The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness - September 9, 2024

Episode Date: September 9, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording from September 9, 2024. You can find the full video hosted at https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:Welcome to new members in Maintenance!What’s new and what is still to come in MaintenanceA review of the stages of MaintenanceThe difference between the Weight Loss and Maintenance programsNew to Maintenance and noticing weight fluctuations? Here’s what to doAre you in Maintenance but looking to lose again? Deciding how to move forward is all about your mindset and intentionWeight fluctuations when in maintenance - it’s normal!Are you maintaining but not feeling your best? Here’s whyWhy the solidifying stage is so importantWhat’s your ‘Why’ for maintaining your weight?Maintenance is where the real mental work happensWe learn a lot from each other here in the Maintenance groupStay tuned for a menopause companion program coming soonJoin us at the National Menopause Show and National Women’s Show in Toronto this fallTo learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. Hello, there I am. Hello, everyone. Peloton. Visit Peloton at onepeloton.ca. summer. Everyone's got their kids to school and now they are probably settling in and back at it. So a few issues jumping on live today, but hi, I'm here. Hello. Okay. So welcome to the maintenance group to all of our new members who are joining us in maintenance. We're so excited to have you. It means that you have completed your weight loss journey and now you're working on the next stage. So four stages to the living method, lose your weight, step one, solidify your weight, right? Give your body time to adjust to your new weight, put time into maintenance, that third stage, testing that water is before you move on finally and forever taking everything that you've learned and living the Livi way. So what's new this fall is our maintenance program proper. As you know, from past conversations, if you've been with us for a while in

the maintenance group, we've learned a lot over the last couple years. And Odette and I have worked hard to take that information and make a program that is specific to our maintenance members. So in the past, our members would repeat another round of the living method weight loss program in order to solidify their weights, which obviously had its advantages running through the program. But you had to do that in the weight loss program itself. Now I know many of you have joined the fall program that's still relevant to you, it's still a benefit, you'll have access to our team of program specialists over there as you do in here, but you'll also have access to our amazing guest

expert conversations. So you'll notice today Odette started rolling out the information relevant to maintenance. So we've been going through all the information and skewing it according to and specifically for our members in maintenance. So you'll notice today she did a post on prep week in maintenance. What does that mean? She's going to roll out the food plan. So all these same information that we roll out in the weight loss group, when you're repeating the program, we're going to be rolling out here, but we have made it and tailored it specifically to our members in maintenance. Now, the next thing that's going to come is to be able to use the app and have the app guide you through the maintenance program. We're not there yet. We're hoping to get that up and ready for January. We're also working on a maintenance book as well.

But you will be able to old school the way I used to do it with the weight loss program will be able to pop into the group each day and review all the information relevant to where you are at in your maintenance journey, which I think is really super cool. Really super cool. So we have some people who've been with us for a while in the maintenance group specifically, you will find people who have been maintaining their weight for years, they're in various stages of their maintenance journey. So when you lose your weight in the Libby method, you pop on over to the maintenance group here or follow along on

our new maintenance program. And after you've lost your weight, you want to solidify your weight. So you want to put at least three months into helping your body adjust to the weight that you've lost. You want to do that with another round of the Libby Method or the new maintenance program here. You can also have the option of doing it by personalizing your plan, but I think doing another round of the program is the better way to go. And then there is that after you put a few months into solidifying your weight, there is that testing the waters stage of maintenance, getting used to what maintenance looks like and feels like to you. Maybe you're not weighing yourself every day. Maybe you're not asking those four questions anymore. You're kind of settling in, you know, testing the waters, getting back on track and whatnot, until you're ready to really move on and live your life the

living way. And so the new maintenance group, uh, and maintenance program, sorry, is a great way to do that. So let us know if you have any questions. Uh, if you are new to maintenance, there can be a bit of a learning curve that we have a whole, all the guides for ODAT is posting all the information. I will be going live. Um, we also have along with our Monday lives, our weigh-in Wednesday segment. So that is sort of where we weigh in on all things maintenance and current events related. It's an opportunity for you to join us as well. It's very interactive. You'll notice the difference between the weight loss program and the maintenance program, I can now say, is that this is definitely more discussion

