For someone who's never gone hungry/dieted before
you're in for a big shock. It's amazing how calorie restriction can affect you mentally.
Dieting hits me hard. Terrible mood swings, overanalyzing everything, no libido, feel the cold due to metabolic slowdown.
I'm miserable as hell when dieting. But then again, I can't do a steady calorie defecit over 20 weeks.
I need results, so I cut my cals far too low, under 1500 per day