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Yup you know it. In fact, you're tired of hearing it. So forgive us for repeating it again. But there’s no denying it. Any extra activity, from a formal exercise program to simply taking the stairs at the mall instead of the escalator, contributes to burning more calories, which helps to better manage your weight, which also helps to keep your cellulite in check. Pain Gets in the Way of Activity One reason you might be tired of hearing about getting more activity is that, while you want to be more active, and you get it about all the benefits, that extra activity is actually physically painful. Chronic pain can affect your life in so many varied ways beyond the pain itself. Among others, the symptoms and problems linked to chronic pain include: Fatigue Sleeplessness Weakened immune system Changes in mood including hopelessness, fear, depression, irritability, anxiety, and stress The Link Between Your Diet & Chronic Pain From wearing high heels, to diseases like arthritis, the causes of chronic pain are as many and varied as the symptoms. One cause, that many people don’t usually link to the pain they feel, is the foods they eat. Many foods contribute to chronic pain by starting a process that increases the incidence of inflammation. Ongoing consumption of them can lead to ongoing inflammation and the chronic pain that goes with it. Here are just a few of the foods and food types that can contribute to chronic pain:

If you can’t bear to see your hips and thighs in the mirror, or you delete any photos of you in a swimsuit, you’re suffering from what we call ‘cellulite shame’. It can affect your self-esteem, the clothes you wear, even your love life. So you’ve tried to get rid of your cellulite. You’ve bought all the creams, pills and brushes that promised to ‘sweep away’ cellulite, or ‘banish’ it, or ‘blast’ it off. And you’ve tried more than a few weight-loss diets, including ‘no-carb’, ‘low-cal’ ‘high-protein’ and ‘fat-burning’. But has any of it worked? Of course not and here’s why: you were trying to get rid of cellulite. If you’re thinking ‘but that’s the point, isn’t it?’, you’re absolutely right. But our bodies and their systems are very complex. That makes doing something as complicated as reducing your cellulite far beyond the simple solution of rubbing in some cream. Cellulite is a symptom of body fat, so focusing on the cellulite alone is probably the worst way to reduce it. And, for the same reasons around the complexity of your body, trying to lose weight with a simple ‘eat less food, lose more weight’ diet is just about the worst way to lose weight healthily and keep it off. The best way to try to manage your weight, and therefore your cellulite, is to make your body as healthy as possible. How a Healthier Diet Helps You Curb Cellulite If you’re overweight, you have consumed more calories of food than you burn and the leftover energy has been stored as fat cells in your body. While we understand that things like our emotions or stress can make us overeat, it’s not like you can simply switch those off. Another cause of overeating is not getting enough nutrition from the foods we eat. Low-nutrient foods can be high in calories, but not have the nutrients that your body craves. So, even after you eat lots of calorie-rich food, your body tells you it’s still hungry, which can lead to overeating. By simply eating a heathy diet, you will reduce your hunger pangs, which will help to reduce your eating, which will help to reduce your calorie intake, which will help to reduce your cellulite. So stop focusing exclusively on your cellulite and put all your energy into being healthier.

You would think that members of the main-stream news media would try harder to produce quality content in the face of claims by President Trump that they offer ‘fake news’. Instead, it seems like many in the media are rushing to prove the President right. Unfortunately, if you’re trying to eat healthier meals and manage your cellulite, you continue to be the target of some of the most ‘fake’ news out there. Regular readers of The Black Purple blog will know that we’ve busted more than a few cellulite headlines. But many of those were from blogs and websites simply looking to take advantage of our yearning for a ‘quick fix’ to the ‘embarrassment’ of cellulite. But even leading media outlets, like the Huffington Post, can be guilty of writing articles that would make a Trump fact-checker blush. Here are a few ways that the writer of “Cellulite: 5 Facts and Fictions About Treating Dimpled Skin” weaves a false narrative throughout the article: 1. “Exercise Gets Rid of Cellulite: FALSE” When you read this first point, you’d think that exercise does nothing to reduce cellulite. In fact, by burning calories of energy and reducing the fat that holds them, exercise does get rid of cellulite. The writer even admits as much later in her explanation – but that doesn’t stop her from creating a fake heading. 2. “Cutting calories is the only way to get rid of cellulite: FALSE” Again, reading this point and the explanation that follows would lead the reader to think that healthily reducing calorie intake wouldn’t help reduce fat deposits and the cellulite they cause, which is, of course: TRUE! 3. “The Mediterranean Diet is the most effective: True” This is perhaps the worst ‘false news’ offense in the article. Just like nothing will absolutely ‘eliminate’ or ‘get rid’ of your cellulite, no single cellulite fighter is ‘most effective’ for everyone. The basics of the diet that help you manage your weight, including more whole, plant-based foods, healthy fats and less salt, can be eaten without needing to adopt a Mediterranean diet. And nothing, no single diet, exercise plan or pill, or any combination of them, is the ‘best weapon of mass destruction in the fight against lumpy deposits’ as the article claims. Here’s the Truth: The best way for you to manage cellulite is through a combination of factors that is unique to you. It can include diet, exercise and physical and mental therapies, among others. Keep searching for the answers that work best for you and, in the meantime, beware of all the ‘fake news’.

Ahh, spring time. Everything is greener, birds are singing and bees are helping the flowers grow. Speaking of the birds and the bees (did you see that one coming?) there’s a lot more to falling in love than blushing, a pounding heart and, well, intimacy. When you look at what your body actually goes through, from the moment you see someone you might be attracted to, all the way to spending a lifetime together, falling into and being in love are a great way to burn more calories, increase metabolism, potentially lose weight and even reduce your cellulite. In an article called “The Science Behind Falling in Love”, Mary Adeli Lynn, Codirector of the Loyola Sexual Wellness Clinic, tells us what happens in our brains and bodies when we fall in love. 1. At First Sight Whether you believe in it or not, there is an initial reaction phase of falling in love, actually more akin to desire, that can begin as soon as you first see someone you might be interested in. That reaction releases adrenaline and norepinephrine production, which increases heart rate and burns fat more effectively (at the level of mid-intensity aerobic exercises – even if you aren’t moving a muscle) 2. Getting Close As you get more acquainted and comfortable, the stimulated pleasure centre of your brain reduces the levels of serotonin in your body, which increases feelings of longing and intimacy. And your brain also keeps giving you quick hits of adrenaline as you realize you’re ‘in love’. 3. Being Attached Your body eventually gets used to the onslaught of hormones released in the early stages of falling in love. So it changes tracks and gives you shots of endorphins and the hormone oxytocin. Endorphins reduce pain and promote a sense of wellbeing. Oxytocin, known by some as the ‘cuddle’ hormone, encourages bonding and trust. Both of them have been shown to help reduce weight. 4. Ongoing Love As time passes, there’s a reduction in the release of the hormones related to falling in love. But they can be quickly rekindled by simple actions like holding hands or, if you want to put in more effort to get back that ‘love at first sight ‘ feeling, plan a sexy surprise. There’s one more way that falling in love can help you reduce cellulite. There has been a long-proven link between feelings of gratification and comfort and increased weight loss.

