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@lifeexpectancy I try to roughly stuck to a two low day (1200 ish) one high day (1600) schedule. (I got this idea from Jim Karas' book Petite Advantage Diet). It doesn't always work out exactly since life happens but I found it was easier to maintain than a continuous defecit. Hope that helps...

@lifeexpectancy Have you tried calorie cycling? That seemed to work for me - alternating between higher and lower days. Otherwise my body just got used to the lower calories and learned to maintain on it!

@ibelive30 My understanding that a recomp involves staying the same weight, but gaining muscle and losing fat. If that's your goal, I think eating at 1600 and lifting heavy would be the target. If you're looking to be in a slight defecit and lose weight, 1400 would be what I would aim for. I'm...

@ibelive30 That happened to me too! I have a smart scale as well as a handheld BIA analysis device that are both within 2% of each other. I thought that would mean they're accurate but then I got a dexa which showed I had 8% more body fat! Not sure if anyone else had the same experience. As for...