chances are if your just starting out, you will "gain" strength pretty easily even in a deficit. My advice would be to keep the deficit small, and as you progress either drop it more, or up it depending on how your training goes. If you hit a point where you feel your not getting stronger then increase it slightly, or if you feel your still holding to much fat, decrease it slightly.

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