Reply #89: There was a very large scale study conducted on this. [View All]

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A very unethical one, I might add.

Turns out that when several million people are put on severe calorie restricted diets, and worked hard, not a single one of them was still obese after a while.

However, many did die of starvation, eventually, and many also died before losing much of the weight, usually from existing weight-related conditions.

I'd guess your trainer was trying to prevent the hardships of making that transition, as it can be medically dangerous.

In summary, your statement:
"cutting calories and increasing exercise does NOT ALWAYS lead to fat loss." is not true. It *always* leads to fat loss. ALWAYS.

Unfortunately, if you do it wrong, the side effect is death.