As some of you may know, I spent the better part of September in France, first staying with family, and then getting married and honeymooning (finally!). Since my now husband (!!) is French, we’ve always leaned towards the European approach to cooking and eating (check out this Tiktok I made on “eating like a French girl”) as it’s overall much more intuitive and balanced than the polarity of the restrict/binge cycle so common in American diet culture. Before we go on, this is NOT to say that there isn’t fat phobia and obsession with thinness in France, oppressive beauty standards exist in every culture, but in terms of practicing Intuitive Eating™, give me a “diet” that doesn’t shame you for loving bread, and I’m in!
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