So I read the sticky and have some questions. >1. First and

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So I read the sticky and have some questions.

>1. First and foremost, for reasons outlined in my article Initial Body Fat and Body Composition Changes, trainees should not be starting out their muscle gaining phase too fat. Males should be ~10-12% body fat before even considering going on any kind of ‘bulk’ (fatter trainees can usually gain some muscle while losing fat with a basic recomposition plan; this is beyond the scope of this article). For a female, this would be roughly equivalent to 19-24% body fat.

At the moment I'm 6 ft, 240lbs putting me squarely in FAT FUCK % territory. Meaning I should lose weight.

My Fitness Pal has me recommended 1600 calories a day to do so, yet the TDEE calculator has me at 3466 (meaning I'm way, way below calories). Which figure should I be trusting? Currently I'm hitting the 1600 calories target give or take +/- 100 and 200g of protein a day, 60-70% from whole food sources.

Regime wise I'm 2 weeks into StrongLifts. I had to adjust it slightly because I just couldn't finish 20kg 5x5 sets of OHP and BP it started me on due to upper body weakness.

(in kg)

SQ: 32.5 - 5x5
BP: 17.5 - 5x5
ROW: 27.5 - 5x5
OHP: 15 - 5x5
DL: 30 - 1x5

I've had to knock off weight from BP and OHP because upper body so weak. Any other pointers?

I get the feeling I'm just not eating enough.