Thread: Im starting to get skinny fat

About a year ago I was really skinny fat, and I knew i wanted to gain muscle. I was starting to bulk up despite not knowing at all what I was doing in terms of eating, logging and weight lifting. I went from 150lbs (skinny fat), to 172lbs and I was starting to get bulky. So I decided i wanted to cut for the 10 weeks leading to summer (and my vacation). So im 5 weeks in, and ive cut my calories by 500 (a day). Im getting more than enough protein (around 180 or more G per day), and my fats are typically between 25-60 (depending on high/low carb days). As far as carbs go, I started by just staying around the 160-200 g mark. Then I started cycling. I tried the 3 day low carb (fiberous), 3 day high carb (starch). I saw some good from this, but reguardless of any of it. Im once again getting very skinny 'fat'.

When I checked 3 or 4 weeks ago I was at 12% body fat (158 lbs). right now as of this morning im at 154 lbs, and my guess is im around 10% BF or so. Ive been told im getting really skinny by friends and family. If I was getting defined id be fine with that, but Im not getting the abs or "tone" that I was shooting for. And Im kind of nervous to bulk back up so soon before summer. As recent as last week I was doing a 6 day weight lifting program, with 0 cardio. Ive taken the past 3 days off, and hitting the gym this week im going on a 4 day plan because people here thought I was definatly overtraining. Im still skeptikal on cardio because I really do not want to lose any more weight., I do want to define a lot better than I have been.

Will I still be able to reach some decent goals (albeit slowly) if I eat my maintence every day to maintain weight, but (in reality) by working out 4 days a week ill be in a deficiet. I feel like ive lost any muscle i did put on, and even more because im starting to feel like a twig. I can even feel it in my weight lifting because I cant lift nearly as much as I could 3-4 months ago. My arms are getting slightly more defined, but thats really the only thing ive noticed other than my ribs being clearly visable.

well what were your calories during your cut?