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June 9, 2013 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Carbohydrates, Cooking and Food Preparation, Dieting, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Drinks, Eating on the go, out and on holidays, Exercise, Fat, Fat Loss, Hormones, Metabolism, Motivation, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical Appearance, Protein, Salt, Sugar, Supplements, Water

Body Designs 196: Cell Mates

Good Morning You Cellmongers: Today’s installment may be a bit “hard to digest”, but if you understand what is truly necessary to do in order to succeed at losing weight (fat, more specifically), you’ll finally be able to achieve the goals you’ve set for yourself. Let’s start with the basics. Everyone has fat cells that […]

May 12, 2013 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Calories, Dieting, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Drinks, Energy, Exercise, Meat, Nutrition, Recovery, Salt, Sugar, Supplements, Water

Body Designs 192: Are ElectroLYTES weighing heaving on your body?

Good Morning and Happy Mother’s Day: Before I begin this week’s installment, I want to give a special shout out to a mother that has been with me trough thick and thin for the last seven years. RBI (Ribby), my boxer, commonly referred to as RBI RIB suffered a mild heart attack last week and […]

April 30, 2013 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Calories, Candy, Dessert and Snacks, Carbohydrates, Cholesterol, Cooking and Food Preparation, Dieting, Drinks, Eating on the go, out and on holidays, Fat, Fish, Fruit, Meat, Nutrition, Salt

Body Designs 191: Guilt Free Cinco de Mayo (EARLY EDITION)

Hola Designers, today (April 30), on what would have been my Dad’s 74th birthday, I am sending out an Early Edition of Body Designs. Don’t expect one this Sunday, Tracy and I have other plans. Besides, Since the topic is obviously Cinco de Mayo, I don’t want you to have any excuses as to why […]

February 22, 2013 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Dieting, Drinks, Exercise, Fat Loss, Nutrition, Organic and Gluten-Free foods, Salt, Sugar, Water

Body Designs 181: Runway or Runaway Stomach

Good Morning Nominees!Yes people, even though I do not attend movies, I am aware that today is “Oscar Sunday”. Oops, did I just violate a licensing right? Whew, I am glad Roger Goodell isn’t the “Commissioner” of the Movie Industry. But hey, for $30 mil. a year, maybe he should be since the NFL season […]

February 9, 2013 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Breakfast, Candy, Dessert and Snacks, Cooking and Food Preparation, Dieting, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Fat, Meat, Protein, Salt

Body Designs 179: Is Bacon “Kosher” for your Diet?

Good Morning Brethren: Today’s sermon is one that you would have bet to see pigs fly before “hearing” – at least from me. But, as the ever non-prejudicial, open-minded and clear-thinking person you all know me to be (no laughing Ken, Fred and Ellen N. as well as Ellen G.; oh and Jeff, Molly and […]

December 1, 2012 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Cholesterol, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Eating on the go, out and on holidays, Fat, Nutrition, Salt

Body Designs 169: “Olive”iate them from your table!

Some of my favorite memories of the holidays from when I was a kid of course revolve around food. Whether it was me putting my foot (literally) in my grandmother’s homemade pumpkin pie while sitting on my grandfather’s lap in the front passenger seat of my mom’s car on the way to a holiday dinner, […]

November 17, 2012 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Carbohydrates, Cooking and Food Preparation, Dieting, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Eating on the go, out and on holidays, Fruit, Salt, Sugar

Body Designs 167: THREE Birds, With One Stone, This Thursday

Good Morning All You Overstuffed Turkeys: Last week’s installment on Sweet Potatoes and Yams was such a conversation starter, I figured for this week, it would be nice for you to see how I (and Tracy) implement some of what I “talk” about each week into our “daily” diet – especially when it is part […]

July 1, 2012 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Cholesterol, Eating on the go, out and on holidays, Fish, Nutrition, Protein, Salt

Body Designs 147: Sardines

I’ve been developing diets (or what I call Nutrition Plans) for the last 20 years. And while the quality of the protein I personally eat and suggest to “clients” is of utmost importance, I believe I may have overlooked one of the top “dogs”. Sardines, as many of you already know, are a great source […]

May 27, 2012 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Diseases, Illness and Sickness, Meat, Salt

Body Designs 142: You say Nitrates, I say Nitrites

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! As “we” un-officially kick off the summer of 2012 with Dodger Baseball and Dodger Dogs, I thought it would be apropos to discuss the differences (the good and the bad) between Sodium Nitrate and Nitrite. Chemically, the only difference is that the Nitrogen atom (N) is connected to three Oxygen atoms […]

April 22, 2012 | By Bill Belott, CSCS | In All, Fat Loss, Physical Appearance, Salt, Water

Body Designs 137: Recipe for a Lean Physique

With summer around the corner, several of my clients are telling me that they want to look more “defined” or be “leaner” for bikini bathing at the beach, “shoulderless” dress wearing at an event or evening out, or looking “shredded” for an upcoming photo shoot. Granted, depending on how many days or weeks are between […]