The Livy Method Podcast - Maintenance & Mindfulness Weigh In Wednesday - June 12, 2024

Episode Date: June 12, 2024

Gina Livy's Facebook Live from the Maintenance & Mindfulness group hosted on Facebook. This is the live recording of Weigh In Wednesday from June 12, 2024.You can find the full video hosted at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulnessTopics covered:WLBG movement challenge.What makes something healthy or unhealthy?If it’s not the right food for you, it doesn’t matter how healthy it is.Is being busy a virtue?Busy vs productive.What word describes your life?Gina reads her horoscope.What’s coming up in the Maintenance and Mindfulness Group?To learn more about The Livy Method, visit www.ginalivy.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Gina Livy and welcome to the Livy Method podcast. This is where you'll have access to all of the live streams from my 91 day weight loss program. With a combination of daily lives, guest expert interviews and member stories, there is something new almost every day. Miss the morning live? Want to re-listen to one of our amazing guest experts? Well, this is the place. This podcast is hosted on Acast, but it's available on all podcast platforms, including the one you're listening to right now, Spotify, Apple,

and Amazon Music. Welcome to Weigh In Wednesday, where we obviously like to weigh in on topics not just related to maintenance, but topics that are affecting our everyday lives when it comes to maintaining our weight, living our best lives, especially after losing our weight. Joining me, as always, is Odette, who is the manager of our maintenance program and group, and Kim, who is the manager of our weight loss group. Hi, ladies. Hello. Hello. How are we feeling? Sore and tired. Whose idea was this challenge anyways? If you are. So our Weight Loss by Gina, the company is doing a movement challenge. And man, we are competitive.

I just got out of the pool swimming for a minute. Sorry, 60 minutes. I even bought like weights, like water weights. And I have already like put aside for another hour tonight. Last week, I don't have time. This week, when it it counts I'm like I get all day man yeah last night I was like I got a hockey game that my son's hockey game and I actually got like I think it was something like 90 minutes in after work before I had to take my kids to all their activities but like I have zero time for like zero minutes, usually somehow I found time for 90 yesterday. So yeah,

all these excuses are going out the window this week. So well, I think it's perfect timing because we're talking exactly about that today about, you know, I don't know if you want to get right into it. Are you guys ready to get right into it? Yeah, let's go. If you are watching us live, join us in the conversation. I'm keeping an eye on comments. What are we talking about? So we've got three things I want to talk about today. But the first one, it wasn't going to be my first topic, but let's do it. Anyway, Jodi put it up there. That's okay, Jodi. Let's go ahead. So what makes something healthy or unhealthy? We're going to talk about time and being busy later on. But I want to talk about, you know, how do we decide if something is healthy or unhealthy? And, you know, we're often using

these blanket statements like, oh, it's a fruit and vegetable, it must be healthy. Or, you know, it's a vegan diet, it must be healthy. So how do we decide what gets labeled healthy and unhealthy? And this came from a comment from a member in the group. I know you touched on it on Monday in the way in, and she was, you know, asking about grapes being a sugar bomb, you know, and when did grapes become unhealthy sugar bombs. And then I was thinking about my own experience. So my daughter, when she was young, was having this really intense reaction to, to fruit, but I didn't know it was fruit. So I was trying to like, oh, it must be gluten. It must be dairy. It must be something else. And it ended up being strawberries. This one thing that is supposed to be so healthy and good for you was having her react.

So I think, you know, I want to ask, like, is it okay to put these blanket statements on foods being healthy and unhealthy? And where does that, you know, I want to ask, like, is it okay to put these blanket statements on foods being healthy and unhealthy? And where does that, you know, where does that come from? Oh, my God. This is so deep because like a margarita can be healthy because, you know, you are enjoying something. You're being social. It's bringing you joy. You're relaxing, even though maybe it has, I mean, tequila, I have learned is the healthiest alcohol

