Muscle or weight ??

Hi I am 14 years old and I am 84kg which is obese but I am quite tall for my age and if I say I feel I have a decent amount of muscle underneath of me . Should I focus on losing the weight( cardio, a little deficit) or should I focus on normal eating but muscle/weight training + protein for gaining muscle. Like every other teen in the future I want a nice body and currently I am just fat ( needless to say I have lost 15 kg previously but I am still obese)I lost the 15 kg by cardio and cutting calories-no weights and not much tracking of protein etc. Ik I shouldn’t really worry abt these things rn it’s just I’m in a bad spot my body fat % is at like 27% so I need to make a change. So should I lose weight or maintain weight and gain muscle . Or can I do both if that is a better option.

Firstly, you've done fab for losing 15kg well done! You are a healthy body fat percentage but if you want to lose more body fat, I would eat in a calorie deficit, do a mixture of cardio and weight training. You're better off losing the fat you want to lose first and then building from there. Also, because (I am assuming) you are new to weight training, you will benefit from the 'Newbie Gains' phase which lasts from 6 months to a year. In this period your body will put on a lot of muscle from weight training even in a calorie deficit as your body adapts to the new stimuli. However you have to remain consistent!

Hi, Thanks so much for this, this is what I needed. One last question, are all of these things like muscle training and deficits be good for a growing young body since I am only 14