This is really interesting. It's something I'd never heard of and never done myself but it IS something that others are doing right now, maybe even you! It's something that weight loss strugglers do when they just can get their eating under control but they still want to lose some amount of weight.
https://fearlessfatloss.com/podcast/when-its-too-hard-to-reach-your-goal-weight-but-you-still-want-to-lose-weight