Hey, I'm 20yr old, male 5'9" 190 pounds, I've been working out for a bit under 5 years now. But after 4 years I got really sick ended up in the ICU and lost pretty much all the progress I made. I got out of the hopsital and started working out again as soon as my doctor cleared me. Its been 8 months since then and I went from 150->200 pounds (did not track macros, or eat clean since family was worried about me being too restrictive), bench press increased from 95 pounds per working set to a little over 200 now, squat from 135 to 265, and deadlift from 135 to 285 . I started my cut at 2100 calories and got down to around 195, then dropped down further to 1740 calories (150P, 150C, 60F) and got to 190 pounds. After staying at that for a few weeks I still did not lose any weight. However I was still gaining strength which seemed kind of weird to me. Right now I'm increasing calories by around 100-150 per week because I'm thinking I just cut calories far to quick. Currently my macros are 160P, 190C, 65F and I am still increasing them on a weekly basis (next increase will be on Wednesday). My training is Chest/Tri/Shoulders and Back/Bi/Legs twice a week, I do abs and steady state cardio (30min) twice a week as well on my workout days. I also walk to class and back to my apartment which is around a 40-45 min of walking in addition to my cardio 5x a week. For some reason I am still gaining strength.
How high should I increase my calories before I start cutting down again? Anything else I can do to lose a couple of pounds as I am slowly increasing them? I'm just pretty confused on whats going on since I'm eating so little, not losing weight, and still getting stronger. Feels more like a recomp than a cut even when I was at 1740.