I am trying to lose body fat.

I had the same problem. I did not want to lose more weight so decided to lift more and do less cardio. I have access to a gym and that enables me to lift heavier and build muscle. Is that what you mean? Would you like to build muscle now?

I'm not a fitness expert and I'm yet to get to the part where I'm happy with my weight so maybe take my advice with a pinch of salt.

I think you should work on your core, my gym offers classes that target your core specifically. This will help you burn fat faster. If you want to be toned then weights is the way to go, if you do this you will gain weight as muscle weighs more than fat (but it's not a bad weight gain )

Try a weights class like Body Pump, and I would recommend also something like Body Balance and CXWorx (sorry, these are all Les Mills classes, it's just what I know.) as Body Balance will cancel out any shortening of the muscles you may encounter from Pump(from not doing the full movement).

Good luck and I hope I was helpful.

EDIT: Sorry I missed your comment about not having gym access. There are tons of exercises you can do using your own body weight. Nike Fitness Club have a really good range of workouts that could be helpful. In regards to the classes I mentioned taking maybe just read into them and look at what they do and why they are good for you and incorporate what you need to in your own workouts.

You could try the website bodyrock.tv.
They have different workouts all the time.

Definitely work on body weight exercises, but the best way to lose belly fat is with diet.

bump for later BF learning.

Ok, so will continuing to eat at a deficit and doing body weight exercise such as lunges, squats, planks, press ups, help to shrink my stomach?

The deficit will lose the stomach fat, the exercises will preserve muscle in the process. So, you're on the right track.

The nerdfitness beginner program is a great place to start. Once that's doable, you can still do most of the advanced routine with tables/chairs instead of real equipment, or just wait until next month and get supercheap equipment on Craigslist. And the playground routine is fun when the weather gets better.

After that, if you're still looking for no-equipment workouts, you can always start looking at prison routines, no joke. People always say you can't build muscle with bodyweight exercise, but I think that's because they confuse them with circuit training or general fitness routines. (I mean, one-armed pullup. Headstand pushup. Seriously. If these are easy things for you, THEN you can tell me that bodyweight exercises are too easy to bother with.)

Other than that, keep your protein up, fuel your workouts, and just stay consistent. If you're trying to add muscle without gaining weight, the process will be slow, but you'll still be able to make good gains in the beginning. Take your measurments, log your workouts, whatever you need to do to be able to see your improvement, since you won't be able to use the scale as a feedback tool. Good luck!