Abstract: A diet control means is shown as having lists of various food categories with each of such categories, in turn, listing specific items of food and the respective quantities thereof which constitute what may be referred to as obtainable with a single ticket; a plurality of containers, corresponding to the number of meals to be eaten during a twenty-four hour period, respectively contain a plurality of tickets which are, in turn, redeemable for obtaining a quantity of dieter-selected specific food item within the food category designated by the respective ticket; as the tickets are thusly redeemed during the twenty-four hour period, such tickets are considered spent and placed as within a container for the collection thereof.