Can A Massage Chair Help You Weight Loss?

by Jim P Knolen on June 29, 2009 · diet

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This question seems like a dream if the answer is yes. Wouldn’t it be great to just sit down in your massage chair and lose weight? However, life is never so simple. Massage chairs can aid in the process of weight loss. The true path to weight loss includes eating right and ongoing exercise. Massage chairs can assist in weight loss by helping to shed some of your lingering pounds or by taking you on a path to better health.

It is important to maintain balance in any health program that you undertake. Many times are daily stresses will take over and cloud our minds. Our minds ruminate constantly on these issues to no avail. Periodic relaxation helps to restore calmness to the mind. It is important to be able to reel in mind when needed. This helps to keep a healthy balance.

Losing weight requires us to watch our intake of food and maintain routine exercise routines during the week. If we are faithful to our program, then we start to see results in dropping off extra weight. Then all of a sudden, we seem to not get rid of the last few pounds. It seems these last few pounds are harder to lose then the many we just lost.

Our initial success in losing weight by restricting our diet and maintaining our exercises is mostly losing water weight. Massage chairs have been used to help facilitate the removal of excess water weight. This helps us to shed some of the pounds early on.

Another important benefit is the movement of the lymph and other fluids in your body. The lymph removes and cleans toxic material out of your cells. Receiving regular massage treatments helps to move this fluid and flush it out of your body. Regular flushing of toxins is important to maintain your body in prime health.

Massage therapy is known to help increase muscle tone. This helps to build muscle and aids in your ability to control or lose weight. If your muscles are strong, then your muscles will burn more calories. This enables you to perform a variety of activities to maintain health.

Massage therapy targets the penetration of muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. It uses specific movements to penetrate through these soft tissues. The soft tissues also contain what is known as fat capsules. When these fat capsules are penetrated then their contents of fat can be removed. This may aid in the weight loss of fat when applied to certain areas of the body.

Our metabolism is very important to help us lose weight. If we have a low metabolism, then it is harder for the body to process normally. Weight loss is very dependent on our metabolism. We want to increase our metabolism to help with weight loss. Getting frequent massage chair therapies can increase our blood and circulatory flow. Maintaining a proper blood flow directly improves your metabolism.

Regular treatments are believed to influence the excretion of fluids for tissue repair. These treatments stretch the muscles and connective tissue helping to break down scar tissue more quickly. This may speed up recovery from normal training and injuries.

When he began to exercise regularly after a period of inactivity, then you realize that your muscles get sore quickly. Soreness comes from them becoming tight and stiff after being worked out. This is a normal situation occurring from the build up of lactic acids. Receiving regular treatments reduces the build up of lactic acid.

It is important when you start a weight loss program, to take a balanced perspective and set reasonable goals. Diet and exercise are critical to meet your goal. However, recovery of your body and relaxation of your mind is the other factor to maintain balance and harmony. A massage chair can be an excellent tool to help you meet your weight loss and health program goals.

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Susan June 29, 2009 at 3:15 pm

My Fridge consists of:

1. 94% fat-free microwave popcorn (20-25 calories per cup, which can be made in two minutes or less)
2. Frozen vegetables
3. Bags of pre-washed greens
4. Canned diced tomatoes
5. Canned beans
6. Whole-grain wraps or pitas
7. Pre-cooked grilled chicken breasts
8. A few containers of pre-cooked brown rice

Within a few minutes this allows me to be able to toss together a healthy meal. I also read an article that said add Acai Berry Nutriburt and Power Cleanse Pro to the mix. I Found a place I can get them from helensdiary dot com but was wondering if anyone has good results with either of these?

Jade June 30, 2009 at 7:26 am

Thanks for this helpful info. I’ve been trying to look for a great weight loss resource. I really need to lose that flab!

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