Secrets of French women: How to become slim

How middle-aged French woman strolling along the boulevards of Paris, We managed to keep the slender 25-year-old women? They eat a meal of two or three dishes, and then dinner - three or four dishes. Washed down with wine. How do they all do it?

The clue - moderation in all things.

It is important to get pleasure from life

French women are slim, because they do not allow the current theories about nutrition erase centuries of experience. The most convincing and thus paradoxical recommendation active Parisian sounded.

If we comply with all restrictions and diets so popular around the world today, it would have long stout. We find no contradiction in the fact that you can eat bread, chocolate and other tasty things, drinking wine, and save at the same time harmony and health.

But if we want to eat chocolate and not gain weight, we have to work his head. Fortunately, if the chocolate is good to have fun, you do not need to eat the whole tile or a box of chocolates.

A couple of good pieces of chocolate a day will not cause damage to your program to save weight. If you plan for the week ahead, any culinary pleasures and how much you can afford, and - most important! - What will you compensate for them, even after the festive excesses do not reach kilograms.

We are all human, we all can deviate from the set course, but then go back. This happens even with the French, who carefully look after themselves. But they do not see nothing wrong with such a derogation and not rush into extremes.

If you want to be in a state of balance, you need not to comply with diet, but gradually, within a certain time to change their eating habits. Three months of strict dieting can break the spirit of any woman.

And three months of discovery and a deeper acquaintance with the behavior and reaction of his body into small and quite sparing dietary restrictions - is good in itself, the fruits of which you will reap for years.

Most French women go crazy with boredom, if they have read about calories, carbohydrates, proteins, fats, lipids, glucose, not to mention how to apply it all to the sacred part of their life - food. For them, maintaining weight - it's part of the program, which can be called.

Power system

The French think of delicious food. The other women suffer due to the fact that eating properly. The French eat for one meal a lot of food, but in small quantities. In countries where the majority of women are overweight, eat a little food, but in large quantities.

The French do not eat fat-free, sugar-free products, which are deprived of the natural taste. They eat organic foods, but in moderation. They use the power of his mind.

Reason - French basic protection from excess weight. Reason restrains the senses. French women do not indulge in petits riens - daily dose. They are well feel a difference between wanting to be pampered and promiscuity.

They limit themselves to the pleasure with the sole purpose - to get more enjoyment from the rest, while complying with moderation. The worst punishment for the French - live with a man indifferent to the food. A passion goes hand in hand with the other:

The French eat a lot of fruits and vegetables.

They eat three times a day, not skipping breakfast, lunch or dinner, and certainly do not replace their cocktails for weight loss. However, the French remember that the greatest pleasure of food you get from the first pieces, and rarely ask for supplements. The French like bread and can not imagine life without carbs.

Is bread fattening?

According elegant Parisian, this is ridiculous! Of course, any product that overeating leads to excess weight. The main thing - do not forget one important rule is to count how many pieces eaten, not mechanically chewing bread, waiting for the first course will be served. This simple rule to remember.

French women do not often stand on the scales. To judge about their weight, they have eyes, as well as clothing and a mirror that will tell them the truth. The French hold sacred ritual meal. They do not eat hurriedly, standing or on the move. Or watching TV.

During the day, they are little and often drink mineral water. The French often drink dry wine, but only with food and only a glass or two. They do not like strong drinks.

Nice and helpful

French women avoid anything that requires a lot of effort and brings pleasure. But - and this is very significant - wherever possible, they prefer to go walking and stair lift. The most pleasant, helpful and efficient French gymnastics consider sex!

Take a pleasure!

Our opponents on the way to a perfect body - not the food, and the boredom and negative emotions. Monotonous exercise is almost as bad as the mindless consumption of food. Those who moves a lot, going on foot and at the same time fully and happily fed, not fattening.

And again, excessive exercise can play a cruel joke. Many women with such zeal to fulfill the plan of physical activity, they wake up appetite. French recommend: Exercise only pleasure. The signal for the end of occupation - the feeling of tiredness!

