How to Know When It's Time to Rest (Even If You Feel Like You Don't Deserve To)

Okay, this is going to sound backwards, but stay with me.

A few months ago, the scale was slowly creeping up for me.

And you know me, I love to go on walks.

I preach low impact movement.

So I decided the way to get my weight moving down again was to just move a little bit more.

And so I upped my steps.

I was getting anywhere from 10 to 12,000 steps a day.

And so I upped it to 15,000, sometimes even 20,000 steps a day.

I love walking.

So this felt great.

Like I felt like I'm doing everything right.

This is awesome.

And my weight kept climbing.

I did this for about two months, more movement, more steps every day.

And the number on the scale was going up instead of going down.

It made zero sense in my brain until my own health coach said something to me that just changed everything.

And it was the opposite of what I expected to hear.

So today I want to tell you what she said and why it's actually the answer to a bigger question so many of us are quietly wrestling with.

How do you know when it's time to push through something and when it's actually time to rest? Because I don't think anyone ever taught us the difference.

We just default to push.

But I've come to learn there's a better way.

Hey friends, welcome back to Simple Health for Moms.

I am Camille.

I am a certified mental health coach.

I'm a mom of four and I am someone who is walking the health road with you.

I have been the exhausted mom who just didn't recognize herself in the mirror and I've come out on the other side so much healthier, so much happier.

And so now I'm on a mission to help moms do the same.

to figure out their health, their energy, and themselves without overhauling their entire life to make that happen.

So this podcast is called Simple Health for Moms, and our goal is to just talk about building a body and a life that you actually love.

And you can do that right in the middle of the crazy, messy life that we live.

Everything that we do here is faith-rooted, it's sustainable, and it's made for moms like you.

So if you are ready to feel stronger, to get some clarity in your life and maybe feel like yourself again, you're in the right place because this is where it starts.

Okay, this is going to sound backwards, but stay with me.

A few months ago, the scale was slowly creeping up for me.

And you know me, I love to go on walks.

I preach low impact movement.

So I decided the way to get my weight moving down again was to just move a little bit more.

And so I upped my steps.

I was getting anywhere from 10 to 12,000 steps a day.

And so I upped it to 15,000, sometimes even 20,000 steps a day.

I love walking.

So this felt great.

Like I felt like I'm doing everything right.

This is awesome.

And my weight kept climbing.

I did this for about two months, more movement, more steps every day.

And the number on the scale was going up instead of going down.

It made zero sense in my brain until my own health coach said something to me that just changed everything.

And it was the opposite of what I expected to hear.

So today I want to tell you what she said and why it's actually the answer to a bigger question so many of us are quietly wrestling with.

How do you know when it's time to push through something and when it's actually time to rest? Because I don't think anyone ever taught us the difference.

We just default to push.

But I've come to learn there's a better way.

Hey friends, welcome back to Simple Health for Moms.

I am Camille.

I am a certified mental health coach.

I'm a mom of four and I am someone who is walking the health road with you.

I have been the exhausted mom who just didn't recognize herself in the mirror and I've come out on the other side so much healthier, so much happier.

And so now I'm on a mission to help moms do the same.

to figure out their health, their energy, and themselves without overhauling their entire life to make that happen.

So this podcast is called Simple Health for Moms, and our goal is to just talk about building a body and a life that you actually love.

And you can do that right in the middle of the crazy, messy life that we live.

Everything that we do here is faith-rooted, it's sustainable, and it's made for moms like you.

So if you are ready to feel stronger, to get some clarity in your life and maybe feel like yourself again, you're in the right place because this is where it starts.