GNO
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Yeah, but you can eat donuts and lose weight. If I eat a donut...I will weigh a pound more tomorrow when I step on the scale. No joke. But I still love donuts!
I think being over 20% bodyfat is an advantage for low calorie diets too. I mean, your body has plenty stored up so it isn't like you can't create the energy to a large degree - so the fat gets converted and you keep your blood sugar up a little and it's not as bad. Above 30% BF and I wasn't even hungry, it was always just the habit of eating and overeating. Like, "I don't even like this.....but I guess I'll just finish it anyway."
In the 20-25% range, I have very slight hunger just some of the time, but there is more mental fog/concentration issues.
I'm sure once I get down to 15%, the game will change and I will be in pain, haha.
Donuts are easy cals but don't have them everyday.
Sure it's easier to lose when you're higher BF. But if you drop cals too rapidly where do you go after you lose 5%?
I would say recomp and then cut again, but there is such a delta between your bmr and cal intake you're bound to regain fat. Just how I see it. I did really low cal dieting 4-5 years ago, spun my wheels.