Scale It Down

This site is built on 3 major components: Think Links, Food Arsenals & The Unpopular Mechanics.

Each group represents the culmination of ideas and methods we found helpful in beginning the journey toward weight control. We reevaluated the familiar, added new things learned and then enhanced the entire process with some of our own preferences and thoughts.

TURNING POINT >>> When you streamline the elements of weight control into your own lifestyle, in a manner that you can tolerate and actually live with consistently, controlling your weight becomes a natural, manageable and very doable process.

Once you start putting your mind where your mouth is, things really do take on a new perspective .

Coffee Clotch Who? we are. In more than 50 words, an allegorical story of weighty trials and tribulations.

Thin Tales What do you do when you want to become successful at something? You look for examples of what works.

Yeah-butts Still fighting City Hall? It's time to breakdown all those objections and obstacles we've relied upon for years.

Totable Quotables Need some inspiration? Take a peek at some thought provoking motivation and humor.

Do you toss the Tostitos and stock up on rabbit food with a side car of Melba toast every time you go on a diet?

Everyday Eats What foods do you normally eat? Create your own desired go-to food arsenals.

Label Games What's the difference between a regular brand of cracker and its low-fat alternative? Not much - start reading and stick with taste.

Quick Cooks Agonizing over what's for dinner tonight? Speed & Ease are the best ways to cut the pies that bind you to the pizza delivery guy.

We know…WE KNOW...Butt you've got to start to think about this stuff at some point. Review the mechanics and re-work them into your own lifestyle. Take a deep breath and click:

Calorie Mentality Where do all those calories come from? Go on a calorie (re)cognizance mission.

Shvitz Factor What's the best thing about exercise? You get to eat more!

Watering Hole How do people drink 8 glasses of water a day? It might just come down to how you're pouring it.

Recommended Reads Are your diet books collecting dust on the shelf? Here's our dusted short list.

Butt, who are we to say? The main point of this site's many examples and ideas…

After the Loss Thoughts on maintaining achieved weight loss.

Think Thin What happens when you go to live in the Kingdom of Thindom?

Other key pages to visit:

Mission Statement There really is purpose to all this madness.

Dear Reader Letter from the creator/writer of the site.

Rave Faves Latest great food finds at your local grocer's - low cal alternatives with great taste.

Glossary Definitions of terms used and created phrases.

Lifestyle Fit Help in figuring out how to make weight control work in your life.

Cookbook A collection of favorite standard recipes re-cooked to low calorie alternatives. Sample recipes are linked here and at the end of Switcheroos.

Headlines Frequently updated tips and tidbits on food and fitness in the news.

Pro Lines Answers to some of the questions and things you've always wanted to know from industry professionals.