The Power of Eating Less

      

By Barbara Berger

Barbara Berger   There is only one way to eat less. Stop thinking about food.    Most people want to eat less because they want to lose weight. Of course being nice and thin looks good, but that's not why I bring it up here.    There's more to eating less than being skinny.    The real point is this: If you eat less, you gain power.    First of all, when you eat less you think more clearly.    And second, you have more energy.    And third, when you eat less it's a whole lot easier to focus. Unless, of course, you're starving hungry all the time, but that's not what I mean by eating less.    By eating less, I mean eating less than you think you need. Most people eat much more than they need to eat and many are indulging in wild orgies of food overkill.    Not only does eating too much make you fat, it slows you down, makes you clumsy, sleepy, and dim-witted (by sending all the blood to your stomach and intestines instead of to your brain), ruins your ability to present your ideas clearly, lowers your sexual appetite, robs you of your ping, makes you dislike yourself, and does a whole lot of other things like making you susceptible to all kinds of awful health problems and diseases (like the ones caused by our modern way of life). All of which are of course much too unpleasant to mention here!   Eat Less, Live Longer And to make matters worse, overeating also takes years off your life! (So why would anyone want to do it, you ask….) Tests on animals show that they live longer than their expected life span when they are slightly underfed all the time. But I'm not paying homage to eating less because I want to sell you a ticket to longer life. I'm bringing this up because eating less is also a Road to Power because when you're slightly underfed, it's easier to focus. For more see my book “The Road to Power – Fast Food for the Soul”.    That's right. If you eat less, you will find it easier to concentrate. Why do you think so many spiritual paths include the practice of fasting? It's because fasting is a fast, effective, and dramatic way to clear your brain. If you don't believe me, just try it for three days and see what happens. When you fast, you get rid of a lot of the excess in your life, not just food, but everything. Fasting is a real quick way to get yourself back to basics.   Don't Think About Food I was once the owner of a health center and spent many years of my life studying and teaching various food techniques and disciplines for health and happiness. Raising your awareness of the relationship between food and health is always a good starting point for improving the quality of your life. But unless you have a serious illness, I suggest you move beyond that stage as fast as you can master it. Once you get the basic idea about the importance of healthy food in your life, you know things like: 1) Cut down on animal food and fat, 2) eat less white sugar, 3) eat fewer processed foods and fewer chemicals, 4) drink less alcohol and coffee, 5) quit smoking, and 6) eat more grains, vegetables, fruits and good bread, basic stuff like that… Well, once you get it, move on to the next item on your agenda.    And then don’t think about food. Just forget it.    I find that not thinking about food, not focusing on it, is the best way to eat less.    Just look at people who are dieting. They are focusing so massively on food and on losing weight that it's impossible for them to do it. Because they're thinking negatively about food all the time. Oh my, what if I eat this. Oh my, look at my body. Oh my, look how terrible I look. Oh my, I'm so hungry. And all that stuff. And when we remember the Universal Law that says WHAT YOU FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION ON GROWS IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, well then we know that what these people are focusing on will increase. So if you are trying to eat less because you want to lose weight, forget about it. Fall in love, walk from the East Coast to the West Coast, decide to make a million this year, and I guarantee you will lose weight.    Fast and Light The most important thing is to travel light.  And eating more than you need is not traveling light. So why not let your focus and worry about food go…  Just let it go. And release excess food from your life, and watch your body revive. The trick here is to focus on other stuff. The trick is to concentrate on what's really important in your life. The trick is to forget the rest. And before you know it, you will be eating less. It just happens automatically. Then every time you think of your body, love it and bless it. Praise your body all the time. Tell it how much you appreciate it for carrying you around and digesting your food and letting you see, hear, smell, and touch the world. The body responds to praise and blessing. Not to eating too much.    And keep busy.    And enjoy the pleasure of exercising. In whatever way suits you. Just do it.    I promise you that if you're busy, if you're focusing on your dreams and plans, if you're praising and blessing your body, if you're visualizing your way to the top of whatever mountain you're climbing at the moment, you'll probably forget to eat anyway. Which is great. It'll make you faster and lighter, it'll clear your brain, your eyesight will improve, your sense of smell will be renewed, you'll enjoy living in your body so much more, you'll like exercising more, and most important of all, you'll discover how much more powerful you are.    