He's always been a sadist. In terms of the communities he's involved with at least. But he would go about it completely differently and had redeeming qualities.  He's continuing the diet for the one or two more months he will be able to maintain it but will most likely end up having to double his caloric intake once he wants to hit maintenance levels. 6'4 large framed male. His goal is to drop another 20ish lbs of fat while he can before he starts rebuilding his muscle. The muscle part is what will take him a year or two however. And I agree that he won't be able to maintain 1500 calories a day with twice a day lifts and an active job for too much longer. He's been at it since end of may and he's been dropping large amounts of weight.