You know that there is no ‘magic pill’ for managing your weight and reducing the appearance of cellulite. Instead, it’s a combination of factors, including a healthy, balanced diet, physical activity, and even getting a good night’s sleep. Snacking can be a very important part of that healthy diet. Healthy snacks and healthy snacking habits can not only give you lots of great nutrients that you might not get elsewhere in your diet, but it can help satisfy the hunger pangs that sometimes cause you to overeat. But finding healthy snack foods is not as easy as it might seem. There are a many snacks that look healthy, either in their appearance or in their packaging, but aren’t really much better than the unhealthy snacks you used to enjoy. Here are just a few examples to show you what we mean. 1. Energy Bars & Granola Bars Who would argue that a granola bar isn’t that healthy for you? After all, you can actually see the oats, and almonds and coconut, and all sorts of other healthy stuff right there in the bar. But a majority of energy and granola bars are covered in saturated fats and sugar to make them taste better. Before you eat one, check the ingredients and nutrition labels. Better yet, it’s easy to make your own, very healthy granola bars. 2. Flavored Greek Yogurt If healthy snack foods were celebrities, Greek yogurt would be one of the biggest stars in the world. There’s no denying its health benefits, which include, like all yogurts, being a great source of protein, calcium, potassium, zinc and vitamins B1 and B12, among other good stuff. Plus, Greek yogurt delivers probiotic bacteria for a healthier gut, fewer carbs, less lactose, and more protein and nutrients than regular yogurt. But, that great reputation doesn’t mean that all Greek yogurt is so wonderful. Again, in the interests of improving the somewhat bland taste, manufacturers add fruit flavours that can make the yogurt sound even healthier. Except the opposite is true. In addition to the actual fruit, they throw in lots of sugar; up to 7 teaspoons in some cases. Instead of buying flavoured greek yogurt, buy the plain yogurt and add the fruit yourself. 3. 100-Calorie Packs These are like the greatest gift ever to anyone who misses all the unhealthy snacks they used to crave. Sure, the 100-calorie packs of potato chips and cookies are full of unhealthy stuff, but it’s only 100 calories, so it can’t be that bad, right? Wrong. First, in addition to the calories, you’re getting high levels of sodium, and saturated fats. But, perhaps worst of all, 100-calorie packs can be the downfall of all your weight-loss and cellulite-reducing efforts by keeping you hooked on exactly the foods that caused the problems in the first place. Yes, reducing your cellulite means you must make a number of healthy lifestyle choices. But don’t let unhealthy snacks masquerading as the good stuff ruin everything else you are trying to do.

In the constant quest to lose weight, the word ‘metabolism’ or ‘metabolic rate’ comes up a lot. And when it does, it’s frequently as part of an excuse as to why someone can’t lose weight. Something like: “I can’t lose weight because my metabolism is too slow.” But that simple statement, heard so many times and seemingly making so much sense, is wrong in at least two major ways. But before we get into that, let’s start with the basics of what is ‘metabolism’. Every bit of food you eat has energy stored in it. The reason we must eat food constantly is because we need the energy that the food has to offer. Our brain signals that we are hungry because it detects that our energy is running low. But, after we eat food, something has to happen to it for our bodies to be able to get the energy from it. That process of converting food energy into energy our bodies can use is called metabolism. The idea of a fast or slow metabolism in based on each person’s basic, or basal, metabolic rate, which is the number of calories you need to sustain basic bodily functions when you are at rest. This includes things like your heart beat, breathing and hair growth. Those who need less food energy, or fewer calories of energy, to run basic bodily functions are considered to have a slower metabolic rate. Those who need more calories to run basic bodily functions are said to have a high metabolic rate. Now you know the two major ways in which the statement “I can’t lose weight because my metabolism is too slow” is incorrect. Metabolism Myths: ‘Slow’ is the wrong way to describe a metabolic rate that needs fewer calories to give the body the energy it needs. In fact, we should be thinking of metabolic rates in terms of “efficient” and “inefficient”. A rate that burns fewer calories to get the same job done is more efficient. So slower metabolic rates are efficient and higher metabolic rate are inefficient. Whether your metabolic rate is fast, slow, efficient or inefficient has no bearing on whether it’s more or less difficult for you to maintain a healthy body weight. In the end, that will always come down to how many calories of energy you eat versus how much you burn. Regardless of your metabolic rate, you can always take steps to reduce how much food energy you eat, use up more of it after you eat, and help to reduce your extra weight and some of its symptoms, including managing your cellulite. Use every chance you get to be more active and eat a healthy, balanced diet.

