To increase or decrease now... that is the question.

Jen800

As the title says, I'd like opinions and experience!

I've been eating 15% of my TDEE for around a month or 2 months. I adjusted this from 20%, as I'm only about 10 pounds of my ultimate goal weight, but still have an oddly large=ish BF% (26 average on calculators) and am obviously more concerned about fat loss and BF% than numbers, but still.

So anyways, since I already am eating at a very small deficit, would it even make a difference to do a form of "reset" and eat at maintenance? do you feel this gave your own body a break, even though you weren't eating at a very large deficit? I just don't know if it's really worth doing since I haven't been eating under 1500 calories. (TDEE 1700-1900).
I work out 4-5 times per week, doing strength (body weight) and a bit of cardio. Cannot lift heavy as of now.

What about decreasing? There is a lot of speculation on whether you should increase or decrease closer to goal weight, and I'd like to know what everyone thinks. perhaps decreasing is the way to go?

I should also add that I eat at least 100 grams of protein a day.


Thanks guys!

MysticRealm

What is the problem that you are trying to fix? You don't really say anywhere why you want to change what you are doing.

Jen800

What is the problem that you are trying to fix? You don't really say anywhere why you want to change what you are doing.

oopsie! I thought I did. I'm looking for a way to "break" my plateau, or at least increase my fat loss. My measurements have been crawling, and my scale has barely moved in 4 months.
I am just looking for opinions and what other people think in regards to either increasing or decreasing closer to goal weight.

Jen800

bump