How to get rid of cellulite!

1.Drink plenty of water. This may sound too simple...but its so important!! Wake up and drink one or two glasses of pure water with lemon. This means drinking about 16 ounces of water at room temperature or, if you prefer, you can drink warm water. In total, try drinking eight glasses of bottled water each day, and include herbal teas like dandelion, red clover, burdock, or ginger.

2.Add freshly squeezed lemon juice. Lemon juice helps you eliminate more toxins on a daily

3.Boost your fiber intake.

4.Drink juices every day. Try the green ones like kale, cucumber, and add apple, and ginger! It can be a very healthy way to keep your body free of cellulite and just plain healthy.


5.Eat lots of vegetables. Try adding a daily serving of fresh salads composed of healthy vegetables with healthy dressing.


6.Choose healthy oils. Stay away from processed heated oils like like soy, corn, and canola. Reach instead for olive and nut oils for cooking and to sprinkle on foods. (this does not mean its okay to fry your foods in olive oil)

7.Perform a liver cleanse. The liver is a primary organ responsible for cleansing wastes from the body. It is considered a fat destroyer in the body. The liver makes sure that your body fluids are helping your body achieve optimal performance. Don’t clog the liver or your pipes with fat. Keep them working smoothly and cleanly by doing a regular liver cleanse. Find a Liver Cleanse in your local Vitamin Shoppe!


8.Keep your system regular. Make sure you have one to two bowel movements every day. Those of you on the Body By Vi Challenge can attest to this...after your first shake you felt your bowels move ans thought something was wrong!  Keep healthy and keep the pipes clean!

9.Get on a daily exercise routine. Of course I recommend zumba to get you moving!!!

10. Exfoliate your skin!! Exfoliating away dry skin helps to prevent cellulite formation  and stimulating skin renewal.

 The moral of this story....changing your lifestyle..eat healthy and keep your body active and start eliminating cellulite today

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Quick video of a leg circuit that you can try as a personal challenge. Do this exercise in the gym or at home...sandbags, dumbbells, or body-weight  can be used. 

HOT Yoga...Literally!

Due to the intensity of our workouts and the craziness of our schedule...we need to wind down and do some injury prevention. Fortunately, not every workout has to be high intensity suicide. Today was a morning to try something new! A local Yoga studio offers HOT YOGA...Yes, I said hot yoga.

Hot yoga refers to yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions. Often associated with the style devised by Bikram Choudhury, hot yoga is now used to describe any number of yoga styles that use heat to increase an individual's flexibility in the poses^. In colder climates, hot yoga often seeks to replicate the heat and humidity of southern India from where many styles of yoga originate. Hot Yoga is ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F (≈ 40.6°C) with a humidity of 40%!

 The heated studio helps for deeper stretching and injury prevention, while reducing stress and tension. Hot Yoga stimulates and restores health to every muscle, joint, and organ of the body.

The class was very relaxing...an amazing experience that we are excited about trying again!!

Meals were pretty steady today...
I ended up drinking 3 Visalus shakes today...when my body gets really hot, its hard to eat because you can lose your appetite. But, you have to keep the body fueled...its important to keep the metabolism up!! If not, I won't have the energy to make it through the day. One of the shakes was a tropical shake!!

2 scoops of Body by Vi Meal shake mix

1/2 banana

1/2 fat free plain yogurt

1 cup of frozen fruit...pineapple, strawberries

1/2 cup of water

Blended til creamy...quick, easy, and delicious!!

The last workout of the day....

 one hour of one of us teaching Zumba Toning and the other one of us teaching  Ballroom class...Head to Lagrange for a Ballroom Social party!

Last meal of the evening...

chicken cut up in cubes and cooked in the WOK...mixed with light teriyaki sauce, garlic, green onions, and chopped yellow peppers and mixed Japanese vegetables!