that you can actually drink because, um, I guess because of the, the, I don't, I'm not going to get into it. I'm not a scientist, but the way it breaks down in your system, um, um, as opposed to other like wheat and hops and corn and the way other alcoholic products are made also tequila. And I think of mezcal, those two are ones that actually are more like uppers when you drink them, they, as opposed to all other types of alcohol, which can have a more depressive effect on you. I don't know how I turn the conversation into that, but I mean, I guess tequila could be unhealthy for you if you drink too much of it, or it could also be very healthy for you in the setting that

you're drinking it. Right. I mean, I guess if something could be healthy, but if you're allergic to it, that's not necessarily healthy for you. I don't know. Who's this Melanie? I think it, I think if it doesn't provide any nutritional benefit to your body. Yeah. And I think this is interesting too, because maybe it's not just the body we're talking about. Maybe it's a healthy state of mind or a healthy mental wellbeing. So you might feel torn about having tequila because it's not healthy for your body, but if it's helping you, I don't want to say it's helping you feel like you're part of something, but if it's part of your social circumstance in that moment say it's helping you feel like you're part of something, but if it's like part of your social circumstance in that moment, and it's bringing you joy to have one with your friends, is that healthy? You know, maybe the tequila is not healthy, but is that helping to

make a healthier mental state? I think if we look at it, like just reading what, you know, Melanie just said, let's take chocolate as an example. there's actually quite a few nutritional benefits of chocolate and like actual like cacao beans and things like that. There are nutritional benefits to chocolate. Nobody calls chocolate a health food. Nobody's saying chocolate is healthy, but there are nutritional benefits. So do we need to go further than that in and looking at it like is every food? Because, I mean, you pick apart a label on Pringles chips are a good example I have not looked at the label so I don't know but I know we talked about Pringles um in one of the

weigh-ins before and um you know you look at the label and it does list like things like iron or potassium so I mean really getting down to the nitty-gritty there are nutritional elements to a lot of foods. Sometimes those are added in. Does that make it a healthy food just because it does have nutritional or some nutritional benefit? Oh, this is what Melanie's saying. We have to differentiate between good and bad versus healthy and unhealthy. Like there's no, there's no, yeah, I agree with this, right? There's no good foods. There's no bad foods. Um, but I guess, are healthy foods and unhealthy foods. But then you can, a food could be labeled healthy or has healthy ingredients, but doesn't necessarily mean it's healthy for you. I don't know. Odette, this is a tricky one. I need some tequila. Yeah, we should all. I think it's, you know, how maybe it's your your relationship with that food. Like, you know, like Kim was saying with

the chocolate, like, you know, yeah, it's got some it's got some nutritional benefits, you know, when you think of the actual composition. What's your relationship with it? Do you have an unhealthy relationship? Is that what makes it unhealthy? Like if you're looking at, you know, I want to go get a Big Mac, it's so unhealthy for me. Well, is that something that you just really want in the moment? And, you know, it's not a craving, it's just something you're choosing to have. And yeah, it's not the best doesn't give you, you know, a nutritional bang for your buck. But is it something that it's helping you make a choice in the moment that you feel good about? Like, I'm going to do this. I have the ability to do this. And I know I have

the ability to move on from it as well, you know? So is it unhealthy? That's a healthy mindset. I don't know that having a Big Mac is healthy for you because if you were to test your blood after you have a Big Mac, you know, it's going to say otherwise. Right. Um, yeah, I'm thinking like exercise, right? Like exercise is healthy for you, but over-exercising is not healthy for you. I think we have to define, I think it comes to the individual defining what healthy means to them. Because I think a lot of the products are marketed to us like it's a healthy, a healthy version of this or a healthy version of that. I don't know, man, I'm so big of a topic. And I think I think it gets tricky to when you label when you label it healthy or a health food,

because if it's not the right food for you, it doesn't matter how healthy it is. So I think that's really, you know, probably one of the takeaways is it can be deemed healthy or a healthier product, but if it's not right for you, then it doesn't really matter. Yeah. I, um, I came across this photo and it was homework, uh, from, I think it was one of my kids when they were in public school and it was like a nutrition course that they were taking. And it was like, list the healthy and unhealthy foods. And I think like, all I remember is like, I was like going to write a letter in because they, it was like, I think like, I can't remember. I got to find the photo. I came across it the other day and I'll, we'll talk about it. But it had, it had pop tarts as healthy energy foods and something like, um, I think it was like peanut butter or something was bad for you because it was like high fat or

