French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.

Once a day, take some 'Beach Time.'

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply natural love, but one that is erased in many other cultures. Most French women learn it from their mothers, some from their fathers. But if your parents aren't French, you can still learn it yourself.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.

There is no lasting glory in rapid weight loss.