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The boyfriend "you seem very unhappy on a diet"
No shit. My brain likes being fuelled :p
There is all this chat about hormonal setpoints etc.. but I think in the end your body has an "easy" store that it needs, and once you drop below a certain level the easy store is empy and it all becomes hard.
I suspect you can tweak this by eating well, exercising, not being too fat (insulin resistance innit) and losing weight in stages. But as you say, it only goes so far until you hit the buffers.
JWestland
^ This. It does seem to be a case of finding your sweet-spot which will involve a bit of up and down on the scales depending on your body and exercise levels.
On that note, I seem to be able to cut down to 72kg but at that point I start getting heinous munchies, tiredness, slow recovery and a tendency to binge.
At 74kg, I seem to be able to maintain a really good strength-to-weight ratio and have loads of energy for climbing/weights and recover/sleep well.
Decided to stop counting things so much and just eat when hungry (but not when bored) as going by feeling seems to translate to feeling better overall.