THE UPSIDE/DOWNSIDE DILEMMA

Why can you stick to your diet one day and break it the next? Why is it so hard to stay motivated to stick to a diet and exercise program that will enable you to lose weight, improve your health and look good? The simple reason is that whatever you do will contain both an upside and a downside.

Upside: You will lose weight, improve your health and look good.

Downside: You will be deprived of your favorite foods and the satisfying feeling of being full.

Upside: You will savor your favorite foods and will experience the satisfying feeling of being full.

Downside: You will fail to lose weight, you will harm your health and you will prevent yourself   from looking your best.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was only an upside if you stick to your diet and only a downside if you break it? Sadly, with respect to you, the dieter, this is not possible. But it is possible with respect to something else that is very important to you - your favorite charity. How? Lose-Win Situation!

Upside: Your favorite charity receives much-needed funds enabling it to serve people in need.

Downside: None!

Upside: None!

Downside: Those much-needed funds will be cut off from your favorite charity and they will be unable to serve people in need.