Research continues to show the number 1 factor in losing fat is the amount of hours each day spent in a "fed" state. If you take 2 people who eat the exact same food, calories, everything, and one person eats that over a 15 hour period and the other person eats it over an 8 hour period, the person eating the same amount of food over 8 hours will be thinner.
If you want to blow torch fat, you can follow what I am doing. Did it last year and it was amazingly effective.
Its an alternate day fasting program, mixed with a diet and exercise program to maximize fat loss without losing muscle.
Basically you start with a cheat day(let's say Sunday). And when I say cheat day I'm talking like eating as much as you want and anything you want. There were times I went to Taco Bell and spent $15 on food and went in...some days I ate 7,000 or 8,000 calories probably...probably a little overboard, but it doesn't hurt at all...it acts to reset leptin, the master fat burning hormone,and increase thyroid production which raises metabolism. When leptin is high, you burn fat much more effectively. Studies have shown after only 6 days on a "diet" your leptin level is down to 50% and drops each day after so you burn fat much less effectively. After only 12 hours of a cheat day your leptin levels reset back to 100%...This should be the heavy lifting day---squats/deads, etc...ensures almost none of the calories get stored as fat...then the fun begins
Follow this with a 24 hour fast drinking only water, tea or coffee throughout the day(2 coffees max, black only). At the end of the 24 hours, eat a 500 calorie meal with at least 1/4 coming from protein. Do morning Tabata or HIIT(5 min warmup, 6 minute HIIT, 5 minute cooldown) and short intense circuit workout at night(20-25 mins). The next day is a normal eating day. Can do morning Tabata or take a rest day.
Alternate fast and normal days up til Sunday again when you have a cheat day
So it looks like this:
Sunday: Cheat/Heavy Lift Day--stop eating at 9pm
Monday: Fast day til 9pm then eat 500 cals at least 1/4 are protein--Morning tabata/evening high intensity circuits
Tuesday: Normal Eat Day--Morning Tabata or Off---stop eating at 9pm
Wednesday: Fast day til 9pm then eat 500 cals at least 1/4 are protein--Morning Tabata/evening high intensity circuits
Thursday: Normal Eat day---Morning Tabata/evening high intensity circuits---stop eating at 9pm
Friday: Fast day til 9pm then eat 500 cals at least 1/4 are protein---morning Tabata or Off
Saturday: Normal eating day stop eating at 9pm---Off
If you ran this for a month you could probably lose 20 lbs of pure fat...I believe last year I went from 195 lbs to 178 lbs in 4 weeks...highly effective and the best part is you get to pig out one day and it actually helps you lose more weight