based. There's a lot of community involvement here. It's not just, hey, read this post and do this. There's a lot of discussion that happens in the maintenance group. We've all been through maintenance. We've laughed and we've cried together. We've all been through, sorry, our weight loss journeys. And now it's a bit of a different vibe. So it's a more relaxed vibe here in the maintenance group. Hi, Frankie. Hello. Hi, Jenny. Hi, Kim. Hello. Totally new to maintenance. Just hit my goal last week. So the timing is perfect. The timing really is perfect for you, Judy. So that rolling out the information in a way that we're going to do it over the next few months is sort of our new addition to our maintenance group. Before it was a maintenance group where we discussed maintenance, we had a maintenance

guide. And now we're going to be rolling out or that's going to be rolling out the post every day, similar to the post that we roll out in our weight loss group, but they are specific to maintenance, which is really cool. And like I was saying, we are just working on our app. So right now you can use the app in general tracking mode to still track and to keep you through. And of course we have all of our posts. I'm not sure if they're available in PDFs or not. We'll see about getting those in PDFs so you guys can print them off. That's something that we used to do in the old weight loss group as well. I'm back. Hi, Lynn. Put on weight. Time to get back on track. Jeans don't

fit. Okay. So I got a couple of questions. So similar. Hi, Valerie. Similar to how we used to do it on the weekend. Odette will do a post letting where you can pop in. If you have any live questions, you can't join me live. She makes notes and she sends them to me. So I have some here I'm going to go through. I'm excited and getting ready to get serious after a good month of holidaying. I feel like I've gained a few pounds. What to do? I'm also new to maintenance. Thank you. Okay. So the maintenance program is for people who have lost their weights and they really want to work on solidifying their weight. But what can happen throughout your maintenance journey is that your weight will fluctuate just like in the,

when you're losing weight, your weight can fluctuate. And this is where maybe after the summer you are indulging and you're, you find your weight is up a little bit and you feel like, okay, I got to get back, back at it and back on track. And so obviously you can utilize the concept of back on track. Now, this would be a great time for you to go through the maintenance program and follow along the 91 days. Great opportunity to bring that weight back down to, you know, dig deeper into your issues, level up and all that. So it's perfect timing.

Or maybe you don't need that kind of extensive involvement and you just need to do a few days a week of back on track. So I know Odette does have a post on back on track stored in the guide. So back on track, remember, is not just following that basic food plan again. It's managing your stress, getting a handle on that. It's also moving your body, making sure you're getting to sleep, make sure your foods are nutrient rich, adding in those leafy greens, making sure you're getting that water in, right? So beyond the foods or supplements or anything like that, it's also pulling together all those elements that make a big difference in terms of not just how you feel, but what's going on in the

scale, right? So back on track again, not just like, you know, what you're eating and when, but really focusing on all the things that you can focus on in order to get back to feeling like you are either back at it or back to feeling your best. So it could be a great idea if you have an old version of the book, or the new version of the book. Or you can go back into your old group and review the 20 questions. I know Odette's going to be posting them in here as well in the next week or bit. But those maximizing questions, it's a great opportunity to like, hey, am I doing all the things that I can do to not just move the scale, because now that you're in maintenance, it's really getting back to that number, but really kind of like, you know, take things to the next level in terms of how you feel. So

going back and reviewing that, that that that 20 questions maximizing posts can be really great. What's really great about weight that you put on quickly, like weight over the summer is it'll come off real fast. It'll come off, it'll come off really quickly. Your body loves feeling good, doesn't want to store this excess fat. A lot of times it's just a backlog of, you know, bites of bits and, you know, a few things like that. So, you know, a few days back on track and you're going to be like, oh my gosh, I feel like back at it. I feel like, you know, feel like I'm back, feel like I'm back. Hi, Terry. How are you? I was on maintenance in the last program since I reached my goal, lowest low in April. Surgery this summer and pain meds have really messed up

