[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Only if you're looking at it from the perspective of "binging out of frustration", rather than simply "not having to think about it too much on those days". Realistically if you're generally eating well you're not going to eat a large pizza and a family sized bar of chocolate without getting full or feeling sick, the point was more to illustrate that its OK to not think about this stuff for a couple of days a week, dine out with your family and order what you want (or a take-away in Covid times) without pouring over the menus for the healthy option, and have some snacks with a movie on the evening.

To be fair, I can also accept that my viewpoint on this has its limits as a 6'2 well built sexy feller; my calorie intake is relatively high as standard, I don't really need to count them at all and so that doesn't come into the equation like it would for, say, a 5'2 female. The difference isn't in eating more at weekends, it's just in not having to "be healthy" with fats, proteins, fruit & veg and nuts/seeds/pulses and swapping them out for naughty stuff. Like refined sugar and dirty empty carbs. Trough of macaroni cheese and a pack of tangfastics. Mmm.

Right, so we've gone from what's OK for pre diabetics, to healthy people, to you. OK, you do you.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Right, so we've gone from what's OK for pre diabetics, to healthy people, to you. OK, you do you.

No, once again I'd reiterate that for all healthy people the most sensible option is to follow a healthy diet most of the time but allow some leeway for "not thinking about it" every so often, and that it's generally easier to maintain that way than daily vigilance. I think it's easier to say "should I have this? Hmm OK it's the weekend" than "should I have this? Hmm well let me think about what else I've had today..." every day.

We don't have to agree .