Here's the Skinny

I am apprehensive about creating another post about reading but I had to tell you about a book on my shelf that gets more use than any of the others.  It's called French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guilano.

A few years ago, I stumbled upon this book at Borders in Salt Lake City in one of those sections you know you shouldn't be in if you want to keep any shred of self-esteem for the rest of the day.  But the title intrigued me so I bought it anyway and I haven't been able to part with it since.

It helped me stop running and start walking more (which has made me thinner than I ever have been).

It taught me to how to turn eating into a pleasurable hobby, from the shopping and cooking all the way to the first (and by the way the most enjoyable) bite.

I just like the common-sense of it all.  Basically it is a "How to" on living in your own skin.  I couldn't be more grateful for it because I used to go to extremes with running and exercising, eating salads every other meal, and weighing myself.  I haven't been on a scale for at least a year because this book taught me how to gauge my weight by how I feel and how my clothes fit.  I know my clothes fit and feel the same as they did last year so I am at the same weight!

Everyone's different, but this book is the basis for my staying-slim-philosophy.