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Her family — two children, her parents, her sister, and two nieces — downsized to a two-bedroom apartment after she lost her wages working at a college cafeteria.

“Legacy List” — “keep the memories, lose the stuff” — travels to the homes of people who are downsizing or moving.

Many downsized or rescheduled, sometimes for months or a year later.

Six years later, a new Smithsonian administration has jettisoned the eye-popping elements of the $2 billion design by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, opting instead for a dramatically downsized version.

That money, it turns out, goes a long way when many other teams are downsizing.

Downsize Fitness, a Chicago-based, overweight-only gym, is upsizing in a hurry.

But Downsize Fitness, which requires members to be overweight, plans to make a profit by creating community.

Downsize wants to grow by opening gyms under its own name and ownership, rather than selling franchises and licenses.

Downsize has combined these three insights into a new business model.

To join Downsize, members must have at least 50 pounds of weight to lose.