Poverty macros....you mean a small amount of total cals?
Anyway, it's the cleanest diet i have ever done. My problem in the past was overeating cals and although i was increasing the reps every week, the bf was also sneaking up. That is why i don't want to over do the calorie total this time around.
Not sure about the protein thing, maybe it's high, but at a 40:30:30 split of P/C/F, that is actually spot on, but i am sure just under 200 would be fine.
If i do actually drop the protein down by about 50g, which is 200 cals, what do i replace them with, carbs or fats?