They suggested I just eat three meals a day (whether I was hungry or not) and to include treats. I also avoided “bad” foods like pasta but would then eat far too much chocolate.Įventually, I joined WeightWatchers, who told me I needed to give up dieting.
I was a typical dieter and used to skip meals to “save calories” before bingeing later on in the day because I was so hungry. I tried every diet going, from the Atkins and meal replacement shakes, to the cabbage soup diet.
I have always struggled with my weight and a year ago even my size 22 dresses were getting tight. You’ll feel fuller quicker and the more you chew food the more nutrients your body gets.ĭebbie Burgess, 43, from Essex, dropped six dress sizes on the “no diet” diet.
Try to make each meal last for at least 30 minutes and chew each mouthful well. If you’re always scoffing food, slow down and you’ll lose weight. Protein (chicken, fish and meat) should be the size of a pack of cards and never eat more carbs (ie, pasta and rice) than fits in one or two hands.Ī typical French woman spends two hours over lunch, whereas British mealtimes have dropped to 15 minutes in the past few years. The bigger the serving the more you’re likely to eat, regardless of how hungry you are, so smaller portions definitely help with weight loss. British portions weren’t measured but studies show we’re somewhere in between America and France. They also found a supermarket soft drink in America was 52% bigger than in France and a standard carton of yoghurt 82% bigger. A University of Pennsylvania survey compared serving sizes in restaurants and supermarkets in Paris and Philadelphia, and discovered portion sizes in the US were 25% bigger. Don’t add ready-made sauces to pasta or stir-fry dishes, just add fresh, natural flavour with a tin of chopped tomatoes or chilli, garlic and ginger.Īlthough they don’t diet, French women do watch their portions.
CARLA BRUNI YOUNG BODY FULL
Ready-made sandwiches may have been made weeks earlier (and pumped full of preservatives to keep fresh) so make your own. Meals from scratch usually contain less salt, sugar and preservatives (and are cheaper!) so prepare as many meals at home as you can. In the UK, more of us rely on ready-meals, pre-prepared sandwiches and ready-made sauces. In France, 76% of women eat meals prepared from scratch at home. It’s hard to eat too much strong cheese or dark chocolate. And full-fat foods are difficult to binge on. Foods like butter switch on “full” signals in your brain but “diet” foods, which are nearly always full of preservatives or sugar, actually make you hungrier. Only 10% of French women are overweight (compared to 22% of British women).įull-fat foods can actually keep you slim for two main reasons. The books explain how French women (and Italian-born naturalised French citizens like Carla) eat whatever they like and still stay slim. “But she never overindulges.”Ĭarla’s “a little of what you fancy” approach to dieting is very popular in France, where the singer lives with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.įrench eating habits were summed up in the diet books French Women Don’t Get Fat, by Mireille Guiliano, and Chic And Slim: How Those French Women Eat all That Rich Food And Still Stay Slim, by Anne Barone. “She likes good food, and loves beer,” says Julie. You’d think Carla Bruni’s diet was little more than lettuce and willpower but her personal trainer Julie Imperiali says the supermodel eats whatever she likes. Here’s how eating like her could help you, too. Stepping out in a bikini the French President’s wife Carla Bruni, 41, revealed a flat stomach and body to put a 21-year-old to shame.
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