Heavily muscled or not, even half a gram should keep everything there that was meant to be.
Remember, whenever most people think they're shrinking it's usually just bloat that's going away, or they're glycogen depleted which is also nothing at all. Most people just don't realize what little muscle they actually have under their bloat and pudge.
You'll be fine. If you start withering away then it's time to really reassess things without the distortion. I've cut hardcore by just fasting (I don't like the term crash dieting). And you know what? It works. It may increase cortisol in the PRELIMINARY phase and maybe sap some micrograms of animo acids that you could NEVER discern without high tech lab equipment and a battery of tests.... but it works. Plain and simple.
Just don't "crash" or fast for a super extended period of time. I do a 18/6 hour IF window because it works, I get better pumps from not always eating, I shit better, I feel more energetic, and it fits into my life style a lot better. I get lean as fuck and if I ever cheat, my body just wants to give me a massive pump instead of stomach distension and watery skin like everyone else.
Fasting and/or infrequent eating, plus keto or low cals will get you RIPPED. But just to keep the momentum going, break that fast and eat more frequently with higher calories every few days. This isn't "muscle confusion" or some other sort of gimmick - you just become acclimated. But you can replicate the results of fasting by intermittent fasting, not just consecutively fasting. That will cause some eventual muscle loss, but I hate hearing about muscle loss - period. Fucking no one on a steroid board should ever even mention this unless they're hospitalized or talking about a different person who happens to have a muscle wasting disease. This ain't pre school and if you're using steroids, why in the fuck would muscle loss ever enter the discussion? lol
(last part not directed at OP, just a generalization)
