Deficit and then what?

Over the past 5 months dropped from 120kg’s to around 101. Bf is around 8-9% at 6’4”ish. Mainly achieved this through a decent calorie deficit, low carb and fasting. It hasn’t been too much of a struggle but seem to have stalled at this weight. Currently having 1700 calories a day, (200p, 65f 60-70c). I have introduced a refeed every week, mainly for the physiological benefits.
I do think that I am adding some slight muscle which may account for the static weight., but would ideally like to get to 6-7 bf.

Do I need to drop calories further or add in cardio? I train 4-5 times a week, minimal rest between sets and have managed to maintain a decent level of strength (used to compete in strongman when fatter)., I do HIIT type circuits after weights when time allows but don’t bother with steady state cardio (aside from the ocassional walk)

The second aspect I’m unsure about is what to do after in order to gain a little more mass- should I slowly reverse out of the deficit raising carbs to 125 and protein to 300 or take advantage of the rebound effect for a couple of weeks and aim for 400carbs/250protein?

There is a myriad of conflicting articles which advocate both options, so does it really not matter as long as I don’t allow myself to binge on ****e and pile on the flab again?

Thanks for the reply, it’s appreciated.

I’m 41 so I should be happy at being able to get this lean but would like to see how far I can take it!
My training has gone from a push/pull split obsessing over numbers to a hypertrophic style concentrating on form and reps. Strength has dipped, but I’m not concerned about this as much as I used to be. The biggest hit has been strict pressing, my fat pb was 130 and now 100 is hit and miss. I can still, on a good day, shoulder press 62 dumbells.
I think due to being below 2k calories a day for a long period has lead to some metabolic adaptation which a weekly refeed isn’t enough to effect it.

I think I will have a diet break for a couple of weeks and go to 2400 calories (200p/70f and rest carbs sound right?) I’ll drop it 100 cals a week (.of carbs)and see what happens. I’ll time carbs around training so should I reduce carbs on non training days? Should I also stop fasting during the diet break?

I think ultimately reversing out of the diet makes sense, otherwise I would probably lose discipline and overeat ****.

Triple post!