If you get a moment, I recommend a couple of interesting newspaper articles taken from the ‘press links’ section, on the home page:
Lunch with Michael Mosley, the guru behind the 5:2 diet
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/10004219/Lunch-with-Michael-Mosley-the-52-diet-guru.html
How to 5:2 your life
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/how-to-5-2-your-life
Michael M, I look forward to your programme on meditation and mindfulness – mentioned in the first article, above – whenever it comes out.
Since starting to eat all my meals at my newly-cleared dining table – yes, my first successful 5:2 All the Way ‘Do Day’ project, last Friday – I’ve noticed that my new practice of silent, mindful eating has already started to influence my other activities in a very positive way. I find that I just want to focus my attention more on one thing at a time, to really enjoy that thing: when writing emails to friends, I no longer want music playing in the background; preparing food has become a pleasing exercise in quiet efficiency and, likewise, the washing-up – it flows rather than bangs and clatters.
Lucky me, to be so free of responsibilities and time constraints, that I can get absorbed in appreciating such ordinary things. But even a moment spent connecting with a still point inside oneself, soon permeates the rest of one’s world. How fascinating and delightful.