>>76441080
>the body doesn't adapt to whatever shit I'm putting it through?
No, your body does not violate the laws of physics. You cannot train your body to not need food.
>I was under the impression that as the weight drops, the TDEE gets lower too obviously
This is true. This is not adaptation, this is "you weight less, therefore need less energy". Like how going from a giant robot to a little robot doesn't need the same battery size. Dumb comparison but it's late and I'm tired. You're supposed to always be, gradually, eating less and less as your weight goes down, because your TDEE is gradually going down.
>once I'm at my goal weight I'm doomed to have the TDEE of a 20 years old woman?
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