Have you read French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano? Yes, the book came out several years ago, but I absolutely love it! I picked it out of my bookshelf again last week, and cannot put it down.
Mireille Guliano has a charming style, and promotes very basic, healthful eating habits. Even better, she emphasizes the importance of pleasure instead of the guilt and deprivation dieting can bring. She is president and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (as in great champagne) – and manages to stay trim in spite of constant dining at entertaining at restaurants.
Many of her suggestions are now in vogue: eat in season, buy local whenever possible and eat slowly. Oh yes- drink lots of water and take the stairs whenever possible.
Best of all, because it came out in 2005, it comes in paperback.