Cutting and staying on track

[slyosniper]

I'm currently about two months into a cut and overall I'm feeling pretty good. I started bodybuilding around 13 months ago and have gone from 235 lbs down to 188 lbs. My calories/macros are around 2,400 per day, and I adjust them as needed based on progress.
My question is: how do you get past that "small" feeling while cutting? I've had a lot of people tell me I look much better, and I can definitely see myself leaning out, but I still miss that fuller, bulked-up look.
For reference, I'm 5'6", 188 lbs, running Kgear 200 mg Test E eod and 1 mg Reta every three days. I plan to continue cutting, but mentally it's been tough watching some of that bulked-up appearance fade even though body composition is improving.
> Has anyone else dealt with this? How did you adjust to looking leaner without feeling like you were losing size?

 

[Myvirtue]

I'm currently about two months into a cut and overall I'm feeling pretty good. I started bodybuilding around 13 months ago and have gone from 235 lbs down to 188 lbs. My calories/macros are around 2,400 per day, and I adjust them as needed based on progress.
My question is: how do you get past that "small" feeling while cutting? I've had a lot of people tell me I look much better, and I can definitely see myself leaning out, but I still miss that fuller, bulked-up look.
For reference, I'm 5'6", 188 lbs, running Kgear 200 mg Test E eod and 1 mg Reta every three days. I plan to continue cutting, but mentally it's been tough watching some of that bulked-up appearance fade even though body composition is improving.
> Has anyone else dealt with this? How did you adjust to looking leaner without feeling like you were losing size?

Congrats on dropping from 235 down to 188 pounds! That is amazing work and takes a lot of discipline. Feeling small during a diet is a total mind trick that happens to everyone. When you eat fewer calories your muscles lose water and stored energy. They are not shrinking for real, they are just temporarily deflated like an empty sponge.

Once you finish your diet and eat a bit more food your muscles will fill right back up and look bigger and sharper than ever.

This also very common with reta/tirz/sema.
Flat look.