4.5 Weeks Left of My Cut - Cravings and Diet Fatigue Are Hitting HARD

Physique update. I am about 4.5 weeks left of the cut and the emoji describes how I feel. My cut has been 17 weeks long so far with one vacation week of eating anything I wanted, one refeed week and only one cheat meal on a Saturday which was at the 7th week.

Currently sitting around 163 lbs at 5’11. Started the cut at 181 and was around 160 before vacation. Came back from vacation at 173.5 from water/food weight and now back down to 163 after getting locked back in (3 weeks).

Current issue:

The cravings are getting BAD now.

Energy is still decent, training is still solid, but mentally I’m definitely feeling the diet harder:

- waking up in the middle of the night

- thinking about food constantly and always looking at food

- dreaming about sushi/ice cream

Currently eating around:

- ~2000–2100 calories

- 180–200g protein

- 10–15k+ steps daily

- incline walking + lifting 5x/week

- 5km runs x3 a week

Goal is to push another ~4–5 weeks and get into true shredded territory (~8–9%).

For the people who have gotten this lean before:

Would you keep pushing straight through, increase calories slightly, or implement more diet breaks/refeeds at this stage?

I’m battling myself not to visit an AYCE sushi spot for the next 4 1/2 weeks.

Current physique attached.