[kfisherx]

Points for you...
* Your BF% is pretty high to be able to measure bf with any sort of accuracy. It's hard to get consistent measurements on lean people too but it gets harder and harder as the bf% goes up so you probably don't have the right numbers anyway.
* If fat loss is your goal than accept that you will lose SOME muscle. A 50/50 loss is not uncommon given the available ways to measure bf%.
* Don't be a program/goal jumper. You seem conflicted so get focused. On one hand you are looking to drop faster (referring to the Warp Speed thread) yet here you don't want to lose muscle. If you want to preserve muscle then your objective of fat loss may have to be slowed not made quicker. Pick what you want to do and go for it.
*Give it time... This one is hard for all of us. We all want it tomorrow, but these goals take time. Deal with that and wait it out. I agree that you are WAAAAY overthinking this shit.

Given that you cannot accurately measure bf% it is best not to use that as a gauge. Instead look towards how your workouts are going. If you can gain strength in the gym while you are in a defecit you are a rock star. If you maintain you are not losing a lot of muscle. Workout hard in the gym and keep a log of the weights you are lifting so you can measure your strength. That is the best gauge of muscle lost or not.