Most of the fat eaten is used for fuel, just as your body fat is used for fuel. It is NOT stored. If you do not eat carbs it cannot be stored - period. Without insulin there is no fat storage; conversely in the presence of insulin there can be no fat burning.

Please read: Fat and Insulin and Why a calorie isnt just a calorie

You might also want to get yourself a copy of Protein Power. The Eades explain why LC works for fat loss and for overal improved health.

Nat

P.S. In the event you're thinking that reducing fat would make body fat loss greater/faster please look at the link in this post by Gwilson38 - nothing could be further from the truth.