something insane like that. And I was just like, what? Here's my, another diet diet company said avocado was bad and not an, not a healthy choice. How crazy is that? Yeah. I mean, remember butter versus margarine. The whole like butter is so bad or eggs. Remember they said eggs were so bad for you and that they weren't, they were too high in fats. Um, here's Patty. I think this world of so many processed foods, that's where the unhealthy food happens. Yeah. I think we can say whole foods in general are healthy choices, unless you have a personal, like reaction, sensitivity or something to them, then it doesn't matter how healthy they actually are may not be a good choice for you. Yeah, I think Yeah, I think that's, that's the key here is like, you know,

let's not think of, you know, it's healthy, it must be good for me. Let's think of it's healthy. Is it good? Is it the right thing? Is it the right thing? Okay, can we move off this topic? This is one, this is a big one. That's a big one. I don't like that one. Let's move to the next. Too much. Okay, next. So this is, this comes off the top when you, when we were talking about this fitness challenge and having to find time for it. You know, having to find these minutes, find these time. I'm so busy. And I'm thinking, is being busy a virtue?

Like we often say, oh, I'm so busy today. I'm so busy this week. I have so much to do. But all of a sudden, we're able to find time to get our minutes in. We're able to find time to do the things that we make a priority. And this got me thinking too, because, you know, with our members in maintenance who will be starting feeding the metabolism are having, you know, they're feeling a bit of a tug of war that I'm so busy, I don't have the time. But, you know, if it's a priority, can you find the time? So how have you found time? I want to

know, is being busy a virtue? Like, is it, do we use that term? Like it's something to be super proud of? Or, you know, if we can make things a priority, two questions. If we make things a priority, do we find the time? Okay, I'll go first. So this, whenever I think of this, I think of like a few groups ago. And, you know, I was going live at 9 a.m. and 12 and 4. Sometimes I was doing four lives in a day and 7 p.m. at night. So I used to do all the morning lives, the weekend lives, the 7 p.m. lives, the spill the teas. We had cooking. I was doing all of it. And I thought I needed to sustain that. But my excuse for that is I love what I do. I love what I do. And I'm so busy. And I got all

this stuff going on. And then I got sick. If you guys remember, I got sick and I ended up in the hospital for two weeks. And I literally couldn't go live. I couldn't go live. And that was like a real shocker. Like there was a time I was praying, like if I just survive this, you know what I mean? I'm going to change my ways and whatever. And then it really got me thinking about my family and spending time with my kids. And so I stopped doing the 7 p.m. lives and I was expecting everyone just to go like, well, that's it. I quit. You suck. Your program's horrible. You know, whatever. A lot of people said to me, thank you. They said to me, like, it was a lot for me trying to do the 9am, trying to do the 7pm, trying to keep up with everything. Even though I know I didn't need to listen to all of it. I felt like if I didn't, then I wasn't doing enough.

That was not the reaction that I, I mean, some people people did were like I paid for all these lives and I'm like no you actually didn't you paid for me to go live but not like 15 times a day but that's a whole other thing I digress but most people were just like thank you because I'm trying to keep up with that and you know and so that was a huge game changer the world didn't fall apart people didn't quit and so I realized I was just making myself busy because I thought I needed to. And you know what really irks me is when people be like, well, you're so busy. I'm like, I honestly am not like I am. I got a lot to do. I know you ladies are busy too, but I'm never too busy for somebody. And it kind of really irks me when people say that to me. Oh, well, you're, you're

just so busy. No, you're, you're too busy. Don't worry about that. You're too busy. And I'm like, wait, wait, wait, I'm not that busy that I don't have time for people. And so I don't know. I'm probably, I'm really busy. Not so much anymore. Not so much anymore. The universe has made me not busy. It made me hurt my back. It, you know, all the stress I've been under, it's, it's really taught me to take a step back. Busy is not cool. Reading a book is cool. Making time to work out is cool. You know, being sane is cool. Not being stressed out is cool. So I don't think busy is a virtue at all. Unless of course you thrive on it. But I used to be a person who thrived on it. And I don't think it was healthy. It wasn't healthy. I know that wasn't healthy. Anyway, that't healthy anyway that's my thoughts

