Every morning I wake up and weigh myself and I'm the same weight. Then I check my handy dandy body fat monitor and see that a few more 10ths of a percent of my body fat has been turned into muscle. I'm in the weight loss stage called "Reconfiguration", when my body is burning fat and gaining muscle at almost the same rate, so the scale tells me the same weight every morning. Without a body fat monitor, I would be at risk of losing heart and giving up.

Horribly untrue. Low fat is bad. Your body needs fat. Dietary fat and body fat are not the same thing. Stick to healthy fats which are unsaturated. Lowcarb diets are OK in the short run but ultimately don't work as people can't stick to them. Spider what is your workout routine like? I only watch what I eat on weekdays. I eat what I want on weekends. I eat carbs all the time. I lost 6 pounds in 4 weeks with minimal cardio. I do martial arts 2 times a week but missed all but 2 days last month. I lift 3 times a week. If you don't have a good lifting routine you will lose muscle.

Nah it is not untrue at all. If you read my whole post it says
balanced diet - watch the fat and oils as well as the carbs...
and here was the link I posted earlier.

No crash dieting. No extremes. But a steady lower calorie balanced
diet with less high calorie foods. Combined with regular exercise.



Here was the reference I posted earlier on the subject:

http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/mayo-clinic-diet

You specifically said a low fat low Carb low calorie diet works best. Carbs dont really matter but you need fats. Low-fat is unhealthy and just kind of a bad idea

2. Fats: Generally speaking, although the body can get away with short periods of very low fat, in the long run your body NEEDS fat to maintain general health, satiety, and sanity. Additionally -any form of high intensity training will benefit from a 'fat buffer' in your diet - which acts to control free radical damage and inflammation. General guides: Average or lean bodyfat: 1 - 2g fat/ kg body weight [between 0.40 - 1g total weight/ pounds] High bodyfat: 1-2g fat/ LEAN weight [between 0.4 - 1g LEAN weight/ pounds] IF low calorie dieting - you can decrease further, but as a minimum, I would not suggest LESS than about 0.30g/ pound

I have also seen studies that say that people who eat low fat tend to weigh more.

BTW for those that dont know, lean weight is yoy weight minus your fat, so everything but fat.

I would be interested in reading your scientific evidence regarding muscle tissue containing fat.