You have a point there. I’m skinny as a rail and I eat what my body craves without regard to the science. The key is to stop eating when I am full. I had a great baked potato with dinner tonight. It had all the trimmings; bacon, sour cream, chives, butter, salt and pepper. I could only eat half of it. I stopped when I was full.
You make a good point. The purpose of eating is to fuel one’s body. If one can enjoy the meal, that’s just lagniappe.
I eat a balanced diet. I am an active guy, even though I’m in my 70s. I don’t eat sweets or cakes or donuts or ice cream, or...well, you get the picture. I put on my plate enough to provide me with the fuel I need, and nothing more (I don’t “top off the tank”).
For me, the Stop button has malfunctioned, I think, for years. It simply doesn’t feel all that bad to eat past full. Only now that I am on Ozempic do I often realize that I am full, completely done, and I absolutely can walk away from the rest of the food, no matter what it is. This must be what normal people feel when they eat wholesome, satiating foods. I hope I can internalize this as my weight drops and my A1c lowers.