Cellulite

WindSock

Does anything work? My legs have turned to peaks and valleys of cottage cheese and orange peel.
I refuse to buy cream, I simply don't see how rubbing cream on yourself can break down fat cells. I know about the dry skin brushing etc, but does anyone have any success stories?

goldielocks05

no creams really help... but if u have fat thighs i'd advise you to use bio-oil as it tightens yr skin to avoid saggy skin....use shower scrub as it increase the circulation in yr thighs.. drink loads of water and fruit thats high in water.. and exercises for yr thighs.. it doesn't cost anything to get it off but costs a lot more to get it there!!!! keep away from take aways and high in sugar foods.. good luck:) ....

Malteaser!

some exercises you could try are squats and lunges...they're great for upper thighs and bum and will deffo work on the cellulite!!

hunnymonster

I totally agree with Malteaser. I had a bit of cellulite, not horrendous but as soon as I started squating and walking lunges it only took about 4 weeks to disappear completely. I do weights about twice a week for an hour or so each time.

WindSock

How many of each do you do?

Kurumba

Can you describe how you do squats and lunges?? Would like to give that a shot if it works in 4 weeks or so!

tinkerbell

Squats:
Stand up straight
Put your feet shoulder length apart
Stick your butt back in a seating position (like push your butt back)
Bend your legs
Keep your back straight (not as in straight up, just keep it straight like let it go into the position that it'll go when you are squatting, just don't curve it or anything)

Repeat as necessary!

Lunges:
Stand up straight
Step forward on say right foot until your left foot is on it's toes (as in how far you can move forward without moving your left foot forward)
Your lower leg then should be perpendicular to your thigh
Then kneel with the other leg
Repeat with left foot etc

You should be able to find pictures on google if you just search for it though, I probably explained them crap there!

hunnymonster

www.exrx.net shows clips of how to do these exercises (and about a zillion more). It's probably worth getting someone who knows what they're doing to show you the first time. At the very least have a mirror to check your form. Doing the exercise corrrectly is more important than really heavy weights at first. I started doing 10 repeats of each exercise and doing that 3 times. Now I mix things up a bit. When I do really havy things I do 6 repeats twice and when I do lighter stuff I do 15x4.

okgirl

lunges and squats are definitely the way to go.

I think the idea of the anti-cellulite creams are that you are massaging the area therefore you are helping to disperse the cellulite and enable it to breakdown hence draining away through the lymphatic system.