I couldn’t disagree more with this entire approach, especially for someone starting from a higher bodyfat. This is the scenario I see leading to stalls that made me write this up last year; When Your Cut Stalls
As you say yourself, the body adjusts, which contradicts the rest of your advice. If you cut slowly, your body has all the time to adjust. If you do 35 min on elliptical everyday (not sure where you came up with this specific number), guess what…your body adjusts. Then you stall and what? 1hr on elliptical per day? That’s a great way to burn yourself out. The body does like to adjust, but a successful cut is about not letting it…we want recomposition.