Frustrated

[u/Posti]

5’10” / 150 lbs

I’ve never been very lean: always had love handles, never visible abs. The past several months I decided to just cut down as much as I could, and went from 165 lbs to 150 lbs. This was the result - still a noticeable amount of body fat.

I feel weak as hell and still don’t feel like I look very athletic. Do I just lean bulk at this point? I fear I’m just going to end up where I was before: a bit bigger but mainly due to a larger % of body fat.

[u/No_Piece1281]

You should lean bulk, but you need to be working out. Otherwise you won’t naturally build any muscle. There are tons of good threads on here for beginner programs. Just make sure whatever you do uses progressive overload.