over eating once a week

If it hasn't affected your weight so far, then you must need those calories! Here's an interesting method/theory I came across recently about "normal eating" or "intuitive eating".

"The process of feeling hungry, experiencing a body-wisdom-based desire for a certain type of food, eating the food, stopping when satisfied, and then going off to do something else without another thought is "normal eating". This is completely analogous to what occurs when you have to pee. You sense your body's need, you relieve yourself, and then you go back to what you were doing. In both cases, you read a physical signal, meet the physical need, and give it no more thought. That's normal.

Now imagine what a strange world it would be if we were told that peeing had to be done on a schedule. We should pee four times a day, and it should be at four hour intervals, and we should only pee one cup at a time. If we need to pee in between times, we should hold it. If we want to pee more than one cup, we should hold that for the next time. Sound bizarre? That's basically what a diet is. It is just as bizarre to regulate your eating according to arbitrary external rules rather than internal cues.

Eating is a basic bodily function just like elimination. We don't need to be told how to do it."

If it hasn't affected your weight so far, then you must need those calories! Here's an interesting method/theory I came across recently about "normal eating" or "intuitive eating".

"The process of feeling hungry, experiencing a body-wisdom-based desire for a certain type of food, eating the food, stopping when satisfied, and then going off to do something else without another thought is "normal eating". This is completely analogous to what occurs when you have to pee. You sense your body's need, you relieve yourself, and then you go back to what you were doing. In both cases, you read a physical signal, meet the physical need, and give it no more thought. That's normal.

Now imagine what a strange world it would be if we were told that peeing had to be done on a schedule. We should pee four times a day, and it should be at four hour intervals, and we should only pee one cup at a time. If we need to pee in between times, we should hold it. If we want to pee more than one cup, we should hold that for the next time. Sound bizarre? That's basically what a diet is. It is just as bizarre to regulate your eating according to arbitrary external rules rather than internal cues.

Eating is a basic bodily function just like elimination. We don't need to be told how to do it."

Never thought of dieting in that way and I think It's absolutely llgical ._. Gonna take it into account.


And going back to the topic. I think your body is telling you sth. Try eating a small surplus of calories a week and check your macros c:

In OP's case, if maintaining is the goal, I suppose that advice is fine. Maybe try working those extra calories in over the week instead of bingeing on one day.

For me personally, I cannot just eat "however" I want -- because my habits (which easily overwhelm bodily urges) are overeating and eating sweets in particular. While we need to learn to listen to our body's urges, I think it's dangerous to just go with the "if you feel hungry, eat" advice. What's been helpful is reminding myself that the healthier food is going to be lower calorie, more satisfying, and make me feel more energetic and teaching myself to eat those foods instead of 3 pieces of cake.