Hello. I have a bit of a dillemma I am trying to figure out for both my mental health and also my own physical health. I recently reached my goal weight of 145lbs, and my body composition is fine percentage wise (based on navy calculator I stand around 23-24% bf) but I still look kind of flabby.

While I was lifting weights during the cut, there were several points I lost motivation and didn’t go as often as I think I should have, and apparently according to InBody (which I know isn’t fully accurate hence why I don’t trust the bf% from it, just use it to track trends) I had lost about a pound of muscle from the cut overall.

The main reason for my hesitance is a few things. 1.) my family keeps pointing out that they feel as though im ‘too skinny’ now. 2.) my strength numbers since I’ve been so focused on losing weight since I started weightlifting have been very mediocre, and I wonder if there is any muscle at all to show if I keep cutting and 3.) the amount of food I would need to eat if I reached 135 to maintain it feels unrealistic    
Now that im eating at maintainence, all of my numbers are moving up way better, and I am seeing real progress to the point where my sister pointed out that she can kind of see muscle on my arms unprompted, but i still feel kind of fat to be honest.     
Now, this is with the knowledge that eventually, I’d like to go into a formal lean bulk in 2027. But im scared of leaving a lot of gains on the table trying to go down to 135, so I wonder if trying to maingain for the rest of the year would be a waste of time or not.

Please let me know!

Should I continue cutting? (5’8 female)