Whether you want to lose belly fat to jump-start a new wellness journey or reach your personal weight loss goals, the experience can sometimes feel frustrating. Many people find it difficult to lose belly fat because they try to embark on their weight loss journey alone and only use one type of approach to achieve their goals.

At Amy Brenner, MD & Associates, our weight loss doctors and wellness experts are here as your partner and know the best way to lose belly fat involves multiple approaches. Whether you are local to Cincinnati, OH, or are just figuring out where to start, we can help you learn everything you need to know about the different ways to get rid of belly fat. 

Determining the Best Way to Lose Belly Fat

Our team uses different approaches to help patients who want to lose belly fat achieve their goals. 

This guide will detail:

• Common belly fat causes
• How our practice can treat belly fat
• Our approach to helping patients improve their well-being through sustainable weight loss

What Causes Belly Fat?

While we wish we could easily determine why each person develops belly fat, the truth is, it’s not that easy.

So many factors impact how and where we store body fat. Everybody—and every body—is different. There isn’t a single reason a person may experience difficulty decreasing the amount of belly fat on their midsection. 

The following are a few reasons why belly fat accumulates on the waistline:

Consider What You Consume

We know it’s common knowledge that what you eat and drink can impact your body’s shape. Diets that contain a lot of sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats can cause weight gain. Alcohol also is full of empty calories and doesn’t contain vitamins or nutrients.

Regularly consuming more calories than you burn can cause weight gain and belly fat.

Examine Your Exercise Routine

Exercise can impact your body’s shape in a few different ways.

• Exercise Amount: Regular exercise can help you burn fat and calories. And while you can’t make a specific area of your body to lose fat, hitting the gym can help shrink fat cells throughout your body.
• Exercise Type: Sometimes, a cardio-heavy exercise regimen can lead to having a healthy BMI but a higher percentage of body fat. Strength training can help people build muscle, which can increase your metabolism and help your body burn fat.

Genetics May Be at Play

Genetics also play a role in how your body stores fat. This makes toning the midsection and getting rid of belly fat much more difficult because you’re fighting something that’s out of your control.

Our Whole Body Approach to the Best Way to Reduce Belly Fat

Losing belly fat and embarking on a weight loss journey involves the whole body. Our team knows what to look for and can help address many weight loss frustrations by considering your gut health and hormones.

Examining Gut Health 

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) is when your gut contains too much normal bacteria, causing your microbiome to become unbalanced. This imbalance can damage the small intestine and cause common digestive problems:

• Excess gas in the small intestine that causes bloating 
• Constipation
• Diarrhea 
• Abdominal pain
• Malnutrition 
• Poor vitamin absorption

And, when your digestive system isn’t working properly, you also can experience weight loss plateaus.

Gut Health Testing

Gut health testing allows our providers to examine the health of your microbiome through a simple stool test you can perform in your home. 

Our providers recommend this approach to patients who have any of the following health issues:

• Ongoing gastrointestinal symptoms (nausea, bloating diarrhea, abdominal cramping)
• Fatigue
• Autoimmune diseases 
• Mood changes
• Brain fog
• Joint pain
• Inflammation 

Considering Hormone Imbalances

Our gut health also is impacted by our hormones. So, when we experience any hormonal imbalance, we can have digestive issues and notice weight gain.

Hormones and the Microbiome

Estrogen is an important hormone that impacts women’s reproductive and cardiovascular health and helps maintain body fat. Men also rely on estrogen for healthy sperm production and maintaining a healthy libido. 

When our gut is off, hormones, including estrogen, can become imbalanced. This imbalance also can affect how our immune system works and how the body regulates and synthesizes hormones and absorbs micro and macronutrients.

Hormonal imbalances also can cause the following unpleasant symptoms: 

• Low energy
• Mood swings

Embracing Wellness Coaching

We offer wellness coaching to patients looking to improve their well-being through lifestyle changes. 

