Can you gain muscle and lose fat at the same time?

Hi everyone,

I am a swimmer, which is why I am posting this question here, even though I realise that this question isn't specific to swimming.

During the lockdown I have gained some weight and now that the restrictions are easing up (at least here in my country) I am looking to continue trying to lose this weight in a healthy manner. I have tried restricting my calories but found that this interfered a lot with my swimming. It made me feel as if I couldn't swim properly. As I want to lose weight in a healthy manner, I don't want to continue going down that path.

My idea now is to simply swim as much as possible and not go into a calorie deficit (and also not eat many more calories than necessary). But I wonder: will this help me lose my corona weight? Let's say I swim more and I gain more muscle, will that lead to a decrease of fat? Or do you really have to go into a calorie deficit in order to lose excessive fat?

I realise it is a somewhat specific question (any dieticians out there?). Anyone else have experience with wanting to lose weight but not wanting to feel too weak to swim properly?

Thanks in advance!

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