Are my goals achieveable with my diet?

[Beepeear]

Hello,

I currently weigh 160.2lbs and my goal is to reach about 145 by early October this year. I have a skinny fat body.

I am given an allowance of 1700 calories per day for extreme fat loss but usually only consume around 1300-1500. My diet is somewhat clean, I am eating good, it’s when I check my macros I get a bit confused. I am given 50% carbs, 30% protein and 20% fat.

I am usually going over my protein goals, and over my carb goals by maybe 5-7% each day. My fat % is usually spot on give or take 1%.

I am just wondering if I continued to diet like this and go to the gym doing mostly cardio and some days weights 3/4 times a week, are my goals realistically achievable? I want to lose the skinny fat body type and start to look less “soft”

Thanks for reading, all advice appreciated

[SuffolkPunch]

Don't attempt to lose more than 1% of your bodyweight per week - otherwise a lot of it could be muscle. So you'll end up still skinny fat but smaller.

You should be doing mostly weight training to prevent muscle loss - not mostly cardio (which doesn't prevent muscle loss)

[Laszlo18]

why would you lose fat at 160 and being skinny fat ?

[DutchTeamUltra]

I agree with Laszlo, how tall are you?

[Big Slim DaDDy]

Losing muscle will make you look even softer so up your calories.

[Beepeear]

5’8

[Beepeear]

Losing muscle will make you look even softer so up your calories.

Should I still eat within a deficit or up them enough so they’re at maintaining level?

[Laszlo18]

Should I still eat within a deficit or up them enough so they’re at maintaining level?

eat at maintenance then slowly start bulking with a 200-300 calorie surplus