How French women stay slim

Eat, drink and be slender the French way. We show you how

French women adore glasses of wine, crusty baguettes and creamy fromages,
yet still manage to stay slim. What's their secret?

In her new book French Women Don't Get Fat, author Mireille Guiliano
reveals the effective tricks that Gallic girls adopt to stay slim, trim and
gorgeously svelte.

Slow & Steady
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss. That's what diets offer:
a fast (weeks, not months) round of misery for temporary results.
If you believe you can shed kilos quickly by deprivation and force of will,
you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you have lost,
but add a few more besides (this is the origin of the expression "yo-yo
dieting").
If your "recasting" shows some dramatic results within a month, you are
among the lucky ones.
But a proper recasting - resetting your body's dials - is a three-month
affair.
The key is to make it a pleasant three months, not a sentence in the
Bastille.

Water
Everyone, French and non-French, seems to agree it is critical to drink
plenty
of water and that most of us don't get enough. But it's certainly a boring
prospect
to gulp down eight glasses a day as is needed. And while many women make a
fetish of carrying a water bottle around with them all day, I wonder how
many of them
are actually getting all they need. However much you're having, more can't
hurt.
If you can't think of reaching eight glasses a day, add two for now as
follows: have
one big glass first thing in the morning. Few of us realise how dehydrating
our sleep
time can be (perhaps this is one reason why a huge glass
of juice - an offender by any standard - seems so good first thing).

A morning glass of water will not only freshen your complexion,
it will help perk you up if you haven't slept well. And have a glass when
you go to sleep at night.
Dehydration is one cause of bad sleep. If you don't have a taste for plain
water,
try adding a slice of lemon to your glass.

Variety
As [my physician] Dr Miracle counselled, crash diets run the risk of
creating
carences (nutritional deficiencies), the dangers of which can be worse than
those of excess weight.
The answer is not in pills or supplements, but in consuming the greatest
possible variety of good foods.

Such variety in your diet will go a long way towards compensating you for
those
things you miss - you will actually find you don't miss them so much.

It's amazing to French women how much of the same old things some people
will eat.
Gastronomic boredom leads to a lot of unhealthy eating. If you don't make
improvisation
and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find yourself
in an eating rut.
It's as basic as a romantic rut - losing the spark - and just as likely to
get you in trouble!

French women know the importance of turning a bit of comfort into
excitement.
Don't know your way around the market? Don't have time to cook? Relax: you
don't
have to be rich or a three-star chef to enjoy a vast world of natural
flavours.

Once you learn a few tricks, it takes surprisingly little time and effort to
cook with variety.
Consider this an opportunity to try foods and flavours you have never tried
before.
A new cheese you've heard of?

A fresh herb? What about skate or shallots or lamb's lettuce or celeriac?
Or any number of varieties of oyster, one of my personal favourites. Novelty
is a powerful distraction.
Choose quality over quantity: pick things in season. Usually the best
in-season is cheaper
than the worst off-season!

A final trick of variety: since the pleasure of most foods is in the first
few bites,
eat one thing on your plate at a time and enjoy the full flavours.

Portion control
Learn it slowly. Larger portion sizes in America and Australia have become a
gastronomic Waterloo.
Cut back gently, especially if your problem is too much of a good thing.

Salmon is a wonderful health food, but if you need 250g to feel content, you
need far too much.
Keep the scales handy and reduce gradually, until 120g to 170g seems a
satisfying amount to you.

This point reveals a key grotesquerie of the protein diet: you can stuff
yourself silly with bacon
as long as bread doesn't pass your lips (utterly degueulasse [disgusting]!).

As a rule, 250g of anything in one sitting is too much. You won't even
notice the change in satisfaction,
but the bodily change will astound you.

Ritual eating
For now, basic survival skills: eat only at the table, only sitting down.
Never eat out of cartons.
Use real plates and decent napkins, if you have them, simply to emphasise
the very seriousness of the activity.

