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You Don't Have to Love Exercise. You Just Have to Start. Jun 11, 2026

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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 be a fit person.

Plus: free weights vs. machines, the squat debate, stretching order, and whether your gardening counts as a workout (spoiler: kind of, but not really).

Where to find Andrew Blakey:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamandrewblakey/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Iamandrewblakey/

Website: https://blakeybreakthrough.com/

This episode aligns with day 53 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

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The Hardest Part is Unlearning. Jun 10, 2026

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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 day, and the real reason the wellness industry doesn't want to have this conversation.

This episode aligns with day 52 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

To learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

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Your Body Isn't the Problem. Here's What Actually Is. Jun 10, 2026

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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 body actually needs. Plus, they get real about the most common pushback: I'm too busy for this. The answer might change how you think about how much you value yourself during the day.

This episode aligns with day 52 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It Was Never About the Food Jun 09, 2026

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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 emotional history can affect what the scale does, and what it actually means to become an expert on your own body. She also gets into navigating plateaus with honesty, not judgment, and why pulling in the right healthcare team is part of the process, not a sign something's wrong with you.

This episode aligns with day 51 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

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Your Body Already Knows. Are You Listening? Jun 08, 2026

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Your brain will lie to you. Your gut won't. In this episode, Gina Livy and Odette get into the real reason the scale going up after a meal isn't weight gain and why the words you use to describe it matter more than you think. They dig into the difference between "I gained weight" and "my weight is up," and how that shift in language can change the way you feel about your body entirely.

Plus, they also unpack what it means to be intentional about where your energy goes this week, and how to start learning to trust yourself through a summer that looks nothing like the last one.

This episode aligns with day 50 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

To learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

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What "getting back at it" actually means. Jun 08, 2026

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You've done this before. You know it works. So why does getting back on track feel like starting over every single time?

Today, Gina gets honest about the cycle of losing momentum, falling off and the guilt that follows. She breaks down why the goal was never just a number on the scale, why your relationship with food is more complicated than any meal plan can fix and what it actually takes to stop white-knuckling your way through and start showing up for yourself for real.

From the truth about the scale going up after pizza (it's not what you think), to why GLP-1s won't do the work your mindset has to do, to the the one conversation nobody warned you you'd need to have with yourself.

This episode aligns with day 50 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

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Why You're Wide Awake at 3 AM (And What to Do About It) Jun 04, 2026

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You fall asleep fine. Then 3 AM hits and suddenly you're staring at the ceiling, counting down how many hours you have left. Sound familiar? Sleep expert Alanna McGinn joins Gina to get to the bottom of one of midlife's most common and most frustrating experiences. They unpack why our sleep shifts during times of stress and hormonal change, why "quieting your mind" is the wrong goal entirely, and what's actually happening in your body during those middle-of-the-night wake-ups. Alanna breaks down the real culprits of blood sugar, body temperature, your bedtime and your emotional relationship with sleep. She offers a refreshingly honest take on how to stop making 3 AM the enemy.

Where to Find Alanna

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alanna.mcginn/

Website: https://alannamcginn.com/

BONUS

A free 6-day email course to help you reclaim your nights.

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This episode aligns with day 46 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

To learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why Burning Fat and Losing Fat Are Two Completely Different Things Jun 04, 2026

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Midlife weight loss, fasting, and why fat burning isn't the same as fat loss. Gina Livy breaks it all down. If you've tried intermittent fasting and wondered why it wasn't moving the needle, this episode is for you. From insulin and cortisol to sleep, stress, and why your body holds onto fat after deprivation diets, this is weight loss for women explained the way no one else is explaining it.

This episode aligns with day 46 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You Don't Have to White-Knuckle Your Way Through Summer Jun 03, 2026

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Summer is coming, and for a lot of women, that brings up more anxiety than excitement. In this conversation, Gina Livy and Odette get honest about what it actually means to carry your progress into a new season without losing yourself to old habits. They talk about how to let this summer feel genuinely different and not just on the outside.

This is the conversation for anyone who's worked hard to get here and is quietly wondering: can I actually hold on to this?

You can. Here's how.

This episode aligns with day 45 of our Spring 2026 maintenance program. You can find the full video hosted at:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ginalivymaintenanceandmindfulness

To learn more about The Livy Method and our Maintenance & Mindfulness group, visit livymethod.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You Don't Have to Hate Yourself Thin: Sandra Elia on Body Image & What Actually Works Jun 03, 2026

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Sandra Elia has lost 100 pounds. She's written a book on food recovery. She's built a program that's helped thousands of women. And she'll be the first to tell you that getting to your goal weight doesn't fix the way you feel about yourself. That part takes different work.

In this conversation, Gina sits down with food addiction specialist and author Sandra Elia (Never Enough) to talk about the part of the weight loss journey nobody wants to discuss: body image. They get into how self-hate acts as a barrier to change and why thinness became morally coded in our culture.

Where to Find Sandra:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandraelia.ca/

Website: https://www.sandraelia.com/

To purchase Sandra's book, Never Enough: Three Pillars of Food Addiction Recovery: https://amzn.to/46Qi1Kc

This episode aligns with day 45 of our Spring 2026 weight loss program. You can find the full video hosted at: www.facebook.com/groups/livymethodspring2026

To learn more about The Livy Method, visit livymethod.com.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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