Cellulite machines are a misnomer. These machines don’t produce cellulite. Who wants more cellulite? Nobody, that’s who. No these machines are more aptly called anti cellulite machines. Despite the rubbish spewed by those that only want to lighten your wallet, the anti cellulite machine can help with those ugly dimples caused by clumps of fat and water just under the skin. The accumulation of these unsightly areas on the buttocks and upper thighs is a major source of concern for most women. This concern is so great that it often opens the door for those that are unscrupulous and would take the money of those who are uneducated. Unless you are educated about the benefits of these anti cellulite machines, you could lose your money with no benefit to you. Caveat emptor or buyer beware in English.
How do they work?
When most people think about an anti cellulite machine, they think of the band. The band or other rotating device is placed around the hips and vibrates, rubs or oscillates the skin. The purpose of the band is not to erase the cellulite but to stimulate the skin to promote circulation. When the circulation is improved then the cellulite will eventually reduce or disappear. For the short term however, the results aren’t that effective because the fluids under the skin may just be relocated. The benefit of using the anti cellulite machine for long periods of time is that it may recondition the skin to reduce the ripples or dimples. The improved circulation flushes the lumps of fat and water from under the skin. But this only occurs over time. Getting all shook up for hours at a time won’t help make the cellulite reduction any faster. You won’t wake up the next morning with smoother thighs and buttocks.
The Best Anti Cellulite Machine.
Have you ever seen a runner with cellulite? How about a boxer? Athletes rarely display the “cottage cheese” effect of cellulite. That is because there muscles are toned and their metabolism is more effective at flushing waste fat and water just under the skin. I am not saying that athletes can’t get cellulite but it is not as likely if a person is in top shape fitness wise. The example of the athlete is used here to support the idea that the best anti cellulite machine isn’t the one that attacks just the main site of cellulite, but instead is one that is used to increase fitness. It may be a treadmill, a stationary bicycle, a rowing machine or any device used in a workout. If the muscles are toned, chances are the circulation will be good and if the circulation is good then the waste materials are more effectively dealt with by the body. So instead of standing in one spot and getting your tushy all shook up, move around, run, jump, swim. Do anything that increases your metabolism. When you work out think about each sweat droplet as a reduction in the dimples or ripples. Chances are, the better shape you are in, the less likely cellulite will be a problem for you.
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Losing weight and leading a healthier life style are the goal of more and more people in today’s stressed and modern society. No wonder people are seeking the ever elusive miracle weight loss program or pill that will change their lives. If you are one of these people, you need to realize that there is no miracle plan, diet or pill that would help you to lose weight. The first step to weight loss involves the identification of the reasons for you being over weight. First you should ask yourself why you are overweight. There can be many reasons why you are overweight. Maybe you live an inactive lifestyle, with very little exercise due to your work situation or private life. It is also possible that you’re being overweight or obese is hereditary. Or do you fall in all the three categories? Once you find the cause behind your obesity, your situation becomes easier to deal with it.
For example, if you are overweight because you’re leading an inactive lifestyle, it is time to start moving around more in order to increase your daily activity level. If you are accustomed to using the elevator, try climbing the stairs instead. Whenever you want to switch TV channels, don’t use the remote; instead, walk up to the TV set and switch channels. Do morning walks on a daily basis. Take a companion along with you whenever you are on a morning walk, this will enable you to walk long distances without getting fatigued. You also need to exercise daily for 20 minutes or half an hour. If you cannot participate in strenuous exercises due to ill health, there are various light workout schedules available today, that takes a persons health condition in consideration. Remember that your goal is not to get stuck with any single form of exercise; your only goal is to keep your body active in order to lose weight. Are your parents and grandparents overweight? If so, maybe you have a genetic tendency toward obesity. Genetic obesity is hard to cure, but not impossible. You need to research some weight loss exercise programs which are developed for genetic obese persons and just workout a bit harder than others. Remember that a good healthy diet, authorized by a medical doctor and exercise are the only things that would help you shed the extra flab.
If you are eating too much for emotional reasons, it is time to find the reason itself. Do you overindulge simply because you are bored with life? If so, then try to find some interesting activities that will keep your mind engaged. Do you find yourself too much stressed at work? Do you have a deadline to meet and you feel the need to eat in order to ward off the stress? If so, try to take short breaks from work.
As you can see, once you identify the object responsible for your obesity, it helps you to take specific and concrete steps that would enable you lose weight faster.
