Lose Belly Flab, Earn Cash: Would you drop 10 pounds for $350?
Would you lose your belly flab if someone literally paid you to do so? Varallo, Italy thinks so.
The mayor of the northwestern Italian city announced this week that women will be paid $70 for losing 7 pounds, and men must drop 9 pounds to score the same payday.
[Infomercial voice]: "But wait! There's more! If you keep the weight off for 5 months, you rake in another $280!"
Has the phrase, "Put your money where your mouth is!" ever been more appropriate? (How many calories are in a $100 bill?)
“Lots of people are saying, ‘I really need to lose some weight but it’s really tough.’ So I thought, why don’t we go on a group diet?†says Mayor Gianluca Buonanno.
Several people in the town of 7,500 have already signed up.
Seems like a great idea to implement here in America; we're fat, and we love money.
Would you drop 7-9 pounds and keep it off for 5 months for $350?
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Now that's what I call incentive! If I used that tactic of offering discounted or free massage services to my clients with excess belly fat and chronic low back pain I'd probably be out of business!
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If that's the case, I'm so in! Would love to have my pre-baby weight back (whatever that was) and to be paid to do it as bonus would be great!
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