Cut or Bulk

I started back in November at 191 lbs. and now weigh 161 (approx. 17% body fat). I have been doing a 3-day split and a 20 min HIIT on off days. My diet is around 2000 (40-40-20) calories a day (averaging around 1.4 lbs week weight loss). Wondering if I should cut down to 12-15% body fat and then increase calories. I am not looking to pack on a ton of muscle (not that I could). I am happy around 160 to be honest, I like to keep my waist around 32-33 at the navel (more a slender look). Thanks for your input.

Dan

Good job on the weight loss. IMO you shouldn't cut anymore, just eat around maintenance or tiny surplus given your goals.

You have childbearing hips so I wouldn't give much thought to your waist size, just focus on whether you're happy with what you see in the mirror.

maintenance until you can't make gains anymore, then slowly bulk up imo. very nice fat loss progress by the way :)

what is your program like? are you doing a three day split where you only train three times a week?

I would agree with everyone else. At this point, you need to benefit from adding some muscle mass.

COULD you get leaner? Sure, but I don't think the benefit will outweigh the cost.

faithbrah pretty much said what I would say about it.

[QUOTE=faithbrah;1638076083]maintenance until you can't make gains anymore, then slowly bulk up imo. very nice fat loss progress by the way :)

what is your program like? are you doing a three day split where you only train three times a week?[/QUOTE]

I do a Monday (chest and tri), Wednesday (back and bi), Friday (Legs and Shoulders). Was thinking about doing a full body 3 day a week. Thoughts?

[QUOTE=Dan042075;1638076963]I do a Monday (chest and tri), Wednesday (back and bi), Friday (Legs and Shoulders). Was thinking about doing a full body 3 day a week. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]

If you're going to do 3 days a week, i'd do A-B-A...B-A-B...

Fierce 5 novice is a good template

[QUOTE=AdamWW;1638087863]If you're going to do 3 days a week, i'd do A-B-A...B-A-B...

Fierce 5 novice is a good template[/QUOTE]

I'll start the slow climb sideways or up on Monday. Here is my fitness sheet, including my maintenance diet (I increased it about 200 calories a day from what I have been eating since November.) I'll have to adjust the diet of course based on weight lost or weight gain. The workout is my own creation (working at home with dumbbells (weight is in kilograms). It is based on muscle and strength workouts 3-day-full-body-dumbbell workout. I can''t (meaning I don't like) :) the A-B-A due to the legs twice a week! I'll end up skipping days. I really just want to keep my waist the same and put on some lean muscle (easy right?!). Any advice, comments, critiques are welcome.

Thanks to everyone for commenting.

Dan

[QUOTE=Dan042075;1638076963]I do a Monday (chest and tri), Wednesday (back and bi), Friday (Legs and Shoulders). Was thinking about doing a full body 3 day a week. Thoughts?[/QUOTE]yeah, the reason i asked was because hitting each muscle group once a week isn't much. i'd recommend training either 5-6 times a week with a three day split, or just doing full body 3x a week

then again, you should do anything you can stick to, but assuming you can stick to a full body routine, then do that

Slight calorie surplus and a proven lifting program.