I purchased a DVD called “Love Your Legs” that is a video that is supposed to help with that dreaded female atrocity that all women hate called cellulite. Cellulite affects a large percentage of women - we’re talking above 95% most likely, so cellulite has been a target of the beauty industry for years, with new creams and products coming out all the time that are supposed to help reduce the appearance of cellulite - and many of them do make a little difference.
However, it is mostly diet and exercise that make the biggest difference when it comes to reducing the appearance of cellulite in the female body, and it starts with a healthy diet with no sugar (refined sugar, that is), high antioxidant levels and omega 3 fatty acids, and only lean proteins and lean foods that do not have high amounts of fat or salt in them. That means pretty much all fast food except for salads are pretty much out of the picture!
As far as this Love Your Legs DVD is concerned, the creator of the DVD does seem passionate about helping women get rid of their cellulite, which is a major self esteem buster for lots of women, some who won’t even don a bathing suit because of it’s unsightly bulging spongy appearance. She combines a nutritional information guide and appearance by renowned dermatologist Howard Murad with great exercises for the legs that will help tone and sculp out cellulite and minimize its appearance.
She also recommends other lifestyle changes and self manual massage with a moisturizing agent for two times a day for about five minutes in the cellulite affected areas to combat the unsightly stuff. Apparently a lot of cellulite’s appearance has to do with the fact that the areas it appears most have the littlest circulation and this minimal circulation contributes to the puckering of the skin and loss of elasticity.
The exercises and the foods recommended, as well as the manual self massage, are supposed to help stimulate that circulation and also help break apart the fat deposits that stop the spongy stuff. I did the exercises recommended, and boy let me tell you, I could not even get through the whole twenty minutes. It’s now two days later and my legs are still burning.
And I work out regularly, so this stuff must be effective to make my legs into spaghetti for two days! I’ll keep you posted on how it’s going with the Love Your Legs DVD.
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