Welcome to the Get Fit Guys' quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy.

If you're concerned about those cottage cheese looking lumps of fat that tend to seem especially

prevalent on your butt, thighs, and calves, especially if you're part of the female population,

then this episode is for you. About the only people that seem to like cellulite are the plastic

surgeons that take it off and perhaps fat loss cream manufacturers. So in part one of this

how to get rid of cellulite series, you'll learn what causes cellulite and how to prevent

cellulite. And in part two, you'll learn the best ways to get rid of cellulite and whether things like laser or fat loss creams actually work.

So what is cellulite? Well, according to Wikipedia, cellulite is a topographical skin condition that occurs primarily in post-pubertal females.

But unless you're the house-call doctor, you probably have no clue what that means.

So here's an easier explanation.

To understand what cellulite is, you need to understand what collagen is.

Collagen is a type of protein found in your body that helps make the connective tissue found

in your tendons, ligaments, and skin.

In the case of your skin, if that connective tissue somehow becomes damaged, too thin, or full of holes,

then the fat underneath your skin can poke through in a lumpy fashion that we affectionately call cellulite.

Imagine it this way.

Collagen is like a paper bag, and the fat is like the groceries inside that paper bag.

If the bag gets damaged, wet, or just too thin, all the groceries can spill out,

including, of course, the cottage cheese.

So what on earth could cause that poor grocery paper bag of collagen to become so weak

that it just can't seem to hold in a little bit of fat here and there.

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