How would you explain the connection between glucose entering the body and energy created by the body to a friend, using your new biochemistry knowledge?

If I was to explain the connection between glucose entering the body and energy created by the body to a friend I would talk about glycolysis and glyconeogenesis. I would talk about glycolysis if the body is in need of energy. If the body needs energy the glucose would enter the body and it would enter the glycolytic pathway. This will help produce ATP which is energy. I would talk about glyconeogenesis if the body doesn't need energy. In glyconeogensis, the glycogen enters glyconeogenesis to get stored. This stores the energy to be used at a later time when the body would need it. These two pathways are the opposite of eachother and are difficult to understand but I would explain it in these ways and use diagrams that we used in class to help diagram the explanation of the connection between glucose entering the body and energy created by the body.