How much will a large deficit impact my muscle mass?

sophzhr

Hey guys. So I've been losing weight achingly slowly (15lbs in the last 10 months), and I still have around 15lbs still to go (give or take a few lbs depending on how I look). I've been heavy lifting over this time, and although I am happy with the fact that I've made progress (waist inches went down from 32 to 26.5), I feel like I can't take another 10 months of losing weight at this pace!!! I've kept my deficit small so my lifts don't suffer, and so I can maintain as much mass as possible, but I really but want to get lean now so that I can focus on bulking I'm not happy with the thought of lowering my intake much, but I seriously have had enough of losing so freaking slowly hah....if I increase my deficit a lot, will I really lose all the muscle mass I want to keep so much? Would it be a mistake?

Bit of info on me, I'm 19, female, 5'4" and 145lbs.

I'd really appreciate advice here guys, I'm getting so frustrated with it

TavistockToad

How large? You could stand to lose a pound a week for maybe the next 5 lbs and then reduce your deficit to 0.5lbs per week. Till you're happy with your body.