I was over at my girlfriend’s house the other day having lunch with her and her lovely two year old daughter, Daisy. Always one for health and nutrition, we were having tomatoes and cottage cheese after a long dip in the pool. Feeling pretty good in my newly purchased bathing suit, I leaned over to grab a misplaced towel on the floor and without skipping a beat Daisy, darling two year old never-tell-a-lie Daisy, grabbed my thighs yelling “CHEESY.”
Not that I am the epitome of athletic perfection, but I have been pretty active in sports my whole life and I never thought in a million years I would be struggling with cellulite. But there we were, in my best friends kitchen, with a 3 foot beautiful blue-eyed beauty, who literally just brought my whole world tumbling down. At “twenty something,” the last thing I want to hear is someone pointing out my cottage cheese rear end. So through this tragic experience comes this article, “The Cellulite Chronicles.”
Getting down to the nitty-gritty: What is Cellulite?
According to the free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, cellulite is:
“A topographic skin change that is claimed to occur in most post-pubertal females.”
So what is that supposed to mean exactly? Basically, cellulite is considered to be those little bumps or dimples around your bottom and thigh areas that seem like they are impossible to get rid of. There is some controversy to what actually causes it, with doctors theories ranging from hormones to lifestyle choices, however, the one thing that everyone can agree on is we want it gone!
So how can we fight back against this dairy epidemic?
A lot of research shows that combining exercise with a low fat diet can help tone up your problem areas, and though it might not get rid of it completely, cellulite will be less noticeable as you become more toned and slim. Yet, for those of us that have tried it all, from the treadmill to the roll-on creams, there is still another option.
Recently revealed to yours truly, VelaShape™ is a new procedure offered by American Laser Centers for cellulite reduction and contouring. You can read up on the procedure here, but in a nutshell, it might be my answer to getting rid of the unwanted dairy farm that’s put up shop on my body.
The Cellulite Chronicles will be a personal diary of my one woman journey to ridding the world (ok just my bum) of cellulite. Stay tuned and follow me to see if I’ll ever be able to face my three foot “nemesis” in a bathing suit again!
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