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Cellulite Supplement

Question: what is the best supplement to reduce cellulite ?

Answer: Once upon a time, carrying around extra weight was seen to be a sign of prosperity--it meant that you were a good provider, and literally could "bring home the bacon." Back in the same day, having a suntan was a sign that you were unfortunate enough to have to work outdoors. This is why most artist interpretations of women (and men, for that matter) feature very curvy--if well padded--models. What a contrast to today's tanned and lean mentality! Unfortunately, dear reader, ever since we started focusing on weight reduction, there have been many salesmen who are more than willing to promise us everything we ask for: magic bullets that will erase the effects of an entire lifestyle gone wrong. Trouble is, they simply don't work. For us, that is! For them, sales in the weight-loss industry march ahead to the tune of billions of dollars--at times rivaling our national debt, providing that it's a time of peace. True story. There are no quick fixes. There are no magic supplements. One's body reflects one's lifestyle, as well as one's genetics. Once you embrace this truth, you've taken your first steps to doing all that's possible to reach your appearance goals. Your lifestyle gave you what you have, and it'll take a lifestyle change to alter it. Bodyfat is stored energy, and getting rid of it is actually remarkably easy--it's keeping it off that's the tough part. So even if there were a pill that would do as the advertisers promise ("Advertisers?" I'd call them "sharks," but I'd be insulting a broad family of functional fishes.), you'd logically have to continue taking them until your dying day to keep them working. What I'd suggest instead is doing the following: 1) Reduce food servings, or make better food choices. Instead of whole milk, switch to 2% or skim. Swap sodas for diet sodas, tea, water, Crystal Light, or other low-calorie alternatives. Order that McDonald's combo meal... but don't supper-size it. Make friends with fruits and sandwiches, using them as snacks when what you'd usually get is a candy bar. Attempt to maximize nutrition in everything you eat. 2) Get some form of physical exercise every day. I'm not saying live in the gym--such an approach is actually counter-productive even for hard-core athletes. What I'm talking about is taking the stairs instead of an esculator or elevator. Park further away from businesses so that you have to walk further to get to the door. Take twenty minutes and stroll a park. Even doing that home-improvement project you've been putting off (who's not guilty of that?) keeps you more active than Miami Vice reruns, so grab the screwdriver and get cracking! 3) Got kids? Use 'em! Take them for bike rides. Go for walks with them. Set up a badmitton net in the back yard, and beat around a shuttlecock with them. The younger they are, the more they want the attention and exercise... why not take advantage of that if you can? The local YMCA is also a fabulous place for family nights, and nearly everything you do there involves activity. 4) Set up a regular workout program and endevor to stick to it. You really don't need more than two days a week, fifteen to twenty minutes a pop, to make a radical difference to how you look and feel. Choose from activities you enjoy to enhance the odds you'll still be doing it three weeks from now. 5) If you're craving a food that you know is off-limits for what you're trying to do, allow yourself to endulge, anyway. Just remember that you're not giving yourself license to give up entirely--you'll be back on track by the next meal. Since it's lifestyle we're changing, we absolutely have to get rid of the feeling that you're not eating "normally." You're teaching yourself NEW ways of eating, so it makes sense to incorporate the things you like into your eating habits without letting those "forbidden" items dominate that diet. Speaking of which: 6) Buy a cookbook that focuses on vegetable-rich cooking. Italian cookbooks are terrific for this, but you'll also find many diet-related books that'll have some interesting ideas involving broiling and baking as opposed to frying and battering. You might wind up with a few new, healthier, favorites! One last one, here: 7) Drink plenty of fluids. Water's best, but doesn't have to be your only choice. Staying hydrated allows you to make better use of the carbohydrate energy in foods, however, so it shouldn't be overlooked. Not to mention it'll fill in the skin and flush away many toxins that would otherwise concentrate in the urine! Plus, when you consider that muscle tissue is 72% water, and adding muscle raises your resting metabolism so that you burn more calories than you once did, again it makes sense to keep water nearby. Hope these ideas help, and I wish you the best of luck and fitness!


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