Approaching very low body fat levels requires spending more time at maintenance calories than in a deficit to mitigate lean body mass loss.

“as I would be approaching um that lower level of body fat I would be starting to put these in more and more frequently so that's why I would give myself so much time even though I'd only need to drop about maybe 12 15 pounds from where I'm at right now um I would probably spend more time at maintenance than I did in a deficit”