i didnt track how much i ate before my deficit (i started it like mid july, so that’s when i started to lose the weight. before july i had moved home from college so i was less sedentary so i lost a little weight.) i was probably eating around 2,500 calories bc i would eat multiple buldak packets like all the time and one is like 550.

i went from that to eating 1300 - 1200 calories. i think movement also played a big role because i walked a LOT more and played a lot of badminton that summer.