Scales do not lie

Body Mass Index (BMI): weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters. For example: 75 kg (1, 1 x 7 m, 7 m) = 25, 9. Standard - from 18, 5 to 24. BMI from 26 to 29 - a reason for weight loss, and more than 30, sadly - have You obesity.

Especially dangerous is when fat is stored in the abdomen. Stand up straight, grab the fingers fat fold on the belly near the navel, measure ruler.

The rate - 2-2, 5 cm, anything more - a reason to lose weight. The index of the ratio of waist and hips (IT / D) - waist measurement in centimeters divided on hips.

Performance standards for women - 0, 84 men - 0, 99 50% of Russians aged 35 to 65 years are overweight.

According to the Scientific Center for Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, obesity affects one in four women and one in five men. One in 10 of our fellow citizens, in contrast, are malnourished.

How to wake up thinner

People who sleep less than 6 hours per day, at risk of overweight.

As well as those who spend on sleep more than 9 hours.

Such a conclusion was made by American researchers.

According to them, including those who usually slept less than 6 hours a day, obese people, about 33%.

Those who spends sleeping 9 hours and more obese in 26% of cases.

And only 22% of respondents with normal sleep mode familiar with the problem of excess weight.

However, so far failed to find a causal relationship between obesity and addictions.

For example, if smoking causes sleeplessness or insomnia provokes smoking?

According to electronic media.

How to keep your waistline in the summer?

The Kremlin diet:

Ready hodgepodge? Forget potatoes

In summer, lunch is not the best dish!

How to keep your waistline in the summer?

We'll tell you about it today!

Summer on the nose. Here in the capital finally warmed up.

And sprinkle with questions from readers, the best way to keep the Kremlin diet during the hot months, to maintain and even improve the shape?

After all around so many temptations: hash, sweet fruits, berries, kvass, cola, ice cream, beer ... Alas, the summer - not the best time to learn "Kremlevka" friends. If there is no compelling reason for immediate weight loss or iron will power, wait until the fall, winter. Judging by my own experience.

For the first time on this diet, I went right in the end of May 2004. It lasted exactly one week. And deliberately moved the experiment to late autumn. These tips are addressed to those who have already spent in our diet at least a month, dropped a certain number of extra kilograms, and intends to continue to adhere to the low-carbohydrate-style food.

Kvass yogurt substitute

Let's start with the most popular summer dish - hash. From her in any case it is not necessary to give up. Just look for the replacement of kvass. Instead, drink in good okroshka are kefir, sour milk (4 points per 100 grams), whey, Tan Ayran (1, 5 - 2, 5 points).

Pro Tan Ayran I first learned of the Honored Artist of Russia Timur Mironov, soloist show group "Doctor Watson." I do not know whether he himself came up with the option hash, losing weight on "Kremlevka" at 16 kilos, or a native of the Caucasus brought the recipe. But it is very tasty, refreshing in any heat.

Another option - diluted yogurt salty mineral water. Either cook hodgepodge in the same salty mineral water, whiten cream. Incidentally, in the old days in the traditional hodgepodge often poured cucumber, cabbage pickle, the same sour milk.

Thinner and kvass can sometimes be pampered. But it is better to use either homemade barrel. Traditional boiled eggs, and fresh pickles, green onions, radishes, parsley, dill and other herbs in okroshka are welcome. As boiled meat or fish (if they instead add the sausage, it is not cheap!).

But no potatoes survive. The taste will not change. Of course, a few potatoes in okroshka thinner will not hurt (like natural kvass once a week). But it is better to wait for the young. She and tasty and useful to health than overwintered bulb.

There are many other first courses, very refreshing in the heat: friedge, beetroot, tarator ... Just remember the basic principle: do not add them to the potatoes, sugar, toast.

