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EventsWhat was the greatest obstacle on your low-carb journey?
, medical review by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
in Surveys 
What was the greatest obstacle on your low-carb or keto journey? We asked our members and received more than 4,600 replies.
Here are the most common answers:
- Cravings for sugary or high-carb foods
- Eating out
- Not losing weight or plateauing
So what can we do about these problems? This is our suggestion:
1. Cravings for sugary or high-carb foods
Breaking free from cravings is tough, but absolutely doable. If this is something you’re struggling with, then you should check out our sugar-addiction course:
2. Eating out
Many people have a hard time sticking to their low-carb or keto diet at restaurants or social events. I think the most important tip is to become comfortable asking for modifications to the menu.
But there are more tools you can use. Go to this guide for more tips:
How to eat low carb and keto when dining out
3. Not losing weight/plateauing
I know from personal experience that stalling or not losing weight can be really frustrating, but it is important to have patience and keep going in order to break through. Low carb or keto is about making a sustainable lifestyle change, so try not to get too frustrated if you reach a plateau.
However, there are tools you can try to overcome your plateau. Check out some of the videos below for some great advice:
You can also check out these popular guides to learn about our best weight-loss tips:
Top 10 tips to lose weight on low carb for women 40+
What was the greatest obstacle on your low-carb or keto journey?
Let us know in the comments below.
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This site says eat a lot of fat. Do not fear fat. Some experts e.g. Dr Westman say keep fat low to moderate.
My clothes are a bit loose, but the scales are not shifting for me.
I miss fruit too! Lol
When I consume vegetables they're high in alkaline. I am hypothyroid without medications and have busted through a plateau that I was in for three years. Taking 500 mg of magnesium an hour prior to bed time helped tremendously.
Right now, I need to lay off the Fat Bombs and begin tracking my keystones.
The menu here on Diet Doctor is wonderful.
So far no obstacles....meats.... veggies... oils and butters, berries and nuts ....what more could you ask for in a diet :-)
weight loss plateaus happen with all diets....we all have to maybe take a serious look at what our priorities are.
The second deal are social events at job, where serve mostly carbs like cakes or pizzas or bread like stuff. And its uncomfortable to be different and negate such food, always people question why. I needed to acostume to only conversation without eating and other people needed also time to adapt.
The third deal is family and children. Other children at school comment my child's healthy snack (fruits, nuts, veggies), so my child is shy and dont want to differ a lot from others children that mostly eat chips, sodas, cakes, sweets. Its a chalenge.
I've read that that happens basically to women...that we're not so well prepared for stay in keto as our body believes we're starving and keep us with high cortisol, what about that?
I'm in my early 40's, 5 years ago with Paleo LCHF I dropped my weight very fast, my body wasn't used a such change! Now I gained some weight from the lost years ago and I'm trying with keto, as usually i'm LC, I do every day a fast from 12 to 14 hours (that's easy for me as I'm not hungry when I wake up)
Thks!
We love fish and eat at least 3times a week. On the recipes is always same fish