Scale Down: A Realistic Guide to Balancing Body, Soul, & Spirit

by Danna Demetre

Offers an approach to good health incorporating both spiritual principles and diet and fitness habits.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800731263
• ISBN13: 9780800731267
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Help is on the Way

Yes! Help is on the way with Mrs Demetre. She outlines how to pull yourself out of the weight craze and sets you on the path to health and vitality. She is easy to listen to, very intelligent and has great insight. This is not only the first day of the rest of you life but the last book and get on with your life.

Balance in all aspects of our life

This book is great. A fresh perspective on BALANCE in these important dimensions of life. The author's insights into improving our health in all aspects of our lives are tangibly helpful, with immediate and "doable" tips in implementing her suggestions. Her personal stories humanize her, bring credibility to her teaching, and offer hope to those who might struggle in similar areas. I disagree with the critic who said she spiritualizes too much... I wish she had more! For us NOT to see the challenging areas of our lives with anything BUT spiritual eyes is folly. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seeking to be healthier physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

Great book... I'll never be fat again!!

Danna's insights are refreshing. She truly seems to understand women's battle with weight in a society that glorifies unhealthy, stick-thin models. What she teaches is TRUTH about how we can lose weight permanently through healthy lifestyle change -- not expensive pills or weird diets. It worked for me and I don't think I'll ever be fat again! I especially appreciate Danna's transparency about her personal struggles, including marital infidelity. What a great example of helping women see who we are and where we find our identity. So often, we find it in a man, a job, our stuff, our looks or our weight. Because she was secure in her identity in Christ, it didn't change who she was when her husband was unfaithful or even if her weight was over the top. I think a lot of women can benefit from this healthy way of dealing with this all too common heartbreaking issue. While marriages don't always survive, she shows it is possible. She brings hope and I commend her vulnerability. Her teaching is practical and biblical and a fun read. She's right on! GET THIS BOOK!!

THE Book for Lifestyle SUCCESS!!!!

If YOU are sick of DIETS, "miracle pills", "food plans" and books guaranteeing success, then THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!!! Demetre is a "survivor" of the "diet wars" and combines her first hand experience, her profession as a nurse and her devotion to Jesus Christ to give us a Biblically based plan of TRUTH. While others seem to complicate the process, Demetre has so thoroughly researched the industry and subjected the program to the Biblical "grid" of truth, that she is able to simplify everything so that it FINALLY makes sense! BUY this book and you will NEVER have to go on a diet again (or torture yourself with another book, plan, pill or creme)!!!

A Book for LifeStyle SUCCESS!!!

FINALLY a book for those of us sick of "miracle pills", supplements, meal plans, meal "dials" and confusing books!!! Demetre details her journey of bulemia and compulsive eating and combines it with her profession as a nurse, her 25 years in the fitness industry and her devotion to Jesus Christ, to give us a book that finally makes sense. Her passion for this subject is evident as she provides real-life illustrations to assist us in achieving our goals. But what makes this book different is her Biblically-based solutions to the problems we all are confronted with on a daily basis. By giving us God's Truth, we can rest assured that this is "not just another program". This book is formatted well and is very easy to read. If you want the TRUTH, and to be the person that God intended for you to be, THIS IS THE BOOK TO BUY!!!