What are good exercises/foods to reduce cellulite?

Actually cellulite is not a skin issue. It is rather a muscle fiber issue which needs special exercises. Once you stimulate your muscles through these exercises you can get rid of it. I highly recommend this resource that works like a miracle. Learn here www.exerciseforcellulite.com

What have you set your goal weight loss as? With only 6lbs to lose you should be aiming for a very small deficit and trying to lose 1/2lb per week.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/963088-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy?hl=Lose+weight+obstacles+easy+&page=1#posts-14690973

Is an excellent thread about setting your calorie goal.

Don't stop running if you enjoy it, but maybe look into lifting weights as a supplement, it will help you maintain your lbm which means you'll look even better and avoid being skinny fat :bigsmile:

I'll definitely read that when I get home, thank you for the advice it's actually really helpful. I'm trying to avoid the skinny fat thing because I hate it when I see it on others. I know I've gained muscle though because it's in my genetics to gain muscle quickly (and it usually comes in as bulky and not lean~I don't even do intense workouts that would provoke that)
I range from 112-115 lbs but I'm trying to get from 105-108 because that's more suited for my height. Although my weight is in the healthy range already I'd just be happier if I was a bit slimmer. I'm 5' btw, I haven't checked if it shows that on my profile

Even if it's in your genetics to "gain muscle quickly", quickly isn't a matter of weeks. Plus, from your diary, you're on a deficit. Muscle isn't "gained quickly" on a deficit (if at all), by anyone.

You need to measure yourself to verify it's muscle, if you're "gaining muscle", how would that make cellulite worse? Shouldn't it be disappearing?

All you really need is an adequate amount of water, vitamins, and butt busting exercises! Aim to drink at LEAST 8 cups of water each day (more if you live a hotter environment). Vitamins that help your body combat cellulite are vitamins A, B (all the B vitamins), C, E, EFA's (essential fatty acids) which include omega-3, 6, & 9; lecithin, gotu kola, horse chestnut, and ginko biloba. I know...that's a lot of pills, but they all aid in getting rid of cellulite. Also, when it comes to working out you should look to do a combination of both cardio and weightlifting exercises. I find that the best place to find these workouts are on Fitnessblender.com; they have a wide range of free exercises that you can do with a search engine that lets you choose what body area you want to focus on along with the difficulty of the exercises; they also provide the amount of calories burned (well, an estimate) and most of their videos require no equipment at all. I myself am fighting against cellulite and I have been doing so for about a month and a half and let me tell you, I can see a huge difference already; sure, the cellulite is still there, but I can see that it is improving wonderfully. I hope that you succeed in your journey to reduce cellulite((:

Dry brushing as someone else mentioned will help the appearance of cellulite as well as make the skin on your legs look great. Someone else said it's genetic, it is, to a point you can make it look better like all things.

if you are losing weight and didn't have cellulite before, be prepared to get some, if you did have cellulite before then be prepared for it to get worse before it gets better. Cellulite is basically your fat cells and your fat cells don't fill or empty symmetrically, making your lumpy bits look like orange skin, when you lose weight this can get worse before it gets better, that is down to [epi]genetics.

running doesn't make it worse by anything other than it's helping you lose fat and toning the muscle underneath making it more apparant and hence the appearance as fat cells lose their contents will make your cellulite look worse (or better as it did for me, luck of the draw).

there is nothing you can eat or put on it (don't waste your money on any sort of creams) that will sort it out long term and most won't work short term either... just better your diet (if it's ****) and get on with your exercise. Even 'skinny' people get cellulite, just look at that pic of Jerry Hall, if you lose tone it can appear again as your fat cells rearrange around the loss of muscle it was sat on before.

one day you'll have a quick backside inspection and voila the old cellulite will be much improved. it's like magic, stop worrying about it, there are far better things to be putting your mind to

the only way you can reduce the appearance is by gaining more muscle and drink more water, worked for me

Even models have cellulite. As others have said, it is genetic. You cannot target cellulite, but a reduction in overall body fat may make it less noticeable.