Where O where to go next???

I haven't been blogging much about fitness lately and there is a not so good reason. I am wandering aimlessly trying to figure out where to go next.

On one hand I am still considered over weight. Between 23 and 55 pounds depending on what chart you look at. On the other hand I have reached my goal. My goal was always a size 12. I was a size 10 in high school and I was a scrawny little thing. I figured 12 with better body composition would be perfect. The thing is, I figured a size 12 would put me in the 140ish range. So do I keep on the weight loss road or do I step off and venture to more sports specific stuff, strength, hypertrophy, yogi????

The problem with the weight loss road is that I truly don't think I want to lose another 40 pounds. How tiny would I be? I am a tall girl. I carry my weight well. I don't think I want to get any smaller. But body composition??.......

What I would like is to be able to see the muscles that I have. Which means a fat loss program. The next problem is, I don't want to do a fat loss program. I already do LC and IF. Fat loss is sort of a given. I think that is pretty evident in the fact that I have only lost 10 pounds since Thanksgiving but I have gone from a 16 to a 12. Fat loss programs are hard on me. My body does not like them! Touch finish!! (That's 'been there, done that' to those of you that aren't up on your ASL idioms!)

So that leaves me with sports specific, strength and hypertrophy.

Since I need overall strength, sport specific isn't really an option.

Between strength and hypertrophy, I choose hypertrophy. It boils down to me liking the program better. The only problem I see with hypertrophy is eating. I am not a big eater. I have to make myself eat most days. That is part of the reason I like the LC and IF combo. I eat one or two meals a day of seriously calorie dense foods. I average around 1600 calories a day. I suppose by adding a high cal protein shake on workout days will solve that problem.

So I guess this long rambly post (I seem to have a lot of those lately) has lead me to the following decision...

Start a hypertrophy program, continuing my current LC/IF diet to continue fat loss and adding a calorie dense protein shake on workout days to address the extra calorie needs. My goals are not to loose weight. I am in maintenance/muscle building mode.

As for the specific hypertrophy program, I am doing a basic 5X5 hypertrophy program with a Upper/Lower Body split. AND, I am not interested in ANY well meaning 'fitness experts' telling me that upper/lower splits are stupid.