Find Out All About The Benefits Of Food Consumption In An Environment Without Distractions

If you want to lose weight, the environment you eat in is super important.

Imagine a woman called Angela. Angela gets up in the morning and before she even has breakfast she begins thinking about what she will have for dinner. She has a shower and she is thinking about what she will have for dinner. She travels to work and on the way she is thinking about what she will have for dinner. She gets to work and sits at her desk. Shes focused on her work, of course, but shes also thinking about what she would have for dinner.

Time passes and its lunchtime. She thinks about her lunch, of course, but all the time shes also thinking about what she will have for dinner. Then its the afternoon. She does some more work, however she is also thinking about what she will have for dinner. Then she travels home. On the way home she is thinking about what she will have for dinner. She begins to get excited as she thinks about the numerous lip-smacking choices that she has. Perhaps she stops at the shop on the way in order to buy all or part of what she is going to eat. Perhaps she has everything she already needs. Then she makes her dinner. While she is cooking, she smells the food - it smells delicious. Later on, at long last, after a long day of waiting, the food is ready.

So Angela takes her food, puts in on her plate and sits down to eat. She switches the TV on, has a magazine open in front of her, and half-watching, half-reading, shovels the food into her mouth. Whats wrong with this picture? Its true that food is our fuel, however its more than that. Every few years all of the cells in our body regenerate themselves. In fact, this happens so quickly that in six months time 98% of the cells that make up your body could be new cells that arent part of your body now.

Think about what that means.

That means that the food and drink you put in to your body in just the next six months will form 98% of your body! It is a well-known fact that we become what we eat. The food we eat is not just the fuel for our bodies, it offers the building blocks for our body as well.

Dont you think thats a significant enough process to deserve your undivided attention?

What you put in to your body matters. What food you eat and what drinks you drink - these things are extremely important, these deserve your attention. It isnt possible to have awareness while eating food if food is being consumed in an environment filled with distractions. So while youre eating, EAT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS.

Do I mean that you shouldnt eat in front of the television? YES

Do I mean that you shouldnt consume food while reading (either on-screen, or a newspaper, magazine or a book)? YES
Do I mean that you should not eat in company? No, but you must ensure your company knows you would be paying attention to your food. If they do not let you do that, then you should commence seriously considering serving notice on them as dining companions.

Does it mean that you shouldnt listen to music? No, but it does mean that you dont want to be head-banging to the latest Iron Maiden album while you are consuming food at dinner time.