Your personalized wellness program will help you:

• Set and reach goals that are empowering and sustainable
• Work to reach and sustain your ideal weight
• Understand and control your cravings
• Boost your energy levels
• Feel amazing in your body
• Discover a new diet that can improve your gut health and lower inflammation
• Gain confidence 

We make the logging progress simple with our app. Your coach also can help you stay accountable through virtual appointments with flexible scheduling. 

Additional Weight Loss Management Programs

When a patient wants to find the best way to lose belly fat, Cincinnati wellness experts at Amy Brenner, MD & Associates like to take a holistic approach. We understand that not all treatments work for every patient, so we will work with you to create the right plan that fits your lifestyle.

Modern Day Warrior Semaglutide

The Modern Day Warrior Semaglutide program is designed for busy people who want to start making their health and weight management a priority. This physician-supervised program combines conventional weight loss strategies, like a balanced diet and exercise, with compounded semaglutide peptide therapy. 

The program helps people:

• Curb their appetite naturally
• Increase metabolism by optimizing blood sugar through compounded semaglutide peptide therapy
• Find healthy, on-the-go food options that match their lifestyle
• Find quick exercise options that can help the body go into fat-burning mode

Detoxification

Our detoxification program can help your body get rid of toxins through elimination and cleansing.

We offer a comprehensive 7 Day detoxification package  that helps patients improve their energy levels, digestion, and overall health.

MyShape

MyShape combines our effective body contouring procedures (including CoolSculpting & Evolve body remodeling), wellness and weight loss programs, and bio-identical hormone therapy and optimization to help you achieve your desired look. 

Lipo B & Lipo Mino Injections

Lipotropic agents are natural substances that help reduce the amount of fat our bodies hold and encourage fat and carbohydrate metabolism while boosting energy.

Our Lipo-B injections also can:

• Aid in liver detoxification and redistribution of body fat
• Help lower cholesterol

Our Lipo-Mino injections include lipotropic agents and a mixture of B vitamins that can make weight loss easier and boost your energy levels. This treatment consists of the following vitamins that help maintain the immune system and build muscle: 

• Pyridoxine (B6)
• Thiamine (B1)
• Riboflavin (B2)
• Carnitine

Why Work With Our Team on Your Wellness Journey

Our team is skilled in helping patients determine the best way to reduce belly fat for their bodies. We understand it takes a lot of courage to reach out to a provider for assistance on your weight loss journey, and we will support you so you can achieve your goals.

We Have an Extensive Results Portfolio

We’re happy to share the documented results we’ve helped other patients achieve. While everyone’s health journey is different, it is sometimes helpful to see how other people’s bodies have transformed with the work they’ve done and the treatment plans our providers have helped craft. 

We Can Share Patient Testimonials

In addition to the extensive visual evidence, some patients have been kind enough to provide their own testimonials. We’ve helped many patients along their weight loss journeys, and our team is proud to have been there to transform each person’s look and well-being.

You can read our reviews in the following places:

• Our website
• Google Business Profile reviews
• Real Self and ShareCare online directories

We Have the Experience to Back Up Our Treatments

All our providers are talented and have extensive knowledge in aesthetics, gynecology, and integrative medicine. 

We also offer patients the expertise of our in-office wellness coach and body contouring specialists. 

We understand how important it is to feel comfortable with the people providing such intimate services and involved in what sometimes can be an emotional journey. 

Book a Consultation to Find Out the Best Way to Lose Belly Fat in Cincinnati for You

To start your journey and discover the best way to lose belly fat, Cincinnati wellness experts at Amy Brenner, MD & Associates are ready to offer support and guidance. We want to help you reach your goals and achieve lifelong, sustainable results. 

We have patients who visit us from all over the country for expert, transformative wellness services. We always work hard to create a personalized treatment plan for your needs. As a medspa and medical practice in Cincinnati, OH, we have the unique ability to boost your overall health and enhance your outer beauty with aesthetic treatments. 

We offer a warm, friendly environment while providing the highest quality treatments and wellness plans to help you look great and feel great. If you are ready to start your journey, you can use our virtual consultation tool or schedule an appointment online.