Basically as the title says. If I’m already obese right, why does my stomach still feel hungry when it has “food at home” aka an excess stored up as fat. Why would it not just utilize the energy that is already there and then when it gets to a certain body fat percentage become hungry again at that point? Why does the body just continue to store up fat to an uncomfortable and unhealthy point and keeps asking for more food when there is already so much available to it?
UPDATE: Thank you everyone for your responses. There are lots of great explanations and viewpoints here 😊.
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The feeling of full is connected to a number of thoughts and feelings.
Take heartburn for example, when you are hungry you may experience reflux and your brain develops a process that says “I’m hungry”. When you eat too much you also experience reflux.
There are other things going on here too. A lot of what occurs in your mind is out of your control, let alone what occurs in your body.
It would be incorrect to change the feeling of reflux after eating just because you know that you are full, but if you understand what is going on you are able to have more control over what you think about and make better decisions.
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