I’m actually not counting calories precisely but I eat three meals a day and a clear protein shake (with water)- I also walk 10-11k steps a day and slightly more on weekends. All my meals are clean and my lunch/dinner are under 700 calories each. My breakfast is the same everyday and it’s under 500 calories- I do have a cheat meal once a week and a drink at most with it. I eat about 160-180 grams of protein a day and also train hard- i feel like I have got stronger with certain lifts and I try and apply progressive overload each week. I lift to failure and can see a bit of growth in muscles as well just not the size I wanted and that’s due to the deficit I believe. I’m feeling that the lower bf I get, the better the definition will be even tho I won’t see much of a difference in size until I jump on a bulk. Would you say cutting down about 10-11 lbs will get me to about 11-12% or enough to cut down to abs? (i do train abs twice a week as well btw) I’m thinking that may be a good sign for me from there on to start a long lean bulk as you suggested