When you shower, the warm water opens your pores, and the evaporation of water from the skin's surface takes away heat. This causes your body to quickly enter a fat-burning energy state to compensate for the heat lost through evaporation. Therefore, showering can indeed help with weight loss. So how can you lose fat while showering? Below are some recommended methods.
1. Alternating between hot and cold water
In addition to your existing bathtub, prepare a large bathtub, fill one side with hot water and the other with warm water, and soak in it alternately. Your figure will improve without you even realizing it.
The specific method is as follows:
① First, soak in hot water at 42 degrees Celsius until you sweat.
② After leaving the bathtub, dry your body with a towel.
③ Then soak in 35-degree Celsius warm water until your body adapts to the water temperature, then soak in hot water. Repeat this process 4-5 times.
This method of alternating hot and cold baths can cause blood vessels to expand and contract continuously, increasing blood circulation and even reaching the peripheral blood vessels. The water temperature and number of baths can be adjusted according to individual physical condition, but it is not suitable for people with cerebrovascular or cardiovascular diseases.
2. Add coarse salt
To enhance the weight loss effect of your bath, you can add coarse salt to the water and have a coarse salt bath. Here's how:
① Add about 2 tablespoons of coarse salt to warm water at 40 degrees Celsius and mix well.
② After 5 minutes in the bathtub, get out of the bathtub for about 30 seconds, and repeat this 2 to 3 times.
③ Finally, cleanse your whole body with shower gel, including your hair! You can use bath salts instead of coarse salt, but not table salt, as they can help remove waste from your body quickly.
In addition, many minerals adhere to the skin during a bath, increasing moisturizing effects, warming the body, and increasing blood circulation and metabolism. Besides weight loss, it is also effective for headaches, cold intolerance, and shoulder pain.
III. Massage during bathing
Massaging while showering can improve lymphatic drainage, accelerate blood circulation, and enhance metabolism, resulting in excellent detoxification and weight loss effects. Therefore, why not give yourself a massage while showering? Specific massage techniques:
① Leg slimming massage: Pinch firmly from the outer thigh to the ankle, using both hands to vigorously wash the area until you feel a comfortable level of pain. Repeat 5 times. Then, rub vigorously from the inner ankle towards the groin to promote the flow of waste products from the lymph nodes in the groin. Finally, use your thumbs and four fingers to grasp both legs and wash them from the ankle to the groin, repeating 5 times.
② Arm slimming massage: Bend your arm slightly, and press in a straight line from your fingertips to your upper arm with your other hand; straighten your arm, grasp your straight upper arm with your other palm, and rotate the flesh of your arm forcefully, while rotating your straight hand in the opposite direction.
③ Abdominal slimming massage: Massage the excess fat in the waist and abdomen in a circular motion, and then rinse the abdomen in a clockwise direction, alternating between long and short distances, with the water flow varying in strength.
④ Buttock massage: Pat your buttocks alternately with your left and right palms, patting from the bottom of your buttocks upwards with force, or you can knead them vigorously.
