I want to lose fat not muscle?

I'm a 19 year old male weighing in at 229 pounds (105 kg). About a year ago I was 180 pounds. I now have a huge beer belly with stretch marks courtesy of NZ's drinking age and my face is very chubby and, essentially, I would like to lose this fat. I am currently doing a pretty extreme diet (in my view) with high protein intake whilst cutting back on saturated fat, sugars and cholesterol. Total calorie intake would be between 1500-2000. Also, to cover essential vitamins I'm just resorting to supplements. I am doing daily runs plus press ups, crunches etc. Is this enough to ensure that I do not lose muscle instead of fat? I'm not expecting a six-pack but overall strength is important to me. Thanks!

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sounds good to me...btw..just once a week have a carb refeed day that will you help you retain muscle... reset your metabolism and boost your Leptin ...that's the ULTIMATE fat burning hormone...

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• You're doing the right thing but also try not eating for a day to lose weight
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• The biggest reason that you'll lose muscle rather than fat is because you're limiting your calories. If your body feels like it is in starvation mode it'll do everything in its power to prevent fat burning.Also, think of your body as a machine able to burn four different types of fuel: - Alcohol - Carbohydrates - Protein - FatThe body preferentially burns these fuels in that order.So if you are trying to burn body fat then you need to limit the intake of the fuels higher on the list. Beer is high in alcohol and carbohydrates. If you drink a lot of beer you will not burn fat (you'll store it as you've already suggested).The biggest trick is to limit carbohydrates - no sugar, wheat, flour, bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, cereals - whole meal or white.But the most important thing for burning fat is to provide fat in the diet. As I said your body is a machine. If you tune the machine to burn fat then it will burn both dietary fat and stored fat. You tune the body to burn fat by eating fat.Do the research on the latest thinking on fat - fats, like butter, lard & coconut oil, are good short- and medium- chain saturated fats. It's the long-chain saturated fat you want to avoid and trans fats, like margarine, vegetable oils & seed oils.So you should be eating saturated fat and avoid carbohydrates if you want to lose weight. If you eat 2g of protein per kilogram of body weight then that'll help maintain muscle mass.Take a look at low carb high fat diets - or paleo diets. I've lost 24kg and it's staying off.