I would say that I do have access to your calendar so I don't know if I'd go as far as saying you're not busy because I've seen it you're a pretty busy person pretty busy person but I definitely to think of all the stuff that you used to do on top of what's in there now it it is a lot but I think it's that there's a lot of pressure, I think from society in general, a lot of pressure from social media. You see a lot of it, like in feeling like your kids have to be doing 29 different things. And every, you know, there was a while, I think we're coming back from it now, but I remember when my kids were younger, they're being like, talk from like child psychologists and people saying like, oh, kids

need to be busy. Kids need, and like now we recognize that they need downtime. They need time to just be kids. But there was a while when they thought it was good for your kids to be wrapped up in all these activities. And I think that translates when you think about those people, like it's almost like, oh, if I'm not, if my schedule isn't full, does that mean I'm lazy? Because people kind of brag about their schedules often. And oh, I have so much to do. I have so many places to be all the time. And I just Yeah, when I have a night when I don't have something, I have three kids. So you have four. So, you know, like one kid doing one thing is busy, right? Like you don't need a kid doing four different things. Um, when you've got one

doing one and it becomes busy, but like feeling like you are doing it because you have to. And that's one thing, actually, I will say that the program itself has made me sit back and think about is prioritizing that busyness because I do, I tend to be somebody who says yes, if I don't have something else on my calendar. I don't consider how many other things are in my calendar that week. I look and be like, oh, I'm not actually doing anything that night. Sure, I'll get together with you. Oh, I don't have anything going on that night. Sure, I'll do this. Or I don't have anything during that. Sure, I'll meet with you. And I tend to do that without looking at the week as a whole and taking that time for myself. And I think that kind of busyness,

it's great to be active and have an active schedule where you're not, you know, where you have something going on, but I don't know, busyness, like it's not, I think we think it's a virtue because we see other people doing it and it's sort of that you know wanting to mimic like oh everybody else has got something going on every day I should too yeah yeah and I think a good point to make too busy is not the same as um being productive you know like you can be busy and be spinning your wheels and almost using that as an excuse to not be productive. Like I'm too busy. I have too much going on. There's no way I can fit any, anything else in. But when you think about, you know, prioritizing, what do you really want to get done? Like, where does it,

where do you want to be busy? Do you want to be busy just spinning your wheels or do you want to be busy prioritizing and being productive and doing the things that you really want to do and accomplish the things you want to accomplish? I think one of the things. Sorry. No, that's it. Like just being busy and productive are not the same. You know, you can't feel like you're on the go all the time, but nothing's happening. Yeah.

And can I just say some of my like there's also like you need creative like in being a creative person, you need space to be creative. Like you can't schedule creative time in between meetings. Like you really need space for that. And it's interesting because today I had to take my kid to, my kid was like, I got to go. I need a ride and whatever. And I'm like, oh, you're eating into my swim time, minutes time. And so then I'm like, fine.

I got them. And by the time I got into the pool, it was like not the time that I wanted. So so then I'm like, fine. I got them. And by the time I got into the pool, it was like not the time that I wanted. So I immediately, I called Sonia. I'm like, I have a meeting with Odette at three. We got to push it to 315. And so I felt really guilty about that. And I'm like, nah, I gotta get, I gotta get it in. And then when I'm in the pool, I'm thinking of all these things, I'm feeling creative. And I'm like, man, I need more of this, whether it's a walk or reading about, I need more of this. And I, I was like, I got to do more of this in my day. It's going to make me a better person. It's going

to make me almost work, not harder, but smarter rather than sitting there and being like, Oh, you know, like having that space to create and come up with great ideas. And when, you know, then when we got in our meeting, I, rather than being stressed coming in the meeting like, hey, Dad, okay, what do we got going? I was like, all right, so what's going on? What are we going to talk about? What do you need? And then I felt like, oh, yeah, okay, let's do this and let's do that.