Eat slowly, chew properly. (Some mothers say this, but tend to see it as a
matter
of politeness rather than pleasure.) Do not watch television or read.
Think only about what you are eating; smelling and truly savouring every
mouthful.
Practise putting down your utensils between every few bites, describing to
yourself
the medley of flavours and textures in your mouth.

Don't stock the offenders
There are some foods we eat automatically in whatever quantity we have on
hand.
Can't be content with just a handful of nuts? Don't keep them in the house!
Very few of us will go out just to buy a bag of salty nuts or chips. If you
have them,
and keep going back for more, make an effort to apply the preceding
principle of simple progressive downsizing. If your first handful is six,
make that the limit. The next time consider stopping at three. It's the
little things that make the difference.

"joe" wrote in message ...


Eat, drink and be slender the French way. We show you how

French women adore glasses of wine, crusty baguettes and creamy fromages,
yet still manage to stay slim. What's their secret?

In her new book French Women Don't Get Fat, author Mireille Guiliano
reveals the effective tricks that Gallic girls adopt to stay slim, trim
and gorgeously svelte.

Slow & Steady
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss. That's what diets offer:
a fast (weeks, not months) round of misery for temporary results.
If you believe you can shed kilos quickly by deprivation and force of
will,
you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you have lost,
but add a few more besides (this is the origin of the expression "yo-yo
dieting").
If your "recasting" shows some dramatic results within a month, you are
among the lucky ones.
But a proper recasting - resetting your body's dials - is a three-month
affair.
The key is to make it a pleasant three months, not a sentence in the
Bastille.

Water
Everyone, French and non-French, seems to agree it is critical to drink
plenty
of water and that most of us don't get enough. But it's certainly a boring
prospect
to gulp down eight glasses a day as is needed. And while many women make a
fetish of carrying a water bottle around with them all day, I wonder how
many of them
are actually getting all they need. However much you're having, more can't
hurt.
If you can't think of reaching eight glasses a day, add two for now as
follows: have
one big glass first thing in the morning. Few of us realise how
dehydrating our sleep
time can be (perhaps this is one reason why a huge glass
of juice - an offender by any standard - seems so good first thing).

A morning glass of water will not only freshen your complexion,
it will help perk you up if you haven't slept well. And have a glass when
you go to sleep at night.
Dehydration is one cause of bad sleep. If you don't have a taste for plain
water,
try adding a slice of lemon to your glass.

Variety
As [my physician] Dr Miracle counselled, crash diets run the risk of
creating
carences (nutritional deficiencies), the dangers of which can be worse
than those of excess weight.
The answer is not in pills or supplements, but in consuming the greatest
possible variety of good foods.

Such variety in your diet will go a long way towards compensating you for
those
things you miss - you will actually find you don't miss them so much.

It's amazing to French women how much of the same old things some people
will eat.
Gastronomic boredom leads to a lot of unhealthy eating. If you don't make
improvisation
and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find
yourself in an eating rut.
It's as basic as a romantic rut - losing the spark - and just as likely to
get you in trouble!

French women know the importance of turning a bit of comfort into
excitement.
Don't know your way around the market? Don't have time to cook? Relax: you
don't
have to be rich or a three-star chef to enjoy a vast world of natural
flavours.

Once you learn a few tricks, it takes surprisingly little time and effort
to cook with variety.
Consider this an opportunity to try foods and flavours you have never
tried before.
A new cheese you've heard of?

A fresh herb? What about skate or shallots or lamb's lettuce or celeriac?
Or any number of varieties of oyster, one of my personal favourites.
Novelty is a powerful distraction.
Choose quality over quantity: pick things in season. Usually the best
in-season is cheaper
than the worst off-season!

A final trick of variety: since the pleasure of most foods is in the first
few bites,
eat one thing on your plate at a time and enjoy the full flavours.

Portion control
Learn it slowly. Larger portion sizes in America and Australia have become
a gastronomic Waterloo.
Cut back gently, especially if your problem is too much of a good thing.

