The noise from water-weight fluctuations far exceeds the signal from fatloss atleast the first week or two after an adjustment. You have to trust the process. As your body gets leaner, stress will cause fluid retention. 3 weeks of great recovery perfect sleep and no weight loss... THEN consider a change.
Do all people need a diet break for a cut e.g 20% body fat to 10-11% body fat? I've managed to log a history of my cuts (14-16 weeks) without the need of a diet break (of eating at maintenance) and just chugged along comparing my average weigh ins for 2 straight weeks before dropping kcal n upping cardio. Does everyone in the general population need diet breaks in their cut?
If you've stopped losing weight then take a diet break by going on a maintenance diet??? If you have stopped losing weight then by definition you've been on a maintenance diet.
not necessarily. your body can adapt quite quickly to conserve energy on lower calories. A bump in food to what used to be "normal" can help get things moving again (digestively, and on the scale)