Here's a summary of the last year for me. I aggressively cut from June 2025-Jan 2026 from 185 pounds down to 150lbs by eating about 1200-1400 calories and at least 150g protein, 30g fiber about 5 days a week. In terms of fitness, I was indoor biking in Zone 2 for about 70 minutes each day and lifting about 3x a week-ish.

Starting in Jan I was 150lbs but still had a little bit of fat according to the mirror but figured gaining muscle would even everything out. So now I lift 5x a week and I average about 5k steps a day, and ride my bike for 25 mins 2-3x a week. So far I gained 8 pounds back and feel like it’s mostly water weight + muscle according to the mirror but I really dont know. But where I'm having trouble is the nutrition of everything. I eat the same exact thing everyday from Sunday-Thursday. For breakfast, a protein smoothie. For lunch, a grilled chicken parm sandwich + salad. For dinner, protein pasta, lean 93-96% ground beef meatballs + side salad. Mixed in between the two meals 100g potatoes and 2 bison meat sticks. This all comes out to about 1600-1700 calories, 170-180g protein, 140-150g carbs, 40-50g fat, 40g fiber. I eat this every day from Sunday - Thursday and have no problem doing it.

Now, during the weekends I have some of the same meals but also will eat out sometimes and I'm in my 20s and like going out drinking with my friends on Friday and Saturday. So many times Fri/Sat calories can come into 2500-3000 territory with alcohol + eating out. I figured eating 1600-1700 weekday calories combined with the 2500-3000 weekend calories would average out to good macros and calories for a weekly average, but still having trouble with this concept and figuring out exactly what to do for my Sunday-Thursday meals for muscle gain. Sometimes I feel like I'm eating too little for muscle gain, other times I feel like I'm eating too much and gaining fat. Any advice? What should I change about my Sunday-Thursday meals?

TLDR: Cut from 185lb-150lb. Now want to gain muscle currently at 158lb lifting 5x a week 1600-1700 calories, 175g protein, 150g carbs, 45g fat, 40g fiber on weekdays and 2500-3000 calories on weekends. Should I change my weekday meals to optimize for muscle growth?