Been silently GRINDING over here 😤 Sitting ~5-6 pounds lighter since I started my cut. It’s been years since I focused on body composition and here are a few of the biggest things I’ve learned along the way: 1. Your body is not meant to be in a deficit forever. I’ve spent the last 7-8 YEARS focusing on performance and building muscle, which allowed me to build my maintenance calories to ~3000-3100. In doing so, I’m currently cutting around 2400-2500 calories. This is a finite phase that I won’t stay in forever 😉 2. PATIENCE. PATIENCE. PATIENCE. Swipe to the end to check out my daily weights over the last 3ish weeks. I’ve had numerous weeks where the scale barely moves or trends upward. If you panic and give up when the scale doesn’t move, you will never achieve the results you want. This is especially true for females - the menstrual cycle causes significant fluctuations over the month. 3. Manage Stress. You cannot be stressed to the max, sleeping 5 hours a night, and expect y...