Phew... it literally took me YEARS to realize that there is unfortunately an adaptation of the body to lowered calorie intake, but that it can't adapt THAT much , unless you take calories down down down down down for too freaking long.
I just calculated my avg weekly intake is around 1700 kcal. Maintenance has dropped from 2300ish to 2000ish but with 1700kcal I still lose, albeit not as much as I'd have liked.
The real trick is to prevent yourself from tanking energy too much by going for higher calories frequently. Even the higher days won't prevent the slowdown, but at least I won't get ill or lose motivation this way. Back in November I contracted shingles just when I was doing great on a cut that may have gone on for too long w/o a break.
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