kyuuei
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Are you talking about the keto flu??? 'Cause it's incredibly easy to exist on 50-20g of carbs. Thats called the ketogenic diet. Some people get the "keto flu" and can feel like poop for up to 2 weeks (or more) since their body is changing from one system to another. But there are ways to speed up the process and make it easier. Then after about 2-4 months in people get "fat adapted" and have no problems running off less than 50-20g of carbs a day. Their bodies start to learn and get used to utilizing fat as fuel (aka convert to ketones). Anyone could do keto and benefit from it. Even diabetics, it was actually designed for diabetics, epilepsy, and many autistic children. It also cures many forms of cancer.
The OP mentioned he wanted to do ZERO carbs as the goal because he already felt like he would 'fail' if he made the goal 20 carbs or some other number. I was merely suggesting that it seems as if you're dooming yourself to both thinking of eating as succeeding/failing and not trying to add a stair-step down sustainable approach to the subject. I know several people on very low carb/near no carb diets that do quite well on it.