I begin the second week of The Great Housekeeping Experiment tomorrow morning with a new mission in hand. It's only four words long, but they're four words that strike fear into the fiber of my being...
Are you ready?
Prepare and serve breakfast.
I haven't been a "breakfast person" for years. I wish I was. Every diet and health kinda person out there tells us that skipping breakfast is terrible on your waistline and your blood sugar. I wish I could say that the thought of breakfast doesn't make me nauseous, but even when I was forcing myself to eat breakfast the first time I tried this routine, I never got past that feeling. I look forward to a cup of coffee in the morning, but the sight of food makes me queasy. By lunchtime, I'm ravenous. Is it any wonder?
I came across an interesting article in the February 1947 issue of Better Homes and Gardens called "Why Don't You Eat a Good Breakfast?" It's all about getting your family back to the breakfast table. There are all kinds of tips - everything from menu suggestions to setting the table with a "gay cloth, attractive china, a posy in a vase" and to "be attractive yourself." (Since I'm head of a one-person household, this last tip probably won't come in very handy unless I set a mirror up at the breakfast table!) There are also some tips for people with no morning appetite.
Appetite can be largely a matter of habit. If you're used to going without breakfast, you may not feel hungry when you get up, even tho it's 12 to 14 hours since your last meal. The thought of food may induce distaste, even slight nausea... Avoid sweet rolls at breakfast; they tend to dull capricious early-morning appetites. Start your day with fruit... Or you may find helpful the juice of one lemon in a glass of cold or hot water, taken immediately upon arising... If you really want to approach the breakfast table with a gleam in your eye, try setting-up exercises, or a cold shower and rubdown.
Some great suggestions here. Will any of this advice work for me? My breakfast table is covered with a vintage floral cloth in red, white, and blue. I've even found some breakfast menus in my 1945 American Woman's Cook Book (edited by Ruth Berolzheimer and published in Chicago by Consolidated Publishers). Tomato Juice and Waffles with Butterscotch Sauce? Oy. I'm feeling nauseous already.
Are you ready?
Prepare and serve breakfast.
I haven't been a "breakfast person" for years. I wish I was. Every diet and health kinda person out there tells us that skipping breakfast is terrible on your waistline and your blood sugar. I wish I could say that the thought of breakfast doesn't make me nauseous, but even when I was forcing myself to eat breakfast the first time I tried this routine, I never got past that feeling. I look forward to a cup of coffee in the morning, but the sight of food makes me queasy. By lunchtime, I'm ravenous. Is it any wonder?
I came across an interesting article in the February 1947 issue of Better Homes and Gardens called "Why Don't You Eat a Good Breakfast?" It's all about getting your family back to the breakfast table. There are all kinds of tips - everything from menu suggestions to setting the table with a "gay cloth, attractive china, a posy in a vase" and to "be attractive yourself." (Since I'm head of a one-person household, this last tip probably won't come in very handy unless I set a mirror up at the breakfast table!) There are also some tips for people with no morning appetite.
Appetite can be largely a matter of habit. If you're used to going without breakfast, you may not feel hungry when you get up, even tho it's 12 to 14 hours since your last meal. The thought of food may induce distaste, even slight nausea... Avoid sweet rolls at breakfast; they tend to dull capricious early-morning appetites. Start your day with fruit... Or you may find helpful the juice of one lemon in a glass of cold or hot water, taken immediately upon arising... If you really want to approach the breakfast table with a gleam in your eye, try setting-up exercises, or a cold shower and rubdown.
Some great suggestions here. Will any of this advice work for me? My breakfast table is covered with a vintage floral cloth in red, white, and blue. I've even found some breakfast menus in my 1945 American Woman's Cook Book (edited by Ruth Berolzheimer and published in Chicago by Consolidated Publishers). Tomato Juice and Waffles with Butterscotch Sauce? Oy. I'm feeling nauseous already.
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