Is it possible to maintain muscle mass while rapidly losing fat simultaneously?

I’m:

• skinny-fat
• 155 pounds
• 5’7
• ~25% body fat

Lost 40 pound of fat over a year period, but unfortunately seem to have lost a lot of muscle in the process.

Recently started this plan: eating about 1600 kcal with a TDEE of about 2500, so a daily deficit of 900, with a theoretical 1.8 pounds weight loss weekly. 165g of protein daily to help with muscle maintenance. Strength training 40mins/day.

I know many will see this as extreme but I’ve been at this deficit for some time now - alongside intermittent fasting - with no issues, now I’m incorporating the strength training and high protein diet.

Plan to keep this diet and training for 2 months with hopes of greatly lowering my BF% while keeping my muscle mass relatively maintained. Considering I followed this plan, is this a possibility? How much of a BF% decrease can I expect?

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