Cutting plateau or no? drop calories, wait longer? what do I do?
Started a slow cut (2k cals) during October 2025 at 80kg 22% bf and now at 76.5kg 19% bf for about 3 weeks and I just got off a refeed week and still weigh 76.5kg.
I am 175cm 23 years old and I run a 5k once or twice every week, totalling to about 12k steps on average. I also do upper-lower-rest 3-4 times a week based on my work schedule. I noticed almost zero strength or energy drop, in some cases even increases in strength at 3 years of exp (1.5 years serious lifting).
Do I lower my calories at this point? or do I wait a few weeks sticking to 2k calories since I got off a 1 week refeed. Do I actually NEED to drop down to maybe 1800 calories or just wait longer at 2k given that I just wanna see progress and hit sub 15% near april?
Posted Feb 19, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC