What is the Best Way To Get Rid of Cellulite?

If you have spent any time online searching for a cure for cellulite, you will be well aware of the huge number of creams, dietary products, exercise machines, surgical treatments and special clothes all claimed to get rid of your cellulite. In my experience they are expensive and, at least for me, they didn’t work.

Given that cellulite is simply a layer of fat below the skin (see my previous post for more on this), I cannot see how a cream will make any difference at all. Sure the cream may penetrate the skin but how does it remove the fat? And, more importanly, how does it tone up the underlying muscle? Similarly I think special clothes are another (expensive) waste of time.

I am slightly more inclined to agree that diet can help with cellulite. While it is true that even women who are not overweight can get cellulite, it stands to reason that the more weight you have, the more subcutaneous fat you have and so the more chance you have of getting cellulite. So, if you modify your diet to eat more healthily, I can see that you might reduce the chance of getting celluite or reduce its severity.

I think that the only sure way to reduce cellulite is to tone up the muscles underlying the fat layer. And this will require some exercise. If you don’t like exercise, that’s the bad news. The good news is, you don’t have to go to a gym or spend hours on some machine. Around 20 or 25 minutes a day of gentle exercise done at home can be extremely effective in reducing cellulite. The best thing is, each time you do the exercises, it costs you nothing. No gym fees, expensive creams, dietary supplements or clothes.

Of course you need to be doing the right exercises. Many exercise routines are too general and work on major muscle groups. You need to be doing exercises to tone up the muscles in the problem areas whether it be the legs, buttocks, thighs or arms.