the scale, particularly throughout August when I was moved to a new pain med for nerve damage. Scale fluctuated between eight to 10 pounds. Last week it jumped six overnight, which I knew wasn't real fat. However, I'm still eight pounds higher than my lowest low. Meds were switched a few days ago to one that doesn't cause weight increase. Sugar cravings with previous meds were huge,

which I haven't had in over a year. No lingering, getting the cravings. Do I focus on losing the increased weight using maintenance or regular weight loss program, which I'm also registered in? I have to get back to feeling great before my next surgery in December for a hip replacement. Any suggestions? Okay. It's all about intention, whether you're doing the program to lose weight or you're doing the program to maintain your weight. Obviously, when you're looking to lose weight, you really have to maximize your efforts, do all the things day in day out, there's not a lot of wiggle room there, right? You have to really try to get that scale moving. Whereas when you're doing another round

of the program, for the sake of maintenance, you can take a more relaxed approach about it. You don't have to be like, you know, maximizing all your efforts and doing all this and doing all that. So now is it that you've gained that real weight? Or is this your body just in a state of stress and retaining extra water based on the medications that you are, you are taking and whatnot, right? Like there's only there can only be so much you can do if that's a side effect of your medication, you obviously want to make sure you're hydrated, you want to make sure you're getting lots of Obviously, you want to make sure you're hydrated. You want to make sure you're getting lots of sleep. You want to make sure you're doing all the things you can to rest and heal and get healthy.

Again, those are all important. So I think it comes down to your mindset. It's a little different if you've been maintaining your weight and your weight's gone up a little bit over the summer because you know you've been into bites of bits. And just a matter of getting a handle on that, helping the body get rid of any backlog and then actively focus on helping your body solidify your weight, then that's one thing. If it's like, you know, you've gained weight because you just didn't really put any time into solidify, you were, you'd bite some bits here or there everywhere, or you have some physical ailment or something that has caused you to gain real weight,

then I think that's a bit of a different conversation. Or perhaps you've been in maintenance for a while and you realize, okay, this was great. I was happy at this weight for the last few months. Now I want to lose more weight. So is it that you just got to get back on track or is it that you really have to lose like real weight that you know you have gained because of your actions or you were maintaining and you were happy before, but now you realize you have more weight to lose and you just want to go for more, whatever the reason. So if you want to lose weight, I think just following

through on the weight loss program and being in that weight loss mindset until you've reached your goal. You know how hard it is to lose your weight, like you can, you can go a whole month and not see any movement on that scale. So you really have to be in a maintenance mindset, or a lose it mindset. And if you have weight that you feel like you need to lose far beyond just getting back on track, then you want to follow through on the steps and doing all the things you can to lose that weight. Now, you can focus on losing. Say you have five pounds, 10 pounds.

Maybe you'll lose that in a month. And then you can roll back into maintenance and solidifying that weight and go from that weight loss mindset into that maintenance mindset. But what you don't want to do is be in a maintenance mindset and be expecting the scale to move. Like you're not really, you know, you're going through the motions of maintaining your weight, but you're not really digging into and maximizing your efforts in terms of losing weight. And so you're in a maintenance mindset, but you are upset and disappointed if the scale isn't moving. So you really just got to be very clear on what your focus is. Is it on losing more weight, regardless of why, because

you've been in maintenance and you realize you want to go for more, or because you feel like you've gained weight and now you've got to lose it, doesn't matter. Are you focused on losing weight, or is your focus on solidifying and maintaining the weight that you've lost? They're two totally different mindsets. So you want to be very clear on your mindset. So if you've already joined the weight loss program, and I mean, the maintenance group is always going to be here for you anyway, right now, as it stands, it's pay one price and you're in the maintenance group. So you don't really lose out on anything. So if you've already registered for the weight loss program, and you're like, oh, I want

