Lean out but keep/increase muscle clarity

toshie333

Please advise on the following...
If I want to lose fat and maintain / increase muscle do I:
Eat -15% below tdee (2000 -15% = 1700) which in theory should equate to 1/2lb a week
Continue to lift heavy whilst on a calorie defecit along with steady state cardio once/twice a week (usually swim)

Or do I

Eat tdee - 500 cals for 1lb loss a week whilst maintaining weight amount lifting until I loose fat and am ready to go back to a -15% calorie defecit for building muscle???

Very confused.
Been lifting x although I have definition in shoulders arms legs etc I need to drop a few percentages of body fat for my abs to show. I am hitting 1 g protein per lb body weight, female.

Any advice to lean out but maintain ?

linzijoy

I'm interested in hearing comments on this too...

nehushtan

Good question. Probably only a handful of people on MFP will have any qualifications to address what you are asking. On this topic you might find more informed and informative people on bodybuilding.com

Sublog recommends these web sites also:

http://www.leangains.com/
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com
http://alanaragon.com/
http://body-improvements.com/blog/