The calorie deficit needs to be over a period of weeks/months in order to lose fat. If you're eating too much when you lose control of your appetite, it could be wiping our your deficit. Sounds...
Considering you're still around 20+ bf, I'd say cut for a bit longer to get yourself down closer to 12. Hit your protein and fat minimums while staying in a deficit...
Probably don't count as a new poster, but it's been a while for me since stopping by here. Gained a bunch of weight and have not been lifting, but looking to turn it around. There's something about...
It's probably mostly in your head, but if you want to be conservative about it, cut back your gains to no more than 2lbs per month. If you continue to get stronger with gaining 0.5lbs per week, than...
OP, you might consider using a weight tracking app. I use 'Libra' on android. It trends your weight and gives you a smoothed-out visualization of what your weight is doing longer term.
