let me get this straight.......

amnski

thanks mmapags :flowerforyou: ! You explained that beautifully.

I was concerned as I thought I was losing muscle, and would need to consume more calories (no deficit) and strength train to build it back, but now understand there is every point in continuing with strength training to develop and retain the muscle I already have, and I can still do this on a deficit, albeit it is a smaller deficit than I have been allowing myself.

Magic!!

Yup, you got it! If you lose mass and then try to gain it back, you actually have to eat at a surplus to do that and in doing that, you gain back some fat. It just seems so counter productive to me, especially for a woman who would be trying to gain back lean muscle without the benefit of testosterone! Glad I could be helpful! :flowerforyou:

Sounds like you got it hun...good luck! :happy: