In most cases, getting rid of cellulite is a lot harder than losing weight. Even people who have lost a lot of weight still tend to battle to budge the cellulite. Here I have researched some tips for getting rid of cellulite.
What Is Cellulite?
Why do over 90 percent of women have cellulite and what is it?
Cellulite is a gel-like substance which is made up of water, fat and waste products. This water, fat, and waste are trapped in lumpy and resistant pockets beneath the skin.
Unfortunately, these pockets are like sponges as they can absorb more water and bulge out even more so that you get that orange peel or cottage cheese look on your thighs and buttocks.
Women are more prone to cellulite than men, as they have more fatty tissue and more estrogen in their bodies than men.
Here are some great and inexpensive tips for getting rid of cellulite in the most effective way possible.
Watch What You Eat
This is the biggest and best tip I can give you. What you eat makes a huge difference to your outer appearance over time.
Try adding these foods to your diet as they will help you to speed up your metabolism and also flush out those toxins that much faster.
- Onions
- Seafood
- Carrots
- Asparagus
- Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Cabbage
- Bananas
- Spinach
- Peas
- Radishes
- Turnips
- Lettuce
- Mushrooms
- Pears
- Grapes
- Watercress
- Brown Rice
Also eat foods such as apples, fennel, pineapple, sage and grapefruit are really good diuretics. If possible try to go organic and avoid the excess pesticides.
Also, try and cut out these bad culprits from your diet as they all put more pressure on your body’s lymphatic system:
- Coffee
- Pork
- Animal Fat
- Excess Alcohol
- Butter
- Cream
- Fried Foods
- Over processed foods
- Diet Soda’s
- Excess Salt and Sugar
- Smoking
Drink Lots Of Water
At least two liters a day of water should be taken in if possible.
Exercise More
Try to do at least 15 minutes of exercise a day or 35 minutes three times per week.
Regular Skin Brushing
Brush your skin daily before your bath or shower with a natural plant fiber brush. This will improve your circulation, brush off dead cells and encourage new cell growth.
It is also an easy and inexpensive method that seems to work quite well over time. When brushing your skin, start at your feet and then make sweeping movements up the legs making long, light brisk movements. All brushing movements must go towards the heart to encourage lymphatic and blood flow.
Take A Supplement
Glucosamine is a good supplement to take as it helps your body repair the connective tissue.
Maintain A Constant Weight
Yo yo, dieting is the worst thing for cellulite. Maintaining a constant weight is the best thing for cellulite.
If you follow the above advice, you will over time notice your cellulite disappearing as your body starts to flush out all the toxic waste that it is harboring just under the surface of your skin.
Please comment below if you have any more great tips for getting rid of cellulite.
I have some cellulite, but I don’t really care too much about it. But if I were to try the things on the list, the hard thing for me to do, based on the recommendations, would be to give up coffee. I love my coffee in the morning. I definitely do need to drink more water for sure. That can be a tough one as well, sometimes I just don’t feel thirsty or I’m busy and don’t even realize.
Hi Dave,
Men are not really so worried about cellulite, as they don’t get it as noticeably as women do. I agree coffee would be hard to give up, but as they say, everything in moderation.
Hi, there forever-youthful,
What a great explanation about cellulite.
I would guess most of us have many times heard the expression cellulite; but never really understood what it really is, especially men.
Very interesting to read that it is much more prevalent in women than men, I wonder if that has something to do with child bearing.
The foods to eat as you have suggested; cover quite a variety of healthy food which is good for everyone.
Nice site.
Tom
Thanks for the comment Tom. Cellulite is more prevalent in women, probably due the all the excess hormones and the fact that we don’t have as much lean muscle as men do.
Unfortunately, most women have it somewhere or other on their bodies, and it is a constant struggle to get rid of it. But as you can see there are many ways of helping to combat cellulite and make it appear less obvious.