I’m a 27-year-old female from Melbourne. I have just read French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mirielle Guiliano and it’s by far the best book about food/diet that I have ever read. I have put the author’s philosophies into practice and have noticed results in only two-three weeks.
For starters, I have reduced my portion size of food. I see now that having more of the same thing in one sitting doesn’t increase the pleasure, it only increases the number of calories consumed. To make sure I don’t feel deprived in any way, I savour each and every mouthful and choose quality over quantity with everything that passes my lips.
I put my cutlery down between mouthfuls and even enjoy a glass of red wine with some meals to increase the overall pleasure. I have incorporated more chocolate into my diet, but the catch is that I only need one small piece of top quality dark chocolate at a time and I savour it slowly.
Gone is any sort of mindless eating and I never eat standing or in front of the TV. It’s all about rituals. I make sure I eat a wide variety of food through the week, so that my tastebuds are never bored or dulled by the same thing day in, day out. Variety and quality are a couple of the most important factors.
I also walk more than I had been doing (about 45 minutes, five days a week) and continue the weight-training regime which I had already been doing a couple of times a week.
To start with I only had about five-seven kilos to lose, but I don’t weigh myself, choosing instead to go by how my clothes feel. Already my pants are feeling looser and my bottom and thighs are getting smaller (as confirmed by my partner).
When I see people complaining about being overweight because they don’t have time or various other excuses, I know that they must have other emotional issues at the heart of their weight problem.
They need to examine their emotional relationship with food and see if that is what’s stopping them from achieving a weight they would be happy with. I recommend reading that book; it’s been a revelation to me and thousands of others around the world.
Related: Mireille Guiliano has a new recipe book; The French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook is available now.
