How is this possible?

Depends on a lot of things, but sometimes I find if I'm being overly restrictive, a few high calorie days will give my body a bump to shed some fat. It's weird, but it has worked for me.

Depends on a lot of things, but sometimes I find if I'm being overly restrictive, a few high calorie days will give my body a bump to shed some fat. It's weird, but it has worked for me.

^^^ This used to happen to me when I first started. I would hit a buffet or something and go over, and bam, down. Now that I am close to my goal weight, not so much.

How is it possible to eat like crap for a weekend and still lose weight? I went home for the weekend and wasn't completely watching my diet and i have seemed to lost another 2 pounds. How is this so?

Although you want to eat healthy to fuel your body properly it is not necessary for weight loss. All you need is a calorie deficit for weight loss.

I don't use the scale anymore since I've been maintaining for a year but I noticed that when I eat desserts or eat desserts and wine I wake up ripped. I went to a wedding last night and ate over my calorie budget because of wedding cake and wine and I woke up ripped. I don't know why it happens but it's happened before a few times on accident:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/745151-i-got-a-compliment-from-rusty-moore-from-fitness-black-book

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/734011-desserts-always-make-me-wake-up-ripped-with-pics

Also:

Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations.

Losing weight requires tremendous patience. You will not lose it when you want it or where you want it. The body does its thing. Some apparent plateaus can last a month or so. You can not make it happen faster. You must focus on two things; calories and exercise. Nothing else matters. Scales and metrics don't matter. The day in and day out grind of exercise and calories are all that matters. It is not very exciting until things fall into place. You get your victories and you ride one victory to the next.

The scale is a trend tool. The scale is good but put it away and only check once a week and only use it as a trend tool. It will fluctuate, it does not matter. Take front side and back progress pictures at least once a month. You will see differences that the metrics won't tell you and it's that little bit of NSV that will keep you going until the next victory.

Depends on a lot of things, but sometimes I find if I'm being overly restrictive, a few high calorie days will give my body a bump to shed some fat. It's weird, but it has worked for me.

^^^ This used to happen to me when I first started. I would hit a buffet or something and go over, and bam, down. Now that I am close to my goal weight, not so much.

Same here, I think it jump starts your metabolism somehow. I broke my last plateau with a stuffed crust pizza from Pizza Hut. But unfortunately, it doesn't have the same amazing effect anymore.

is it possible to gain weight back from over eating for say 2 or 3 days... or does it depend on the amount of calories you consume?

Yes, of course it is possible to gain weight back from overeating. That is the way most people regain the weight they lost.

Or, are you asking if you manage to come under your calorie goal for the week as a whole, does it matter whether you overate on two or three days?

Perhaps your regular caloric intake is too low, throwing you into that dreaded "starvation mode", so once you binged and gave your body some fuel it jump-started your metabolism and poof you lost weight. Without knowing the particulars that would be my guess as to why it happened.

I did the same thing went out of town for the week never exercised not one bit ate donuts, pizza all in moderation of course came back home and lost 2lbs. crazy but it worked.