Good to hear And indeed what a lot are making a mistake on, is once you just become accustomed to snacking when feeling hungry, it could just be thirst, so drink a sip of water and then that annoying hunger feeling might go away When it comes to that, we're pretty much like dolphins, they have big troubles distinguishing hunger and thirst, so if they have access to water, they sometimes skip food, and if they have food, they might skip waterYes indeed, they are simple carbs. They have lower caloric value, however, than their stark white counterparts, and I enjoy still having a few simple carbs still in my diet. Given my fairly easy descent from 195 to 150 and how it has been fairly easy to maintain it, I am ok with having them. They are not an everyday thing, and the bread I make is also very heavily loaded with seeds and nuts. However, most typical meals focus on a small bit of meat, a salad, and a vegetable. We avoid things like artificial sweeteners, sucrose, and so-called lite processed foods. We are ok with fat. Breakfasts are usually heavy on avocados.
A good quick read is Younger Next Year. It looks kind of schlocky, lots of testimonials and a garish cover, but the premise is sound. At a cellular level we still burn fat by low intensity sustained activity (long hours looking for food) and carbs by brief bursts of intense activity burning the more readily accessible fuel (running to catch dinner or running to avoid becoming something else's dinner).
A nice thing about exercise is its positive impact on the way I want to eat. If I feel hungry between meals, exercise and water blunts the cravings.
In the final analysis I eat pretty well, and both getting to a healthy weight and keeping my weight at that level has been chiefly about portion control and, to a lesser degree, balance. We had a nice sirloin the other night. It was a little over a pound. It provided six meals, two as a steak dinner and four as toppings for salad.
Keep at it though, and good luck in becoming a better you