Are We Supposed to Deal with Metabolic Slowdown or Fight It?

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@gottheruns

What do you recommend I do?

Read through this initial post and see where you’re going wrong.

When Your Cut Stalls

'Tis the cutting season. I’ve seen a few threads about progress stalling on a cut and wanted to share some insight and hopefully get a discussion going. I wanted to make a list of the primary culprits I see in the majority of cases, and hopefully some of you who log in looking for advice on stalling will find that one or more of these applies to your situation. To preface, I am by no means an expert, and this is admittedly purely anecdotal. So feel free to dismiss all of it! I believe it wi…

Also, don’t focus so much on the supplements unless you actually need them. Sure, they help some - but are better used when you’ve exhausted all common methods.

Based on your numbers, I think you need to reduce more calories. If you are being 100% honest in your macro counting and not losing weight at 2800, then 2800 is your TDEE; reduce calories 500/day to lose 1lb/wk

EDIT:
Keep in mind, glycogen stores account for a LOT of initial weight loss. Simply changing your diet and reducing carbs can have an outsized effect on perceived weight loss - which will end up coming back when you reverse-diet.