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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Paperback)

by Mireille Guiliano (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage; New edition edition (2 Feb 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099481324
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099481324
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This is the book we've all (certainly every woman between 25 and 75) been waiting for. It is classy, chic, convincing, funny, wise, well-written and very timely. It's the ultimate non-diet book, which nonetheless shows us how to eat with balance, control and above all pleasure. Chuck out all the radical diet books, think about what you eat and why, and then enjoy eating the right things (and some of the wrong ones) intelligently, and in smaller portions. Eat, like a French woman, with your head not your stomach. Guiliano, French-born and bred, gets the tone absolutely right. She succeeds in that rare high-wire act of being really serious about her subject but without taking herself too seriously; manages to encourage and inspire and amuse, without being bossy or earnest. This is a book that will make you laugh out loud and yet have you following several of her practical precepts within days - everyone who reads it becomes evangelical (French women don't go to the gym, they climb the stairs). It combines just the right balance of memoir, wisdom, wit, delicious recipes, and French common sense. Guiliano emphasizes the virtues of freshness, variety, personal taste, enjoyment and, above all, portion control (research shows that dishes served in US restaurants are 25 per cent larger than those served in restaurants in France!).

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59 of 62 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Eating and Reading for Pleasure, 30 Dec 2004
Bravo. I gave this wonderful book to my American wife and then could not put it down. It is beautifully written, and who doesn't want to know the secrets of enjoying Champagne and eating well on the road to good health and weight? I certainly do. The handsome volume is a collection of stories and recipes and tips and tricks by a successful and slender French businesswoman who lives in New York and Paris that gets you into the mind and body of one of a breed of admirable women that seems a dying species in today's world of mindless consumption and endless unhealthy temptations. And it is all about pleasure! Madame Guiliano's lifestyle book is full of common sense and self-evident truths you wish you had formally recognized before and is right on the mark as far as the chic French of a certain age go. It certainly makes you want to throw away all those diet books that really don't work. She is an apostle of thinking and moving, and she has already got me taking the stairs and drinking lots more water...and savoring every bite of the good things I put into my mouth.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my goodness!!!, 31 Aug 2005
This book has completely changed my life and I cannot urge you to read it strongly enough!! Having battled with weight for all of my adult life including 2 pregnancies and a debilitating dependency on chocolate cheesecake which I grew to dread, my sister sent me this book! I am now a healthy and happy eater of all the things I love and only the things I love (having discovered a number of new ones previously untried) in, honestly very happy, moderation! This book has made food into a joy rather than a toil and given me back control! If I ever met this woman I would kiss her feet!!
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Throw away your diet books, 9 April 2005
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This is an excellent book for serial dieters who want to get off the starve\binge\penance treadmill. It is all about throwing away the Anglo-Saxon puritan attitudes that make us hate our food, hate ourselves and, ultimately, get fatter. Instead, you can eat great food while focusing on balance and variety instead of rules, embrace the pleasure of food instead of seeing it as an enemy to be conquered, and start eating like a normal human being again.

Trust me - you will lose weight, slowly but surely, if you follow the recommendations in this book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Common Sence
This book teaches you what the ancient Greeks have taught. "Pan Metron Ariston" translated - all in moderation is best. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roula

5.0 out of 5 stars never diet again
this book has given me my life back. recovering from an eating disorder, i would get better then relapse, which i think was becasue it was so hard to 'eat normally' when that... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charlene

1.0 out of 5 stars French pretentiousness
This book drew me in with the promise that it might give me some insights into a different culture, especially one that loves its food so much, and how they regard food and weight... Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Bennett

4.0 out of 5 stars French women may not get fat...
I'd had high expectations from this book after excellent recommendatiosn from friends. The writing style is friendly and fun and keeps you interested. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Ms. Bj Venter

4.0 out of 5 stars Not strictly true - but contains some good advice anyway!
Recent reports on obesity rates in France suggest that french women are getting fat! However, the book does contain some sound advice on staying slim, whilst eating well. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Wendy Green

1.0 out of 5 stars A trifle arrogant
I started this book off hopefully but found (as did other reviewers) that it is full of common sense. Basically everything in moderation. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs EDN

1.0 out of 5 stars French women DO Get Fat
Sorry, but I've lived in France for 10 years now, and most of the thin French women I know are that way because they are semi-anorexic. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Sasha

3.0 out of 5 stars Mais non! Entertaining but a trifle (ha ha!) misleading
So, how do zoze naughty French women stay so thin if zey do not diet?
Well, according to Mireille, they stay thin by dieting ALL THE TIME. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Meerkat

5.0 out of 5 stars Diet book for foodies
This book is a wonderful antidote to fad diets. I lost ten pounds following her eating and lifestyle tips.
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. K. V. Kirk

5.0 out of 5 stars Us Brits have done it so badly! Time to get 'French'...
What a delight this book is: timely, savvy and witty, showing everyone (particularly us flabby Brits) where we've been going wrong for so long! Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2007 by Ms. Felicia Davis-burden

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