The Livy Method Podcast

Are you willing to be bad at something before you get good at it? In this Midweek Motivation, Gina Livy and Odette get into the fear that quietly runs the show when the structure starts to loosen: fear of failing, fear of succeeding, and the "just in case" jeans still hanging in your closet. They break down why personalizing the plan isn't going rogue, how to actually tell the difference between h...

What if the thing derailing you isn't willpower? What if it's a nervous system stuck in protection mode? Gina Livy, Odette, and Kim open up about grief, burnout, and the surprising ways your body remembers what your brain moves past. From there, they get practical about this week's tweak: how to personalize the plan with intention instead of drifting into doing your own thing, why letting go of st...

You lost the weight, so why are you still cinching a belt around jeans two sizes too big? Gina Livy sits down with Tanya Gelsomino, retail veteran, Livy Method member, and the community's resident fashionista, to talk about the part of weight loss nobody prepares you for: getting dressed. Tanya shares why hanging onto your "before" clothes is really about fear, why sizing down in the same styles r...

What if the thing keeping you stuck is the fear of gaining it back? Gina Livy is flying solo this Mindset Monday, digging into why so many people who've done the work still don't trust themselves, and the three real reasons weight comes back. She takes on a member question about getting triggered at Sunday family dinners, unpacking old food associations, eating to keep the peace, and how to set a...

What if the goal was never to follow a plan forever, but to not need one? In this episode, Gina Livy breaks down the shift most diets never teach: how to actually know when to eat, what to eat, and how much, by checking in with your body instead of your head. She gets into why skipping a meal isn't the win you think it is, how the summer heat has been messing with your scale (and why it's secretly...

It's not you, it's the heat. In this episode celebrating Canada Day, Gina Livy explains why hot weather and air conditioning can spike your scale even when your weight is actually trending down, and what to do about it (hint: it involves salt and fruit, not less water). From there she goes deep on set point, the real reason "goal weight" isn't a fixed number, why your body fights to keep you in a...

Dr. Sean Rice is back, and this time he's talking skin. As a plastic surgeon and one of Canada's leading voices in cosmetic medicine, Dr. Sean breaks down what's actually happening to your skin when you lose weight and why waiting until after you hit your goal could mean playing catch-up on damage that was totally preventable. He gets into the GLP-1 and crepey skin connection most doctors aren't t...

What if the reason you feel off today has nothing to do with the food? Odette and Kim are co-hosting this week and they're getting into what it really means to listen to your body when life gets busy, seasonal, and a little loose around the edges. Canada Day is coming, the patios are open, and the structure that felt solid in the spring is getting tested. This conversation covers the difference be...

Gina's traveling, so program managers Kim and Odette are taking the wheel and came prepared. They get into one of the most misunderstood tools in the Livy Method: Back on Track. It's not a free pass. It's not a punishment. And it's definitely not something you trigger every Monday after a weekend of snacks. It's a feeling and knowing the difference changes everything. Kim and Odette break down wha...

What if the hardest part of getting healthy isn't the eating? What if it's learning to stop needing a plan to tell you what to do? To get you motivated today, Gina Livy gets practical about something most wellness content skips: the transition from following rules to actually trusting your body. She breaks down the science behind meal timing and why smaller, frequent meals were never meant to be a...

In this episode, Gina Livy and Kim break down one of the most misunderstood shifts in sustainable weight loss: how to eat more protein and healthy fat without eating more food. They tackle the snack confusion head-on with what to combine, what to swap and why portion restructuring (not restriction) is what actually drives results. Plus: why the protein obsession you're seeing on social media doesn...

Success isn't about perfection, willpower, or never falling off track, it's about grit. In this episode, Gina Livy shares why persistence is the real secret to reaching your goals, even when life gets messy. She dives into the importance of maintenance, the reasons we fall back into old habits, and how stress, hormones, sleep, medications, and self-sabotage can all impact our progress. Gina also o...

