The French Women must put the fat somewhere..

So my mom, knowing how much I like books about France, sent me a book recently. After researching on the internet for awhile it seems I am the last to find out about it. It's called French Women Don't Get Fat. Now, I can see how some tips are really helpful, such as walk more, eat smaller portions, buy fresh fruit.. but the whole book seems to be more about self-restaint than being a French woman.

For example, I recently attended a barbeque on a Parisian balcony (beautifully decorated with about 25 different plants - I'd die to have a huge balcony like that) with a mixture of French guys and girls. What did the barbeque consist of? Well, it was merguez on baguettes with french fries, lots of rhum, vodka, absinthe, and about 6 bags of chips. This doesn't really seem much different than it's American counterpart, just substitute hot dogs or hamburgers for the merguez.

The interesting part? The French girls (very slim - normal) ate about half a bag of chips each and way more merguez than I did! They didn't exactley seem to be following the French Women Don't Get Fat rules. It must be good genes, or they must make up for it later. I'll have to keep my eyes open. They did drink much less alcohol and Diet Coke than I did. Maybe that has something to do with it.

The only French woman I can think of who follows those French Women rules was my old mean host mom, who told me I ate too much and would only eat about two spoonfuls of lentils and 1/2 a filet of fish for dinner each night. After lentils at every meal, I don't think I'll ever eat them again.