How long does a "weight loss plateau" last? I'm using South Beach and lost 10 pounds in two

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13. One diet book that worked for me before my wedding

Was one that insisted on boosting your caloric intake every weekend. On the weekend, you added extra calories (200? 400? I can't remember). The calorie intake during the week was quite low (I think 1000-1200/day) but then you really boosted on the weekends. The premise was to fool your body into thinking there was no famine happening because of the variation in caloric intake. I did eventually plateau but not as early as I did with other diets. And the plateau was over quickly. It was a pretty old book, can't remember the name of it, but a friend lent it to me because it worked well for her and I found it worked well for me too.