Everyone says calorie deficit but analyze: am I eating too LITTLE? Map my current intake vs. BMR and activity level. Calculate: is my metabolism slowed from chronic under-eating? Show me the reverse diet necessity: slowly increase calories to repair metabolism. Give me the metabolic reset: eat this much for this long to restore function. Include: whether I've damaged metabolism through crash dieting, if eating more would paradoxically help me lose, and why 1200 calories might be keeping me heavy.