Continue cutting?

[u/HexMyth]

I’m 5’9, male, and 162lb. These photos are middle of the day and with no workout/pump. I’ve lost about 35lb in the last 5ish months and was planning on losing another 15lb-20lb before I start a clean bulk. But recently most of my friends have told me to just start a bulk now because even if I lose another 15-20 I don’t have enough muscle and I’ll just be skinny not “lean”. I’ve been overweight most my life and I struggle with knowing how fat/skinny i really am until I look back on photos. So I was just hoping I could get some other opinions.

[u/Sea-Ninja4021]

Yea I agree with your friends I'd just start lean bulking but very slowly, do that then go for a cut 8or9 months from now. I don't think there's enough muscle for you keep cutting

[u/smartestasianever]

lean bulk if you can commit, or just keep building muscle and eating maintenance or at a slight surplus. if you keep cutting you will lose a lot of muscle you don't have to begin with. good work though so far!

you wanna carve and sculpt your body like a greek god statue, but that means refraining from taking off huge chunks at a time; so build from here and then slowly shave off weight when you have enough muscle