Donuts are easy cals but don't have them everyday.Yeah, but you can eat donuts and lose weight. If I eat a donut...I will weigh a pound more tomorrow when I step on the scale. No joke. But I still love donuts!
I think being over 20% bodyfat is an advantage for low calorie diets too. I mean, your body has plenty stored up so it isn't like you can't create the energy to a large degree - so the fat gets converted and you keep your blood sugar up a little and it's not as bad. Above 30% BF and I wasn't even hungry, it was always just the habit of eating and overeating. Like, "I don't even like this.....but I guess I'll just finish it anyway."
In the 20-25% range, I have very slight hunger just some of the time, but there is more mental fog/concentration issues.
I'm sure once I get down to 15%, the game will change and I will be in pain, haha.
Sure it's easier to lose when you're higher BF. But if you drop cals too rapidly where do you go after you lose 5%?
I would say recomp and then cut again, but there is such a delta between your bmr and cal intake you're bound to regain fat. Just how I see it. I did really low cal dieting 4-5 years ago, spun my wheels.