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continued GOSH, I’D LIKE TO BE DIFFERENT Looking for a new self? Clip this page, post it and keep it handy as a daily reminder THOSE “MUST” FOODS The following foods should be on your menu every day. No skimping on these. 1 quart of milk 1 citrus fruit, 1 other fruit 2 yellow or leafy green vegetables 1 other vegetable (potato, if you like) 1 serving of meat, poultry or fish 1 egg 2 slices bread, whole grain or enriched 3 thin pats of butter or margarine 1 cereal, whole grain or enriched HOW MUCH EXERCISE WILL MAKE UP FOR THAT SNACK? Here are just a few examples: Ice cream soda an hour and a half of bowling 1-inch of fudge half-hour walk Chocolate bar.... two hours of table tennis Chocolate cake two hours of swimming Malted milk two hours of dancing 6 ounces of soft drink half-hour walk 4 cashew nuts half-hour walk DO YOUR OWN FIGURING You can lose up to 2 pounds a week on a diet of 1200 to 1500 calories. That’s as fast as you can lose and remain alert, healthy. Choose foods for protein, vitamin and mineral content and for their variety. This chart is part of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s booklet, “How To Control Your Weight.” A free copy of the booklet may be obtained by writing: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1 Madison Ave., New York 10, N. Y. YOUR DAILY CALORIE COUNTER Food Measures Calories ! Bacon . .2-3 long slices, cooked 100 1 medium, 6 inches long 90 Biscuit, baking powder 2 inches in diameter 100 Breads corn (l-egg) . . 1 2-inch square 120 cracked wheat . 1 slice, average 80 . 1 slice, l/2-inch thick 75 white, enriched 1 slice, average 75 white, enriched 1 slice, thin 55 whole wheat, 1 00% 1 slice, average 75 1 piece 2 by 2 by % inches 140 Butter 1 tablespoon 95 Cake angel .1/10 of a large cake 155 chocolate or vanilla, no icing . 1 piece 2 by 2 by 2 inches 200 cupcake with chocolate icing 1 medium 250 Chocolate milk, sweetened . . 1 ounce 140 fudge 1 piece l-inch square by %-inch thick 100 malted milk fountain size 460 milk with almonds, sweetened 1 ounce 150 syrup 'A cup 200 unsweetened 1 square 160 Cola soft drinks 6-ounce bottle 75 Cream light 2 tablespoons 65 heavy 2 tablespoons 120 Ginger ale . 1 cup 85 Ice cream V2 cup 200 Ice-cream soda fountain size 325 Jellies and jams 1 rounded tablespoon 100 Maple syrup 1 tablespoon 70 Marshmallows .1 20 Milk buttermilk . . 1 cup 85 Peanut butter 1 tablespoon 100 Peanuts, shelled .10 50 Pies (sectors from 9-inch pies) 200 lemon meringue 3-inch sector 300 Potato chips 8-10 large 100 Potato salad with mayonnaise • • V2 cup 200 Potatoes mashed V2 cup 100 sweet I/2 medium 100 Salad dressing French 1 tablespoon 90 Mayonnaise . 1 tablespoon 100 Sugar granulated 1 tablespoon 50 Waffles 1 waffle 6 inches in diameter 250 i 102