I love learning what other people’s eating routines look like. I love routines. I love learning anything about Marilyn’s short life.
Whacko! An article from the 1952 issue of Pageant that outlines Marilyn’s eating routine…and beyond. It’s intriguingly Paleo, you’ll note: milk, eggs, liver, lamb chops. Remember, up until quite recently a grain-based diet was seen as fattening (ie farmers fed their pigs grains to fatten them up). It was roughly the 1950s when cereal companies started changing the dietary messaging.
Below is her approach to exercise, which I really rather like (“I couldn’t stand exercise if I had to feel regimented about it”):