Everyone is diffrent mate some guys recover after a couple weeks some guys can take a year to fully recover. but when you do cycles time on/ time off ur going to mostly shut down for the most part.
On another note i seem to be getting a bit of size in places such as my traps ive always had nice traps but they are bigger now in tickness and height can see it alot more when i do my most muscular poses happy days
agree with you mate, whats wrong with having an occassional kfc or whatever, we burn it off in the gym - if your having a cheat day then eat what you want