Okay, you might want to pop a few vitamin pills and drink some good fresh water and eat some nice clean carrots on your way, but if you're traveling fast and light, you probably won't have time for more than that.   _____     About Barbara Berger American-born Barbara Berger is the best-selling author of “The Road to Power – Fast Food for the Soul” (published in 30 languages), “Are You Happy Now? 10 Ways to Live a Happy Life” (published in 21 languages) and “The Awakening Human Being – A Guide to the Power of Mind”. Barbara's latest book is "Find and Follow Your Inner Compass – Instant Guidance in an Age of Information Overload". Barbara also works as coach and therapist, helping people around the globe come into alignment with their own true power. For more about Barbara see her Web site: http://www.beamteam.com      ** Below are titles & links to the beautiful work from Barbara. She is a long time contributor and my dear friend :) ** mysticlivingtoday.com – articles by Barbara Berger     The Ultimate Self-Empowerment Tool – Your Inner Compass http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2087    The Key to Happiness; Understanding the Way the Mind Works http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2113   Who would you be if you didn’t know your age? http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2147   The Power of Right Seeing http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2177   Review of Barbara Berger’s book Find and Follow Your Inner Compass by Riki Frahmann http://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2184   Are You Here Now? Are You Happy Now? https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2247   Discovering Who You Really Are https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2284   Getting in Touch with Your Heart https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2299   Follow Your Passion & Accept the Consequences https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2324   The Power of the Joyful Giver https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2359   You have nothing to deal with but your own thoughts https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2374   Radio show http://www.blogtalkradio.com/starzcast/2018/09/26/natalie-interviews-barbara-berger--author-on-self-empowerment   Peace Is Your Nature https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2398   The Power of Contemplating Love https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2423   How Can We Serve? https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2452   The Importance of Mind Management https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2472   Focus on the Real – A Way of Dealing with Worry and Catastrophic Thinking https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2499   Nothing External Can Disturb Us https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2527   Just Let Everything Be! https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2548   The Gift of Crisis https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2563   The Power of Asking for Help https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2592&fbclid=IwAR1ZK91thdusdkQTdqu0fHXgarR7Ghv7rmAjR6NypUUfLh2wv1ozLLi-HjU   What does it mean to be psychologically mature? https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2625   The Meaning of Life https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2644   The Power of Praise & Blessing https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2682   Our Unalienable Rights https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2712   Meeting the Family & Keeping Your Peace of Mind https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2737   Healthy Boundaries – the Secret of Good Relationships https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2758   Healthy Parenting https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2777   Wanting What You Have https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2801    NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK POSITIVE https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2813   A Scientific Prayer to Lift Your Consciousness https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2828   Healthy Self Talk about the Body https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2850   Time Are Changing Aren’t They? https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2881   Are You Following Your Inner Compass? https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2904   What Happens When We Don't Listen to Our Inner Compass?   https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2920   Your Right to Be You https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2961   Doing the Right Thing https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=2992   Seeing Behind Impermanence https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3026   Opening Your Heart – A Prayer for the New Year https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3051   Welcome to the World of Starbrow and His Amazing Spiritual Adventures https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3050   Use This Simple, Effective Right Reaction Exercise to Tackle Stressful Moments   https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3084   No Healing Without Feeling https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3102   Happiness Is an Inside Job https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3131   The Power of Joy and Laughter https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3158   Watch Out for Black and White Thinking! https://mysticlivingtoday.com/view_page.php?ID=3173