Don't forget dainty portions!

We are almost at the stage where this is no longer news.  Today, I read yet another story about how British females are letting themselves go when it comes to their weight: - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2642305/British-girls-fattest-Europe-Almost-females-age-20-UK-overweight-obese-claims-study.html

 The article talks about how peer pressure has lead to British schoolgirls eating fast food more often than they should.  However, what they have failed to realise is that it is still hypothetically possible to remain slim and trim even if one eats fast food: - one just needs to eat dainty portions!  Simple!

Or is it?  I admit with great shame and reluctance that I once ate a McDonalds e-mail and a Burger King meal.  Worse still, they happened to be on the same day!  The reason for this was I was working at a British fashion magazine at the time and, for work purposes, I was obliged to visit an extremely ugly-looking town named Basildon in Essex with lots of tanning salons and nail bars.  If anyone has ever seen the series "The Only Way Is Essex" (often abbreviated to "TOWIE"), you will have a good idea of how gormless the people there are!  It seems that whenever you go to Britain, you cannot avoid hearing about this awful programme!  As Mireille Guiliano points out, "French women don't have much TV to watch".  We have much better things to do, such as internet shopping for a new pair of tods!

As we were in a rush to get several things done, I had to accede to the suggestion of a colleague to get some very quick lunch.  I was horrified when the colleague came back with a McDonalds meal, but I knew that the colleague carried an enormous amount of influence behind the scenes, so I steeled myself to eat it.  I felt physically sick, but then a short while later, I felt extremely hungry, on account of the lack of pleasure given to my taste buds on account of the low quality of the food.  In the evening, I had to accede to a similar suggestion, on account of time pressures to get some food before the departure of the only train that would enable us to get back into London for an important meeting.  Again I was horrified: - the colleague had brought back a Burger King meal!  Again, I ate it on account of my desire not to stir up political problems, but the experience scarred me for life!  It was then that I became particularly motivated to find a way into the French magazine industry!

A Frenchwoman does not like to use scales, but I thought I would break with tradition, on account of the dire situation.  I weighed myself at various points during the week and, in spite of my desperate efforts to make cutbacks, I gained half a kilogramme over the following fortnight because the two fast food meals had knocked my body out of kilter and caused me to crave large amounts of food!  This was, without doubt, the worst experience of my entire life!  If I were a British woman, I would have gone to the nearest detox practitioner, though the catch-22 is that if I were a British woman, I would not care about putting polluting foods into my body in this manner!  MDR!

As a stylish Frenchwoman, I knew that the only thing to do was to eat even lighter meals until my equilibrium was restored.  I give myself treats from time to time, but I had to have fewer treats to compensate for the filth that entered my body and the experience left severe psychological scars as well!  MDR!  So, in conclusion, I say what I always say.  Eat only food of the highest quality so that you get your jollies from your taste buds experiencing pleasure, rather than your stomach being stretched.  Simple really!