I can see what you're saying about cutting...But IMO you still need carbs, esp. preworkout. When I was doing the UD2.0 for my cutting, I really felt like ass during the depletion workouts, so much so that I'd throw up halfway through the workout. In light of this, IMO, taking in 15-20 grams of dextrose before working out should keep your energy levels high enough to where you'll still benefit from the workout for fat loss w/out feeling so run down. The only reason the UD wants you to not intake preworkout carbs is due to the carb load that's a few days down the road.

Remember that preservation of muscle is just as important if not more important than fat burning during cutting. Weight lifting is meant for muscle building. You are going to burn calories doing it, of course, but your primary goal is hypertrophy. By not storing glycogen pre-workout, your body will be forced to metabolize amino acids for energy which isn't a good thing when muscle is concerned.

Overall, you're looking for a caloric deficit over a specific period of time as you know. If you are too concerned with burning body fat for energy, you risk losing muscle. If you do an activity like cardio on an empty stomach, the amount of bodyfat burned isn't going to be a gigantic amount. It will be greater than doing it an hour or so after eating, but it isn't like you're going to burn a pound a day either way. Is it worth potentially burning a little muscle? No f'ing way!!

So, cutting or bulking, I'm intaking fast acting carbs. No matter what, we'll all agree that muscle building is a whole lot slower and harder than burning fat (all things remaining equal). If it takes me a century to drop 10 lbs of fat w/out an ounce of muscle loss, then so be it!!

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