My progress thus far, still have a ways to go.
It took three months (march-june) to properly taper cals down slowly (50-100 a week!) from my winter bulk and finally cut correctly. (coming from improper excess of cals)
that's three months of no muscle gained, and no fat lost essentially. Which resulted in this:
June 1st
Start of full deficit. Relaxed, no pump

two months of 500 deficit and tracking macros almost perfect everyday to this:
August 1st
Relaxed, no pump

Now (avi)
Flexed, no pump

Still not at my goal yet. Just wanted to show some of you how long progress can take.. do not diet down too fast or you will make the same mistake I did a couple times.
We're all gonna make it