Now you have 1200 calories a day to eat. Let us think of this in terms of money. You have a limited amount of money every day to spend for food. You must spend it judiciously and get the food you need and want. If you spend the most of it on one article you have that much less for other things. It is possible that some days you will want to spend more than your allowance and you draw on your next day's supply. That will be all right if you remember that you have done so and will spend that much less the next day to equalize your account. You must study to spend wisely and carefully so as to supply your needs, but you cannot spend more than you have without restitution and retribution. Here are the menus:
BREAKFASTS
100 C. Each
1. Fruit
2 med. apples or 1 baked apple with 2 tsps. sugar
or
1 large orange
or
1/2 large grapefruit
or
1 small cup berries
or
1/2 good sized cantaloupe
or
2 med. figs
or
5 prunes
2.
| 1 cup coffee or cereal coffee | 0 C |
| 1 tbsp. cream | 50 C |
| 2 small tsp. sugar | 50 C |
| or | |
| 2 cups with cream alone or sugar alone | —— |
| Total | 100 C |
3.
| 10 ozs. skim milk hot or cold | |
| or | |
| 5 ozs. whole milk | 100 C |
4.
| 1 cup coffee clear | 0 C |
| 1 thin slice toast | 75 C |
| 1/4 pat butter | 25 C |
| —— | |
| Total | 100 C |
Note—The skim milk breakfasts and teas are most desirable because of the protein content.