Liv Lighter with Gina

You finally lose the weight, and you’re still the same person. Leisse Wilcox knows that feeling firsthand. The bestselling author of To Call Myself Beloved and The Courage Code joins Gina Livy to talk about why lasting change is really an identity shift, and why your brain treats that shift as a threat.

How did self-love get turned into something to sell you, when self-acceptance is the real goal. Leisse walks through a free-writing exercise for bringing up the beliefs you’ve been avoiding, and how to name them, de-shame them and reframe them. She also explains why most memoirs read like a bad wedding speech, and why everyone (yes, you) has a story worth telling.

Where to Find Leisse:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leissewilcox/
Website: https://www.leissewilcox.com/
Contact Leisse about the Same Page Author Mastermind - starting January 5th
Books: The Courage Code, Alone: The Truth + Beauty of Belonging, To Call Myself Beloved: A Story of Hope, Healing, and Coming Home, all available on amazon.ca. https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1989716032?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzginalivy-20&creativeASIN=1989716032&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.1VY9UG9SDUQMR&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_mixed_d_asin&th=1

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod
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Strong bones, better sleep, being able to carry your own groceries decades from now. They’re all good reasons to take care of yourself. But when did being healthy stop being any fun?

With Gina away, Odette and Kim talk about why healthy living in midlife can turn into a list of shoulds, and what changes when you chase a forever feeling instead of a forever number. They also cover how to keep your habits when your routine falls apart, why putting yourself first can feel harder after you’ve reached your goal weight, and how the end of the year turns a Monday problem into a January problem.

Plus, a preview of Wednesday’s guest: Joan MacDonald of Train with Joan, who started strength training at 70.

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness
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Grief. Caregiving. An illness you can’t shake, or an injury that keeps you out of the gym. In some seasons of life, simply not gaining weight is the win, and nobody talks about that enough.

Gina, who has kept off more than 100 pounds for over 30 years, explains why your weight is meant to ebb and flow, why your set point is a range rather than a single number, and the real reasons people regain weight: not giving the body time to adjust, life changes that knock out your routine, and old coping habits creeping back in unnoticed. She also shares how to rethink what you eat when you can’t move the way you used to.

This podcast aligns with Day 57 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod
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With Gina away, Odette and Kim take your questions in an Ask Us Anything and get honest about their own journeys. Kim lost more than 50 pounds and kept it off for years, until menopause. Odette lost over 40 pounds in 2021 and saw some return during a hard stretch of family illness and loss. They share the hardest part of each of their journeys, why there’s no “forever weight” you suddenly arrive at, and whether you really have to eat this way for the rest of your life.

This podcast aligns with Day 52 of our Fall Maintenance Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app or Maintenance and Mindfulness Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness
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Most of us finish a meal before our brain has caught up to our stomach. So how do you know when you’ve actually had enough?

Kim and Odette, a nutritionist, answer listener questions about a simple test: eat half your meal, wait 20 to 30 minutes, then decide how much more you really need. They explain why the pause gives your digestion and hunger signals time to catch up, how to make it work if you’re on a GLP-1, and how building your whole plate first can show you’re overdoing protein while chasing that 30-gram goal.

The rest is rapid-fire. They cover staying on track on weekends and girls’ trips, leafy greens that travel without wilting or smelling, whether water is masking your fullness, and what to do when you have no appetite. They also share the habit changes that mattered most in their own weight loss, from giving up running on coffee until mid-afternoon to protecting sleep.

This podcast aligns with Day 52 of our Fall Program, members can find video in our Livy Method app and community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/livymethod
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.