Should I keep cutting or is it time to stop?
28M, 180cm. I’ve been cutting since April 20 with macrofactor, with 1–2 week maintenance breaks between 3 cut phases.
Started at 96kg (down from 106kg prior to that purely from being in a depressive part of my life) and now I’m at 76.8kg (scale) and 78 trend weight. I lift 5–6x/week and do cardio every other day. I’ve been bulking/lifting ever since i started around 4-5 years ago, so I have a decent amount of muscle. I’m now pretty vascular, can see a 4-pack (ps: thank you MF), etc.
The main thing making me want to keep cutting is the loose skin around my lower stomach. I honestly think I’d be happy with my physique if it wasn’t for that.
The confusing part in MF, my expenditure has been climbing abit (currently its at 2200), and at 1600–1700 calories it sometimes looks like I’m in a ~1200 deficit, which seems crazy.
Would you guys keep cutting to ~75–76kg and then maintain, or go straight to maintenance/recomp? And how much would you trust the rising expenditure estimate?
I’m mainly trying to figure out when to stop cutting without just chasing a flatter stomach forever.