Stats:
20 years old
5’ 9"
155lbs
Estimate 10-14% BF
I’ve been training for roughly 2 years seriously. I used to eat very little and train super hard. At one point I dieted down to 7% BF, 140lbs and barely had any muscle. I had serious body image issues and felt I needed to cut body fat even more.
I now am trying to gain muscle. I want to get rid of the excess body fat I have while maintaining the muscle mass i currently have.
I mean’t gaining muscle in the long term. Short term, I just want to lose some excess body fat while maintaining as much muscle as I can. That way I can continue to grow and fill out.
If you still have “serious body image issues” (I suspect you do), I suggest you consider therapy. Short of finding a serendipitously radioactive spider to bite you, I don’t think there’s anything else you can do that will give you what you really want/need–a body you feel good about in the next few years.
You will not be happy once you diet down again. You need more muscle to get the look you want.
Are you a model? Why do you need to be <10% body fat? If you’re really 10-14% that’s pretty ideal for gaining muscle. You’ll even have some ab definition, too.
As @EyeDentist said, you should also consider therapy. It sounds like anorexia, to be frank.
Maybe stop worrying about body fat so much? All having single digit bf% does at 5’9 155lbs gives off is the illusion on camera that your bigger . In real life in cloth you wont look impressive at all. As stated above maybe seek help. Along with stated above build more muscle…