Yep I did 1200 calories and gave myself either one maintenance day a week or I split the extra calories into 2 days. When I started my maintenance was 1800 (now it's 1700 🥲) and we usually go out on Friday and I'd sort of play it by ear. I know I had an extra 600 calories that I could use all in that night or i could pace myself and save it so I could have 2 days of eating over 1200. Still lost about a lb a week doing this but I had to be VERY strict. I would log everything when we went out and if we got snacks while drinking I would not eat anything fried because I knew I wouldn't be able to stay under my calorie goals if I did. I also got into neat drinks - bone dry vodka martini which is just like 3 oz of vodka shaken, dry gin martini, whiskey neat, etc. it's harder to go through drinks quickly when they're pure alcohol and the calories are less. I did still enjoy pints but it always ended up being a maintenance day because they're just so calorie heavy. I also still have a glass of wine during the week if I hit my protein goals and have leftover calories.