to lose some more weight, or maybe your weight is up, you know, eight pounds, but you want to lose 10, you want to lose 15, then I would be like, okay, I'm going to go and I'm going to focus on losing this weight and then decide when I'm at a number that I'm happy with. Maybe it's more than what it was before and focus on losing. And then you can always roll into maintenance afterwards. Hopefully that makes sense. Haha. If you're looking for flexible workouts, Peloton's got you covered. Summer runs or playoff season meditations, whatever your vibe,

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Super excited. Loving getting back to the basics. The scale has been up and down at about six pounds and I haven't been pissy about it. I love that. Awesome non-scale victory. So one of the big things that a lot of times people are surprised about in maintenance is that when you are no longer trying to see your lowest low every day, it is normal in maintenance to have your weight sit about, you know, anywhere from three to seven pounds above your lowest low, because you're not maximizing every day. You're not trying, like when you follow the weight loss program, you're doing all the things, maximizing every day. You are trying to see your lowest low and then move the dial on the scale. So when you're in maintenance, just with your body's normal processing of foods and whatnot,

it's normal for your weight to sit about three to five pounds. Now it doesn't mean that you've gained that weight. It just means that's just normal processing, letting in some breads or things here and there. It doesn't cause you to gain weight, but your body does retain more water because of them. And so that's the reason why your weight might be up a little bit, which is actually totally normal. Now, this might be a situation where we do find people are like, I've reached a certain number, I'm in maintenance. And now that I'm in maintenance, my weight sits at three to seven pounds above. And actually, I feel like I want to move the dial and lower my baseline. So that when

my weight say I hit one, you know, when say I hit 140 in the weight loss program, and then now that I'm kind of how I'm living in maintenance, it's like 145 147. This is where you might want to be like, you know what, I actually want to maybe go for 135. So that when I'm in maintenance, I'm sitting around 140. So that's something like that's only you will know the number that you're comfortable with. But it is totally normal for your weight to go up a little bit after the weight because you're not living a life where you're trying to see a lowest low every day. Right? I mean, that's the difference. Now, for a lot of reasons, one of the other conversations that we have in maintenance quite a bit is that it's fairly easy to maintain your weight.

And you don't have to do all the things. But a lot of times people will say, well, I'm able to maintain my weight pretty easily, but I don't feel as good as I felt when I was following the weight loss program. And that's because we tend to be a little bit more particular about our food choices, we put a little bit more emphasis on our managing our stress on moving our body a bit more on trying to get better sleep, we're doing things to try to move the dial on the scale that we don't necessarily have to do in maintenance. Although in maintenance, we do come to realize that in doing those things that made us feel a lot better. So that's one of the things you might notice is that, okay, it's, it's, I can easily maintain my weight, but I don't feel as good as I felt when I was actively

looking to lose weight. And that's generally because we're not, you know, focused on those other things that were actually making a big difference, not just on the scale, but how we felt sort of really in general. Hi, Lynn, mine is losing weight again, because I was just not mindful for the last four months, Weight kept crap back up because I let old habits creep back in. So that's really the importance of, um, and that's hard, especially if you've lost your weight in the spring program and then you kind of roll into summer and then we don't really start the maintenance program until now. So that's that second stage. Like lose your weight is stage one of the living method. Stage two is that you've really got to solidify your weight and put that time in to allowing your new weight become your new norm.