As a woman, how would you feel if you were five feet, nine inches tall and weighed over 200 pounds? It’s probably as far from the ‘runway model’ stereotype a you can get. Yet it’s the height and weight of one of the most famous fashion models in the world. If you haven’t heard of Ashley Graham, you’re probably not trying. Best known as a lingerie model for plus-sized fashion retailer, Lane Bryant, Graham has a long list of high profile engagements to her credit, including appearing on the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour and Elle; starring in a Levi’s ad campaign; and TV appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Entertainment Tonight and CBS News. And she was the first plus-sized model to appear on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue. But, if Ashley Graham has popped up on your radar only recently, it probably has little or nothing to do with those amazing accomplishments, and more to do with her cellulite. Or at least her willingness to flaunt her cellulite and encourage everyone who stresses over their cellulite to stop doing so. We’ve told you before about the body positive movement and the idea of having a more positive attitude about your cellulite.  And Ashley Graham has been a leading force for the movement on social media and the internet, particularly on her Instagram account, where the account profile tells everyone that she is a ‘Body Activist’. In one of the most recent posts to receive an extra dash of publicity, Graham uploaded a close-up image of her thigh, cellulite dimples and all, while she relaxed on a beach in the Philippines: I workout. I do my best to eat well. I love the skin I'm in. And I'm not ashamed of a few lumps, bumps or cellulite.. and you shouldn't be either. #beautybeyondsize #lovetheskinyourein A post shared by A S H L E Y G R A H A M (@theashleygraham) on Jan 25, 2017 at 6:41pm PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js While the body positive movement encourages you to come to terms and be comfortable with all aspects of your body type and shape, it doesn’t encourage an unhealthy lifestyle. Even in Graham’s Instagram post, she writes “I work out. I do my best to eat well. I love the skin I’m in. And I’m not ashamed of a few lumps, bumps or cellulite .. and you shouldn’t be either.” In other words, do everything you can to reduce the appearance of cellulite and don’t let it affect your self-image, or self-esteem.

If you’re trying to manage your weight as a way to reduce cellulite and generally live a healthier lifestyle, you probably have more than one problem. First, you need to work hard to keep the pounds off. But you have to do it in the face of the simple fact that … you LOVE food! And when you combine that love of eating with the often unconscious and/or emotional eating that can happen when you snack, the battle against how much you eat becomes even greater. But, if you were to find a way, like ‘miracle’ snacks, that were available in lots of different varieties, offering lots of different flavors and sensations, then you’d be eating healthier food and have part of the problem licked. Hummus to the Rescue! The problem with most ‘healthy’ snack foods is that they are way too boring. No blast of flavour, or salt, or sugar. Think edamame beans: not exactly a flavor sensation … unless they’re covered in salt. But not hummus. While hummus’ basic ingredient, chick peas (also known as garbanzo beans) might not be what anyone would call ‘tasty’, when you puree them, they become the base for a variety of ingredients and tasty flavors. Even the ingredients of a basic hummus recipe reads like a roster of taste superstars: • Chick peas • Tahini • Garlic • Olive oil • Lemon juice • Paprika • Coriander And after that, what you add to your hummus recipe is up to your imagination. Other hummus recipes from around the web feature tamari, red peppers, greek yogurt, peanut butter, cilantro, chili peppers, artichokes and tomatoes, among other ingredients. They all come together in a snack food that offers three key benefits: 1. It’s Good For You Hummus is high in nutrition and offers 50% of the recommended daily intake of hunger-busting fiber, and 29% of your protein, in a single cup. 2. It’s Versatile Not only can you change hummus recipes on a whim, you can eat it in any number of ways, including as a spread, dip and as a stuffing for your bell peppers. 3. It’s Full of Flavor Because you make it to your own tastes, with ingredients that are fresh, you get flavours that are simply not possible from a bag of chips. There is one downside to hummus that’s the same with all the foods you eat, regardless of how healthy or delicious they are. If you overeat, it becomes infinitely more difficult, or even impossible, to lose the fat that’s causing your cellulite.

Ugh! Exercise?! Who the heck actually wants to exercise? It makes you feel like you’re going to pass out. It makes you sweaty and smelly. And you never see any changes anyway. But, no matter how you feel about exercise, there’s no denying its benefits. From losing weight and cellulite reduction to lower blood pressure and less risk of heart disease, exercise is shown time and time again to deliver lots of healthy benefits. So how can you come to terms with your dislike for exercise in the face of how good it is for you? The answer is relatively simple. Approach exercise on your own terms. Here are a few suggestions on how to do that. 1. Focus on the Right Benefits for You If you’re exercising just to lose weight, you’re setting yourself a lofty goal. Here’s why: exercise doesn’t shed pounds as efficiently as you think. For example, it would take you over two hours of brisk walking to walk off the calories you put on from just one Big Mac. Even if weight loss is your ultimate goal, start using other benefits as markers of success. Exercise helps to improve many areas of your appearance and wellbeing, including better looking skin, improved posture, lower stress and higher self-esteem. Think about how good you’d feel about yourself if you actually were able to get into a regular exercise program, even if you saw no physical results. 2. Set Your Own Achievable Goals If you set out to lose 50 pounds, your chances of failure will be higher. Instead, start your program with the goal finding something you are comfortable doing on a regular basis. Even if it’s only walking to the corner and back, if it adds more regular activity to your day, then it’s a good goal to achieve – and doing so will help you move onto higher goals. 3. Try it Eight Times If you have never jogged, even running a short distance can make you say ‘never again!’ But if you think about it, you rarely like anything that’s different from your usual habits the first time you try it. Before you begin any extra regular activity, tell yourself you will try it at least eight times before you give up on it entirely. If there is a single way to get more exercise into your life, it is to find something, anything, that works for you. Instead of trying to reach all the goals you read about in the magazines and on the web, start to write your own book on healthier living.

