One of the "side effects" of low-carbing is appetite supression.

New low-carbers have a tendency to equate lack of hunger as being a good thing, especially if they are used to calorie restricted diets. What happens is that your body will go into "starvation mode" and hang on to fat, thinking there's not enough food coming to keep alive. Your body is very smart!

So, we encourage people who are having trouble at first to make sure that they are eating enough calories.

This is a link to a few things that people have found to hinder their weight loss efforts:

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Karen