Lady - like eating.

I don't know if it has been providentially arranged, or that I am just drawn to a certain type of *diet* book, but it struck me that the recurring theme in most of the ones I have been perusing lately is what I would categorize as *lady like* eating.
Smaller portions, eating just little bits of treats, eating more frequently throughout the day so you don't descend upon any meal like a starving refugee, savoring your food instead of reading the Kroger ad, checking e-mail or the worst, shoveling it in while standing at the kitchen island ( something I do for breakfast AND lunch about 75% of the time.....dinner is a bit more civilized.) Making wise food choices instead of mindlessly consuming junky rot.

Yes, one of the books I am reading is "French Women Don't Get Fat", so that has probably influenced how I am thinking about it. (A brief review.....my assessment is French women ( or at least the one writing the book) thinks a bit too highly of the French :), but she has some good advice.)

Still, the idea of "lady like" food consumption is an appealing one. It brings to mind a thin, smartly dressed Englishwoman ( pardon my obsession with English gentility) sitting in her immaculate dining room with cabbage rose curtains, eating bites of chicken salad off lovely china and sipping water with a lemon slice in it out of a glass goblet. If it helps me lose a bit of weight and succeed in changing my eating habits, I will go with it!