We’ve been writing a lot in the blog recently about being more affirmative and forgiving with your weight, cellulite or anything else about yourself that might cause stress, anxiety and/or low self-esteem. And it’s time to stop letting the size number on your clothing get you down too. By making the right fashion choices and dressing in a way that lets you comfortably accentuate your features and look your best, you can start feeling more beautiful and confident every time you leave the house –which is true whether you’re overweight or not. 1. Be Comfortable Presenting the best outward image to others starts within you. You can’t be confident in something that’s physically uncomfortable or that makes you uncomfortable with the look you are presenting. Wear clothes that fit properly – not too tight and not too baggy – and don’t wear something to make yourself feel good just because it’s the latest style. Above all, be true to yourself. If you’re buying a certain size because you hate the thought of your correct size, you’ll never look your best. 2. Assemble a Knock-Out Wardrobe When you choose the right colors, cut and patterns, you can accentuate the right areas and take focus away from elsewhere. Dark Colors Hide and Light Colors Highlight Wear a lighter colored belt or sash around you waist to highlight its curves over a dark dress. Wear dark pants and a light-colored blouse to put the emphasis up top and take it away from down below. Stay Away from Horizontal Stripes and Patterns Being horizontal, they accentuate width. By contrast, vertical stripes accentuate height. Get Your Colors Done Find out what clothing colors work with your skin tone and hair color. 3. You Can’t Look Your Best if Your Underwear Doesn’t Fit Your underwear shouldn’t be just a fashion show of skimpy briefs and fancy bra patterns. By some estimates, up to 80% of women wear the wrong bra size. That can cause back pain and posture problems. An ill-fitting bra can make anything you wear look unflattering. Take the time and spend a little extra to visit a specialized bra shop or higher-end department store whose sales help knows how to properly size you for a bra. To help keep hip and thigh girth in check, try a low-legged, high-waisted support brief. Better yet, look for cellulite-reducing shapewear (like our products!) that can help shape your body from your stomach to your ankles, all while reducing the appearance of cellulite. Mass & Slim Shapewear Shorts $79.95 $99.95 Shop Now Mass & Slim Shapewear Leggings $89.95 $104.95 Shop Now 4. Accessorize for Size Fortunately, jewelry and fashion accessories work for women of all body sizes and types. In fact, larger women can wear bolder choices that might overwhelm smaller frames. But don’t use that as an excuse to go over the top – gaudy can happen to anyone. Similarly, items that are simply too small can appear out of proportion to your body. Try a larger handbag that will make your body look smaller. Use a few bangles to make wrists look slimmer, and knee-high boots will make your legs look longer and thinner. 5. Wear Clothes with Mass & Slim If you follow all or some of the tips above, this will already be easier to do. The right attitude, confident and positive, is as important as the clothes you wear in presenting the best you to the world. 6. Take Care of Yourself Simply putting on an outfit doesn’t miraculously make your look great. Try to eat a healthier diet and get more activity in your life. Treat yourself to a spa visit or a mani/pedi. Generally shoot for a healthier lifestyle. Not only will you be healthier, but you’ll look healthier too. 7. Get Fitted It’s can be difficult to know what size works best for you, especially since sizes can be inconsistent between clothing brands. And sometimes almost nothing fits you properly because of your body’s unique features and proportions. Try finding a good seamstress and get properly fitted for some outfits. It might be less expensive than you think and the payoff can be fabulous. 8. Buy Quality When you’re down about your body and appearance, it’s easy to just shop the bargain racks. You’ll prefer the look of higher quality clothing and it will last longer, which is something that we don’t usually consider when deciding to make the investment. So go ahead, you’re worth it. 9. Consider all angles Literally and figuratively. Some outfits look great when you’re standing in front of the mirror. But when you sit down, they might be quite unflattering. So put a chair in front of the mirror and take a look for every angle, sitting and standing. Also make sure your clothing is age- and personality-appropriate. If you’re north of 30, no matter what body type you are, the latest teen trends are probably not for you – even if you’re still young at heart. 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When Donald Trump was elected President, you would have thought that the sky was falling. Expectations of stock market crashes, nuclear holocaust and border walls ran rampant. But now, as he starts his presidency just two months later, the expectations are different. While President-elect Trump may have softened his line on some issues, the main reason for the turnaround is the simple acceptance of the fact that he will be President and, whether you like him or not, the only thing any of us can do is try to make the best of it. Will 2017 be the Year of ‘Acceptance’? The growing tendency to accept Donald Trump for who he is, and try to make the best of the fact that he is President, might be part of a new trend that may reveal itself more fully as 2017 unfolds. The February 2017 issue of Glamour magazine features a cover shot of the four female stars of the popular HBO series, Girls. But it’s not who’s on the cover that’s important. Unlike virtually every fashion and beauty magazine’s cover for as long as anyone can remember, the February Glamour cover isn’t ‘photoshopped’ to get rid of Lena Dunham’s cellulite and other ‘imperfections’. And Lena Dunham has thanked Glamour for running the cover. The cover is yet another milestone in the body positive movement, which encourages everyone to adopt a more forgiving, accepting and affirmative attitude toward their bodies. The goal of the change in attitude is to improve overall health and well being. Shapewear will Help but Being Body Positive Might be the Best Thing You Do to Reduce Cellulite While the body positive movement is about all sorts of physical appearance issues and shapewear can help, extra weight and cellulite are among the most common that affect a person’s self-esteem. The idea of accepting your cellulite does not necessarily mean you shrug your shoulders and forget about it. The body positive movement is about living a healthier life, mentally and physically. That means managing your weight, and therefore your cellulite, as best you can. And, like many people’s view of Donald Trump, just because you accept your cellulite doesn’t mean you have to like it. You can still take steps to improve its appearance, beyond managing your weight, including wearing shapewear. In fact, by helping to make you feel better about yourself and your body, the body positive movement can give you the strength and confidence you need to actually make a difference in the appearance of your cellulite.

So how long has it been that you’ve wanted to reduce your cellulite? How many times have you caught sight of yourself in the mirror and looked away? How many times have you avoided certain clothes because they exposed your cellulite ‘dimples’? New Year’s come and go, and your cellulite is still there. It can stress you out, depress you or simply be a frustration. You’ve tried the creams, diets and rubs. And your cellulite is still there. It’s Time to Face Your Cellulite You’re not alone. Around 90% of women of all shapes and sizes have cellulite and it’s doubtful that any of them enjoy it. But cellulite isn’t a disease. It doesn’t hurt you physically. It’s actually quite normal. So why let it affect you so deeply year in and year out? Instead, this year try facing your cellulite and making a new deal with it. A deal that says you’re going to accept it as part of who you are; as something you can live with - without all the negative feelings and emotions. How to Start Feeling More Positive About Your Cellulite Fortunately, you won’t have a difficult time to find help in changing your attitude towards cellulite. In fact, thanks to the body positive movement many women are flaunting their cellulite, relating their stories and changing common misconceptions. But how do you begin the turnaround? It’s not like you can be suddenly overjoyed that you have cellulite. You probably never will be really happy about it. That’s part of the original problem with cellulite. Just like you’ve never been able to get rid of it (because there’s no way to ‘get rid’ of cellulite) if you think that you can make it a wonderful thing, you’re just setting yourself up for more negativity when you can’t. Here are just a few ways that you can start changing your attitude towards your cellulite and make the feelings and emotions around it have less effect on you. 1. Stop Reading the ‘Get Rid of Cellulite’ Media Cellulite is caused by fat cells that push up between the connective tissue under your skin. It is far more common in women than in men because women have more layers of fat under their skin. Actually getting rid of your cellulite is virtually impossible and, even if you could, it would probably harm your physical health far more than having cellulite as harmed your feelings and emotions. So stop letting those empty ‘banish your cellulite’ claims get you down. Reducing your cellulite is a realistic goal. Eliminating it is not. 2. Look for Support Instead As we mentioned, the body positive movement has spawned a trend toward accepting your cellulite. Start looking for more positive media about cellulite. Check out these Instagram accounts from two women who aren’t afraid to show their cellulite to the world and be open about their struggles with it. PlankingForPizza - https://www.instagram.com/plankingforpizza/ OMGKenzieee - https://www.instagram.com/omgkenzieee/ 3. Use Your Cellulite as Motivation The best way to manage cellulite is to start living a healthier lifestyle through a balanced diet and more activity. Try to use your cellulite to start making positive changes in your life. 4. Do What You Can If you suddenly change your diet and start a rigorous workout program, you’re setting yourself up to fail. Massive changes to your life, made in a short time, are difficult to sustain. Make the changes you are comfortable with, no matter how small. Add a little activity, swap one unhealthy snack for a healthy one. And if you want to make even fewer changes, look for other options to improve your cellulite’s appearance with little or no effort, like wearing anti-cellulite slimming shapewear that has been proven to reduce cellulite. In the end, it’s up to you. This year, you can choose to continue to have the same relationship you’ve always had with cellulite, or you can choose to make it better.