Salmon is a wonderful health food, but if you need 250g to feel content,
you need far too much.
Keep the scales handy and reduce gradually, until 120g to 170g seems a
satisfying amount to you.

This point reveals a key grotesquerie of the protein diet: you can stuff
yourself silly with bacon
as long as bread doesn't pass your lips (utterly degueulasse
[disgusting]!).

As a rule, 250g of anything in one sitting is too much. You won't even
notice the change in satisfaction,
but the bodily change will astound you.

Ritual eating
For now, basic survival skills: eat only at the table, only sitting down.
Never eat out of cartons.
Use real plates and decent napkins, if you have them, simply to emphasise
the very seriousness of the activity.

Eat slowly, chew properly. (Some mothers say this, but tend to see it as a
matter
of politeness rather than pleasure.) Do not watch television or read.
Think only about what you are eating; smelling and truly savouring every
mouthful.
Practise putting down your utensils between every few bites, describing to
yourself
the medley of flavours and textures in your mouth.

Don't stock the offenders
There are some foods we eat automatically in whatever quantity we have on
hand.
Can't be content with just a handful of nuts? Don't keep them in the
house!
Very few of us will go out just to buy a bag of salty nuts or chips. If
you have them,
and keep going back for more, make an effort to apply the preceding
principle of simple progressive downsizing. If your first handful is six,
make that the limit. The next time consider stopping at three. It's the
little things that make the difference.




I read the book. She struck me as supremely arrogant - how she transformed
the lives of her friends with the mere mention of leek soup. Well if it
works for her....

Rachael
176/113/111

In article , Rachael
Reynolds wrote:

"joe" wrote in message ...


Eat, drink and be slender the French way. We show you how

French women adore glasses of wine, crusty baguettes and creamy fromages,
yet still manage to stay slim. What's their secret?

In her new book French Women Don't Get Fat, author Mireille Guiliano
reveals the effective tricks that Gallic girls adopt to stay slim, trim
and gorgeously svelte.

Slow & Steady
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss. That's what diets offer:
a fast (weeks, not months) round of misery for temporary results.
If you believe you can shed kilos quickly by deprivation and force of
will,
you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you have lost,
but add a few more besides (this is the origin of the expression "yo-yo
dieting").
If your "recasting" shows some dramatic results within a month, you are
among the lucky ones.
But a proper recasting - resetting your body's dials - is a three-month
affair.
The key is to make it a pleasant three months, not a sentence in the
Bastille.

Water
Everyone, French and non-French, seems to agree it is critical to drink
plenty
of water and that most of us don't get enough. But it's certainly a boring
prospect
to gulp down eight glasses a day as is needed. And while many women make a
fetish of carrying a water bottle around with them all day, I wonder how
many of them
are actually getting all they need. However much you're having, more can't
hurt.
If you can't think of reaching eight glasses a day, add two for now as
follows: have
one big glass first thing in the morning. Few of us realise how
dehydrating our sleep
time can be (perhaps this is one reason why a huge glass
of juice - an offender by any standard - seems so good first thing).

A morning glass of water will not only freshen your complexion,
it will help perk you up if you haven't slept well. And have a glass when
you go to sleep at night.
Dehydration is one cause of bad sleep. If you don't have a taste for plain
water,
try adding a slice of lemon to your glass.

Variety
As [my physician] Dr Miracle counselled, crash diets run the risk of
creating
carences (nutritional deficiencies), the dangers of which can be worse
than those of excess weight.
The answer is not in pills or supplements, but in consuming the greatest
possible variety of good foods.

Such variety in your diet will go a long way towards compensating you for
those
things you miss - you will actually find you don't miss them so much.

It's amazing to French women how much of the same old things some people
will eat.
Gastronomic boredom leads to a lot of unhealthy eating. If you don't make
improvisation
and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find
yourself in an eating rut.
It's as basic as a romantic rut - losing the spark - and just as likely to
get you in trouble!

