Mmmm, bacon.

Read the paper before you get too excited. They basically say that visceral fat is reduced in the early stages (when you lose the first 10% of body weight), but after that (i.e., after you become insulin sensitive), the fat loss is more evenly distributed.

FWIW, I'm trying essentially the same approach as you are. I'm down to about 20% BF, and most of it seems to be hanging out around the belly, but it is SLOWLY being reduced with exercise and low-carbing. The best part is that I'm not really trying to lose weight anymore -- it's still adjusting to my reduced appetite.

the only place where i want lots of fat is in my mouth..

@Foamroller - Do you do the Bulletproof fast or a water fast? For how many hours? And do you IF every day?

Ive started IFing with 1 BPC. I wasnt keen on Bulletproof fasting at 1st as i did struggle with hunger initially, but now im getting accustomed to much lower calories in the morning (im naturally hungriest at breakfast time) im actually starting to quite like it. I had a 600 calorie solid breakfast of bacon, fried eggs & a flax bun this morning and, delicious as it was, i was actually no more satiated or energetic than when i just have my 230 cal BPC. In fact, i think i feel MORE energetic when i IF (with BPC).

Im fearful of a water fast though - thats hardcore! Do you think water fasts have more benefits (particularly improved weight-loss results) than bulletproof fasts?

Thanks @Foamroller . Ive sent you a friend's request.

That's disappointing to hear. Dave Asprey states that BPC keeps you in a fasted state and maximizes fat burning. Very disappointing indeed.

However, i would say that even if this is the case, BPC has benefited me in a couple of ways: a) it has allowed me to lower my calories at breakfast from 350-500, to 238; b) it aides me going through lunch without eating any calories at all; c) like you mentioned, it is helping me transition towards a 'proper' fast.
Ive always been a breakfast eater - i historically wake up super hungry in the mornings - and so i really struggled even getting used to BPC. Initially i had to add a raw egg or two to try to quell hunger, but even that didnt get me past lunch. Now i can go all day until dinner many times on just the 1 238 calorie BPC (no HWC, just 1 tbsp MCT OIl & 1 tbsp kerrygold butter), so its a big improvement, but i dont know if i'll ever be 'strong' enough to water fast all day, regularly.

Doesnt water fasting slow down your metabolism? Im borderline hypothyroid and prone to a really sluggish metabolism, so would water fasting put my body in starvation mode and make it hold on to fat for dear life? Thats always at the back of my mind. I figure the few fat calories in a BPC would help prevent this and keep my metabolism kicking over?

The other things that have been bothering me about fasting, are these:

When you have a small eating window on IF, let's say a 2-3 hr window, is it not likely to cause weight-gain eating all your days' calories in such a short time? How does you body utilise all that energy all at once? Doesnt it encourage some of that energy to be stored as fat?

And, on similar lines, if you consume your whole days' protein in a 2-3 hr window (mine is 90g protein for example), how can your body utilise all this protein for growth and repair all at once? I read that the body can only absorb a certain amount of protein at one sitting, and if you go over that it is turned into glucose. Obviously that would be disastrous for ketoers. Is this something viable that i should be concerned about? Im consuming 90g over the course of maybe 1.5hrs as i have to start training 1.5hrs after dinner so i have to get all my food down me fast so it can settle before i train, then its shower and bed. Am i really feeding my muscles successfully with all this protein in such a short time?