In my case I wish I cut my bodyfat a tad more before starting lifting. I was at 17-20% bodyfat and 180lbs before starting lifting, and after was 195 at the same bodyfat. So now I'm 185 (last check) and trying to get down to 170 or so. I gained about 10lbs lean mass total, not really training for mass at all but central nervous system gains.
So here's your issue, assuming you were fat before, you probably had at least some muscle mass just from overfeeding, sumo wrestlers for example technically have some of the most "lean mass" out of all athletes, and they don't even lift. When you cut weight, especially doing it really fast, you lose muscle mass. So lifting is a good thing to do as part of a exercise program to prevent it.
What I'd say is do stuff fairly submaximal (maybe like 60% of 1rm on compound lifts) so the body doesn't have to take in a lot of calories to do the lifts. My experience it was really hard working in the "strength" rep range (like 1-3 reps) and trying to lose weight as I'd be so hungry all the time, and it's not good to use caffeine as a replacement for food. You'll see lots of powerlifters with high bodyfat because of this, it's easy to eat yourself into lifting more weight. So where P90x admittedly does decent is it gives you some light basically girl weight type stuff to do just to signal the body to keep the muscle mass. So basically, probably something like 10x3 or something on the compound lifts would be good to do, then when you're at a bodyfat you wanna be at, go for the lower reps per set/more weight option and eat a decent amount more. Once you're at a low bodyfat, it'll be easier to keep weight off as you'll teach your body to set itself at that point.
But yeah, basically the choice is gain muscle fast, gain fat also, lose fat fast, lose muscle also. At least this is my experience. So doing a little lifting would be basically the middle ground of these programs. Charles is right in that once you do have muscle mass, weight is easier to lose, as it burns more calories. You can also eat more and not worry as much with the muscle mass, as extra muscle mass increases your basal metabolic rate.
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