Well to cut you want to be in a calorie deficit (under bmr) of around 500 kcal. Are you talking in terms of macro count? If so you'll want about 40% calories from protein and then depending on what you're doing at the moment you'll want to lower carbs from your normal amount.... what's your height and weight?

about 6 months ive been lifting thx I did 2 rounds of insanity........... im 178 5'9 I really dont want to lower my calorie intake because I want to build muscle as well I just want to lose the last bit of fat on my stomach so I can fully see my abs

then you have to find a way to expend more energy (if you dont want to eat less)
you aren't gonna drop bodyfat while putting on muscle though. pick one and go for it.

Great job on the progress so far, BTW.

When you say "lifting" ...what kind of lifting are we talking here? post it

Bottom line is six pack abs will ruin your life. If your deadset on getting down to ~ 10% BF in order to see them..its all about calories in and out to burn the fat off to see them. The lower the BF the harder/slower it is to keep pushing forward since we see minimal changes over such hard/long work...you just have to push through the next couple months lifting hard, getting adequate protein/fats lower carbs (less water weight for your must see abs).

Once you have your abs..which may leave you looking "skinny fat" since you don't hav emuch mass..you will need to bulk. Do it slow and right..no 500+ calories over maint. just gradually increase calories 200-300 over maint. Lift heavy. Plenty of resources out there for information - its all about finding it. You would be interestedin leangains. google is your friend

good luck

Just from some personal experience I would add weights to your ab workouts if you don't already. Your abs are a muscle too and if you want to be able to see them more without killing yourself staying at 8% bf, make them bigger. However, when it comes to obliques try to stay away from adding weight as this will make you look thick. Hope this helps.

You will never see your abs without loosing body fat, you can do as many ab exercises as you want but as long as you're eating too much they will never be revealed.

I have pretty visible abs and do no direct ab work, they will strengthen through deads and squats.

Get the diet right and they will shine through!

from ur pics u may have to lose 10-15 lbs to start to see abs. u have only been lifting for 6 month. i would wait another 18months b4 i would cut. in those 18months u would build alot alot of muscle and u would be able to see abs without going to very low body fat

This makes me glad I haven't attempted a cut. I'm taking the slow recomp route and eating at maintenance with some +300 days. Sometimes I'm tempted to cut, but I'm enjoying my slow transformation even more.

Don't let the fat gain get out of control. No use in adding more fat cells ripe for estrogen production. I have read that once a certain bf percentage is reached (over 15%) you begin to add more fat than muscle.

about 6 months ive been lifting thx I did 2 rounds of insanity........... im 178 5'9 I really dont want to lower my calorie intake because I want to build muscle as well I just want to lose the last bit of fat on my stomach so I can fully see my abs

then you have to find a way to expend more energy (if you dont want to eat less)
you aren't gonna drop bodyfat while putting on muscle though. pick one and go for it.

^^^^ THIS ^^^^

You'll have people all the time tell you that you can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. While this is possible (body recomping) it is so painfully slow that you could have just cut down to the BF% you wanted and started a bulk cycle and built some muscle in about the same amount of time with less stress.

Just cut till you get to the BF% you want then bulk.