Mireille Guiliano - French Women Don't Get Fat (2004)

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Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.

Mireille Guiliano

Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else.

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One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs.

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French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.

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French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.

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Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can concentrate and enjoy the full flavors.

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If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.

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French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply natural love, but one that is erased in many other cultures. Most French women learn it from their mothers, some from their fathers. But if your parents aren't French, you can still learn it yourself.

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