Fred Connors Talks About the Importance of "Me Time"

Whenever we are stressed out, we tend to lose focus on whatever we are working towards. We need to set time aside for ourselves for several reasons: Firstly, to think about what it is that you have accomplished and why it is that you are on whatever journey you're on in the first place. Secondly, to reward ourselves for getting to where we are so far in that journey.

Having me time enables you to tell yourself that you really matter. And whether it's sitting alone in a quiet room reading a book, treating yourself to a movie or going on a little bit of a shopping trip, you need to set time aside for yourself. And when I say setting time aside for yourself, it's often best spent by yourself - that way you can reflect on how you are feeling about yourself and where it is you are going. In this alone time, you need to consider:

- Whether or not you think you are successful in your pursuits.

- Whether or not you are really pushing yourself as hard as you need to.

- Whether or not you are committed 100% to the course that you have set for yourself.

We get so caught up in the chaos of our lives that it is really easy to no longer focus on the goals and challenges that we have set for ourselves. When we put time aside for ourselves to reflect on where we are, it gives us better perspective and focus.

I have seen a lot of participants sabotage themselves half way through their journey. They start to do this when they are fearful that they are not going to be successful, by becoming so busy with other things that they no longer have time to focus on their weight-loss journey.

When you are too busy to care about the things that you cared about when you started to feel good about yourself, then you may as well just give up because no one is going to want to be around you if you can't stand to be around yourself.

People need to set aside a little bit of time every day to remind themselves that they matter. When you don't do that, you are communicating to people out there that you really don't think that you matter.

Everyone, no matter how crazy their life seems can carve out a little bit of time for themselves somewhere in their day.

We get so caught up in thinking that our lives are so challenging, we say "when is the insanity going to end, my life is just so challenging!" But if you do set time aside to sit down and reflect on the things that you have in your life to be thankful for, it's amazing how life becomes a lot more enjoyable.

The more we start thinking about how much we actually enjoy our lives, the more we want to take time to think about the things that we do have to be grateful for.

Most people look at all of the things they have to do in a six-month weight loss journey as obstacles instead of looking at them as opportunities.

As we face challenges in life, we shouldn't shut down, or go into a big black hole. What we should do is look at these challenges and figure out what it is we can do to learn something from them and move on.

You need me time to allow yourself to be more focused. Allowing chaos to take over is the best way of sabotaging yourself.