Am I skinny fat? How can I lose fat and gain muscles without steroids?

[chudjak_supremacy]

How to tell if you’re skinny fat? Am I? I am going to the gym (beginner) and have two contradictory goals. I want to lose weight which requires calorie deficit and gain muscles which requires bulking. How to achieve this without steroids?

 

[fattofat]

You are skinny fat, and no, those two are not contradictory. You can still gain muscle while being in a deficit. If you really want to, you could do a body recomp, eat at maintenance, and workout, which will gradually lose fat while gaining muscle