Quench your thirst with tea

In a little more eager to drink than to eat. The Kremlin diet cola, soft drinks and other sugary soft drinks are not welcome - because of the large presence of sugars.

Experts also believe that the popular sweet pop quench their thirst not. On the contrary, it increases, requiring more and more doses of soda. Hence the load on the heart and kidneys. And a real risk of obesity caused by excessive consumption of sugar.

Therefore, the best option - proven for centuries ordinary drinking water.

To improve the taste, you can squeeze lemon juice into it. Good to quench their thirst with hot green tea. No wonder that he is loved in the hot Central Asia. But tea, of course, without sugar. And rather weak.

A special theme - ice cream and beer. In many ways, precisely because of their summer hard to master "Kremlevka." Much willpower is needed to give up in the heat. But if you spend a few cooler months on low carb diet for a popsicle and beer in the heat is not drawn.

Retrieved on myself, and on the experience of many veterans lost weight. The body itself to wean. Kaif from the same beer disappears. If you drink, and sometimes a bottle for the company, then it will not affect the stomach.

Kohl very much want ice cream, eat a serving. Choose the one in which fewer carbohydrates (they are indicated on the package).

With vegetables are no restrictions on the Kremlin diet is not. Instead, eat more salads in the summer with fresh cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, radishes, green onions, sorrel, beet young ...

Tops the young radishes can also be added to salads. To fill their best sour cream, vegetable oil unrefined.

Fear of fruit in "Kremlevka" clearly exaggerated. If you already have a dietary experience at least a month, you oranges, apples, pears can be a little trying. As the berries.

Friedge

NEED: 5 medium tomatoes, 100 grams of sour cream, 100 g of green onions, onion, dill, black pepper, a liter of boiled water. Scald the tomatoes with boiling water, make it easier to remove the skin, rub the pulp through a sieve. Put in a saucepan. This also add finely chopped onion, green onion, dill, salt and pepper, cover with cold boiled water. At the plate, add the sour cream.

Portion of 250 g - 5, 5 points.

Salad "Summer"

NEED: 200 g of young zucchini, 200 g of cucumber, 100 g tomatoes, 1 boiled egg, parsley, 100 grams of sour cream. Cut the zucchini and cucumbers into thin strips, season with sour cream. On top decorate with slices of tomato, chopped egg and greens.

100 g - 4 points.

Salad "Summer"

NEED: 100 g of boiled beef or chicken, a couple of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, 100 grams of cheese, parsley, dill, cilantro. Chop finely vegetables, meat, stir, season with vegetable oil and sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs.

100 g - 2, 5 points.

Okroshka kefir

NEED: a liter of yogurt (curd), 100 grams of ham, 200 g of boiled meat, 2 boiled eggs, 3 fresh cucumber, a bunch of greens. Finely chop the ham, meat, eggs, cucumber (peeled better), parsley, dill. All mix, pour yogurt. Season with salt and pepper.

The portion of 250 g - 7, 5 points.

Option to Thane, ayran yogurt instead of - 4 points serving.

Friedge in the city (for the lost weight)

NEED: 1 liter of milk, 1 liter of boiled water, 3 carrots, 200 g of cheese, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of raisins, 100 grams of sour cream. Rub the carrots on a coarse grater, put in a pan, pour a glass of milk and simmer until tender. Cool. Add to the pan pureed cottage cheese, sour cream, raisins, remaining milk, a liter of boiled water. Thoroughly stir. Serve cold.

Portion of 250 g - 10 points.

Who has not lost weight, cook friedge without raisins. Portion of 250 g - 7 points.

Beetroot soup with yogurt

NEED: 1 liter of yogurt, 2 young boiled svekolki, 2 fresh cucumber, a bunch of radishes, 100 g of green onions, dill, 2 boiled eggs. Eggs, cucumber, onion, finely chop the dill, beet and radish rub on a coarse grater. All combine in a saucepan. Add salt to taste and pour yogurt.

Portion of 250 g - 10 points.