I'm old fashioned, of course, but I lift because I want to be BIG. I want stand out in a crowd, turn heads, scare children. If people ask you "do you workout" when you wear street clothes, then you ain't big enough. And I bet nobody is asking you that now, right? (I know, the B. Pitt, good lord Ed Norton look is in vogue somewhere, but not where I lift.)
So I think you are on the right track entirely.....hell, I think you should bulk some more. #1 mistake made by young weight trainer's is to start right out on those stupid endless routines and contest diets in the muscle mags. You got to have MASS before there is anything to cut unless you want to end up back where you started, but toned.
Successful bodybuilding is an endless series of bulking and refining over many years, with the goal being to comeback each time to the desired bodyfat % while adding new muscle each and everytime. As you get older, it becomes a matter of a few pounds a year........as you reach your maximum genetic potential.
Now, I know its summer and you need to get on the pussy hunt, but toward the fall, do this again with a shitload of androgenics, skip the "volume training" and go short and heavy on the workouts.....and eat any damn thing you want. Get real big and then trim it back some later. It's easy to cut, not so easy to be big and ripped. I usually put on 15 to 20 pounds in the winter....I was 247 in Jan, that avatar is back to 235.
Also, I can tell from the shoulder to waist differential that you are not fat, in fact you have great genetics to get real good at this, so quit your complaining.
BTW, you do a nice job on the boards.......Best regards, IM.