Get rid of "elephant legs" must know! 5 bad habits make legs thicker and thicker

1. Sitting for a long time

Sitting in a chair all day long...it's hard not to gain weight in the lower body. When sitting, the groin (the starting point of the feet) is compressed, causing blood and lymph circulation to stagnate.

The deterioration of blood and lymphatic circulation not only makes it easy to suffer from edema, but also makes it impossible to decompose old waste materials, causing fat and water to accumulate and form cellulite.

It is important to get up at least once an hour and do some stretching exercises to help stimulate blood and lymph circulation in the groin.

2. Eat lunch at your desk every day

Lunch time is the only opportunity for office workers to get outside. If you bring your own lunch box every day, or buy bread from a convenience store, you will spend even longer sitting at your seat.

On the contrary, walking can activate the leg muscles and promote smooth blood and lymph circulation. When you bring a lunch, don't forget to take some time to take a short walk after the meal.

3. Rarely go to the bathroom

In order to be beautiful, follow the rule of drinking plenty of water, but if you sit all day, your basal metabolism will decrease and you will go to the bathroom less often. If you drink a lot of water but rarely go to the bathroom, it will cause edema in the lower body, which will slowly turn into fat.

Drinking more water, going to the bathroom more often to metabolize water, doing lower body stretching exercises regularly, and walking more are all good ways to effectively increase basal metabolism.

4. Tolerate low temperatures

The weather is getting colder. I thought I wouldn't have to worry because of the heating, but the warm air kept moving upwards and my feet were still cold. If ignored, blood circulation in the lower body will become worse and worse.

As soon as you feel cold, use a scarf or blanket to keep warm. It is also a good idea to put a small heater at your feet.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of looking back and finding that your lower body has gained a lot of weight, the smartest thing to do is to be vigilant at all times and develop good habits in daily life.

5. Often cross your legs

Whether at home or in the office, many people can't help but cross their legs. If you sit with your legs crossed all day, it will hinder blood and lymph circulation in your legs, causing swelling in your lower body. If you don’t take good care of the edema, such as massage, the veins in your lower limbs will gradually become prominent, seriously affecting the circulation of the lower body, causing fat thickening, and even muscle stiffness.

Countermeasures:

1. Move around more

In the office, as long as you can stand up from time to time, leave your desk and chat with your colleagues, instead of communicating through QQ or other online methods. Studies have shown that if you get up from your chair and walk around for more than 2 hours a day, it will help reduce fat around your waist.

2. Drink plenty of water

Everyone knows the importance of drinking plenty of water for weight loss. It improves metabolism and speeds up the elimination of toxins.

Early in the morning: drink a cup of warm water to cleanse your stomach

When you wake up in the morning, drink a large glass of warm water before having a rich breakfast. It will help promote intestinal peristalsis, make you feel the urge to defecate, and help the large intestine to do a thorough cleaning. Of course, your belly will no longer be proud. Many celebrities have followed this method of drinking water to keep fit, and their weight loss success rate is extremely high!

Lunch time: Drink water before meals and reduce food intake

Try to drink a glass of water before each meal. On the one hand, it can fill your rumbling stomach and reduce your food intake; on the other hand, it can replenish the water needed by the body and speed up metabolism. Drinking water while eating can make you feel full faster. If you are afraid of being embarrassed by being discovered that you drink water to lose weight, you can drink water while eating to distract people's attention and slow down your eating speed, making you feel full faster.

Afternoon tea time: Smell the flowers and avoid snacks

As soon as Tea Time comes, the appetite comes back, and we take out the snacks we carry with us. Potato chips, cookies, soda, etc. are all fattening foods. The calories in an afternoon tea are higher than a lunch! Sisters who think they lack self-control may wish to spray some floral spray around their office seats. The smell can suppress their appetite.

3. Keep warm

Many people think that an important reason why it is easy to gain weight in winter is that the body is too "cold", so as long as the body temperature is raised, the metabolism will increase accordingly.

Strategy 1: Eat "hot" foods

The easiest way to raise body temperature is to get calories from food.

Easy method. The human body constitution is divided into yin and yang, and food also has yin and yang. Regular consumption of positive foods will increase body temperature, while negative foods will lower body temperature, so the rise and fall of body temperature depends largely on what kind of food is chosen. Leeks, onions, garlic, peppers, ginger, onions, apples, etc. are all positive foods; root vegetables such as carrots, potatoes, radishes, lotus roots, and yams are also positive foods. Even negative leafy vegetables can have their negative properties reduced if they are slightly cooked.

Strategy 2: "Heat" energy bath method

Many celebrities use long baths to lose weight and protect their skin, which makes sense. Wrapping the body in hot water for a long time will naturally transfer heat to the body, raising the body temperature, thereby waking up the body and speeding up metabolism.

And self-renewal, the toxins, excess salt and water in the body will be continuously discharged through the fully opened pores, so every time you get out of the bathtub, you will feel that your body is so light that it seems to be floating, your skin is exceptionally smooth and moisturized, and your whole body is like a piece of warm jade, exuding a pleasing glow. In fact, this is an effective bathing method to raise body temperature, unlike a simple shower which would make people feel cold. If it is not convenient to take a full body bath, you can take a foot bath. The water should be able to immerse your calves to promote blood circulation, increase body temperature, and effectively eliminate edema.

4. Massage your calves and soles

After taking a warm bath every day, massage your calves or soles of the feet with body-specific massage oil. Whether twisting or pressing, it can promptly relieve swelling in the lower body and prevent fat accumulation.