And so I don't know. I just think people need to – I don't think busy is cool. I think people don't think busy is cool at all. I think, I don't think it's, I don't think it's a great word. I don't mind it. People want to own it. Fine. Okay.

But I don't want to, I don't want to be busy anymore. Yeah. I don't want busy to be an excuse for me not to prioritize and do other, do these things. Like you said, these creative things, right? I don't want to use that as like, I'm too busy. I can't, you know, I think often we use it as an excuse. I think we're busy as an excuse because we filled our calendars with this stuff, which is maybe not important. And it's maybe not stuff we value,

but it's time filler. And we use that as an excuse for doing the things we kind of don't want to do like me when working out, despite Gina saying over and over again, Hey, menopause, you need to do weight bearing exercise. Finally this week, I was like, fine, I have no more excuses. I have to make the time, but it is like, I find so many other things to do. My kids ask for a ride. I don't say no. I give them a ride instead of going and working out. Yeah. I can say no. Right. I think that here's what I think. If your life gets to the point where you're busy all the time, that's a message for you to, you need to make space that that's not, I don't think it's a great place to be in my experience.

It's not a great place to be. Um, it's not, in fact, I, in the fall, I started doing all these things, make myself busy, busy, busy. I'm good. I feel better. Let's get back at it. Okay. La la la la. And then all of a sudden I was just like, okay, no, I can't. Then I went away for Christmas, spent time with my family and felt so much better. And I came back and I canceled a lot of things because I'm like, I can't be that busy. I can't, I don't want to be that person anymore. I'm overscheduled, busy. Don't have time for nothing. I think if you are describing your life as busy, it might be time to look in words and be like, is that really how I want to describe my life? Fulfilling, you know what I mean? Balanced, harmony. I mean, those are all wonderful words. I don't want busy

to be my word. Yeah. What is your word? What would your word be if you described your life? I feel right now, I feel like everything is kind of in alignment. I feel like I've got this flow at work where it can come and go. I feel like right now I've got this flow. I feel like with my home life, I've got this flow. Now if my son has moved back home from post-secondary and we're in this amazing flow. My husband had a new position that had him traveling all over Canada. And I feel like we're in the flow of that now. Like we feel like it's kind of all aligning. So I think that's where I'm feeling now. I'm feeling aligned. Now putting that out there to the

universe, I'm sure the universe is going to out, putting that out there to the universe. I'm sure the universe is going to say, hold my beer and throw something at me now. I feel like that's kind of where I am right now. I feel like everything is aligned. Yeah. Feeling a little bit more productive because I'm, you know, but it's, um, yeah, I think right now I'm feeling aligned. Like I love that. I'm jealous. Not comfortable, but just like, okay, I got it. I'm feeling aligned. I love that.

I'm jealous. Not comfortable, but just like, okay, I got it. I'm in the groove. This is what we're dealing with now. This is our new norm, right? So that's what I feel like. What about you, Kim? How would you describe it?

I think I was thinking in my head prior to you saying fulfilling, that was the first word that popped into my head because I feel like right now it is very much, you know, I'm at the point where I have something that I get to do every day that I love and I feel passionate about, which is definitely filling my cup each day, feeling like I get to make a difference and take part in something, which I think is something that I haven't had in a career prior to this. And I'm 50 this year. So it's, you know, I've been working for a while. I think I started working when I was 13 or something. So it's been a while. So to feel fulfilled with that is it really is good. And I think I'm doing the same. I'm working on doing the same thing with my relationships with people is not filling my time with getting together with people and meeting if I don't want to,

or because I feel like I have to. I'm trying to take those times and agreeing and making the choices that are aligned with how I'm feeling that day so that I can fill my cup rather than empty it when I do connect with people. And then I think too, like my kids, I've got 16 year old twins and my son will be 20 soon. And I feel like seeing I always worried as a parent that I had no idea what I was doing. And I had no idea how they were going to turn out. And now that they're like adults and almost adults, and I see how they've turned out. It's like a huge sigh of relief. And it makes like, you know, all those moments when they were little worth it. Because you see like, oh, thank goodness it works. So you know, all those moments when they were little worth it because you see like, oh, thank goodness it works.

