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Exactly, it's a balance but does need to a bit of a Zen approach. It really is a case of patience, observance and time.

[Moogie]

I for one have noticed that when I have a bit of a pig out I expect not to lose anything at all, or even gain - and yet those tend to be the weeks that I have the best losses! There have been weeks I've been 'extra good' and even (shock! horror!) done some exercise and found I've only maintained.

So now I don't worry too much. I certainly don't pig out every day, but I do have treats and snacks and am sure I overeat most weekends - but come Friday, the scales are almost always kind to me. I haven't seen a gain in longer than I can remember, and only maintain every few weeks or so.

Because I have a very sick relationship with my scales, I know for a fact that after a night of eating and drinking a lot, on the next day it can easily show a gain of 2, 3, even 4 pounds. I also know that if the next day I eat normally (not fast, juts normally) I go back to my previous weight.
Apart from the above, 2500 calories is not that much if we talk about just one day. I eat over 3000 calories everyday for a week-10 days when I'm in London and I don't need two seats on the plane back.
As Carrie Bradshaw said, breath and reboot. Keep going and you'll be rewarded.

My best guess is that this diet works because psychologically, it's different. On a normal diet, with all the restrictions, you tend to get a bit obsessed with all the things you CAN'T eat and then when you do fall off the wagon, it's hard to face going back to the restrictions. With this, when I did have my blowout last week, it wasn't so hard to regulate my eating again because I knew I'd only have to fast for 2 days.

I think the physical changes happen because of the psychological ones.
Maybe? I'll see what happens in the next few weeks....but so far I like it!

<<I think the physical changes happen because of the psychological ones.>>
Of course!!! Stress blocks the metabolism!!!