If you’re one of the surprisingly few people who have been loyal gym members for many years, you probably hate January. Why? Because all the “I’m going to eat healthier’, ‘I’m going to lose weight’ or ‘I’m going to tackle reducing my cellulite’ resolution-makers crowd into any gym they can find in January eager to start the New Year right. The good news is that it won’t take long for your gym to return to normal as more and more people fall off the resolution wagon. You should be fine by February. While only about 8% of people achieve their New Year’s resolutions, we all continue to make them year after year. And that’s a good thing. Regardless of what the numbers say, there’s nothing wrong with trying again and again in hopes that your resolutions eventually stick. But until that happens, maybe you can try a different approach that might actually have a fairly good chance of success. The Problem with Resolutions   In a way, we very often set ourselves up for failure when we make New Year’s resolutions. It’s not easy to suddenly change your diet, or jump into a workout schedule for the first time in your life, or even lose 10 pounds (permanently). Of course, at the first signs of trouble in tackling these really massive goals, it becomes easier to give up – just as 92% of us do each year. Try This in 2017 Resolve to shift your outlook, not necessarily your weight. Clearly making a big resolution to reduce  cellulite isn’t working. Instead, try to take your focus from losing a certain number of pounds and simply try to do anything you can to be healthier, regardless of how big or small, and regardless of ‘success’. To give you an idea of what we man, here are just a few suggestions to help you get started. You can try one, some or all of them. You can try to make the change every day, or just pick certain days. Whatever works for you. The idea is to get started with something you can maintain. Once you are on the road, even in the smallest way, it’s easier to stay on it and use it get to where you want to be. 1. Eat More Whole Foods Try to eat whole (unprocessed) foods, like vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and legumes at every meal. They fill you up more which means you eat less. 2. Get Your Rest Giving your body time to recover and recharge each night helps give you more energy to tackle more life-changing, and weight-reducing, tasks when you’re awake 3. Get Rid of Sugar Wherever Possible If you have 2 teaspoons of sugar in your coffee, try having just one. Or cut your dessert in half. Or try going without dessert one day a week. Or try anything that you think you can do to reduce your sugar intake by any amount. 4. Drink More Water If you already carry a full water bottle with you, fantastic. If not, start now. Your body is 60% water and maintaining proper levels helps your digestion, body temperature, nutrient distribution, detoxification and circulation. 5. Get a Little More Active If you’re not comfortable going to a gym, don’t bother. Just try to add some more activity to your daily routine. Stand when you’re on the phone. Have walk-and-talk meetings. Park further away from the mall entrance. Play with you children. If you pick just one of these and stick to it at least occasionally, that’s an achievement. It may not seem like a big deal or that you have reached much of a goal. But when nothing else has worked, the goal isn’t as important as just getting yourself a ‘win’.

We hate to admit it, but while we would really prefer to lose weight and reduce our cellulite, when it comes to making some of the drastic changes to help them happen, well, no thanks. We’ll just figure it isn’t meant to be. But what if you could make relatively easy changes that, while they may not make anything disappear or bring about any remarkable change, they’ll be doable and make you healthier, no matter what happens? Try some or all of the following ways to help you reduce your cellulite. They will help and the worst that can happen is you end up eating a healthier diet. 1. Have Protein for Breakfast Give yourself a filling protein boost in the morning to help reduce how much you eat later in the day. Get an even bigger boost by choosing plant-based proteins, like beans, grains and legumes that pack a lot of fibre too. Yes, they’re for breakfast too. 2. Cut the Booze We’re not talking about going on the wagon, but try things like choosing lower alcohol options and/or drinking water between cocktails. 3. Make a Snack Swap If you haven’t tried baby carrots and hummus, you don’t know what you’re missing – It’s delicious and it feels SO healthy! Bad snacking is a major cause of weight gain, especially when linked to emotional eating. Try substituting fruits, nuts or vegetables for at least one unhealthy snack. 4. Drink Water & Low-Sodium Vegetable Juice If that sounds boring, you’ve haven’t been really trying. With a regular Coke sporting 10 teaspoons of sugar in a can, sugary drinks are yet another major contributor to extra weight – and poor health. If water is too tasteless for your taste, throw in some lemon or lime slices and/or try a sparkling variety. The best vegetable juice is low salt/sodium, and freshly made by you at home. Again, you’re not going to lose 10 pounds or make your cellulite disappear in a week with any or all of these tips, but they will help reduce cellulite, they are easy to do, and they are fun too.

