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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is hard to accept, but thinner Europeans eat less, and less than you think that “eating less” really means. Americans are especially accustomed to the idea of always eating until they are full. The reality is you are not supposed to feel full all the time, you are supposed to leave room for digestion. Being full is actually really bad. When you eat, you are supposed to feel energized and at best, satisfied, like you could have a little more but realize you don’t need to. You are not supposed to feel sluggish and heavy and tired after eating.

Europeans typically only have one heavy meal (that includes meat and carbs) and two very light meals, one of which would be coffee or tea and the other, a salad.

American snacks are heavier to European light meals and that’s in addition to three heavy meals that make you feel full. This and the lack of exercise means not only being overweight, but normalizing being overweight, since three filling meals every day is “normal.”[/quote]

I think this is pretty accurate. Do you guys remember that book from years back, “French women don’t get fat”? American culture is definitely very indulgent and snacky. [/quote]

I remember that book and I follow it.  I am not sure if you meant to reinforce the poster above you who suggested Europeans eat only one “heavy” meal and then a salad or coffee for the other meals, but that is NOT what I got from the book.  Muriel advises to eat 3 meals, to eat seasonally, and to incorporate foods you love in reasonable quantities.  One of her tips is having a salad or vegetable soup with meals-  but not as a meal replacement!  I’m 41, I have had 2 kids, and I’m 5’6” and 126 pounds after implementing her advice.  I no longer skip meals, I incorporate a lot of fresh seasonal food into my meals, and I don’t diet anymore.  Never been happier.  It’s a great book.  I don’t think the author would ever suggest that a coffee or tea alone could be a meal.[/quote]

^^^ actually, let me correct my comment for the record.  If you overdo it a lot and gain weight, she advises doing a leek soup diet for the weekend.  I don’t do that and I think it’s crazypants.  If I overdo it, it’s for one meal and I don’t let it bleed into the next day.  But nor do I try and account for it by skipping a meal or something like that.  I just move on.  I think it’s about making consistent choices over time.  But I had to correct myself on her leek soup advice-  I wouldn’t last a few hours let alone a whole weekend on leek soup!! [/quote]

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