BB so far in my cut ive been eating
about 900 cals below my tdee (instead of 500) to lose fat (that tdee estimate tends to err to the high side of what u really need is the general belief around here).. its been working pretty good.. with the feel i currently have gained for where my body falls in with my tdee number (3100) when i decide to lean bulk ill prob start at 3000 and go from there.. i like to be conservative when it comes to adding lbs though .. the way i see it the only thing ill be losing is time if cals r too low.. if theyre too high ill be gaining unwanted and ugly bodyfat!

dont know if this helps u or not..
also i dont remember seeing it but u def wanna get ur bf chekd regularly and at a place u can do it conveniently.. i have calipers at home and my wife does it every 7 days.. which is also how ill do it when bulking..
based on what u said in post 20 makes me wonder if all this time u were just guessing??? how has ur body responded? if u dont have a baseline(pre-bulk bf%) i guess u have no way of knowing for sure..