Precisely. I'm a big lifter, who used to be pretty chunky. I did a full recomp years ago and it definitely wasn't the added muscle/increased BMR that let me cut

Precisely. I'm a big lifter, who used to be pretty chunky. I did a full recomp years ago and it definitely wasn't the added muscle/increased BMR that let me cut. It was my diet. Muscle makes you look good with clothes on. Diet makes you look good with clothes off.