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Exercise and Cellulite
When Mike turned 65, he was 25 pounds overweight. By strict
dieting, he shed the extra pounds, but he lost more weight; he also
lost his energy and vitality. He was always exhausted, and his
friends, seeing his gaunt, drawn face, worried about his health.
By the time volunteered for a particular fitness program two years
later, he had put 25 extra pounds back on. After 6 months of
exercise and some willpower at the dinner table, Mike slimmed down
again. This time he felt better than he ever had, brimming with
energy and glowing with good health.
What made the difference? The first time Mike lost weight; the
second time he lost fat. The distinction is important. According to
research, a large portion of the weight lost by dieting alone is
active tissue, such as muscle and connective tissue, while a smaller
fraction is excess fat. Exercise has the opposite effect. It
increased his lean body mass and decreased his excess fat.
Same thing goes with cellulite. Most people tend to think that
cellulites are only present to people who are obese. That is why
they sometimes associate cellulite with fats and obesity.
Actually, even if cellulite refers to the chain of wrinkled “fat
cells” and “subcutaneous connective tissues” beneath the layer of
the skin, it should never be associated with people who are fat or
obese. In fact, there are many people who have cellulite but are not
fat at all.
In reality, nobody knows the main reason why some people accumulate
cellulite. However, there are some factors that health experts are
considering such as the structure of the fat cells or the poison
that entered the body. Some experts say it may be caused by some
hormonal changes in the body. But none of these things has been
proven to cause cellulites.
However, the only main reason why most of the cellulite cases are
abundant in women is that the connective tissues of women are more
rigid and firm than men. Hence, whenever a woman gets fat, the fatty
cells tend to swell and get bigger. It creates a protruding
appearance to the skin producing an “orange peel” look.
For this reason, women are more prone to cellulite than men. That is
why it is important for women to be more careful on their body as
they have higher chances of accumulating cellulite.
Fats and Cellulite
With the many cases of obese people having cellulites in their body,
most of them believed that their cellulites are caused by being too
fat.
Even though not all those who are obese develop cellulites, being
overweight can really trigger the development of cellulites. This is
because too much fat under the skin tend to push the connective
tissue creating a strain on the skin. Thus, cellulites form.
However, this is still dependent on the structure of the cells. If
an individual’s cell structure does not inhibit the tendency to
bulge or expand even if fat deposits accumulate, then there will be
no cellulites.
So, the most important thing to remember here is to keep those
connective tissues firm and strong and avoid accumulating excess
fats so as to avoid the development of cellulite.
How? Start an exercise routine program.
Transforming food into fat seems all too easy for most of us. Losing
fat is far more difficult, and to accomplish this, we have only
three alternatives: (1) decrease food intake and keep activity
constant; (2) increase activity and keep food intake constant; or
(3) combine both approaches: diet and exercise.
Physical activity can help reverse the results of inactivity. An
hour of vigorous exercise burns up 300 to 600 calories. If you also
cut 300 to 500 calories from your daily menu, you can also lose
weight at the rate of one to two pounds a week.
Without exercise, you would have to eat 500 to 1,000 fewer calories
a day to lose the same number of pounds in a week. Exercise is not
for everyone who is over-fat, however. The severely obese person
should exercise only under medical supervision to prevent strain on
the cardiovascular system and connective tissue. And no one should
restrict food intake drastically without consulting doctor.
Resorting to this kind of activity will only get the matter worse.
Remember what happened to Mike? He thought that when he started
dieting, he would eventually lose all the excess fats he has
accumulated. The problem is that he lost those connective tissues
rather than excess fat.
For people who are prone to cellulites, this will be a greater
problem. Losing connective tissues instead of fat by strict dieting
can only make the skin more prone to greater problems but the fat
cells are still there. That only means that the problem is not
solved at all.
Hence, if you wish to loose those cellulites, it would be better to
loose those fats first. The idea here is to burn those fats by
increasing your metabolism by 7.5% to 28% more than your normal
rate.
It is for this reason that exercising is an important factor in
losing cellulite. So for a more cellulite free body, always engage
in an exercise routine.
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