Fast Fat Loss

Let's say you want to want to lose fat in the shortest time possible.  You are trying to get your body ready for the beach, you have some major social event coming up, or you just want the fastest results possible.

The fat loss/weight loss solution is ultimately the same: create a calorie deficit, also known as a negative calorie balance.

But there are two ways to go about creating said deficit and get rid of the fat:

1. Burn it off:

My recommendation would be to create a calorie deficit through diet and then "burn off" the rest of the calories through exercise.  One of the best programs I've run across for this strategy is 24/7 Fat Loss.  

You can read my review here: 24/7 Fat Loss Review

2. Starve it off:

Another approach would be to create a major calorie deficit through diet.   The best strategy here would be a protein sparing modified fast.  This method requires little exercise (too much exercise is actually counterproductive with this approach), but the diet is brutal.  The best resource to learn about this is Lyle McDonald's Rapid Fat Loss Handbook.

I also have a review for this one: Rapid Fat Loss Handbook Review.

I prefer the first approach because intense training seems like it would be a lot more interesting than just not eating.  Neither approach is "easy"--they both require discipline and dedication.