The maintenance question is the one I keep coming back to too. My own experience is that the appetite changes did not vanish overnight after I stopped, they just got quieter and slower to notice.

tbh muscle loss during the fast drop is what I keep reading about, since I lift twice a week and want to know if that's actually protective or just something people say

honestly, what time are you training? I do evenings and found a small bowl of cereal about an hour before sits way easier than eggs ever did