I find to my great surprise that I’ve never done a post about French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Giuliano. (The link is to her website. She’s wearing a very odd outfit in the current main picture on the home page, but, as she would say, c’est la vie!) While we were on vacation I found myself thinking about that book’s ideas quite a bit as I tried very hard, and for the most part succeeded, in following them.
Here’s her main principle: Eat food you love and eat deliberately and mindfully. Eat real meals. Don’t eat standing up, or in the car, or in front of the TV. Remember that you get the most enjoyment out of the first few bites. You don’t have to eat a lot of something delicious in order to enjoy it; in fact, overeating destroys the enjoyment. Better to have a small portion and enjoy every morsel than to scarf down a huge serving without tasting it much and then paying the price of feeling bloated and stuffed.