WHAT I LEARNT ABOUT WEIGHT LOSS FROM LIVING IN FRANCE Part 1 Catherine Dean is a Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach supporting women feel better, have more energy and ditch diets. Her approach to health and wellbeing isn’t about quick fixes or fad diets. It’s about helping you to create healthy habits that fit around your busy life, make a real difference and, most importantly, last in the long term. My husband and I have just moved back up north after working in France for the last seven years. While I’m thrilled to be back, I already know there’s going to be a lot that I miss about the French lifestyle. I love many things about France, but I am particularly fascinated by the
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French diet and lifestyle. The difference between the UK and rural France, where we were lucky enough to spend most of our time is striking. One of my favourite things about France? How seriously the French take their lunch breaks. Many shops and businesses close for a long lunch each day. This may be happening less and less in the larger cities, but is still the case in smaller towns and villages. In my first year working overseas I took my own car with me. After noticing the exhaust was making a very peculiar noise I took the car to a local garage. It was around about 11.30am and the staff told me that, “Of course they could help, but I’d have go back after lunch at about 2pm”. What I loved about this was that they were already winding down to lunch and had absolutely no intentions of starting a new job that they may not be able to finish in time for lunch. As I said, mealtimes are sacred and I just love this way of life.
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