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There's something of a conflict of interest here. To gain muscle the general rule is eat an amount of carbs that is in excess to your daily requirement (while lifting weights, of course). To work out and not eat heavy means you're selling your body short, you're doing the exercise but not feeding the muscles what they need to grow. Hence, unless you're bulking up your arm muscles will not be as big as they could be, even if you are working them out.
To see your abs you need to have low body fat. You can have a great set of abdominal muscles but nobody is going to see them if you've got a body fat percentage of 30%.
The general rule is to bulk up; lift weights and eat heavily, and then cut; lift lighter weights for more reps and do cardio, while following a more restrictive diet to lose weight and get definition. Work on growing your arm and ab muscles first, then start a cutting cycle when you think your arms are big enough.
honestly i really do not want to get fat to get muscled. i don't believe there is one way to get strong. some people want the swimmers look, the surfer look, the athletic look, i don't believe bulking is required for all of those types of bodies.