyway, everyone, we're going to be back on Wednesday some food for thought this week. A routine. Fall into the routine. Go deeper. Yes. Yeah.

What does it mean to you? Yeah. And just as a note about Wednesday, we're going to do a fun segment on Wednesday. We want to know what our members want to know. What do you want to know? We're going to do and ask us anything on Wednesday. Yeah. So no questions are compliments.

Yeah, maybe we'll bring some. with us. We're not drinking. We haven't been drinking. Well, we drank one night. We let it drink one night. Always on the first night. Yeah, first night.

And then we haven't been drinking. So we're trying to be a clear mind, but I'm having to do it. Cheers. Cheers. Thanks, everyone. Thanks for joining us. See, Wednesday. Bye.