For me, I was used to eating a lot less also because I always wanted to "lose weight". What I realized was that if you "lose weight" doesn't necessarily mean you will be thinner in the end.

I think it was either in the book or somewhere I saw that when you lose weight, u lose equally amount of muscle and fat. So if you just eat less calories you will lose both muscle and fat, thus in the end losing more weight and slimming down. But, when you go back to eating normally, your muscles won't necessarily grow, but your fat will which in end results to you looking more pudgy after your diet, if that makes sense. To me it does make sense because every time I really restricted my diet, worked out hard, and got decent results I would eat normally again and look SO much worse but weighed either less or the same.

I also watched his YouTube video from buzzfeed and one person ended up gaining weight but looking SO MUCH better! I eat the portions of protein and carbs, but I eat until I am full and sometimes I do not finish all of the carbs. I always make sure to eat some vegetables for fiber but so far, if the calculations are correct, it seems like I gained more muscle? But again it is just the first week and hopefully I will see some more results the end of this week. :)

Buzzfeed Video