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I just drove past a gym that was advertising group-exercise classes like this:
‘Small classes, lots of fun, no mirrors.’
No mirrors?
Why on earth is that a selling point?
Sure, mirrors aren’t necessary… but why would their absence be seen as part of sensible marketing strategy? Something to be advertised?
Maybe for the same reason that people don’t want to know their weight or their body-fat percentage when I assess them.
“Don’t tell me, don’t tell me” people say to me as they reluctantly stand on the scales with their eyes shut. “But you weigh what you weigh right?” “Yeah but I don’t wanna know.” “Why not?” “I’ll get depressed.”
So I tell them their weight and they get angry at me. Too funny. Nasty Craig.
“Don’t get grumpy at me… I didn’t do that to your body.”
When it comes to reality, we’re experts at avoiding it. I’ve written a post on ‘head-in-the-sand-itis’ before but it seems that we may be heading into an epidemic. A pandemic even.
Maybe we’re there already.
It amuses me that a business can send out this message: “Exercise with us and you won’t have to look at your fat selves in the mirror” “Yep, sign me up!”
I think some of us should be surrounded by mirrors twenty four-seven until we stop deluding ourselves and start to get proactive.
I’m not a fan of mirrors in gyms for vanity reasons but they are valuable for: 1) Teaching correct exercise technique and 2) Keeping us grounded.
“Oh yes… (in a feeble, pathetic voice), but I find it so painful to look at myself in a mirror, it hurts so much.”
Really?
Well, wait for your first heart-attack; you might rethink your definition of pain. And wait until your pancreas is so shot that you have to medicate every day for the rest of your life to manage your self-induced diabetes… then we’ll chat.
A little short-term emotional discomfort now doesn’t remotely compare to the world of hurt you’re gonna endure if you don’t change your mindset, your habits and your lifestyle.
No melodrama, just honesty. It is what it is.
As I always say to my audiences “I can tell you what you wanna hear, or I can tell you the truth… you can get offended, defensive and precious… or you can get busy changing your reality.”
I actually tell people to go home, take all their clothes off and take a really good look at themselves in the mirror from all angles. Slowly. Preferably take photos as well. Why? Because it’s reality, that’s why.
It’s you. It’s not some computer-generated future fat version of you, it’s you right now. Deal with that, toughen up, get over the self-pity (it’s annoying and achieves nothing) and then you will start to see results quickly. Real change.
Our physical reality doesn’t usually align with psychological reality. In other words, it’s almost impossible for you to be objective about you.
Over the years I have taken thousands of ‘before’ photos of people (front, side and rear) before they start their weight-loss/fitness endeavour. Invariably they are stunned when they see the pictures.
Why are they so shocked? Because when it comes to their body, they live in some alternative reality; The Slim Zone. The one where they look forty pounds lighter.
Amazingly, people always ask me to refrain from showing the photos to anyone else because on some level they believe that somehow the photos are worse than the ‘in the flesh’ reality.
“See me standing here in my workout gear but don’t look at that photo we took five minutes ago (in the same clothes) ’cause I’m so much slimmer in person.” “I don’t really look like that photo.”
Weird.
I know that I may sound harsh to some of you and I know my approach and philosophy won’t sit well with everyone, that’s okay. But twenty five years of going around in circles with people about the same issues and having the same conversations (often with the same people) will make you a little practical and matter-of-fact. Okay, blunt.
I care more about your heart, arteries, lungs and overall physical health than I do about telling you what you want to hear; what’s comfortable for you. I’m not really about popularity, I’m about change. Results.
I know I could write more reader-friendly, politically-correct content but I would be compromising what I believe and watering down an important message. So blunt Craig it is.
I’m not interested in fluffing someone’s emotional pillow or propping up their poor self-esteem for five minutes. I’m interested in their long term physical health. I’m interested in the truth of the situation.
I’m interested in genuine, forever (never going back) amazing, physical change. It’s very possible but we continue to rationalise, justify and find new and exciting ways to sabotage our own goals and perpetuate our misery. We consistently waste our potential. And we continue to let our mind get in the way of our body.
We choose to inhabit the mythical Slim Zone.
Yep, I care about people’s feelings and emotional state and yes, I factor them into every interaction with every person… in fact, I work on the premise that getting in shape is largely an emotional process. And Yes, I was a fat kid, so I get ‘it’.
However… I won’t be getting rid of the mirrors in my gym any time soon.
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