Your personal experience with cellulite

FFD:

thanks for your kind words. Part of why I can't workout right now is because I have started a new medication regime, involving Celexa and Wellbutrin and am suffering side effects: incredible sedation and achy muscles. It really isn't a case of motivation: rather I am too darn tired and sleepy al the time. I can't do Cathe workouts feeling like this. I'd probably fall off the step. I walk, at least it's something until my energy levels come back, maybe in another month? It's a waiting game. I have to start to add in the Wellbutrin tomorrow. I am not looking forward to it. I hope it will counteract some of the sedating effects of the celexa and let me start lifting weights again. Who knows?

If none of this works, them I will have totally wasted my time and I don't know what I will do then.

So, I must remain optimistic and hopw it works out just fine. My doctor (PCP, I gave up on psychiatrists. Cost stacks of money and could never get much out of them) is excellent: lstens to me and has my best interests at heart.

I'm glad you are not too concerned with cellulite. From your posts, I always thought you had a good grasp on life, on reality, and better things to think about: right?!

See ya FFD,

Clare
 
I'm sorry Clare. I was on a celexa and wellbutin combination for a while. I know it took me a long "get acquainted period" before my body adjusted to the medication. I think it was about 4 to 6 weeks.

I think cellulite is like most other subcutaneous fat (abdominal fat is slightly different) but with connective tissue running through it, giving it that lovely uneven appearance. Some people just have more connective tissue. I don't think that it is harder than any other fat to get rid of. The problem is where we store the fat and how persistantly our bodies hold on to it. My thighs are the first place to put on fat and the very last to let go of it, and the fat on my thighs is riddled with connective tissue. So I, like some others here have a terrible time getting rid of the cellulite on my thighs. If I got my body fat down to some ridiculous percent I would probably shrink the fat beyond recognition. But like clare said, there are so many other things to obsess (oops, think) about.
 
Boy, is THIS something I've had experience with! You name it, I've tried it for the last 8 years - heavy weight, light weights, no weights, etc., etc. What I've learned is what works for me, and that you have to experiment. My legs are my least attractive feature, not only because they are large (genetic), but also because my leg has yucky varicose veins from phlebitis (spelling) when I was 21 years old, so that leg is always larger than my right and does not develop the same muscle tone. MY personal magic came from using the "freestyle" method of training with light weights or no weights 4-6 days per week and adding Pilates to the mix. I have abandoned the rigorous workouts like LL, GS Legs, and L&G for whatever leg work is in, say, HSC, HSTA, Circuit Max, Power Circuit, etc. twice a week or so plus Pilates 4 times a week, and sometimes 5. While my legs are not cellulite-free, they are a lot better than they were. I'm afraid I'm one of those folks who will never get rid of it entirely, so I wear capris and not shorts.

The moral to this story is - try everything and come up with the formula that works for you. So, get busy and ... Just Do It! :)
 
I think maybe it is better to change our perception: Voluptuous -and even cellulitic- women were considered beautiful in the past. Just look at Peter Paul Rubens paintings. To be thin was a bad thing those days!
 
I've decided to accept my cellulite as part of who I am. I just don't want to fight it anymore. And you know what...I wear shorts all summer.
 
It seems to me that a cultural shift is beginning where it's a not so bad thing to be a little bit plump. I'm amazed at how many teenage and early 20 girls I see that tend to be "voluptuous". My own 23 year old daughter is like this. It is my opinion she could stand to lose 10 lbs but she seems happy enough where she is. An indication that the stigma of overweight is not as present as it once was is that my daughter has had no shortage of male suitors. I don't think much imagination is needed to picture where these girls are going to be when they hit 40 if the tendency of a sedentary lifestyle still has a hold.

Clare, After the birth of my youngest I suffered horribly from post partum depression. Medication got me up and moving again and exercise eventually replaced my need for it. I know how debilitating depression can be so I pray you're feeling better soon. :)
 
Agree.. so many more important things in life...

Believe me I spent so much enegry worrying about it.

I do admit seeing the tabloids of even Paris with cellulite was the best thing to ever happen.

I really think women even notice it more than men... i think we are almost all going to to have.. to bad it takes us SO long to accept it.
 
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