I’m 19F, 5’3 and I started dieting two weeks ago (eating 300-400cal per day), so far I’ve lost 13 pounds (went from 145 to 132) but now I want to start building muscle. My sister says when I workout I’ll need to start taking in more calories but I’m scared that if I do that I’ll just gain the weight back again before I build any actual muscle. I gain weight really fricking easily.

I’m also concerned that I’m still a little bit too heavy on body fat to really get off the diet.

Is 132 too much weight for someone 5’3? Should I start losing more weight before I start to work on building muscle? Is it safe for me to start building muscle while still on a (300-400 cal) diet?

Also I don’t know if this is really important but my full time job also keeps me a little active as well (running around/squatting and lifting heavy things (over 40lbs), etc..

Edit: so I see that the general consensus is that I’m not really doing this in a healthy way. I feel really dumb for unintentionally harming my body in the quest for weight loss/eventually building muscle but you guys’ comments are the wake up call I needed. I’m going to check out that fitness subreddit as well. Thank you guys!