Thursday, June 18, 2009

Finished French Women Don't Get Fat, and I have some things to share . . .

This list was slapped in the back of the book, and I felt it worthwhile to include here.
-French women typically think bout good things to eat
American woemn typically worry about bad things to eat.
-French women eat smaller portions of more things.
American women eat larger portions of fewer things.
-French women eat more vegetables and lots more fruit.
-French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.
-French women eat with all five senses, allowing less to seem like more.
-French women balance thier food, drink, and movement on a week to week basis.
-French women do stray, but they always come back, believing there are only dtours, and never dead ends.
-Fench women . . . keep track with tehir hands, eyes and clothes "zipper syndrome."
-French women don't snack all the time.
-French women never let themselves be hungry.
-French women never let themselves feel stuffed.
-French women honor mealtime rutals and never eat standing up or on the run. or in front of the TV.
-French women don't watch much TV.
-French women don't have much TV to watch.
-French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flvor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.
-French women love to discover new flavors and are always experimenting with herbs, spices, and citrus juices to make a familiar dish seem new.
-French women eschew extreme temperatures in what they consume, and enjoy fruits and vegetables bursting with flavor at room temperature, at which they prefer their water too.
-French women drink water all day long.
-French women choose their own indulgences and compensations. They understand that little things cont, both additions and subractions, and that as an adult everyone is the keeper of her own equilibrium.
-French women enjoy going to the market.
-French women plan meals in advance and think in terms of menus (a list of little dishes) even at home.
-French women think dining in as as sexy as dining out.
-French women love to entertain at home.
-French women care enormously about the presentation of food. It matters to them how you look at it.
-French women walk everywhere they can.
-French women take the stairs whenever possible.
-French women will dress to take out the garbage (you never know).
-French women are stubborn individuals and don't follow mass movements.
-French women adore fashion.
-French women know on can go far with a great haircut, a bottle of champagne, and a divine perfume.
-French women avoid anything that demands too much effort for too little pleasure.
-French women love to sit at a cafe and do nothing but enjoy the moment.
-French women love to laugh.
-French women eat for pleasure.
-French women don't diet.
-French women don't get fat.

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