Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are you currently lifting and not making gains? I’m eating a calorie deficit and making gains so you definitely don’t NEED to eat more…
Those are newbie gains. You'll hit at plateau at some point if you're not eating enough.
And there might not really even be any significant gains. People often confuse revealing muscle through fat loss with actually gaining muscle. But I definitely agree, even if there are some gains there will be very short lived while in a deficit. OP is best off going on a very gentle bulk, i.e. about 100 calories over maintenance per day. Still about half of the gain will likely be fat as there is only so much muscle a woman can gain per month. Higher surpluses will lead to higher fat gain without a significant increase in muscle gain.