Okay, It's time to get rid of our cellulite. Even with the extra 10 pounds that I gained, I can see cellulite in my upper arms. OMG, it's so gross! those pockets of fat that tend to collect on buttocks, thighs and upper arms, are a cause of embarrassment.The dimpling, “orange peel” effect occurs when fat cells push against the surrounding subcutaneous connective tissue in your skin. If your lymph circulation becomes sluggish, toxins accumulate in these fat cells.
Liposuction, creams and wraps, which I have tried numerous times, only temporarily reduce the appearance of cellulite. Without continual treatment, cellulite just reappears...So what, if anything, might actually work to reduce cellulite?
Here below, I have a condensed version of an article that Dr.Mercola wrote:
The featured article in
The Guardian1 suggests body brushing. Simply give yourself a vigorous scrub-down with a dry body brush before you get into the shower, and then apply a good moisturizer afterward. (I recommend plain coconut oil opposed to chemical-laden creams). According to the writer, this simple technique “really did, honest-to-God, make a remarkable difference in just a few weeks.”
There’s certainly nothing wrong with this strategy; body brushing can help improve circulation and lymph flow, which are important elements for cellulite elimination. The downside is having to manually scrub yourself in areas that can be hard or uncomfortable to reach. Three strategies that I believe might be far more effective, in order of importance, are as follows, and in the following sections I’ll explain why:
- Intermittent fasting
- Whole body vibration training, a.k.a. Acceleration Training
- Rebound exercise
Intermittent Fasting Shifts Your Body from Burning Sugar to Burning Fat
In a nutshell, the answer to eliminating cellulite is to shift your body from burning sugar to efficiently burning fat for fuel, in order to get rid of excess fat deposits. Intermittent fasting is one of the most powerful interventions I know of to move your body into fat burning mode.
The type of fast you choose appears to be less important, so pick whichever one fits your lifestyle, schedule, and temperament the best.. I have been experimenting with different types of scheduled eating in my own life for the past three years, and my preference is to simply skip breakfast and restrict my eating to a 6-7 hour window each day.
For this version of intermittent fasting to be effective, you need to restrict your eating to a window of
maximum eight hours each day. This means eating only between the hours of 11am until 7pm, as an example. Essentially, this equates to simply
skipping breakfast and making lunch your first meal of the day instead.
This is doable and convenient for most people, but you can restrict it even further — down to six, four, or even two hours, if you want, but you can still reap many of these rewards by limiting your eating to a window of about eight hours.
In the 6-8 hours that you do eat, you want to have healthy protein, minimize your carbs like pasta and bread and potatoes and exchange them for healthful fats like butter, eggs, avocado, coconut oil, olive oil and nuts. (The type of fats the media and “experts" tell you to avoid.)
This will help shift your body from sugar-burning mode to fat-burning mode. Remember it takes a few weeks to make the transition. You have to do it gradually, but once you succeed and switch to fat burning mode, you will easily be able to fast for 18 hours and not feel hungry. Your cravings for sugar will magically disappear and it will be much easier to achieve your ideal weight.
How Acceleration Training Can Help Beat Cellulite
Next, reconsider how you exercise. One form of exercise that provides many of the same health benefits as intermittent fasting is high intensity interval training (HIIT). Doing these kinds of
Peak Fitness exercises while fasted (i.e. exercise before you break your fast) will further boost the effects. One of the ways HIIT can be particularly helpful for combating cellulite is that it significantly boosts your levels of
human growth hormone (HGH) which, as mentioned earlier, is a fat-burning hormone.
But another form of exercise that is particularly useful for combating cellulite in particular is
Acceleration Training, in which you perform exercises on a vibrating platform such as the Power Plate.
Acceleration Training improves your lymph circulation, helping break down cellulite from the inside out. The vibrations cause thousands of muscle contractions that pump your lymphatic fluid out of problem areas, reducing fluid congestion in your tissues. This helps to flush out toxins and ease the load on your immune system. This mechanism has been scientifically shown to actually help rid your body of excess pounds and unsightly cellulite.
As You Get Older, Growth Hormone Levels Can Affect Your Fat Deposits
Many women tend to gain weight as they approach middle age, and if you don't stay physically active, you also start losing muscle mass around age 40. Overall, you start burning fewer calories as your body shifts from building muscle to storing more fat. This is in part caused by what’s known as "
somatopause" — the decline of your body's hormone production as you age, which includes dwindling production of human growth hormone (HGH). HGH actually starts declining rapidly after age 21, so by the time you hit your 40’s, your levels can be quite low, contributing to these stubborn fat deposits.
So Start your program now, ladies!! Let's get ready for summer and bikinis!
- Intermittent fasting - First meal at 12 noon
- High intensity interval training (HIIT) - 30 second bursts of intense exercise
- Acceleration Training - on a Vibration Plate
