1200 calorie diet level

The 1200 calorie diet level will seem like a veritable feast. At 1200 Calories, you are getting all of the nutrients you need in your diet : if you are in good health, you should be able to continue losing weight at this level for some time.
The major differences between this and the other two levels are in the bread,milk.meat,and fat exchanges.

Breakfast:
1/4 cup Low-fat Cottage Cheese
1 ounce Puffed Rice
4 ounces Nonfat Milk
1/2 Bagel
1 tsp. Margarine

Lunch: The 1200 calorie diet level offers you 357 calories for lunch, hardly a starvation diet. The daily menus break down roughtly into:
(A) One bread exchange.
(B) Two meat exchanges.
(C) Two vegetable exchanges.
(D) Two fruit exchanges.
(F) Two vegetable exchange.

with an additional 40 calories supplied either by an extra fruit exchange or by vegetable exchanges, depending upon the day and the menu.
On the menu, this breaks down into:
(A) One appetizer.
(B) One salad.
(C) One entree.
(D) One vegetable.
(F) One dessert.

Dinner On the 1200 calorie diet level, offer you 492 calories, divided among:
(A) One vegetable exchange.
(B) One bead exchange.
(C) Four meat exchanges.
(D) Two fruit exchanges.

Admittedly, with the sudden jump to four meat exchanges this does give you a large percentage of fat. However, as I have indicated earlier, the average American likes to have meat as center of his or her meal and this level does permit you to have foe example a 4 ounce steak.
The exchanges here translate roughly into:
In selecting from the dinner menu, give yourself.
(A) One appetizer.
(B) One salad.
(C) Double entree.
(D) One vegetable
(E) One dessert.

Allowing for one bread exchanges to accompany your meal.
Snack: At the 1200 calorie diet level, you can have a snack of one price of fruit, preferably in the evening before going to bed.