so bulking isn't necessary ?

What if bulk with a set goal then cut?

I've done lots of reading, watching and learning. Yet most usually just tell people to eat at a controlled caloric surplus. Without the caloric surplus you body won't grow. I have a friend who's a stick back in highschool but he got big without going through the process of bulking. He told me that it's possible to stay lean through out and he did so without even counting calories.. but the golden question is HOW?

I would appreciate your feedback on this but I'm not gonna ask something to vague. So how do you recomp yourself from that body of 2 years back?

Do you cut down to an ideal BF% and maintain there?
Do you maintain with a slight surplus?
Or you basically just maintain with by eating nutrition dense food (clean) through out?

I, myself is currently in the process of cutting.

I don't think that it's possible to be on a caloric deficit diet and build muscle at the same time man. I've read that it's best to have a slight surplus, enough to enable muscle growth and not gain much fat at all. But what do i know...

Well that's what I thought too. Been eating at a deficit, plateaued already ?

77.7kg - 5 December
75.9kg - 8 December
74.7kg - 13 December
75.1kg - 14 December
75.4kg- 17 December
74.5kg- 20 December
74.3kg - 24 December
74.2kg - 26 December
74.3kg - 31 December

I understand that quite well man but I should be able to see that on the scale too..I'll give myself some more time before changing my plans..

hey guys, still cutting now, still fat. I did some calculations and hoping if you guys can comment on this.

1kg of fat is 7700 calories, so if I'm eating at a deficit of 200 calories per day, I'll be needing 38.5 days to lose 1kg right?

I understood the factors and conditions that might impact the outcome, I'm just seeking for opinions. I'm on a slow deficit bro, 200 deficit is very slow and safe. Thanks man.

I actually started at 77kg, I'm now at around 73.5kg. I wish my metabolism is that high, out of my months of experimenting, at best my maintenance is only at 1.8k-2k+/-.

I can't slap on a 1k deficit, my lifts will deteriorate greatly. As of now, I'm slowly losing weight while maintaining my lifts. Haven't hit a plateau yet, but hopefully I won't.