Do you agree that an Astronaght in orbit is "weightless" even though he is still subjected to a force very close to 9.8N due to gravity, but neutralised by his orbital acceleration?
This is a misnomer...
"weightless" astronauts in orbit are no such thing. They are in orbit because of their weight, not inspite of it. Rather, this situation should be referred to as 'free fall'.
What you are talking about is a conditon of 'apparent weight'.
We sense our weight by virtue of being held up against it
Gravity, being a force caused by a field, is applied universally across all the mass in our body. If you're floating around inside a space shuttle - in free fall - you have no way of feeling if you are subject to gravity. You could be falling under 1 G somewhere close to the Earth, or 2 ish G close to Jupiter or 1,000 G about to dissapear down a black hole (*note 1).
Every part of your body is subject to the same acceleration, so you feel nothing.
Whereas when you are being held up against a gravitational force (e.g. me sitting in my chair) this a contact force. i.e. its applied at distinct places on my body... right now, my butt cheeks and left foot (I'm sitting cross legged). This force is distributed to the other parts of me by squashing parts of me (e.g. cartlidge in my back and my blubbery... I mean perfectly toned gluteus maximus!).
Because parts of me are being squashed, I can perceive the force. If I'm accelerated, e.g. upwards, then the extra (unbalanced) force that accelerates me has to be transmitted from the points of contact to the rest of me. I feel that extra force as my connective tissues get squashed. So I may
feel like my weight has increased, but it hasn't.
So we have 2 concepts, 'Weight' and 'Apparent Weight'. And although they sound similar they really aren't, and using them interchangably is a barrier to understanding.
Hope thats of interest / use.
pb
note 1 - discounting gravity gradient when R is small