I rember that was first time I tried eating properly, seemed to work amazingly well for first few cycles but I can say it was that diet since I'd never ate properly beforehand
I was already very serious into this eating 6x's a day when I did it. Say I missed a meal by 15 min, I'd freak the hell out.
It works in a sense as you mentioned, most don't have a set plan. This forces you to be on "q"... Also, any diet phase when you start the process of gaining or losing is always the most effective in the beginning. The body adapts quickly and usually the longer you diet, the less effective it becomes for either goal.
Depending on a person's type of schedule/lifestyle, this diet can work. I've even done 5 days of higher, then 5 days of lower type diets to maintain after having cut down. Stuff like that...
Nobody really knows how well this diet works as nobody ever took it past a few cycles. I think i did 3 bulk/cutters back to back. The cut was too extreme for me, I got a cold. At the end of the bulk, you were ready to puke. The first 5 days of either cycle were the best and most appreciated.
I wonder how it would work out say if done for a full year. Would the person doing 2 on, 2 off look better than the usual regimen?