Older skinny-fat caloric direction?
I’m 49 years old and have been doing the NLP for about 4 weeks now. SS does a great job addressing young male lifters and eating but is a bit vague for us older guys. I’ve always been skinny and wished I had been introduced to SS in my twenties. But now, after about a year off due to injuries I have resumed working out. I’m 5’10” tall 190lbs with a 39” waist (measured at the belly button). I’m not very strong but I am still progressing with 10lb increases to squat and deadlift each session and 5 lbs in the BP and OHP. I started very light (due to the injuries) so I could focus on form and not immediately re-injure myself. Current squat is 165lbs (feels heavy), 105 BP (moderate), 205 DL (heavy), 75 ohp (moderate). I’m not sure about my body fat percentage, but my bathroom scale puts it at 20% which I think is optimistic, the navy calculator puts me at 29% but visual guides have me estimating 20-24%. So far I have been focusing on eating enough to try and maintain my weight, not surplus. I have added about 3 lbs over the last 3 weeks.
Given that I am still progressing, what direction should I go with diet if my goal is to build muscle/strength but not continue to grow my gut?