This is why, as a woman, I don't bother to recomp until I get below a BMI of 20.  How much muscle could I expect to put on, for heaven's sake, with lifting just 3x per week at :30 a shot????  I like to have sub-20% body fat.  Doing that above a BMI of 20 is WAY too much work as a woman.  I'm not looking to be a figure bodybuilder, and if I were, I'd have a BMI of 21 (onstage) or at most--most--22, after YEARS of work.