Morale boosting..the French way

A little blinkey ad in the sidebar of my browser window caught my eye, and a few clicks took me to : http://magazines.ivillage.com/marieclaire/frenchdiet/howtos/0,,80jnh093,00.html

Wow! A Wine,Chocolate and Cheese diet????

Sounded too good to be true..!
And I delved in deeper (naturalment!) to find that it did make sense, I mean how could one go wrong with '1/2 hr of moderate exercise,3 full meals(with fresh veggies and meat), baguettes,cheese,butter and no snacking' and hey ,some wine too!

The logic being that 3 full meals with all fresh,regular ingedients (nothing low-fat,low-cal,fat-free) keeps you fuller longer so that you don't snack(this is the real culprit,anyway!)

But what took the cake was the quiz 'What Kind of French Woman Are You?'

(Granted that it had almost no competition,with the other quiz being 'Test Your Portion IQ')

The result was : You are most like: Juliet Binoche.

With a sprinkling of adjectives like 'Elegant', 'striking' and 'sophisticated' , also 'classic beauty' and 'strong character', it sure made me feel good..and not like an overall social snafus!

Ego massage aside, I seriously think that the French way is the smart way..and hell, it's my grandmom's reccomended way too!!