And that beyond just solidifying, you know, giving your body time to make the changes like the size of your heart, your hormones, your blood flow, all that stuff to get used to your new weight. It's also to solidify those habits, right? It's really easy to fall back into those old habits, but sometimes we have to fall back into those old habits to recognize they were no longer serving us. So that's the benefit that you have now. You're like, okay, because those habits were a big part of who you are or who you were. And it's really easy to fall back into the old habits, especially if we encounter new things in our lives or being triggered in our lives, we go back to those old habits. But really, it's not until we, you know, dip our toes back into those old habits that we realize, oh, that that isn't really

working for me anymore. That is not, that's not the outcome that I want. That is not really serving me anymore. But it's, you really don't get to that point unless you kind of go back to those old habits. And then you have that wherewithal to recognize, okay, you know, that's not that's fine. That worked for me before it doesn't work for me now. So let me get back to reinforcing all of those great habits. So even in maintenance, you can take the principles that you've learned in the weight loss program, like maybe you weren't journaling during your weight loss program, or maybe you were, but you can give your journal a different intention, set new intentions for your maintenance journey, do a gratitude journal. There are ways to still remind yourself that you are important in your own life, and there are things that you can and need to do in order to look and feel your best, right? So this is an opportunity. At the beginning of every weight loss program, you guys know, I always say to people, map your weight story and journey, and then really

solidify and double down on your why. So those two things. And even if you're not looking to lose weight anymore, those can be really cool things to do in as you sort of like start this next phase of maintenance for yourself. It's getting yourself in that mindset. What's my why for maintaining my weight? What's my why for showing up every day and working on the things I need to work on? Or really reflect on your weight loss journey and the fact that you're in a different space physically and mentally. And what is the path forward? How do you want to show up every day? What's the whole rhyme and the reason? What's the intention, right? What are you working on now? What's the outcome? What's the goal, right? To get to a place where I'm calm around food physically and mentally to get to a place where, you know,

I feel confident in the choices that I'm making, whatever that is, right? Whatever that is a great opportunity to do that. Um, I've joined both groups. Uh, I've joined both groups. Hi, Penny. First time in maintenance. Want to get as much information as possible. Every other program I've ever done, I've regained my weight. One year of doing the Libby Method, love it, but always nervous of regaining. Might even try to lose more. Fantastic program. Always need the support. And that's why we're here. So, you know, it's interesting, Penny, because when I did the weight loss programs, people begged me for a maintenance group, a maintenance program. I'm like, you don't need it. You don't need it. How you lost your weight makes a huge difference. I've told you everything that I need to know in that one

week of maintenance. You're good. Boy, was I wrong over the last couple of years of running this maintenance group. We have learned so much. I think for a lot of people, this is really where the work happens for a lot of people like, yep, check lost that way. You've been there. If you've done that before, but a big part of solidifying your weight and a big part of being able to maintain your weight for the rest of your life, yes, is how you've lost it. So you have the advantage with the Libby method. But it is really working through those issues and associations, how you've learned to utilize food, how you use food to cope. It's about triggers, understanding your triggers. It's about your habits. It's about your beliefs. Like you can have lost your weight, but do you believe that you are worthy of, you know,

living a life, you know, not having to maintain your weight with how you look and feel right now? Are you worthy of that? Has it changed relationships in your life that make you feel a little uneasy? Is it getting you some new attention that you're not really used to? Then we wanna talk sabotage as well, like fear of success and all the changes that come with your new sense of self. And also fear of sabotage, right? Sabotaging yourself because gaining that weight back

after you've lost it is all you've ever known. So isn't that what you're gonna do again? Like there's a lot of fields that, what I can tell you is that 98% of people who sign up for our maintenance group and now maintenance program feel confident about moving forward after in a life after maintenance, which is really great. So this is the place where we talk about it. We answer any questions that you have about it. We have lots of conversations. Really, it's one thing to lose your weight, but this is like my, this is like I, if you're new to the maintenance program, it's one thing I show up every day in the weight loss group. And I love

