I think you're right; the pseudo-calorie cycling you're doing is how it's going to stick. No two weeks are going to be the same, and you want to live a little, right? That doesn't mean you can treat weekends like a free for all, but if you're aware of what you're doing and get in to the groove of balancing it out, it will help with the maintenance mentality once you hit your goal weight.
Absolutely! Weekend haven't been a complete free for all, but I definitely need to work on reeling it in.
Stagnating is just maintenance practice, right?
I would love to be able to live like that someday, focusing on a good diet and not calories! Right now my food intuition is nada, but I'm working on it.
Yes, I often feel like the scale/my body are two weeks behind what's actually going in my mouth or how much I'm moving.