You wrong, metabolism doesn’t became less efficient because of caloric deficit, you become lazy and your brain gets weak, so you move less and eat more. Not some magical reduction in burned calories triggered by a caloric deficit. Keep eating less than you burn and you will be able to lose fat until you die.
And also, body doesn’t stop vital functions just because you eating less to save calories. He uses fat until you have nothing else lol thats why fat is there in the first place, to be used