I have recently begun reading French Women Don't Get Fat. This whole "Europeans are thin, Americans are....not so much" idea all started to make sense to me last night as we were over at our friends Andrew and Emily's for dinner. They are both from the UK and are quite fit. I was amazed to see them both finish their ample helpings of spaghetti, garlic bread, salad and wine. Then Andrew even went back for seconds on the pasta! After dinner we had ice cream for dessert. There was definitely no Atkins diet happening in this household.
For our part in the meal, I only ate half my pasta and Kyle skipped on the dessert, yet we are both still bigger then them (and Emily has given birth to four children!!!) It all started making sense to me when I remembered that Andrew bikes to work for 35 minutes each way every day. Emily is busy chasing after four boys (under the age of 7) and their house has a total of 100 steps in it. Also, when they were moving to Brussels they purposely chose to live within the city limits so that they could walk or use public transportation as often as possible. They have two cars, but only use them when it is very necessary.
Although Kyle and I walk more than we ever have before, we are definitely not as active as Andrew and Emily. Thank goodness for New Year's Resolutions!
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