Question about being in a calorie deficit or not. 5'5, 145-147lbs, female, 26. recent info: just started weight lifting again in last 6 months. I did a bulk last winter and then maintained that weight from January 2025 until October 2025. I focused on protein, eating better, moving more and getting stronger. I'm doing 40 min workouts now, that includes my warm up. heaviest weight I'm doing is 15lbs and just working on being able to do a second set of everything. it's not like I'm doing heavy long sessions. I have no job and I get under 8k steps a day. I have no clue if I'm being impatient for wanting to drop fat. I go between 145-147 right now. which isn't my problem. I know eating healthier could solve some of this issue..I could 100% just stay here and keep working out. I'm obviously afraid to lose muscle. I'm torn between eating less or eating at maintenance. I don't think I can cut how I want so maybe I shouldn't try? idk

anne9681 5 days ago

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: Lifting for 6 months you're not gonna lose any muscle at all cutting, could potentially still gain quite a lot of muscles in a small deficit with proper diet, workout program and recovery.
I'm usually against the whole recomping thing but for the first 12 months or so it's not such a bad idea.

Could be done quite easily. Have a set breakfast and pre bed snack that gives about 0.7g of protein per lbs while low in kcal and then have lunch and dinner as normal without any counting, just make sure to pick healthy options and stop eating when not hungry instead of when full. While cutting out any added suger, snacks and so on.
For most that is sufficent to drop fat at a decent rate.
Overeating is easy.
Overeating on clean, healthy food is almost impossible.

5 days ago