eating Italian style...

After two months in Europe (In Portugal and France) I've noticed Italians are really thin. More than the French, more than the Portuguese. 

How in the land of pizza and pasta and gelato and tiramisu are Italians able to do that???

Italians are incredibly thin like Asians. French people smoke. Portuguese people have hills for days. I looked up what Italians have going on for them and thus have a new meal plan (it's part Italian, part Asian).

Breakfast: decadent hot chocolate 

(In lieu of the decadent espresso or latte that is the usual entire Italian breakfast. If I must eat something, it will be one egg or one small toast or pastry)

The main meal - Lunch* or Dinner A (choose once from this list daily): 

- light Italian pasta (Italians don't usually use cream! They use tomato sauces or olive oil)

- Korean/Asian style tapas (rice and sides served separately)

The second meal - Dinner* or Lunch B: charcuterie board, can be themed but requires the following elements. 

- fermented item

- poultry, meat, or fish

- raw veg

- healthy fat

- one treat 

- minimum 3 colors

This meal is not mean to make you feel full, rather it's intentional snacking as a meal. 1-4 bites of each element based on it's nutritional grade. If eaten for lunch it's because you have a bigger dinner planned as the main meal. If eaten for dinner, it's because you ate your regular lunch as the main meal qand you don't need to eat a lot before bed.

Weeklies x max:

- (W) x 4: sorbet or dairy gelato

- (W) x 1: Italian style pizza

NOTE : consider this meal plan as version 1.0 as I'll likely modify it and add different elements, but this is the blueprint I'll try to base from.