No one wants to have an unsightly belly visible, but sometimes it’s so hard to stay in shape. Who has the time to eat healthily and exercise all the time? So, let’s say you’ve been a little less vigilant than normal and accumulated some unwanted belly fat. What to do now? We’re going to go over some of the best ways to get rid of unwanted belly fat.
Methodology for Getting Rid of Stubborn Belly Fat
The best way to get rid of stubborn belly fat is to lose body fat overall until the belly fat is gone. You see, the rate at which people accumulate body fat in certain areas varies, and the extent of the stubborn belly fat, as well as individual factors, determine how difficult it will be to get rid of it. Some people develop bellies as soon as they gain a little bit of body fat, while others do not gain a belly until they are significantly overweight. Whichever side of the spectrum you fall on, there is a simple way for your to lose that stubborn belly fat: lose body fat overall. Since the body naturally stores body fat in the upper abdominal region after a certain level of body fat is achieved, it stands to reason that the reverse is also true.
Best Ways to Lose Belly Fat
There are a variety of ways to lose body fat overall, but just about all of them involve changes to the way you eat and the amount of exercise you get. Some are cosmetic procedures that require essentially no effort from you, but even with those changes in what and how you eat, as well as your general activity level, are necessary to maintain the changes. However, there is no reason you shouldn’t take advantage of all the resources available to you to lose body fat, so we have prepared a thorough list of fat-loss methods for your reading pleasure.
Dieting Down
The single most reliable way to lose body fat is to adjust the type of food and quantity of food that you eat. You need to intake fewer calories (a calorie is a unit of energy) than you are expending daily in order to be in a caloric deficit. This will put you in what is called a negative energy balance, which will inevitably lead to fat loss. Tracking your caloric intake is by far the most effective way to diet to lose weight. You simply use your height and weight to figure out your basal metabolic rate (BMR), then use that to calculate your total daily energy expenditure (TDEE). Your TDEE is how many calories to use every day. If you eat fewer calories than your TDEE you will lose body fat. It’s that simple! Plenty of online calculators can calculate your BMR and TDEE for you, so all that remains for you to do is track your daily food intake to make sure it is below your TDEE. There are many apps and online resources that will track your daily food intake for you. Simply select the foods that you eat each meal and enter the quantities into whatever tracking resource you are using.
Behavioral Therapy
Sometimes, a psychological issue can cause fat gain or the state of being overweight or even obesity. For example, binge eating disorder is a mental disorder that can lead to unwanted fat gain. Even if you do not have a mental condition that compels you to eat in excess, you can still have a psychologically unhealthy relationship with food. People with this problem oftentimes use food as a reward or use it as a way to comfort themselves. For these reasons, therapy is a viable option for weight loss for many people. Going to see a therapist can help you get to the root of the problem and address why you are overeating in the first place. Therapy is one of the many tools in your arsenal for permanent fat loss.
Medications
There is a class of medication that imitates the hormonal state of feeling full called GLP-1 agonists. GLP-1 agonist medications such as semaglutide can reduce hunger in individuals by imitating incretin, one of the hormones responsible for feeling full. This increases the ease and efficacy of dieting for fat loss by allowing the person to feel full for longer. You will still need to adjust your eating habits, but you will be more full for longer with less food while on these medications. However, unless your eating problem is purely psychological, then GLP-1 agonists will help you lose body fat by reducing cravings and making dieting in general far easier.
Cryolipolysis (Fat Freezing)
Fat freezing, also called cryolipolysis, is a cosmetic intervention in which fat cells are frozen in order to eliminate them. This technique can be used on stubborn belly fat. This is typically performed with a device that clamps down on the chosen area and exposes it to extremely cold temperatures while leaving skin cells intact. Cryolipolysis is typically performed in a doctor’s office or outpatient facility, and it is an FDA-approved technique. The point of this technique is to cause localized fat loss in the area treated. Unfortunately, there is a complication called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia, in which the quantity of fat cells actually multiplies. For this reason, this treatment is riskier than other cosmetic interventions, such as laser lipolysis.
Laser Lipolysis
This procedure, oftentimes called “laser lipo,” uses a low-intensity laser focused on the targeted area. Lasers can heat a single area without the heat leeching to other areas. In this procedure, fat cells are targeted by the laser. The laser penetrates the skin and reaches the targeted fat cells, cutting through their cellular membrane. This creates a small hole in the fat cell and emulsifies (melts) the lipids inside the fat cell, which lets them seep through the hole created.
The body’s lymphatic system then naturally disposes of the lipids. Emerald Laser by Erchonia works differently from other laser lipolysis methods. Emerald’s system uses ten 532 nanometer lasers to target fat cells. While the system allows the cells to drain, they remain intact. Other laser systems destroy the fat cells, which can lead to fatty deposits developing in other areas of the body.
Additionally, Emerald Laser is minimally painful when compared to other laser treatments. Most patients don’t feel anything during the procedure. Laser lipolysis is a minimally invasive weight loss method that targets body fat exclusively. It is innovative and relatively new. Laser lipolysis by Emerald Laser is the first FDA-approved laser lipolysis process.
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