Q: Mike i have calculated that in order to mainten my current weight i need about 2750 calories daily.Till now i was eating about 3100 cause i was doing bulk up.I want to do some cutting now.I have dropped my daily calories to 2700 the last 2 weeks so my body will get used to this reduction.But in order to lose some fat i need to to eat less than that(250 calories less).

So if i need 3100 calories to gain muscles,2750 to mainten my current weight i need 2500?to lose some fat right?For these calories is it the same if i do some cardio to lose them or just eat less?Should i combine both cardio and less eating for better results?If i do both should i count the calories from cardio and reduce them from total calories?

For example the day i do cardio(losing this way 300 calories)i could eat more or not doing cardio and eat less 300 calories.

Could u tell me what should i do exactly and how much i should eat in order to lose fat slowly and safely without any muscles?

A: Good job paying such careful attention to your diet! They way I would approach figuring how much to eat to lose fat is to shift your focus a little bit, so you track your weight even more than the exact number of calories. Pick your training and cardio programs, start your diet at somewhere between 2500 and 2700 calories and from this point on just monitor your weight. Your goal is to lose weight very slowly in order to preserve muscle. Definitely no faster than 1 pound/week and slower would be even better. Your weight may go up and down a pound or two day-to-day (weigh yourself in the morning after using the bathroom and on empty stomach for most accurate weight measure), but over long term there should emerge a clear trend. If after three weeks you notice that you're basically still at the same weight as before you started, then reduce the calories by 200-300. If, on the other hand, you noticed that you've lost more than 4 pounds in 3 weeks, then it's time to add 200-300 calories back in.

This way you don't need to worry about daily cardio-vs-calories decisions. Just monitor your weight and look for a long-term trend and make diet adjustments every 3-4 weeks to keep yourself on pace to lose 1 pound or less per week. Hope that helps.