Hello, i am a 21 year old male, who is currently on week 3 of the powerbuilding template (did the beginner template before this after a layoff). I started training again about 104 days ago. I started at 204, 35.6% bodyfat (according to scale, i know probably isn’t super accurate), with a 39" waist. I have weighed at my lowest on a specific day at 193, but most days weighing 195 in the morning (days this week that is). My waist is now about 37" or 37.5".
The reason i am writing is because i am finding it very difficult to get to where i want to be. I ate 2500 calories a day for the first 85 days, and have been eating 2250 for the past 19 days as i felt progress has been slow.
Going to 2500 was hard enough, i basically had to stop eating almost everything i typically ate, unless i wanted to not eat for the remaining half of the day. (That happens often). Now i am barely seeing the results i want bodyfat wise as you can see my small amount of weightloss in almost 4 months. I feel tired/fatigued constantly and my lifts are pretty much stuck or going down like 5lbs per 2 weeks, besides my deadlift going up once every 1-2 weeks.
my question is, based on the data above am i eating too much still? Is there any way i can make things a bit easier besides upping protein and fiber intake? Should i do more gpp than the prescribed amount in the powerbuilding template? Any tips or advice, thanks so much kindly for reading the long post.