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FRENCH WOMEN DON'T GET FAT DIET

BY krys stefansky

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

The book: "French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure" by Mireille Guilian (Alfred A. Knopf, $22)

The big idea: The diet read like a story, opening with the way the author came to America and gained weight. Then she went home, picked up her old French habits and the pounds fell off. According to her advice, I would reduce amounts I ate bit by bit, measure food in apple-sized portions and eat good chocolate now and again. Yum.

The reality:

Day 1: I dined on raw oats mixed with Quaker oats cereal and served myself a side of coffee. I followed up with fresh cherries ...

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