There are four plain and simple facts about weight loss. Being overweight can be unhealthy. Extra body fat contributes to your cellulite. You can manage your weight if you really want to. Healthy, sustained weight loss is not easy. That last one is the trickiest to deal with. It doesn’t matter what the ads in the tabloids or on the internet tell you there are no fast, easy ways to healthily lose weight and keep it off. We live in an amazing time of quick, convenient and effective solutions to almost all our day-to-day problems. If you have a headache, take some aspirin. If your clothes are dirty, throw them in the washing machine. If you need a gift for the birthday party that starts in an hour, you can order it online and pick it up on your way. Unfortunately, that expectation of almost instant solution to a problem carries over to your weight. If you need to lose 10 pounds for your cousin’s wedding, it seems so easy to just go on the latest crash diet. But your body, health and weight loss are far too complex for quick solutions. It’s why only 5% of Americans who lose weight on a diet keep it off for longer than five years. And many dieters end up putting on more weight afterward than they carried before the diet. Weight Loss Excuses & How to Deal with Them The facts about dieting are discouraging. And the downside of that is, without really knowing it, you start making excuses for not losing weight to avoid the discouragement. But, as soon as you realize that your reasons for not losing weight really are just excuses, you will also realize that you really can reduce your weight, make your cellulite less noticeable and maintain both for the long term. Here are some of the most common excuses for not losing weight and suggestions for how to deal with them. 1. I don’t have time This one seems so true. With the demands of work, family, friends, and just plain life, who has the time to go to a gym or make healthy meals? Among the many myths of weight loss, one that causes the most excuses to pop up is that you need to go flat out towards your weight loss goal. In fact, you don’t need to completely change your eating habits overnight, get expensive club memberships, buy embarrassing exercise outfits and workout five times a week. Who really does have the time for all that? If you begin your weight loss journey with a single step instead of a giant leap, you’ll have a better chance of success and it’ll probably take much less time than you think. Here’s the first step you should take if time really is an issue: do only those things that will help you lose weight using little or no time. Try some of the following: Stop drinking sugary drinks and their diet substitutes – One can of Coke has 10 teaspoons of sugar. The same size of vegetable juice has just 2.5 teaspoons. And putting lemon slices into a glass of sparkling water delivers almost no sugar. One simple action that takes no time at all and you drastically cut down your sugar intake. And diet sodas can fool your body into thinking it got the energy hit it was craving, which can make you eat even more. Wear shapewear - Anti-cellulite shapewear is proven to reduce the appearance of cellulite. And all you have to do is wear them instead of something else – in other words, you get all the benefits without using any more time. Eat healthy snacks – Bad snacking causes more weight and health damage than you think. In addition to being enemies of your weight, processed snacks like chips are loaded with salt, which can upset the fluid levels in your body, potentially leading to water retention.If you snack on whole foods instead, including nuts, vegetables and fruit, you will not only eliminate the extra calories and salt of processed snacks, but you’ll get the more fibre and the nutrition your body needs to stay strong and healthy while you shed the pounds.Again, healthy snacking will help you lose weight without any adding any extra time to your busy schedule. 2. ‘Nothing I Do Works’ This one really is true. Again, you have a 5% chance of keeping off the weight you lose in a diet for more than 5 years. So why bother? Clearly nothing will work. But what does it really mean when something doesn’t work? It usually means something’s wrong with it. It might be broken or simply not the right tool for the job. What do you do when something doesn’t work? If your car is broken, you fix it. If the screw driver isn’t the right fit, you switch to one that is. But what if you’ve tried lots of different diets and none worked? Then it’s the dieting that isn’t working, not that you can’t lose weight. Fad diets don’t work because they take the wrong approach. Healthy, sustained weight loss can’t be had with a straight-line “eat-less, lose weight” approach. Your body is a complex machine and it treasures its survival more than anything else. When you cut calories the wrong way, it triggers powerful self-preservation mechanisms in your body that can actually cause you to put on weight even with a calorie reduced diet. If that sounds unbelievable or crazy, that’s how messed up dieting can make your system. If whatever you’ve done to try to lose weight hasn’t worked, fix it. Dieting doesn’t work, so find out what does. In a nutshell, you need to make sure your body gets the energy and nutrition it needs to stay healthy during the stress it goes through during weight loss. 3. “My metabolism is too slow to lose weight” This one is really popular because it creates the impression that it’s physically impossible for you to lose weight. Nice try, but when you look at how your metabolism works, that excuse doesn’t make sense. Metabolism is the process your body uses to convert the energy in food into the energy your body needs. Everyone has a basal (or base) metabolic rate, which is the amount of energy your body needs to carry out its basic functions while you are at rest, like breathing and keeping your heart beating. Everyone’s basal metabolic rate is different depending on a number of factors, including the size of your body, your age and whether you are a woman or a man. Yes, a lower basal metabolic rate burns fewer calories. But the idea that your rate is so low that you can’t lose weight is false because, regardless of your basal rate, your body adjusts to it. Whether you have a high or low rate, your body balances its energy requirements to suit that rate. While all of the suggestions above sound like great ways to lose weight and reduce your cellulite (and they are), they are not the complete answer. They are just one step. But they are a step in the right direction. Ultimately the answer is to not look at weight loss and cellulite reduction as a single task but as an ongoing part of who you are.

A few months ago we reached our limit. We simply couldn’t read another headline that made obvious false promises about getting rid of cellulite. For anyone with cellulite, those headlines might seem like the answer they’ve always been looking for. But claims those headlines make are at best misleading and, at worst, potentially dangerous to your health. So we decided to write a post that busted some of the untrue cellulite headlines. Well, it’s happened again. As we surf the web to keep up-to-date about cellulite, we often come across more misleading information than solid facts. Here are just a few recent headlines that we busted this time. “Cinnamon is the Magic Spice the Will Help Get Rid of the Embarrassing Presence of Cellulite” – It’s actually fairly simple to become your own headline buster. If you see an article about cellulite with words like “magic”, “miracle” or “get rid” in the headline, you can probably bust it right there – no need to waste your time reading it. Why It’s Busted: Aside from the fact that no magical powers have ever been associated with cinnamon, there are a number of things wrong with this article. The claim is that toxins are stored in the fat cells that produce cellulite and cinnamon helps detoxify your body. But even if you eliminate all the toxins from your body, the best you can hope for is a slightly noticeable reduction in the appearance of your cellulite. You certainly won’t ‘get rid’ of it. “Start Your Day With It and Shine! It Erases Your Wrinkles, Kilograms and Cellulite.” – OK, let’s add “erases” to the list of words you can use to spot a sketchy cellulite headline.Why It’s Busted: This one busts itself. Suddenly, by the end of the first paragraph, the claim for the smoothie in question is reduced to “minimize the cellulite”, which is a far cry from ‘erases’ – and it’s still not accurate. “6 Easy Ways to Get Rid of Cellulite and Fat in Thighs” – This headline boldly sports three inaccuracies in just 12 words. That’s a 25% inaccuracy rate! Why It’s Busted: First, there are no easy ways to get rid of fat, which in turn means no easy ways to get rid of cellulite. Second, If you ‘got rid’ of fat (and therefore cellulite) you’d die. Third, if you do manage to reduce body fat through a balanced diet and exercise, it’s impossible to focus that fat loss on your thighs or any other particular body part. Remember, if the headline sounds too good to be true, it is. Keep looking for ways to eat a healthier diet and find ways to get more activity in your life and you’ll be doing just about as much as you can to reduce the appearance of cellulite.

