Did I inadvertently develop some kind of eating disorder or is this typical with calorie restriction?

So the quick rundown is that at the start of March after noticing I weighed less then I thought I did, I figured "we'll you've been fat your whole life but you aren't as fat as you thought you were. Maybe we can take another go at this weight loss thing the cool kids are into these days"

And so the journey started, 248 pounds in March, 207 pounds as of my weigh in this morning.

Now what I'm going to say next might upset some people but at the start of the journey I didn't count calories (that's not what you'd get upset about). Once I did, i also started to do a basic 20/4 IF eating schedule, which I've adapted to fine. The problem starts when I started to cut my calories to 1000 calories a day (that's what will upset some people).

I don't have the money for a nutritionist or insurance for a doctor to monitor my progress, I just felt that at 220 ( that's around when I made the cut consciously and started to count), I was fairly certain my body could accommodate the drastic restriction with my abundant engery stores while also using protein and resistance traning to maintain as much muscle mass as possible

My problem (at least now) is not hunger or cravings, it's the opposite. As of late I've been noticing it's becoming harder to finish my meals now that I've started to incorporate more calories into my budget due to getting closer to my goal and wanting to go from focusing on losing weight to focusing more on building muscle mass.

Is this typical? Scientific study shows that the stomach does not physically shrink just because one eats less over a long period of time, regardless of the length of time. I'm obviously under eating drastically, especially from the amount of food I used to eat in the past, I used to be able to put away two big Macs and two large fries in one sitting and now I can barely finish a can of beef and vegetable soup and a open face light tuna sandwich with a slice of tomato without feeling like I ate those 2 big Macs and fries.

I'm sure I can break it by forcing myself to eat but that's the problem, I have to force myself because I know that I'm eating so little right now that I can't afford to not eat 100-200 calories when Im eating at such a deficit, but it been makimg me feel uncomfortable as hell.

So if anyone can drop some past experience, knowledge, or tell me if I fucked up in a major way. It'd be appreciated.

Thanks.

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