Aiming to gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously- should I eat at my TDEE?

[billyyb]

Basically, I want to lose fat and gain muscle. I was wondering if my total daily caloric consumption should be at my TDEE, above or below to achieve this? Also wondering if I should cut my carbs much seeing as I'm still trying to gain muscle at the same time aswell? Advice would be appreciated.

Stats:
Age- 18 in 5 days
Height- 5'10
Weight- 76kg
BF%- no idea, I would guess around 16%

[Nephets]

Its tough to do at the same time. Much easier to cut down and then do a lean bulk. If you do want to do both, I would eat above my maintenance and use fasted cardio in the morning to lose the fat.

[billyyb]

hmmm.. ill see how it goes