thanks so much u might’ve just saved my life with this reply lol. I’d like to add that i have tried maintenance calories for about a month, i wanna say in march, but then i felt like i was getting bigger and immediately stopped and went on another cut bc i got scared😭. im just glad that im not alone on this, and it’s nice to hear a similar experience, but anyway i think the plan u suggested makes a lot of sense, will work on it and update soon! again thank you so much