I’m not interested in a bet. If you want to do it, you’ll do it. But since you already laid out excuses and asterisks (“need a break to recharge” and “must do/no exception” exercises), you’re leaving yourself an easy out. “Fuck yeah, I’ll dial in and do whatever it takes to finally drop this fat. No. Matter. What.” would’ve been a more serious response.
Anyhow, I suggest this:
This article explains why.
Quick timeline of what’s been going on:
Feb '17 - 235 pounds eating 2000 calories.
Dec '16 - 235 pounds eating 2000 - 2200 calories.
April '16 - 246 pounds eating 2500 calories.
Dec '15 - 265 pounds eating 2500-3000 calories.
May '15 - 262 pounds, eating 2500-3000 calories.
June '14 - “about 240-250 pounds”, “I am not eating more than 3000kcal/day”
That’s almost 3 straight years where you’ve been mostly running on bodyweight x 10 calories or less while lifting several days a week and sometimes doing conditioning work.
Calorie guidelines are always just a ballpark that should be fine-tuned, but the majority of coaches advocate never dropping below BWx10 even during hardcore dieting, for good reason. You’ve trained your body to run on so little for so long that it’s in full-blown 24/7 panic mode.
Again, I think we’re well-past the point of blaming the meds. You fucked your metabolism into the dirt and it’s going to take work to correct. Follow that article and go that route.