If you are in balance, you eat when it is time to eat, in a way that maintains the health of your body. To do otherwise is to waste energy dealing with the effects of eating too little, eating too much, or eating the wrong foods. It is much more efficient to deal with the body in a balanced manner than to be burdened with the effects of the extremes. Basically, you waste tremendous energy at the extremes. The more extreme it is, the more it becomes a full-time project.

— The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer, Michael A. Singer (Page 155)