I think a lot of lifters get too carried away with eating too much. No matter how much muscle you put on you're never going to look good with your shirt off when you're at 20% body fat like most guys are. Even with a shirt on going from 20% to 15% will cause a bigger improvement in how you look then you'd think.
For the last couple months I've been doing a "slow bulk" diet, I don't really count my macro's. On my lifting days I eat at what I know from experience is caloric surplus for me, including about 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. On my rest days I eat what I know from experience is roughly my caloric maintenance and about 0.9 grams of protein per lb, but I do a vigorous 40 minutes on an exercise bike first thing in the morning before eating. At the end of each week I have both gained muscle and lost fat despite having been lifting for over a year. This routine takes minimum willpower to maintain, and doesn't leave you being fat for half the year like a traditional bulk/cut cycle does.
For the last couple months I've been doing a "slow bulk" diet, I don't really count my macro's. On my lifting days I eat at what I know from experience is caloric surplus for me, including about 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight. On my rest days I eat what I know from experience is roughly my caloric maintenance and about 0.9 grams of protein per lb, but I do a vigorous 40 minutes on an exercise bike first thing in the morning before eating. At the end of each week I have both gained muscle and lost fat despite having been lifting for over a year. This routine takes minimum willpower to maintain, and doesn't leave you being fat for half the year like a traditional bulk/cut cycle does.