Food vacations

I think there needs to be balance between "I'm going to eat all the food" and "I'm terrified to gain the weight back." Neither of those is a great mindset.

In maintenance, your calories eaten and calories burned need to average out. There will be days when you're over your calories and days when you're under. That's how life works. Some people do this intentionally by saving up calories for a bigger meal or two each week. Your weight is also going to fluctuate within your maintenance range, and you can't let yourself panic every time there's an upward shift. If your weight is consistently out of your maintenance range and you know it's not due to things like water fluctuation, then it's time to adjust your eating accordingly. That's how you avoid regaining the weight.

At the same time, if you've struggled with binge eating, you probably know what your triggers are, and you are the best judge of how to handle those triggers. If you've made it to maintenance, then you likely know your body really well by now. If you can save a few calories each day and have a big weekend meal that still fits into your calorie goal, that's totally fine. But if you know that you're going to have trouble staying in your calorie goal if you have that big meal or that particular trigger food, then maybe you decide to avoid those things. That's fine too. Your maintenance plan just has to work for how you want to live.

Overall, you probably can't routinely eat everything you want with no regard for calories, but you also can't live in constant fear of regaining. Your maintenance plan has to be sustainable for the long term.