Journal Entry 1 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Wednesday, February 07, 2007

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The message of this book could be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. There is no hard science, no clearly-defined plan, and no lists of food to have or have not; instead, you'll find simple tricks that boil down to eating carefully prepared seasonal food, exercising more and refusing to think of food as something that inspires guilt. It's both a practical message and far easier said than done in today's "no pain, no gain" culture.

Author Mireille Guiliano is CEO of Veuve Clicquot, and French Women Don't Get Fat offers a concept of sensible pleasures: If you have a chocolate croissant for breakfast, have a vegetable-based lunch--or take an extra walk and pass on the bread basket at dinner. Guiliano's insistence on simple measures slowly creating substantial improvements are reassuring, and her suggestion to ignore the scale and learn to live by the "zipper test" could work wonders for those who get wrapped up in tiny details of diet. She sympathizes that deprivation can lead straight to overindulgence when it comes to favorite foods, but then, in a most French manner, treats them as a pleasure that needs to be sated, rather than a battle to be fought.

A number of recipes are included, from a weight-loss enhancing leek soup to a lush chocolate mousse; they read more like what you'd find in a French cookbook rather than an American diet book. Most appealingly, these are guidelines and tricks that could be easily sustainable over a lifetime. If you agree that food is meant to be appreciated--but no more so than having a trim waist--these charmingly French recommendations could set you on the path to a future filled with both croissants and high fashion. 

Journal Entry 2 by tranq1 from Tampa, Florida USA on Wednesday, February 07, 2007

We recently went to France. It is true that there are very few overweigth French women. It is hard to know if it is lifestlye or genetic. The advice basically is eat less move more, but enjoy eating and getting exercise. 

Journal Entry 3 by tranq1 at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Released 5 yrs ago (2/7/2007 UTC) at to a bookcrosser in sent by mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Sending as a RABCK to nvangel2073. 

Journal Entry 4 by nvangel2073 from Moab, Utah USA on Wednesday, February 21, 2007

thankyou for this book I got this book yesterday, but left it at work and I have already finished reading it. Thank you very much 

Journal Entry 5 by nvangel2073 at Controlled Release in Controlled Release, --by post or by hand (ie ring, ray, RABCK, trade) -- Controlled Releases on Monday, March 19, 2007

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sending to lovemylife April RMTBRBB 

Journal Entry 6 by lovemylife from Campbellsport, Wisconsin USA on Monday, April 02, 2007

Nvangel sent me this WISHLIST book (yeah!) for the April RMTBRBB. Thank you, thank you! And if you don't mind, I will put it in my PC, for a while at least. 

Journal Entry 7 by lovemylife from Campbellsport, Wisconsin USA on Sunday, August 30, 2009

Loved the book. I think I'll move to France. If I'm a French woman, maybe I won't be fat! :) Anyway, I found another book at Goodwill, so I can pass this one on to Gothamgirl. 

Journal Entry 8 by gothamgal on Sunday, December 06, 2009

Thank you, lovemylife! Earmarking for the 2010 Reading Festival.
**I've actually read this one and really liked it.