Life doesn't pause for your health goals. A week where everything feels sideways and suddenly you're wondering how you got so far off track. Today, Gina Livy and Odette break down self-regulation: what it actually means, why it has nothing to do with willpower or discipline. Life still happens and your routine being disrupted doesn't mean you need to completely start over. If you've ever felt like...

Summer isn't the enemy of fat loss, it might actually be your secret weapon. In this episode, Gina Livy breaks down why your body is primed to release stored fat when the heat is on, and why the scale going up the day after a new low isn't a setback. Gina also gets into the surprising connection between your home environment and your health habits, what protein and fat actually do to your hunger h...

Most of us are working out but have no idea if it's actually doing anything. Are you lifting enough? Moving enough? Resting too much or not enough? In this episode, Odette sits down with fitness and longevity expert Andrew Blakey for a straight-talking conversation about what it really takes to get stronger, protect your bones, and feel capable in your body for the long haul. They break down progr...

Most people aren't stuck because they're lazy. They're stuck because they're grading themselves on effort instead of outcome and there's a difference. In this episode, Gina Livy gets brutally honest about the gap between feeling like you're doing the work and actually doing the work. She breaks down why weight fluctuates even when you're consistent, what your body is actually doing when the scale...

Maintenance is supposed to be the finish line. So why does it feel like the starting line? In this episode, Gina Livy and Odette get into the real reasons people back slide and dig into why some people unconsciously gain their weight back to keep others comfortable, what the "bits and bites" slippery slope actually is (and isn't), and why finishing food you don't want is a habit worth breaking. Pl...

Leaking when you laugh. Waking up three times a night to pee. Hip pain that won't quit no matter what you try. Sound familiar? Pelvic health specialist Erin Degagne is back, and she's here to tell you what most women aren't being told: these things are fixable and you've probably been given the wrong advice. Gina Livy and Erin dig into why the pelvic floor is almost always tight, not weak; what me...

Many women leave their doctor's office after asking about menopause more confused than when they walked in. Women's health and fitness expert Amanda Thebe (author of Menapocalypse ) joins Gina Livy for a conversation about what's actually happening in your body during perimenopause and menopause, and what to do about it. The truth is most doctors aren't knowledgeable about this stage of life. That...

Most people think maintenance means white-knuckling it forever. Gina Livy disagrees. In this Mindset Monday, she and Odette break down what it actually means to make healthy habits automatic and why it doesn't take as long as you think. They explore the difference between choosing your life and just living it by default, and challenge you to picture what your ideal life actually feels like. This e...

You were doing everything right. Then you started getting close to your goal and something in you hit the brakes. Sound familiar? In this episode, Gina Livy gets into the real reason so many women sabotage their progress right when it matters most. It's not weakness. It's fear of what reaching your goal actually means, of who you'll have to become, of what you'll run out of excuses for. She also g...

Fitness and aging expert Andrew Blakey joins Gina Livy for a conversation that cuts through the pressure to go hard or go home when it comes to moving your body. Andrew breaks down why going too hard too fast is the most common mistake, why rest is where strength is actually built, and how consistency with movement isn't about discipline, it's about identity. Don’t have to be a fitness person to b...

Most people have spent decades overriding their body's fullness signals without realizing it. Gina Livy breaks down the hormones behind why it takes 20 minutes to feel satisfied, and why that gap between eating and fullness is where the real rewiring happens. This is about why your brain will always prepare you for the worst-case scenario, what self-sabotage actually looks like after a really good...

Most people have been taught to eat less and move more. But what if the way you've been eating is actually working against you? In this episode, Gina Livy and Kim break down the Tweak This Week, splitting your meals to work with your metabolism instead of against it. Gina explains why separating your protein from your carbs isn't just a food strategy, it's a way to finally understand what your bod...

Gina Livy gets to the root of why weight loss has felt so hard for so many people for so long. It was never really about the food. It was about years of oversimplified advice, disconnection from your body, and trying to show up through all of life's complexity with no real support. In this episode, Gina unpacks why "eat less, exercise more" misses the point entirely, how stress, sleep and emotiona...