Better smelling? Better tasting? Better for you? There are so many ways to ask this question and so many ways to answer it.

No matter how you ask it, which one do you think most people would honestly prefer? You guessed it. Unless you are some sort of alien, I think you would agree that chocolate tastes better than broccoli. Yes, I am human, so I would have to agree too. I could probably dip my dirty gym sock in chocolate and enjoy its chocolaty goodness!

I bet that if I gave you a nutrition test right now, you would most likely score a B+. Did you really not know that broccoli was good for you? So, if we all know what the right answers are, the question really is: why are so many people still overweight?

The challenge is when you have to make the decision between chocolate and broccoli (I suppose you could just dip your veggies in chocolate and resolve the whole problem, as seen above). All kidding aside, how about you stop making your nutrition choices an EITHER/OR experience and stop telling yourself there are things you CAN’T
eat? How about knowing that you can eat just about everything! (Except McDonald’s. I can’t make peace with that).

Here’s the honest truth. I eat chocolate and I drink wine. I love
them both (I know what you are thinking… even chocolate?) and there
is no reason I should give them up forever. However, I will tell
you how I pull this off and still stay lean year round and feeling
great. Most of my meals are made with healthy delicious foods and
we all know there are plenty to choose from. Then, when the time is
right I can have things like freshly baked peach cobbler with
vanilla ice-cream (as I did on Saturday night).

I am now at my ideal weight and I stay this way through smart meal
planning, an effective workout program and periodic indulgences.

I know you want to look and feel great and also treat yourself to
the foods you love without “giving” anything up. The following
steps are exactly how you can get to your ideal weight and keep it
off permanently:

1. Follow the meal plans in The Diet Solution Program to a T for
the first 6 weeks. Really get your metabolic engine going and feed
yourself the foods that are going to burn unwanted fat off your
body.

2. During these 6 weeks, establish an exercise program that is
realistic for you. Realistic does not mean “wimpy”. Come on, push
yourself beyond your limits and really show yourself (and everyone
else) what you’re made of. Follow any one of the exercise bonuses
included in your Diet Solution Package. They will all prove great
results.

3. Once you get yourself into a consistent routine of healthy
eating and “non-wimpy” exercise, (usually around the 6 week mark)
start to include 1-2 of your favorite foods each week. Once your
metabolism has been cranked up by healthy eating and exercise, a
piece of chocolate or dessert won’t make or break you. You know
what else? You’ll feel so great, you probably won’t even care about
certain foods that you once thought you “couldn’t live without”.

So the next time someone gives you the choice between chocolate and
broccoli, tell them you’ll have both, just not together. …Now that
I think of it, that’s kind of gross.

In health and happiness,

Isabel De Los Rios
www.TheDietSolutionProgram.com

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