Considering that it’s not an illness, it isn’t painful and it’s completely normal, cellulite sure does have a bad name. There’s a boom industry around cellulite and its treatment, including diets, creams and seeming endless advice to do things like “banish dreaded cellulite”. Even the word “cellulite” might really be bad for the condition’s reputation. Unlike most other physical conditions, whose names have a basis in science or ancient language, cellulite is an entirely contrived name. Its first use is recorded in the 1920s by a health and beauty spa. In other words, cellulite is a marketing term. Regardless of why it has such a bad reputation, our attitude towards it is what causes much of the stress and anxiety that many people suffer due to cellulite. If somehow we were able to change that negative outlook on cellulite, we might be better able to deal with it. Welcome to #CelluliteSaturday Imagine social media sites full of images of women proudly showing off their cellulite every week. #CellulteSaturday is the brainchild of Kenzie Brenna, a Toronto-based actress who decided to do something about the stigma around cellulite. Words for all us bopo warriors ✨ It gets easier, but that doesn't mean to hard stuff still doesn't come. In waves, in moments we may drown in ourselves, in the bodies we try to keep from sinking. We may still have voids. Big voids, the one that creates a lightness so heavy we must fill it obsessively and violently to feel whole. We may still find weakness in our strength. We will catch ourselves lying to protect our truth. In moments where our bodies are only masks for our secrets. The secrets we thought we burned and tossed, but they found a way combed in us. We will have moments like these. And we will choose to fight them until our hearts say no. A fight that we live to love for the benefits of eternal freedom tantalize every inch of our soul. Honour your fight, that soldier inside you, she sleeps only when all is well again. And all will be well again, as it goes. Remember this, my warrior. ? #edsolider #bopowarrior #selflove A photo posted by Kenzie B (@omgkenzieee) on Nov 2, 2016 at 8:34am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Starting this past summer, Kenzie regularly posts images of herself, cellulite and all, with the #CelluliteSaturday hashtag in an effort to change the attitude toward cellulite and, in turn, help herself and other women be more accepting of it. Every #CelluliteSaturday post Kenzie shares gets literally thousands of “likes’, the standard form of appreciation on Instagram, and dozens of comments, all of which are invariably positive and/or grateful for the effort. Many include personal stories of dealing with cellulite’s stigma. Yaassssssssss kweens. You know what day it is! ? ? ? Do I love this part of my body? No, absolutely not. No matter how many times I talk about it, no matter how many people support me, its engrained in me to understand that "if you have cellulite, that part of your body is not good looking." And some people will read this and nod their head. I get it. But I also recognize that this is from social conditioning. IF YOU THINK for some reason that we are born with a natural distaste for certain body types then you are wrong. Let me give you this example: (This example slays btw) ?✨ If cellulite wasn't attractive because its inherently in our DNA, then we wouldn't also shame women for having body hair. Makes sense right? Body hair grows on us and yet we shave it off because smooth, white, young looking skin is more desirable than the other. But wait! It's in our primitive mind to look for mates who can survive, so why do we instinctively think that body hair on a woman is unattractive? Considering body hair is developed by biological evolution. BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN RAISED TO THINK THAT. This is called cultural programming. This has nothing to do with what our cavemen minds think is attractive. And if you've been following my youtube videos I have spoke that our psychology cannot exist without the influence of our culture or the sub cultures around you. That would be called living in a "cultural vacuum" and it doesn't exist. If you recognize this, it's much easier to step out of your body and understand it from a sociological perspective. You can learn so so much about yourself once you realize how our minds and bodies work!! ????? I am no exception to this, cellulite monster inside of me still reigns her ugly head sometimes, but I acknowledge that this is social conditioning and I will not bow down to it. I will try to love myself. Over and over again.❤️ No matter how uncomfortable it makes me, no matter how hard, not matter what anyone says: I am on a journey for self love and I WILL NOT STOP. ??? #cellulitesaturday #thisbody #embracethesquish Also lovelies! Pls actually tag me in your pics! If you just @ me, it gets lost. Sowwie ????? A photo posted by Kenzie B (@omgkenzieee) on Nov 5, 2016 at 5:52am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js There is nothing wrong with cellulite. Having a healthier attitude towards it will also help you have a healthier attitude toward reducing its appearance. Only then will you stop believing all the unbelievable “miracle cure” claims and make some real progress in managing your cellulite.

