How about a when bulking?

Just finished a two-month period of bulking, gaining about 15 pounds. Biggest problem for me was not sticking to workout schedule- it was EATING all that damned food! I was sitting on the ragged edge of food revulsion much of the time. Protein shakes and concentrated calories helped, but only some.

Heavy enough and tired of fighting with my lack of appetite, I decided to begin a cutting cycle. After a couple of days of perhaps 500-700 calorie deficit, I actually woke up with an appetite. A 600 calorie pre and post workout protein shake, and 200 calories of peanut butter did not create an overloaded feeling... put in other terms, I can consume the latter and think about a later meal without aversion.

Following the advice of Robert Dorf, I have looked up info on Google, keywords 'refeed' and 'Lyle McDonald' and believe I grasp the principles behind avoiding a continuous calorie deficit through the strategy of periodic 'refeeding.'

But I wonder: Could not a similar strategy be beneficial for bulking, whether the issues with excess food are purely psychological or more physiological? Might it be a good idea for struggling weight-gainers to have a strategic 'DEfeed' day or two periodically?

If so, would one cut calories across the board, or reduce mostly fats or mostly carbs?

Can't help on the before/after, sorry. But be assured that it shows, and I'm not an 'easy gainer.' Perhaps it makes more sense if I mention that this is the first real exercise I've had in well over a decade, so it amounts to 'beginner's gains.' (Or a damn long 'strategic deconditioning,' in HST terms.

It amounts to a surplus of about 875 calories per day, on average. Perhaps it will also help to know that my activity level aside from my workouts is quite low... i.e., I get a /lot/ of rest.

Thanks for these thoughts.