Losing skinny fat look

Nutrition Q&A [Moderated]
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So i’m 5’10" 37yr old 41" waist at naval, 198lb, 25% bf at a guess. Ive been holding tight on weight on 2,700cals and my goal is to get bf down below 20%. Somewhere between 15-18%. I’m thinking of bringing calories down to 2,500cals to try get things moving. Im skinny fat at the minute, skinny arms, legs, but fat around abdominal, hip, thigh area. What would be the best way to go about my situation?. Should i recomp to 175lb and slowly bring weight back up slowly gaining whilst minimizing fat gain. Im going to place carbs in first meal and pre / post workout. Timing them will hopefully help in the recomp. Does this sound a good approach.

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I would reduce your calories to produce weight loss while strength training 3x/wk and doing conditioning 1x/wk at first.

It doesn’t matter where you put your carbs during the day unless it sufficiently changes your compliance.

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Thanks for the reply Jordan. Would i stick to the same carb intake, say on a day where i am not training? Or drop carbs out for the day?

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Yes, I would keep the intake the same on all days.

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Thanks Jordan

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Jordan, how would I go about programming whilst on a recomp? Reason I ask is, been running SSNLP since Jan. Squat 50kg - 120kg (deloaded to 80kg tempo Squat)
Deadlift 70kg - 130kg (deloaded to 100kg to fix flexion)
Bench 50kg - 85kg (deloaded x 2)
Press 25kg - 50kg (deloaded x 2 working on hip thrust)
i’ve had to deload Squat and Deadlift x3 but form was an issue so took a big deload and working on tempo movement to keep weight on mid-foot. Def got plenty in the tank to re-run LP on these lifts. Now, regarding Bench and Press i have the weight where its moving slowly (microloading and at 5x3) and probs wont last much longer, so i dont want to take another deload. Are there any ways you would programme these lifts at this stage? My goal here is to drive Bench to 100kg and Press to 60kg but i dont think i can reach those numbers this way. Any advice?

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I wouldn’t change programming and would not reset LP after it stops working this time, but rather move onto the bridge.