French women know the importance of turning a bit of comfort into
excitement.
Don't know your way around the market? Don't have time to cook? Relax: you
don't
have to be rich or a three-star chef to enjoy a vast world of natural
flavours.

Once you learn a few tricks, it takes surprisingly little time and effort
to cook with variety.
Consider this an opportunity to try foods and flavours you have never
tried before.
A new cheese you've heard of?

A fresh herb? What about skate or shallots or lamb's lettuce or celeriac?
Or any number of varieties of oyster, one of my personal favourites.
Novelty is a powerful distraction.
Choose quality over quantity: pick things in season. Usually the best
in-season is cheaper
than the worst off-season!

A final trick of variety: since the pleasure of most foods is in the first
few bites,
eat one thing on your plate at a time and enjoy the full flavours.

Portion control
Learn it slowly. Larger portion sizes in America and Australia have become
a gastronomic Waterloo.
Cut back gently, especially if your problem is too much of a good thing.

Salmon is a wonderful health food, but if you need 250g to feel content,
you need far too much.
Keep the scales handy and reduce gradually, until 120g to 170g seems a
satisfying amount to you.

This point reveals a key grotesquerie of the protein diet: you can stuff
yourself silly with bacon
as long as bread doesn't pass your lips (utterly degueulasse
[disgusting]!).

As a rule, 250g of anything in one sitting is too much. You won't even
notice the change in satisfaction,
but the bodily change will astound you.

Ritual eating
For now, basic survival skills: eat only at the table, only sitting down.
Never eat out of cartons.
Use real plates and decent napkins, if you have them, simply to emphasise
the very seriousness of the activity.

Eat slowly, chew properly. (Some mothers say this, but tend to see it as a
matter
of politeness rather than pleasure.) Do not watch television or read.
Think only about what you are eating; smelling and truly savouring every
mouthful.
Practise putting down your utensils between every few bites, describing to
yourself
the medley of flavours and textures in your mouth.

Don't stock the offenders
There are some foods we eat automatically in whatever quantity we have on
hand.
Can't be content with just a handful of nuts? Don't keep them in the
house!
Very few of us will go out just to buy a bag of salty nuts or chips. If
you have them,
and keep going back for more, make an effort to apply the preceding
principle of simple progressive downsizing. If your first handful is six,
make that the limit. The next time consider stopping at three. It's the
little things that make the difference.




I read the book. She struck me as supremely arrogant - how she transformed
the lives of her friends with the mere mention of leek soup. Well if it
works for her....

Rachael
176/113/111

Don't confuse confidence with arrogance.

--
Diva
******
There is no substitute for the right food

"Carol Frilegh" wrote in message
...
In article , Rachael
Reynolds wrote:

"joe" wrote in message
...


Eat, drink and be slender the French way. We show you how

French women adore glasses of wine, crusty baguettes and creamy
fromages,
yet still manage to stay slim. What's their secret?

In her new book French Women Don't Get Fat, author Mireille Guiliano
reveals the effective tricks that Gallic girls adopt to stay slim, trim
and gorgeously svelte.

Slow & Steady
There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss. That's what diets
offer:
a fast (weeks, not months) round of misery for temporary results.
If you believe you can shed kilos quickly by deprivation and force of
will,
you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you have lost,
but add a few more besides (this is the origin of the expression "yo-yo
dieting").
If your "recasting" shows some dramatic results within a month, you are
among the lucky ones.
But a proper recasting - resetting your body's dials - is a three-month
affair.
The key is to make it a pleasant three months, not a sentence in the
Bastille.

