I dont think you can seriously expect to grow while cutting, to cut Body fat you need to be on a calorie defacit, to build muscle you need to allow muscle protein synthesis to occur, and for that to happen you need an abundance of Leucine which in turn is energy dependent. So we have to choose, do we wanna grow or do we wanna cut, i here so many people saying they wanna gain some muscle and lose fat, but in my opinion being on a calorie defacit is catabolic, sure there are things we can do to limit the effects of this catobolism, like lifting with heavy weights, ensuring maximum rest, consuming as much food as possible while still creating a energy defacit, but all in all we are gonna lose some muscle mass. So i would suggest to anyone, eat to grow and try not to get too hung up on losing some condition, when your body is growing well and your metabolism is being fuelled by a good amount of calories made up of proteins carbs and fats then when you decide to cut, the foundation is already there, you should be consuming enough calories in the off season to allow you somewhere to back off to during the "diet". The whole issue of eating clean is vey missunderstood too, you can eat as clean as you like but eating more calories than your body burns will result in fat gain! Just my personal experience and opinion for what its worth guys, hope it helps :)

Thanks for the responses guys. Great info here, and thank you @justin999 - appreciate the guided response.

I agree with justin999. If you want to grow, you have to eat more. I would just recommend adding in calories over time and upping serving sizes as you go, don't throw too many calories in at once. Your body can only produce so much muscle at once naturally, and if you continually give it more than it can use, it will just get stored as fat. When I am concerned about gaining mass, I just keep an eye on myself in the mirror. If after a couple of weeks at my new calorie level I look fat, well I probably am, so I cut some calories out. I try not to weigh myself too often because then I become over concerned with the numbers and usually end up taking in too man calories too soon.

Lee Hayward advocates a 2:1 clean bulk: Two weeks of bulking diet, one week of cutting diet. In 2014 I want to give it a try, once I burn off some more of this fat so I can better assess if his method works for me.