When we need energy, can’t the body just burn the stored fat? Isn’t that the whole point of stored fat? Why will we feel hungry, weak, lightheaded, etc. at all? I understand if the body doesn’t have enough fat (if you’re super skinny), it would make sense to feel hungry, but I don’t understand why would that be the case if there’s enough fat to go around.
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Your body keeps that fat as a reserve, and it wouldn’t be much of a reserve if you burned through it just going about your normal day.
In practice when you get hungry for long enough your body will swap over to burn fat mode. You may then feel a bit less hungry and you won’t feel so weak.
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