Water
Everyone, French and non-French, seems to agree it is critical to drink
plenty
of water and that most of us don't get enough. But it's certainly a
boring
prospect
to gulp down eight glasses a day as is needed. And while many women
make a
fetish of carrying a water bottle around with them all day, I wonder
how
many of them
are actually getting all they need. However much you're having, more
can't
hurt.
If you can't think of reaching eight glasses a day, add two for now as
follows: have
one big glass first thing in the morning. Few of us realise how
dehydrating our sleep
time can be (perhaps this is one reason why a huge glass
of juice - an offender by any standard - seems so good first thing).

A morning glass of water will not only freshen your complexion,
it will help perk you up if you haven't slept well. And have a glass
when
you go to sleep at night.
Dehydration is one cause of bad sleep. If you don't have a taste for
plain
water,
try adding a slice of lemon to your glass.

Variety
As [my physician] Dr Miracle counselled, crash diets run the risk of
creating
carences (nutritional deficiencies), the dangers of which can be worse
than those of excess weight.
The answer is not in pills or supplements, but in consuming the
greatest
possible variety of good foods.

Such variety in your diet will go a long way towards compensating you
for
those
things you miss - you will actually find you don't miss them so much.

It's amazing to French women how much of the same old things some
people
will eat.
Gastronomic boredom leads to a lot of unhealthy eating. If you don't
make
improvisation
and experimentation part of your eating life, you are sure to find
yourself in an eating rut.
It's as basic as a romantic rut - losing the spark - and just as likely
to
get you in trouble!

French women know the importance of turning a bit of comfort into
excitement.
Don't know your way around the market? Don't have time to cook? Relax:
you
don't
have to be rich or a three-star chef to enjoy a vast world of natural
flavours.

Once you learn a few tricks, it takes surprisingly little time and
effort
to cook with variety.
Consider this an opportunity to try foods and flavours you have never
tried before.
A new cheese you've heard of?

A fresh herb? What about skate or shallots or lamb's lettuce or
celeriac?
Or any number of varieties of oyster, one of my personal favourites.
Novelty is a powerful distraction.
Choose quality over quantity: pick things in season. Usually the best
in-season is cheaper
than the worst off-season!

A final trick of variety: since the pleasure of most foods is in the
first
few bites,
eat one thing on your plate at a time and enjoy the full flavours.

Portion control
Learn it slowly. Larger portion sizes in America and Australia have
become
a gastronomic Waterloo.
Cut back gently, especially if your problem is too much of a good
thing.

Salmon is a wonderful health food, but if you need 250g to feel
content,
you need far too much.
Keep the scales handy and reduce gradually, until 120g to 170g seems a
satisfying amount to you.

This point reveals a key grotesquerie of the protein diet: you can
stuff
yourself silly with bacon
as long as bread doesn't pass your lips (utterly degueulasse
[disgusting]!).

As a rule, 250g of anything in one sitting is too much. You won't even
notice the change in satisfaction,
but the bodily change will astound you.

Ritual eating
For now, basic survival skills: eat only at the table, only sitting
down.
Never eat out of cartons.
Use real plates and decent napkins, if you have them, simply to
emphasise
the very seriousness of the activity.

Eat slowly, chew properly. (Some mothers say this, but tend to see it
as a
matter
of politeness rather than pleasure.) Do not watch television or read.
Think only about what you are eating; smelling and truly savouring
every
mouthful.
Practise putting down your utensils between every few bites, describing
to
yourself
the medley of flavours and textures in your mouth.

Don't stock the offenders
There are some foods we eat automatically in whatever quantity we have
on
hand.
Can't be content with just a handful of nuts? Don't keep them in the
house!
Very few of us will go out just to buy a bag of salty nuts or chips. If
you have them,
and keep going back for more, make an effort to apply the preceding
principle of simple progressive downsizing. If your first handful is
six,
make that the limit. The next time consider stopping at three. It's the
little things that make the difference.




I read the book. She struck me as supremely arrogant - how she
transformed
the lives of her friends with the mere mention of leek soup. Well if it
works for her....

Rachael
176/113/111

Don't confuse confidence with arrogance.

--
Diva
******
There is no substitute for the right food

I wasn't!