Does a calorie deficit and anaerobic lifting necessarily mean muscle loss?

[BigTruckGuy3500]

I read on a site that if you are cutting and are eating below maintenence, you're going to lose lean body mass, and that is the mistake all body builders make. They say instead to just eat more calories on days you lift, and less on your cardio days. From what I've seen on this teenbodybuilding.com is that you won't gain muscle, but you won't loose it as long as you keep hitting your muscles hard.

In PE(9 weeks), I gained quite a bit of strength and endurance while losing a good 15lbs. But I just ate normal back then and didn't consider my diet. Now I started up again and have brought my diet into consideration, trying to lose quite a bit of fat. Should I do what that website says. Or are they wrong.

[IronEagle86]

you need calories man.. especially carbs.. no carbs means your body will take the protein out of your muscles and use it for energy

[BigTruckGuy3500]

I eat enough calories, about 200 below my maintanence level. I'm also not afraid of eating carbs, but I've stopped simple carbs almost completely.

[youi09]

u dont necessarily need too many carbs when u cut if u make sure ur protein intake is high. cuz if u dont got carbs, u gotta have more protein than usual, otherwise itll take it from you muscle..

carbs 120-200

[meathead198]

Keep a constant diet throughout the week of 500 cals below maintenance, you will lose 1lb a week this way and very little muscle as long as you eep protein high

[llamabob]

If you've only been lifting 1-5 months you can actually build muscle while losing fat, once you get more experienced you gotta learn to cut properly and conserve lean mass.

If you diet correctly you'll barely lose any lean mass.

[meathead198]

Originally posted by llamabob
If you've only been lifting 1-5 months you can actually build muscle while losing fat, once you get more experienced you gotta learn to cut properly and conserve lean mass.

If you diet correctly you'll barely lose any lean mass.

You can still lose fat and gain muscle 5 months into training?? wow

[BigTruckGuy3500]

You say eat 500 calories below maintainence, but during this time do I also lift heavy? or light?

Here is my source http://www.bodyfatguide.com/ArnoldsS...onfession.html (mods, please ignore the top part of the site) .

[BigTruckGuy3500]

bump? my last post/question?