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 If your body is already used to using fat as a fuel, you won't necessarily get a big withdrawal from reducing carbs. Everyone is different! 
Personally I find that having some sweet stuff is way more difficult than having none. Once I've allowed a bit of transition time (a week? 10 days?) zero carb is easier for me than low carb. On low carb I'm constantly fighting the impulse for a second piece of apple or dark chocolate - because I can easily inhale a whole dark chocolate bar - whereas once I've transitioned to carnivore I just don't really care about sweet tastes anymore. (Which begs the question of why I left carnivore a few times! I may post about that soon.) 
 Exactly this! I rather cut it all off than go through small portions of anything. Too many diets were unsuccessful on me for this reason.