They’ve been on the packages of the processed food you buy for decades. But chances are you either don’t read them or, if you do, you have a difficult time understanding exactly what they mean. Since the 1990’s, nutrition labels have been a requirement on packaged foods in Canada and the U.S.A.. They list the amounts of essential nutrients, like fats (both saturated and unsaturated), carbohydrates and proteins; sugar; sodium (salt); and other nutrients, including vitamins and minerals, contained in a serving size of the food in the package. They also list the percent of the recommended daily value (how much you should consume each day) of each item on the nutrition label. It’s a good attempt and trying to give you an idea of the nutrition in the foods you buy so you can make healthier choices. But the labels are far from perfect. And that has affects your ability to maintain a healthy weight and minimize your cellulite. How Nutrition Labels Make it Difficult to Fight Cellulite There are a number of ways that nutrition labels fall short of letting you know the effect the contents of a food package has on your weight and cellulite. 1. Serving Size Many nutrition labels don’t list the amount and percent daily value on the entire contents of a package, but only on a certain serving size. That means that the entire package can contain many times the amounts of each item listed on the nutrition label. Unfortunately, many of us read the nutrition label thinking it represents everything in the package. 2. Some Listings are Inconsistent For example, as a result of lobbying by the sugar industry, a percent daily value for sugar is not listed on nutrition labels, only the amount of sugar in grams. But who knows how much sugar is represented by four, or 40, grams? (1 teaspoon and 10 teaspoons). An Idea to Make Nutrition Labels More Useful Saying that current nutrition labels don’t do enough to help consumers understand their nutrition intake, a group of British doctors suggest that labels include an indication of how much exercise or activity is needed to burn off the calories in the food they represent. “The objective is to prompt people to be more mindful of the energy they consume and how these calories relate to activities in their everyday lives, and to encourage them to be more physically active,” said Shirley Cramer, chief executive of the Royal Society for Public Health. The RSPH suggests it would be as simple as listing how long it would take to walk, run or swim off the calories in the food you eat. For example, for a person of average weight and height, a can of pop that contains 140 calories would take about a half hour of walking to burn off. The idea is a good one because studies indicate that most people underestimate how many calories they consume and over estimate how many calories they burn during an activity. While the idea won’t solve the problem of excess weight and cellulite, it would certainly be a helpful step in the right direction.

What’s the worst thing about cellulite? Yes, it’s ugly, it gets us depressed and we can’t seem to do anything to get rid of it. But perhaps worst of all is the lack of hard scientific facts about cellulite. Most people’s understanding and perceptions about cellulite are, at best, misinformed. A lot of that misunderstanding comes from the industry that has grown around our desperate search for a ‘cure’ for cellulite. And right there is one of the biggest cellulite myths. It’s not something you cure, or should cure. In fact, if you absolutely cured your cellulite, you could be in for some serious health issues. The good people at Reader’s Digest recently spoke to some board-certified dermatologists about what they wished women knew about cellulite. In a way, we were happy to hear what they said because, in previous posts here on The Black Purple blog, we’ve touched on many of the points the dermatologists raised. 5 Facts About Cellulite That Dermatologists Want You To Know 1. What Really is Cellulite Cellulite is any ‘thing’. It is the term used to describe the dimpled appearance of your skin. “Cellulite is enlarged packets of body fat deep beneath the skin pushed against the vertical connective tissue that surrounds fat cells,” says Dendy Engelman, MD, of Manhattan Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery in New York City. Cellulite mostly appears on your belly, thighs and butt, where the layers of fat beneath the skin are deeper than elsewhere on your body. 2. Almost Every Woman has Cellulite “Cellulite is very common—93 percent of women have it!” says Dr. Engelman. So if you have cellulite, you’re definitely not alone. 3. Cellulite is Natural, Harmless and not a Disease The Mayo Clinic says cellulite isn’t a serious medical condition. Perhaps the worst health issue that can come from cellulite is the self-consciousness it creates, which can contribute to depression, anxiety and lower self esteem. 4. Exercise can Help Reduce your Cellulite Dr. Bruce Katz, MD, medical director of JUVA Skin & Laser Center in New York City, says "generally, the key to alleviating cellulite is weight loss combined with building muscle.” The correlation between exercise and cellulite is simple. Cellulite is caused by pockets of fat. Exercise burns fat, which would reduce the pockets that cause your cellulite. 5. What you Eat Affects Your Cellulite Similar to exercise, what you eat affects how much fat your body produces. But the benefits of a healthy diet go beyond maintaining healthier weight levels. “Antioxidants and omega-3s can be a woman's best friend in fighting cellulite because they help break fat cells down and strengthen the skin and connective tissue, respectively,” says Dr. Katz. The dermatologists mentioned a number of other points about cellulite around which there is some level of misunderstanding. This includes the fact that cellulite has a genetic component, that the structure of men’s skin means that they rarely get cellulite and, perhaps most importantly for your hopes and pocket book, there’s no known ‘miracle’ cure for cellulite. Tanya Kormeili, MD, a board-certified dermatologist says “while many treatments claim to be able to improve the appearance of cellulite, the long-term effectiveness of these treatments or their true efficacy is still being investigated. So, please, don't waste your hard-earned money on claims that won't really yield the results you want,”

Here’s the straight forward scoop on cellulite and how you can eat and drink to reduce it. Cellulite is caused by fat. While everyone has fat in their bodies, excess fat is produced when you eat too much food, the wrong types of foods, or both. The energy in food is measured in calories. When you eat too much of the wrong foods, you get more calories than you need to survive and your body stores the excess energy as fat. And your cellulite battles begin. So it’s kind of easy to see at least one way to fight cellulite. Eat the right foods and don’t eat too much of them. Of course, that’s far easier said than done for most of us. But if you do what you can, keep making improvements in your diet and use every small achievement as motivation for the next one, you can get there. And here are some foods and beverages that will help. 5 Secrets to Reducing Cellulite 1. Flax Seed Flax promotes the production of collagen in your body. Collagen is the main component of your body’s connective tissue, which includes your skin and the connective tissue that keeps it attached to your body. When fat and fluids gather around that connective tissue, it causes cellulite. Collagen strengthens your skin and the underlying connective tissue, which helps reduce the appearance of cellulite. You can add flax seed to your breakfast cereal, yogurt or just eat it straight up. 2. Asparagus Asparagus is high in fiber, which helps you feel fuller longer so you eat less. Fiber also helps keep your digestive system functioning properly. And asparagus has a diuretic effect, which rids your body of excess fluids, including those that contribute to your cellulite. Plus, it complements nicely with fish which also helps minimize cellulite for a one-two punch! 3. Avocado The conundrum with fat is, even as we try to get rid of it, we need it to live. Avocado is a great source of healthy fats and it fills you up to reduce the hunger pangs that make you eat more. 4. Fresh Lemon Juice Frozen and prepared juices often have added sugar that negates most of their healthy effects. But freshly squeezed lemon juice reduces the impact of simple carbohydrates (those that go straight to your thighs), and reduces toxins that lower your estrogen levels, which helps tighten your skin. 5. Water Water helps you fight cellulite by flushing your system of retained fluids and toxins, and hydrating your skin so it looks smoother. The minimum recommendation is 8 ounce glasses per day. There’s no one single way to defeat cellulite. By taking as many positive steps towards cellulite reduction, not only will you have better looking skin, you’ll probably lose weight and feel healthier too.