Losing Fat... while gaining muscle mass

[quixotedlm]

A long time ago, I was overweight. I worked on it, and became normal-weight. That was almost 2 years ago. Then I learned to maintain it, and I think I've been pretty good at it.

Now I have a new goal - build up my muscles a bit more. I'm..

5'8"
19% Body Fat (impedance mesurement)
152 lbs.

My goal is to lose about 4-5% more (target around 14-16% BF), and gain about 10lbs in muscle mass.

So I want to lose about 5lbs fat, while gaining about 15lbs in muscle mass.

I'll likely go chat with a nutritionist about this, but my question is - do I try to maintain a caloric deficit in my nutrition until I hit my target BF%, then go on to try bulking, or do I just work on bulking and hope that the heightened metabolism obtained from the extra muscle mass and workouts will burn the fat without the need to maintain a caloric deficit in my diet?

[Finnegan Bell]

Thats up to u and when u want to reach 14% bodyfat
either u start cutting now or u start bulking then cutting,both works

[Adam228]

Logic.

I want to gain while loosing = No logic.

Unfortunately something called Homeostasis prevents us from doing that. Hence why some people will go through bulking and cutting phases.

[ironford]

Logic.

I want to gain while loosing = No logic.

Unfortunately something called Homeostasis prevents us from doing that. Hence why some people will go through bulking and cutting phases.

not totally true, if your pretty new you can do it, ive been gaining muscle and losing weight sence october and im still doing it.

[smn1234]

possible.. I did it.... and search cuz there are a millino threads about this very thing