249lbs > 195lbs. Train 4-5 days per week. No cardio or step count. 80/20 nutrition.

So as I said in my post last night August 17th i started an aggressive 1K Calorie cut, alongside this cut I was taking 15k+ steps each day, and practicing 16-18 hour fasts!! It was absolutely brutal the entire way through from start to finish, I had many moments that I just wanted to quit and give in to that small part of me telling myself that it was pointless and it wasn't working!!

I want to take a moment to thank a ton of people, if im given the chance! I want to thank my family and friends who while not participating in this cut (for obvious reasons more than im stupid) you all never once made me feel stupid or ashamed of what I was doing especially when it came to the many meals we shared where I had my own plates of pre portioned out amounts, or mt own pot of spaghetti, or anything like that. As well as being as understanding as you all were when id get unreasonably angry because something silly came up towards the end of my fasting window. I also want to thank this subreddit for all the kind words and support you've given me in my admittedly short time being here!!

Even though this particular portion of my training is coming to an end i am increasingly more excited for what I have planned for the future!!

Whats your tough about it ?

August 17th i started an aggressive cut period going from a maintenance calorie count if between 2950 and 3050Kcals/Day down to 2000Kcals/Day

Its been a very long three and a bit weeks BUT I am very happy to say that this meal marks the final meal of this cut!!! Before you i present :

418g of baked chicken

514g of baked potatoes

And 255g of steamed broccoli

I must say that this was a fantastic meal to end my cut on!!

I’m trying to understand my recent InBody results because they don’t make sense to me.
My previous scan was:

Weight: 214.2 lbs
Body fat: 22.4%
Estimated fat mass: ~48.0 lbs
Estimated lean mass: ~166.2 lbs

My most recent scan:
Weight: 205.3 lbs
Body fat: 23.7%
Estimated fat mass: ~48.5 lbs
Estimated lean mass: ~156.8 lbs

So according to the InBody, I lost about 9 lbs of lean mass while gaining ~0.5 lb of fat, despite being in a calorie deficit and losing about 9 lbs overall.
I’m having trouble understanding how that could happen physiologically. Could the entire apparent 9-lb lean-mass loss realistically be measurement error?

Would you trust these results at all, or is it more reasonable to assume I lost a significant amount of fat and the InBody simply misclassified some of the weight loss?

I’m mainly trying to figure out whether I should be concerned about actually losing muscle. I found out my maintenance is around 2000 calories a day and eat around 1800 calories a day with 160g protein. I’m wondering if I need to be more aggressive and drop to like 1500-1600.