So, you know, the conversations with them are fulfilling the activities we do. I feel like when I put an effort into something, I'm getting that effort and like the reward and how people are reacting to what I'm doing. So I feel like, yeah, fulfilling would be a good word. Good for you guys. My word would be misaligned. I feel completely misaligned in my life I feel a bit disconnected I know there's a shift happening um but that is where which is interesting because

I've been forced to take a step back through my back you know through through some things happening and I feel misaligned and I'm taking a moment and a step back to in search of alignment and really gonna I'm gonna pull it build it back up um where I feel like like my heart leads me you know where that these are the things that I want to focus on I was like doing exercises in the pool today I mean I used to be a personal trainer. I used to be like hardcore aerobics. I was so into fitness, bodybuilding for a while. And it's been a long time since I felt that spark that like, I know I was like, I am going to fucking get fit again. Like, you know what I mean? And I could feel it. I can feel the me that was fit and strong it's not about how i look it's

none of those things it's like what i need to do i have been putting business first my kids first everything first and i feel like i need to be real aligned with things that really bring me joy so right now i feel misaligned but not in a bad way but if that would be my word like i'm like i was that i was jealous of alignment. What is my word? Like it's definitely not alignment. What is the opposite? I feel misaligned, but also on a mission to get real. And I just want to say hi to Laura, who talks about my adult kids are always busy. I think part of it is being young adults during COVID and part personality. I enjoy my downtime, but I do feel

lazy as I go to bed early. I just don't worry about the social expectations. Just want to say hi to Jessica and Nicole also. Melanie, her word is content. Well, that's a beautiful word. I have lived my life in periods where I was content, um, that I am not, I don't know. I'm just not there. Misaligned is my word. Yeah. But it's, you know, taking you into being productive though. You know, maybe it's sparking that, that misalignment, being able to say it out loud. Now you're like, okay. Well, I just, so I read my horoscope the other day. Let me just find it. I'm going to read it to you guys. Cause I never really, of course I have a million things. Here it is. It says, dear Taurus, there is no rush with anything.

I don't know if you guys, did you guys there is no rush with anything. I don't know if you guys, did you guys do horoscopes and shit? I don't know if you guys are into that. Take your time and honor where you are at right now at any given moment. This year is teaching you how to do that and how to be at peace with where you are without getting lost in the imagining the future or escaping the past. So cherish this moment, cherish the now you you're always here wherever you are. And this will be the one of the big lessons for you this year, wherever you are, whatever you do, no matter what you are always here, it is never there. It's here. It's not tomorrow. It's now. And I thought I screenshot

that because I'm like, I just need to be here right now not tomorrow it's now and I thought I screenshot that because I'm like I just need to be here right now although there's so many exciting things coming up and we're doing and we could do and not I feel like I've been riding that wave for so long that I just need to be right here and I think that's what I felt in the swimming pool today I was just like I'm this right here is where I need to be. Not in that meeting with Odette. It's okay. We were very productive because neither one of us were feeling busy. We were feeling relaxed.

We got everything we needed out in 40 minutes instead of an hour. It was great. You should swim before every meeting. I see that we don't have time really for our third topic. Who's this? Who's this? Such a great conversation. Exactly what I needed to hear. Hi, Nadine. My word is grateful. I was trying to figure out why I always keep busy. I love that. That is why everyone, everyone who's watching and listening, that's your task. What is your word? It's gotta be one word. It can't be

like your word explained with 10 sentences, one, one word. And here's Karen. So I'm wondering if I'm doing too much exercise and maybe need to do less cardio and more resistance. Here's my weekly schedule. First off, I'm retired, but I golf 18 holes on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. Well, I am just fucking Tony is out there golfing, racking up like four hours worth of minutes. He's getting a cart. Does he have a cart? No, he's actually pulled. One of the things he's doing is a pull course. I've tried that. I'm like, you can't get driving. Your cart doesn't count. So he's out there. He's scheduled golf all week long. Golf.

