Disect my diary: Eating under hindering gaining muscle!???

kenazfehu

Looks like your fat is coming out on the high side quite often. I think I'd focus on cutting that back.

secretlobster

If you eat at a calorie surplus with well-balanced macros (you do have to hit the protein mark), and then substitute your cardio (at least some of it) for resistance training, you should see both an increase in muscle and a decrease in fat. Best part is that since you don't have a lot of fat to lose, building some muscle will make you look leaner automagically.

csuhar

One idea might be to talk to whoever created or assisted you in creating your regimen and see if they know of a baseline level of calories you should consume with that program. The man who developed my primary regimen specified that, to benefit from the program, users needed to apply the "Moderately Active" multiplier to the BMR formula JUST to cover the caloric needs of his program, alone.

mmapags

If you eat at a calorie surplus with well-balanced macros (you do have to hit the protein mark), and then substitute your cardio (at least some of it) for resistance training, you should see both an increase in muscle and a decrease in fat. Best part is that since you don't have a lot of fat to lose, building some muscle will make you look leaner automagically.

This is correct. The only thing I would emphaize is that when trying to build muscle I would eliminate or all but eliminate cardio. Like maybe one session per week to maintian adaptations. The hormonal and chemical responses of the body to cardio and to strength training for hypertrophy and counterproductive to eachother.