Cutting without loss of muscle?

[MoreThanSmooth]

Every time I've properly started cutting I seem to just burn a bunch of muscle and retain the belly fat I actually want to get rid of. I got all the way down to 11 stone once (at 6' that's pretty f*cking skinny...) and yet I became skinnyfat because my body was shedding the muscle rather than the gut.

How do you guys get round this? Should I just keep lifting heavy and up my cardio rather than cutting calories?

It's the one question that's always driven my crazy about getting fit. Because I actually have pretty good core abs, I just wish I could get rid of the rubbish flab over them witthout ruining my gains.

 

[flowtheory]

Would have to know your diet and workout plan to give more precise advice.

It doesn’t make a lot of sense to be burning up muscle tissue and sparing fat.

 

[Poonstra]

Eat 200 calories below maintenance and keep working out. That way most of your losses are fat and you'll retain most of your muscle. You'll have to figure out what your maintenance level is.

 

[MoreThanSmooth]

Hope this helps.

Brilliant in-depth post, thanks for taking the time to type all that out.

Cheers everyone for the help. I will follow these tips and post up the results I get.