Monday: -400 deficit
Tuesday: -400 deficit
Wednesday: -400 deficit
Thursday: -400 deficit
Friday: -400 deficit
Saturday: "I earned this" +2,000 surplus
Sunday: "One more cheat day" +1,500 surplus
Weekly total: +1,500 calories
"I've been in a deficit all week and the scale won't move!"
You undid 5 days of work in 48 hours.
Many such cases…