AFFIRMATIONS - the right food choices. Make the right, healthy balanced food choices. Choose one or two affirmations from the following: O Reveal a clear, healthier, happier in you. O Think control in yourself. O Take responsibility of your physical self, wellness and your health. O Eat to nourish your mind, body and spirit.

A cellulite should avoid as much as possible oily fish, some of the vegetables (broad beans, split peas, soya), all dry fruits, milk products, tobacco, ail confectionery, all spicy things (mustard, pickles, garlic) and drinks. Eat meals at regular hours (do not eat between meals). Try hard to eat in peace, away from noise and be completely relaxed during meals. A cellulite will need only a cooling diet, rich in green vegetables and well-balanced menus.

We must shun stuffy atmospheres and crowded streets as much as possible because of our need for this vital force. Start breathing in gently, first inflating the upper part of the thorax, and moving arms to the horizontal position and then slightly backwards, The complete breathing in process should take 6 to 12 seconds. Breathing out should be done slowly. Begin by collapsing the upper part of the chest, then the lower part, and end by contracting the stomach. To empty the chest completely, lower the arms, the shoulders and the head bent slightly forward and back slightly arched.

Gentle and gradually increasing massage, which arouses sensation rather than pain, always dispels cellulite from the place to which it is applied. Various massage movements applied on the body will be described in detail in one of the coming chapters. Remember, massage should never cause pain, but should be hard enough all the same to arouse more sensitivity than it would have done on a perfectly healthy area.

Blood circulation has to be improved. Body brushing the skin is an ancient therapeutic practice which exfoliates and tones your skin, helps slow the skin’s aging process, increases circulation and alleviates muscle tension. You can also use exfoliating loofahs. To make loofah scrub: Mix 1-2 drops each of lemon oil and fennel seed oil in a vegetable scrub (which contains papain enzymes). Make a paste by adding water, rub with soft brush gently to avoid scraping your skin.

Burning cellulite with lipostim - Lipostim calorie burner pads are smeared with slimming oil and placed on strategic areas of the body which contain stubborn cellulite. Unwanted layers of fat are burned off by pulsar mode in this 30-minute procedure, followed by massage with slimming oil for about 10 minutes to tone up the sluggish muscles and tissues. Loose and flabby skin is tightened with warm aromatic steam containing juniper berry oil (available at a herbal store). This process helps to get rid of 50-60% cellulite fat.

Aromatherapy massage works wonders. To prepare massage cream: Mix 2 drops fennel seed oil, 2 drops rosemary oil, 4 drops lemon oil with 2 teaspoons vitamin E cream (400 IU). Massage and leave on cellulite areas at night. Repeat daily for two weeks. Tips to fight obesity and overweight complaints are quite common. There are several causes for obesity; majority of them are due to overeating and lack of exercise. The logical way to lose weight is to cut down excess/junk food intake by 100% without affecting the nutritive value of the food consumed, and exercise regularly to burn the extra fat.