Q: If you go on a program of cutting fat through the methods you suggest (healthy calorie reduced diet, heavy weights and cardio) what happens when your body decides it will not allow you to lose any more body fat ? does your body start burning your muscle to bring your metabolism down ? surely if your are eating slightly less than you need and burning energy via exercise (to lose weight) your body must burn some kind of body tissue for the extra fuel or else reach some kind of balance?

A: That's an excellent question. What you describe -- the body 'refusing' to burn any more fat no matter what nutrition and exercise program are followed -- will happen. As you get into a better and better shape further fat loss becomes harder and harder, requiring better and better diet and more intense and stringent exercise. Eventually the fat loss process will grind to a halt. Exactly when that point occurs greatly depends on individual person's genetics, health and weight history, quality of the program, personal motivation and discipline, and personal trainer. Of course most people hit this wall way before their ultimate potential because they don't have optimal nutrition and exercise programs. But sooner or later it is unavoidable. So for anybody wanting to lose fat the idea should be to encourage his or her body to burn fat for as long as possible before that stopping point. All the information I provide on this website is designed to do just that.

Beyond this stopping point the only way to lose fat is to starve yourself. Starvation will burn fat, muscle, and organ tissue. Needless to say it's extremely unhealthy and unsustainable -- your body will regain its natural fat levels when you start eating normally again. And you can very seriously damage your health by starving yourself for too long.