I said, I'm going to go. He's like, great. I'll go with you. I'm like, no, I need to send him a bunch of emails. Yeah. I'm going to send him a bunch of emails. Yeah. I've been Tony some emails urgent. I'm going to title them all urgent. Yeah. We got you. I love golf too. By the way, I have found it to be so calming. I am just absolutely loving golf. There's Sonia. I want to golf every day. Sonia, this is, we're going to, we're going to realign with golf. Um, so golfing 18 Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, I play basketball Mondays, volleyball Wednesdays and Monday morning and Thursday. I play two hours of pickleball thoughts. Maybe my body is tired. I don't, how do you feel? I don't think that's a lot. I mean, so you want to make sure you are feeding your body, right? So

that is a lot. So make sure you're not trying to keep your portion small, make sure your food choices are nutrient rich. But if your energy is good, you're good. If you start to feel like your body is tired, and you are dragging your ass through golf, dragging your ass through pickleball, dragging your ass through basketball, then you probably need to take a bit of a break and like just allow your body time to repair and rebuild. But also the more fit you get, the more you you're into the thing, like the harder you play pickleball, the, you know, the more your swing, the, you know, the, the faster you're walking. Like, I think like the fitter you get, the stronger you get, you kind of just constantly always build on that. So I don't think that's too much that you're, if you're retired, are you retired? Did you say that?

I don't know if you said you were, who cares if you're retired or not? I like, that's how life should be, especially right now in the spring, summer. I think that sounds like so, so much fun, all of the fun. And I can, my first thought is how good that is for stress relief and for like contentment to be doing something fun. And that brings you joy and that you're active. So to your point, if you're dragging your ass to it and you don't want to go and it feels like another commitment, that's one thing. But if you were like hanging out with friends, having good conversations and loving these activities and you feel so good, you're excited to go, then, you know, that's what you're looking for. Then that sounds like the best week ever. Yeah. If your word is tired, it's probably too much.

Jessica's asking, is the word about where we are currently? Yeah. Your word is describing your life right now. What is going on in your life right now? How are you feeling today? What's your word? All right. I'm going to put up a, I'll put up a post right after this and everybody can share their word. So they'll have one spot, put it up and then we can read them all in. I love that. Yeah. All right.

Well, this is very therapeutic. Thanks ladies. Um, Odette, what do we got coming up? We got anything fun? I know you'd like to share what we got going on. Yeah. So we have, um, what, what day coming up? We got anything fun? I know you'd like to share what we got going on. Yeah. So we have, what day is it? It's Wednesday.

You're getting ready to be like me. Yeah. It's Wednesday and we've got, so of course the activity challenge. We have a post coming up tomorrow actually just to give everybody a bit of an update on the activity challenge. We would love to see our members, you know, participating, coming along for the ride with us. So we would love that. We actually have a giveaway coming up in the group in a couple weeks. And we're going to have, we want to have you reflecting on maybe where you are now, who you

are now. So we're going to tie that to a giveaway. So that's going to be some great fun. So yeah, that's what we've got going on. And feeding the metabolism. So those members that are doing another round of solidify, really leaning into it, finding the time, not being too busy for it and seeing what, seeing what comes up, seeing what, what they're learning from it. It's a learning opportunity. It's a tool, it's a tweak, but it's also a learning opportunity for them. Love it. All right. On that note, we have some more words coming in.

Accomplished pause. I love it. All right, ladies. Are we looking forward to continuing the conversation next week to everyone that's joining us live? Thank you for your participation and to everyone else listening. Have an amazing rest of your day. Bye everyone.