NormanH Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 According to this report:http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/26/obesity-uk-eu-surveyI have to say that it confirms my impression of the tourists we see here now that we have Ryanair.Before there were few Brits because it was a bit of a effort to get here, but now I see a good few of these whale weigh women unfortunatly dressed and wanting their white wine and sodas.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Norman, you are rushing in where angels and I feared to tread. Over the years, however, I have noticed that British ladies do seem to carry somewhat more avoirdupois that their continental counterparts, age for age. I always assumed that is was a result of adundant and exciting sex lives with their men demanding a little more meat on the bone, so to speak, but now I wonder if it not simply a question of too many trips to Macdonalds Fat Factory or Pizza Pig outlets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Norman, er........we've been talking about this since yesterday!http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2642999/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 OOOPs .When I saw 'skirts' I thought it was a g[:P]irly thread .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 What is on UK TV most of the time Food .... Every advertising break trying to sell it and on most channels somebody showing how to cook it .... Its in peoples faces all the time they cant escape it if they put a t v on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 As France? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 [quote user="Frederick"]What is on UK TV most of the time Food .... Every advertising break trying to sell it and on most channels somebody showing how to cook it .... Its in peoples faces all the time they cant escape it if they put a t v on .[/quote]But watching TV per se doesn't make you fat!Unless, of course, you sit there stuffing your face at the same time [I] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 And what must they look like with a tv on? Surely even a skirt would be better than that. There are no end of cookery programmes and recipes on French tv lately, it's the big thing (http://replay.fr/un-diner-presque-parfait-replay.html being one of the most popular). It is so popular that apparently people are competing in their own homes amongst friends to see who can come up with the best meal, decoration, atmosphere and all.But that doesn't mean they become obese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Which your recipes and apparent love of food suggests you might be, Sweets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 [quote user="Christine Animal"]And what must they look like with a tv on? Surely even a skirt would be better than that. [/quote]I presume you mean one of those massive plasma screen things, Christine?I don't think an ordinary 24-inch will fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Xin Animanuelle, just wander through you local Hypermarket on a Saturday morning to see the size of French ladies these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Which your recipes and apparent love of food suggests you might be, Sweets![/quote]Undoubtedly, Wools, the price of slimness is eternal vigilance [:(]Less than a couple of glasses of wine a week, very little bread and small helpings of everything [:(]Then, 2 lots of Keep-fit and 2 longish walks weekly plus sweeping up leaves and wheelbarrowing them to the bottom of the garden daily[:D]It's not pleasurable but then the results make up for it all: waistbands that are nice and loose and generally feeling on top of the world [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 You seem to be making very hard weather of it all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I relaxed a little tonight and ate my first bread since February, a vacuum packed naan bread crisped up in the haloogen oven eaten with a Ruby Murry.It was well worth the wait, shame there was no lager though.I am running first thing tomorrow so hopefully will burn it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"] I always assumed that is was a result of adundant and exciting sex lives with their men demanding a little more meat on the bone, so to speak, but now I wonder if it not simply a question of too many trips to Macdonalds Fat Factory or Pizza Pig outlets?[/quote] Did you really think that? [:-))] A leap on some of these ladies'd surely be like jumping onto a trampoline and the fella'd bounce off. Unless ofcourse he was equally proportioned and then the mechanics of how any sexual contact would take place are something I'd prefer to not contemplate.When I was a kid, the post cards at the seaside always showed jovial rounded ladies and the skinny ones were always shown as snooty and looked very unhappy.I do not want to be thin again. Really I don't. I would have to be constantly dieting and I would be miserable, I think that I'd lose my sense of fun too. And if I end up thin again, it'll be illness that has done for me and what joy will there be in that, little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Hooligan bread! Not surprised that's what you eat! (You came in between Idun, that was in reply answer to Chancer). [:D] But wait, both of you (Chancer and Sweets). On my favourite 100% Mag (after Un Dîner Presque Parfait) the other day they were saying what to eat to have a flat stomach and you could eat bread, preferably wholemeal.If I can find it I shall be back. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 back where you were when? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Back here right now. Here it is.http://www.m6.fr/emission-100_mag/news-100_mag/460882-bien_etre_des_astuces_pour_un_ventre_enfin_plat.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 So, don't drink fizzy drinks and have a man run your belly clockwise. The Cola diet is out then.Sounds like a recipe for sin and fun to me. Bring it on, baby, bring it on!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 About bananas, she says the riper ones are best, the hard ones are difficult to digest, so to be avoided in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I have never known a lady who had trouble with a hard banana!!! In fact, best in the evening, though some do prefer a hard one in the afternoons, I am told.But, honey, this banana is truly ripe............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I am beginning to fantasise about "Un Diner Presque Parfait" among members of the forum... [Www]I bet you would get high marks for culinary expertise, idun!Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Could Norman prepare the dessert, perhaps one of his tarts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I take it that it is Come Dine with Me. I love that program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Well, my dinners are really delightful little affairs, but too often the places are empty![:(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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