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If you find yourself being too distracted to meditate your mindfulness is weak. One method of strengthening mindfulness on the breath is to start counting the out breaths. Just start counting each out breath from one to ten and whenever you notice your mind has wandered off, gently bring attention back to the breath and start counting from one again. After a few weeks of daily practice you could then try doing away with the counting and try meditating without it. Try to identify with your breathing rather than simply watching it and don't worry about any background thinking (mental gossiping) - just let the thoughts come and go without any special effort to stop them or to follow them. Your meditation should be as effortless as possible - like butter melting in the sun.