Maintaining Weight and Building Muscle - Help!

PetiteStar17

Hi Fit Fam!
So I'm 5'1 and weigh 102. I was weighing 115 and lost the weight over the last 3 months doing cardio and light training. I stopped cardio three weeks ago and started doing heavier lifting. Eating very clean and my protein intake is always over 120g a day.
Now... here's my dilemma.
My calorie intake ranges between 1200-1500 a day. Anything more than 1500 is VERY hard for me. I'm worried I'll start losing the muscle I can now start seeing on my body. Is that a good calorie count for me to stick with?

livingleanlivingclean

If you want to maintain weight but build muscle, you need to eat at maintenance. Put your current stats in to MFP to get a maintenance calorie goal.

1500 calories isn't a lot of food. I make my calories stretch a long way in terms of food volume, and still don't think that's a lot of food! Clean eating is not necessary (whatever that means to you), but you can incorporate calorie dense foods to fit your goals without increasing volume significantly

Choose full fat options for dairy, use whole eggs, choose fattier cuts of meat and oily fish, cook in oil/fat or add it to your meals once prepared, drink calories between meals.