This is my opinion. And, I'm not saying that you should take my advice. It's just an outside observation.
First of all, I don't know what your maintenance is, but I'm assuming it's around 3200, and 2700 is about a 500 cal. deficit?
Assuming that is correct, a 500 cal. deficit isn't that large of a deficit. As a percentage of your total intake, 500 cals is less than 18% of your total energy intake. Compare this to a smaller woman whose maintenance is 1800 calories. A 500 cal. deficit is about 30% of her total energy intake. So, 500 cals isn't that huge. So, I don't think that you're doing any damage to your hormones.
If you decide to go for faster weight loss and up your deficit to 1,000 calories you would then need a periodic refeed. The more aggressive the deficit the more often you need the refeed. I probably don't need to do a refeed every Sunday. But, I do need to live! I'm not worried if that means that I hit my goal two to four weeks later. I've been doing this for nearly 18 months (Wow, it just dawned on me that its been that long) so what a couple of extra weeks.
How far away are you? Are you shooting for 190lbs.? If so that's only 20 pounds. You could lose 20 pounds very quickly if you got aggressive. But, if you do so then I'd advise shooting for a little below your goal as you'll get a rebound effect if you go from huge deficit to immediate surplus......I think!
I'd wait until you get your BF% results before making any decisions.
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