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Hey /fit/, been trying to lose weight consistently for the last year or so but keep running into the same problem. not sure what i can do.

I can't seem to eat too little when in a cut. im 6'2 220 with good muscle definition but a 40 inch waist that im trying to slim down. goal is 200 or so lbs, maybe less but that last 20 lbs just refuses to go.

i've been using phentramine to maintain my diet, and i've been at 1800 calories for a month and didn't lose the weight i expected, as a matter of fact it seems at times that my belly is growing slightly.

i've been logging my weight as follows.

on 9/1 i was 227, on 9/7 i was 225, and at 9/29 i was only down to 222. i weight myself in at 222 as early as 9/12 but it just seems to have stopped at 222. it's oct 6 now and im still 222. so for three weeks now i've been stuck at 222 even though i'm eating like a 120lb woman.

im not sure what to do. if i eat even less then i'm concerned of losing muscle. but it seems that i've been hitting month long weight loss plateaus consistently since i've set the goal of getting to 200 back in 2024. this comes up every fucking time where i plateau indefinitely no matter how much i cut my diet and then i hit diet fatigue and start eating more.

what should i try? it seems like weight loss isn't as simple as CICO.

>inb4 you're violating your diet dumbass, cooking with oils, hidden fats, under-reporting calories.
I'm really not, i've been very strict in counting my calories, and often eating below 1800 to account for hidden calories. this was the first thing i tried. beyond that, sub 2000 calories should be losing weight at my measurments.

what's the minimum amount of calories i can reasonably eat to lose as much fat as possible? im starting to lose all fucks given about maintaining muscle and just want the fat gone for once in my fucking life. started at 245 in 2022