It's pretty unpleasant for me. I have a metabolic disorder for which even a mild caloric deficit of ten percent can send me to the ER, during which the recommended treatment, besides the painkillers, is roughly a pound of sucrose delivered via IV. That's not fluid, that's a pound of sugar they want in me. And they want me on a high-carbohydrate diet, to boot.
Weight loss for me entails either being in pain or taking the meds to mask it and being unable to function. Previously, I could just diet, cut down, whatever. Now, cutting down for more than about a couple days starts it off. Even missing a meal can set it off (as well as infection, lost sleep, a wide array of medications). I have considered a celiac plexus block over Schedule II meds, then I could say a big fuck you to the pain because the wires have been cut.
Weight loss for me entails either being in pain or taking the meds to mask it and being unable to function. Previously, I could just diet, cut down, whatever. Now, cutting down for more than about a couple days starts it off. Even missing a meal can set it off (as well as infection, lost sleep, a wide array of medications). I have considered a celiac plexus block over Schedule II meds, then I could say a big fuck you to the pain because the wires have been cut.