that. But the vibe in the maintenance program is different. It's like, it's more relaxed, but also it's like, it's juicier. There's more to get into and discuss in maintenance. It just feels like you've arrived, but the work isn't done. But the work that you still have left to do is really super cool. So I love the conversations that we have in here. Maintenance is definitely the work, at least for me. I hear Debbie, right? You will find here too that our members are bringing a lot of experience to the table. So it's very much a community-based kind of effort when it comes to this conversation of maintenance. You'll learn a lot from our members who've been in maintenance for a while, who so freely share their tips with all of our new members. I love the way Odette has laid out all the information. She's

done a lot of hard work on the maintenance program. Really the kudos goes to Odette. She has put her heart and soul. So Odette, if you don't know, I'm sure you goes to Odette. She has put her heart and soul. So Odette, if you don't know, is the main, I'm sure you've met Odette. We've introduced her in the weight loss program. Odette is the manager of the maintenance group and she has put her heart and soul into this maintenance program. She's done a lot of the legwork. She has really paid attention to what our members in maintenance need over the last couple of years.

And I know she's going to do you all proud with all the information that she's posting over the next few months. We are definitely looking for your feedback as well. Like I said, so we've got all the maintenance information that we're rolling out over the next 91 days. The next thing that we're working on is an app to go along with it. So you can follow along and be guided on your maintenance journey with the Living Method app not there yet and then we're also looking for a book to create a book that goes along with our maintenance program so we will be asking about your feedback along the way and what you all need so hopefully uh when the time comes you guys will give us some feedback because we'll be looking for it for sure uh debbie boys uh who we saying? It's Anne. Hello, it's my birthday. Hi, Anne. Fucking 80.

I'm feeling very grateful to be healthy, strong, fit, and loved. I got this. Oh my goodness. Come on. Happy birthday. I hope you have a super fucking fantastic, amazing day. This is a whole vibe. This is a whole vibe. Feeling grateful to be healthy, strong, fit, and loved. I think vibes is the word that I would use to describe the maintenance program. There are days that we are celebrating, days that we are feeling frustrated. Just like the weight loss program, it's no different. But this group is about hope.

It is about making real change. It's about the fact that you work so hard to reach the goals that you work so hard to achieve. And now we really want to celebrate that here in the who've been with us for a while. I'm really excited about really diving into this maintenance information. I'm really excited about the conversations that we're going to have over the next few months. We got some fun things coming up. We do have a menopause. We're going to call it the companion and community kind of program that we're going to be offering up in the next few weeks. I'll give you a heads up on that. Any of you who's interested, perimenopause, menopause, postmenopause, we're going to go down the rabbit hole of information with Dr. Alinka and some other guests. So if you're interested in that, we'll keep you up to date with that information here. We're also going to be at the menopause conference in Toronto, October 26. If you want to come join us. And then more importantly, we're going to be at the

National Women's Show in Toronto as well in November for three days. I'm going to be hitting the main stage with our guests. We have a big, massive Livvy Loser booth. So we're putting an invite out there to all of our amazing members. So we're going to keep you up to date. I also know that Odette's got some great guests scheduled for our maintenance group as well. So we've got some fun stuff coming up. So we're going to make sure that you guys are up to speed on everything that we're doing and everything that we have planned. I cannot believe also how quickly that half hour has gone by.

So I'm starting and kicking things off this week with a 12 p.m. live here in the maintenance group. I am looking to add in some alternate times, maybe some evening lives, maybe some morning lives as well. Over in the weight loss group, I'm looking to keep that live to a half hour. So I might switch over to like a half an hour live in the maintenance group. So we're playing around with some added extra live times so we can keep this conversation going. Anyway, I hope you guys all have an amazing first day, whether it's your first day of maintenance or you've been with us for a while, wherever that is, first day back at it after summer, just a regular good old happy Monday. I hope you have an amazing rest of your day. I'll see you

Wednesday. So Kim and Odette and I are going to be getting together for our first weigh-in Wednesday of the season. So I hope to see you then. Have an amazing day, everyone. Don't be shy about asking all the questions that you need. Bye-bye. Whether you're in your running era, Pilates era, or yoga era, dive into Peloton workouts that work with you.

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