Too satiated on a caloric deficit.

Hello everyone,

So I’m currently trying to cut from 200 down to my normal weight of 170.

23 y/o Male 5’7(5’8 on a good day) 200 LBs

Normal BW: 175 Lbs - 185 Lbs

Backstory for some insight:

I’ve been lifting for about 6-7 years now (My brother taught me and I’ve been surviving on Bro-Science and YouTube.

I was stationed in Japan and I would bounce back and fourth from bodybuilding to powerlifting. I have never tracked calories or anything. I just made sure I ate a high protein and healthy card diet. (Aka a hell of a lot of meat and veggies.)

I’ve recently PCS’d back to the states and I’ve noticed that the food here is a lot less healthy, so maintaining the same way of life has proved to be a terrible idea. Since being back I have put on about 15 pounds. After looking in the mirror and realizing what’s happened, I’ve decided to try to start counting macros/calories to lose weight.

I still go to the gym 5 times a week while running on Wednesday’s. I work powerlifting on one week and bodybuilding the next. (Just trying something out.) My workouts are usually anywhere from 1.5 - 2 Hours with moderate to high intensity. (So this absolutely boggles my mind that I’m not hungry by the time I’m back home after a workout.) Usually I have around 800 calories left after the gym.

I’m 1000% a noob at body recomposition and meal tracking so my question is: Why am I miserably full by the end of the day with a ton of reserve calories?

I’ve been doing this cut for about 3 weeks now and I’m starting to get a bit discouraged. Im SUPPOSEDLY at a deficit but I’m beginning to believe I may have messed up my numbers. Or maybe it’s the amount of fat that I have stored which is compensating for when I’m not eating. I have no clue. Maybe it’s too early to tell. Everywhere I read says that I’m supposed to be hungry. Maybe I’m supposed to base the numbers off of the desired weight, this is driving me insane haha.

Last night I ate to the point where I was almost sick and I still had more I needed to eat. I feel like I’ve grossly miscalculated and I’m actually bulking. But for someone my size and the rate that I workout I feel like I should be eating more.

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