I've lost fat doing nothing but intense weight training, so from my experience, weight training will indeed burn fat in the short run.
I agree with your point about the WBF as well... but most of the IFBB guys use my method.
To the others, I have never said I do not like protein or fat. Read my posts. Do you all HONESTLY think that the long-distance runners I mentioned would benefit from your diet?
I went on an extremely low-fat diet and I had problems. My joints were not good when I attempted heavy lifts like the squat or the dead-lift and my flexibility suffered.
Please, this is not an "All-or-nothing" debate. I did not say that fat and protein was bad.
To whoever asked what I do when I run out of zip during training. Believe it or not, after an hour or so of martial arts, my Korean partners would eat a salt-lick with water. This helps.
Also, I NEVER siad to eat high-glycemic foods, you can mix them and that effectively lowers the glycemic index for the food.
DallasMike, I stand corrected, but I have seen people on a no-carb diet exhibit bizarre symptoms such as awful breath, mental confusion, etc. Carbohydrates are the brains MAIN source of energy people.