Banishing Cellulite is no easy task, but can it be done, with alot of persistance, “Too much oily food, fried food and sugar is toxic to the body". These toxins accumulate and cause cellulite.”The link between diet and cellulite is hotly debated, but keep in mind that eliminating junk food will lead to positive changes throughout your body, from weight loss to well-being. I also recommend massaging your body’s trouble areas with a warming body oil like bergamot or rosemary, or finding a good herbal lotion that eliminates cellulite. Massage stimulates the circulatory and lymphatic systems, which help break down fatty tissue and needs to be done on a daily basis, perferably after a bath or shower put on your lotion and rub and massage areas for a few minutes. Using Rosemary and Juniper oils in your bath will rid toxins in your body. Combine this with some tried-and-true tush-tighteners like lunges and squats to resculpt your lower half. Also after eating your largest meal of the day, take papaya tablets or chewables to keep fat from depositing in your body.
These must be done on a daily basis, and in one month you will see a huge difference.
1. Bathe in a Rosemary and Juniper oil bath, for 20 minutes. Even better, add Dead Sea Salts.
(don't use dead sea salts with fragrance)
2. Massage trouble areas with rosemary oil or a herbal cellulite cream, after bath, while pores are still open for several minutes on each area.
3. Take papaya tablets after eating.
4. Do squats and leg lunges for lower half, and for the stomach, hold your stomach in as long as you can and keep doing it throughout the day.
5. Drink alot of water.
6. Watch what you eat; add more fruits and vegetables to your diet. Read my 100 fat burning foods.
The four basic steps to fighting cellulite
If you do nothing else to fight cellulite, these four steps will make a difference.
Cut down on calories: If you’re overweight, losing weight will shrink the fat boxes. Aim for 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day, focusing on low-fat, higher-protein and fruit and vegetable packed meals.
Fight fluid retention: Areas of cellulite contain higher than average amounts of water-attracting cells: if you have excess fluid in the body this will gravitate to these cells swelling the boxes (a major cause of cellulite in thinner women). Cutting down on salt and drinking at least eight glasses of water a day helps fight this.
Increase antioxidants: The walls that surround the fat boxes are made from collagen and therefore get damaged by free radicals (produced by things like smoking, sunbathing, pollutants etc). This makes them tougher and causes them to shrink, which stretches the skin more tightly over the top of the fat boxes making them more noticeable. Aim to eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables a day, to help supply antioxidants that fight free radicals.
Reduce toxins: While it’s not true that cellulite is stored toxins it doesn’t mean that saturated fat, sugar, coffee, alcohol and cigarettes don’t play a role in its formation. All of these trigger free radicals, and they also put pressure on the lymph system (which flushes toxins from your body). This is bad news, as when the lymph system is sluggish it actually creates fibres which bind to the walls of the fat boxes, making them thicker. This is turn creates extra pressure on the fat squishing things further upwards.
Cellulite-fighting foodsHowever, to truly fight cellulite you should also aim to include in your diet foods that help power up all the processes above: Aim to eat at least of these top foods every day to improve results.
1. Proteins such as white fish, chicken, beans and pulses: these contain amino acids that fight fluid retention
2. Oily fish: As well as being a good source of protein, this also contains essential fats that hydrate the skin (making cellulite less noticeable) Like Tuna.
3. Avocado: also vital for healthy skin – plus essential fats help you burn more body fat
4. Blueberries, blackcurrants, raspberries: Among the highest sources of antioxidants out there
5. Eggs: Incredibly high in detoxifying agents
6. Bran and oat cereals: Breakfast the metabolism leading to easier weight loss – plus cereals contain high levels of antioxidants.
7. Watermelon, cucumber, celery and asparagus: Diuretic foods that fight fluid retention
8. Citrus fruit, pineapple, papaya: All high in vitamin C, vital for creating healthy collagen
9. Low-fat dairy products: calcium in these increases the amount of body fat you lose while dieting
10.Bananas: Circulation boosting and good fluid-retention fighters.
Foods that make it worse
1. Anything high in saturated fat – high in calories and free-radical producing
2. High sugar foods – sugar actually produces more free radicals than fat
3. High GI carbohydrates (like white bread, rice and baked potatoes). Raise levels of fat storing insulin
4. Coffee and other caffeinated beverages: These pressurise the lymphatic sytem
5. Alcohol: increases free radicals and may boost fat storage
6. High salt foods like peanuts, crisps, ready meals, canned soups etc.
