You said it yourself, everyone does things differently.

You can use different methods and still have success, for example: I don't change my thermostat temps or lighting at all (temps may change a bit on their own due to the house cooling down naturally, same with light to an extent), I feed normally and don't bulk up feeding for breeding (maybe a breeder gets something extra if I have a refusal, but again this is normal any time during the year.), I will put a male in with a female for a couple days or until I see a lock, if they lock he doesn't go back in for a few weeks, if no lock he will go back sooner (I am a hobbyist breeder so a strict schedule is not as important for me as a business owner), I have bred males in the 500-550 g range without issue, but if I do and they stop eating they don't breed very many times so as to not tax them very hard, if they take meals occasionally they can keep breeding, with bigger makes they've got a little more staying power if they go off feed.

This is how I do things, it's probably not the same as many people because there's so many different, acceptable approaches that yield good results. My way isn't right, nor is it wrong. You should try to use the information you've gathered to find what method will work best for you. Hope this was helpful.