Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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I rom store windows to ® magazine advertise- ments, the message was clear — to be slim was beautiful. Body-conscious Americans across the country were tak- ing off those bulging pounds and unwanted inches by run- ning, dancing, fasting, and us- ing diet pills. Over the summer, junior Michele Cotton set up a calo- rie calendar. For Cotton that meant counting everything from a small bag of potato chips to a Champ Pizza. At the end of the summer, she had lost seven pounds. Seventh grader Jill Poland went on a 24-hour diet about four times a month, and Mary Ryan skipped lunch and limit- ed herself to two pieces of CALORIE COUNTER Bread. 1 slice — 60 calories Peas, Vi cup — 55 calories Big Mac — 375 calories Life Savers — 10 calories Jello Pudding Pops — 30 calories Hersheys Kiss —100 calories Tab Cola —1 calorie breakfast, had salads for lunch, and cut out all potatoes and bread. The Cambridge Diet of a powder mixed with water helped Mr. William Payne lose 32 pounds and Mr. James Thompson lose 31. On only 300 calories a day, both teach- ers reduced their clothes sizes bread a day. Dieting for Diane Morgan meant excluding sodas, bread, chips, and salt. Art teacher Mrs. Susan Baker never ate too. Girls weren't the only ones caught watching weight. Dur- ing wrestling season, senior Kevin Buckalew weighed in at eight pounds overweight the night before a match. After a night and a day of running, sweating, and starving, Buck- alew weighed in at 148, a pound under, only to find that his opponent had to forfeit be cause he didn't make thi weight. Kerry Plummer got inti shape for basketball season b] jogging during the fall. Cross Country runne Marne Davis worked out witl the team, as well as with hfl brother Tad. After all the crash diets jogging, and starvation th weight watchers found them selves “making the weight and feeling better and proud AEROBIC DANCING was a form of e ercise that Sharon Winner and Jo Workman both enjoyed. Every Mond and Wednesday nights Winner am Workman worked up a sweat, dancin at the Armory. DIETS lighten np CUTTING DOWN ON the calories, cook Jo Hall prepares a well-balanced meal for students. ENJOYING A LIGHT LUNCH. Heather Davis and Tara Davies packed goodies from home to cut back on the extra calories from school lunches.

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L (iceman SHORT AND SWEET, Anna Labor and Lynn Broadwater slow dance to the song Truly. Labor is 5 3 and Broadwater is 5 0. But — height makes no difference. MAKING PLANS for after the Friday foot- ball game. Michelle McFarland and Harry Sagal lean against the wall across from Room 221 after the first period. F Filtmgcr DATING