Women’s magazines, bloggers, TV shows, girls’ nights in… Advice on how to eat well, stay in shape and smooth away cellulite is everywhere! It can be hard to know what to believe and what’s actually good for you… Am I right, ladies? To help you cut through the noise, we’ve put together a list of 7 habits you should drop as soon as possible!
Skipping breakfast
It bears repeating: breakfast is essential as part of a balanced diet. Skip it, and you’re far more likely to snack throughout the day and reach for whatever’s within arm’s reach… And snacking, as you know, is a real setback when you’re trying to slim down and reduce cellulite! So let’s build better habits and choose recipes that are both healthy and delicious. Try starting your day with a porridge or a smoothie bowl — and take the time to actually enjoy it!
More broadly, skipping any meal — whether it’s breakfast, lunch or dinner — is genuinely not recommended if you want to slim down and reduce cellulite. According to a 2015 American study, this habit can actually cause weight gain and fat storage. Here’s why: throughout the day, liver cells produce glucose to keep your body functioning. This production stops after a meal, when a surge of sugar enters the bloodstream — the post-meal insulin spike. But if you regularly skip meals, this disrupts your body’s usual signalling. Your liver becomes insulin-resistant and continues producing glucose even after you’ve eaten. The result? Excess sugar gets stored around the abdomen, and stubborn fat and cellulite take hold.
Eating while doing something else — one of the bad habits to break
If you want to eat well and successfully slim down and reduce cellulite, it’s time to stop having lunch in front of your computer or the TV. When you’re not focused on your plate, you tend to eat on autopilot — and far more than your body actually needs. That’s exactly how extra pounds and cellulite creep in. The surplus calories you take in won’t be used by your body, so instead, they get stored in fat cells — the very ones responsible for dimples and love handles!
Drinking fruit juice
Shop-bought fruit juices are often loaded with sugar and unnecessary additives, which is why they deserve a spot on the list of habits to ditch. To slim down and reduce cellulite, try cutting out your daily glass of fruit juice and replacing it with infused water or a 100% fresh juice you’ve made yourself! That said, keep in mind that even a homemade glass of fruit juice contains the equivalent of around 4 sugar cubes on average — so don’t overdo it. And of course, fizzy drinks are off the table too, even the diet versions.
Choosing low-fat products
Reaching for low-fat products at the supermarket can feel like the right move — but they’re not your allies when it comes to slimming down and reducing cellulite. These products are often misleading and keep our sugar cravings alive, and sugar is one of the main culprits behind weight gain and the appearance of cellulite. If you’re not convinced, take a look at the ingredients list on your favourite low-fat products — you might be surprised! Cutting out so-called “light” products is therefore one of the good habits to adopt starting today.
Snacking in the evening
A square of chocolate here, a handful of peanuts there… The temptations are endless when you’re settling into the sofa after a long day! But those late-night snacks go straight to storage, feeding love handles and cellulite. Calories taken in just before bed won’t be burned by your body — they’ll simply be stored as fat.
Eating from oversized plates
One simple and effective trick for controlling portion sizes, slimming down and reducing cellulite is to use smaller plates. Your brain will feel like you’re eating more when the plate is full, helping you reach a sense of fullness sooner. Eating from plates that are too large is one of those bad habits that’s surprisingly easy to change, ladies!
Grocery shopping on an empty stomach
Shopping when you’re hungry is a terrible idea if you’re serious about slimming down and reducing cellulite! It’s the surest way to throw everything into your trolley and come home with 5 chocolate bars, 3 pizzas and 4 bottles of fizzy drinks… but not a single vegetable. And let’s be honest — greasy, salty and sugary foods are really not the way to say goodbye to orange-peel skin.
What about you, ladies — which bad habits are you finding hardest to shake? Come and share your thoughts and find the motivation to slim down and reduce cellulite in the CelluBlue Community!