I don't think it's so much a case of missing a point as assuming that we know what well-balanced food is without seeing if it individually works out for our own situations. If you have that squared away, delete the thread and we'll all go our happy ways. I'm not trying to alter someone else's behavior, merely suggesting we trial-run our plans based on individual needs. I may have missed that in the original post, it would not be the first time.
I have been fairly heavily into daily output for the past 30 years, be it marathon/10k/14'er/take your pick. I've found it really informative to see what food the day before equates to how much energy I have the next day. I apologize if this is redundant. I'm apparently amiss.