Eating too little when cutting is a classic noob mistake. Starving yourself makes your body get protein from where it can, which turns out to be from your muscl

Eating too little when cutting is a classic noob mistake. Starving yourself makes your body get protein from where it can, which turns out to be from your muscles. I think the most sustainable way for normal people to lose fat and not muscle is to try to stay as strong as you were during a bulk while maintaining a small calorie deficit.