Maybe there was some kind of reaction throughout your digestive system that still hasn't returned to nomal. Something going on with the gut bugs or inflammatory or both and now you seem like it could be stressing you too.
You know you're doing the right things. I think you may have just decide to keep calm and keto on. I've been unable to lose scale weight for a very long time myself. Only a little left to lose also. I think it starts to come down some resistance from the body to let go of the last excess bodyfat. We feel like it's excess but I'm not sure our bodies agree

Your symptoms are in line with an estrogen imbalance and if it were me I would try adding DIM to counter it.

I've got plenty of belly still to go as well. My scale, though not totally accurate, shows me around 30% bodyfat still and I don't doubt it one bit. I haven't been able to get the scale to go down either and I'm actually up 8 pounds from the lowest weight I achieved last April with zero cheats at all. Strangely though, I am still wearing the same size pants. I haven't kept up with measuring because I think it's too easy to be inaccurate. I like my comparison photos and clothing fit better.
Including that 8 pounds, I'm only looking to lose about 12. Being so close to goal you'd think 8 pounds would make a fair difference in clothing fit.
Anyway, I wouldn't cast off the possibility of reaction so quickly. That 1" measurement difference is likely inaccurate. Think about it? You're only up 1kg right? You mentioned losing 1 of the 2kg gain... we don't gain weight in just one spot. What are the odds that 1kg is responsible for a 1" gain specifically in one spot? If it's your waist you measured, something that can more quickly influence that measurement as well as small scale weight, is water from internal inflammation in the gut. That could result in both scale and waist measurement differences.
I don't tolerate vegetables well. But if eat a half a plate (normal serving) of veggies, I do not digest them well and it has resulted in up to 5 pounds of scale weight for me along with pants feeling tighter. I immediately start addressing it with ACV and by drinking water and it takes several days, assuming I don't eat any more veggies, to finally go away.
As a matter of fact, it was in April, when I first cut veggies that I achieved that lowest weight and started seeing the scale creep up again only after trying to eat small portions of veggies several times a week. I've never gone without them again as consistently as I did that month and I've never been able to achieve that weight again.
It's entirely possible that I have just enough inflammation and stress on my system that it just won't allow me to lose that bodyfat under those conditions.
But again, even though I am up on the scale from then doesn't mean I'm any larger. I'm wearing those same clothes. And I'm actually the same weight now that I was in September 2015 but a full size smaller in pants. So you can lose bodyfat without losing scale weight.

You've maintained quite a while. Congrats! What have you changed since you lost fat the last time? Stress, lack of sleep, antibiotics, medications, underestimating intake etc etc could be culprits. Reassess your current routines

Overseas travel isn't natural for the body. And it's quite stressful for the body to switch clocks alone. If you ate out in restaurants a lot, they will almost always use cheap oils like cornseed and the likes. Hello, inflammation! I wouldn't worry over the 1 kg since UK. Possibly water weight.

jumanajane wrote: »

Hi all. Maybe you can help me.....

after a couple of years of keto and loss of 25kg up to 6 months back since when I have maintained very happily.....until early november when We went to the UK for a couple of weeks and had a few 'treats' such as Fish and Chips. Came back 2 kg up and immediately cut right back to VLCHF. Result.......only 1 kg off even after a 5 day egg fast. Since then it has stuck or crept back up that kg. No cheating, watching everything etc etc. I didnt log though until the last 3 days.
Now back logging and still around 16gm carb a day and nothing.....still the same 2kg up that I was in november! No losing anything.

This has puzzled me as I am aiming now to lose the last 6 kg to get to goal if possible.
Strangely I also feel that I am bigger in the abdo area and have actually gone up 1 inch on my waist which isnt comparable for only 2 kg gain.
Have I become resistant to going into keto? Am I still in keto? I have been perfectly honest with myself and am not hiding any hidden carbs or in denial of quantity as I still weigh so am happy its not me being in denial!! Lolol. Electrolytes are fine. Sleep is fine. Bowels fine.Energy fine.
Only noticable difference is an awareness of raised pulse rate a few times and for the last few days a feeling of slight depression which is definitely odd for me as I'm one of those (often irritatingly,lol) permanently positive happy people!!!!LOL
I have been racking my brains to try and think why and what to change and knew it was time to ask all of you for advice!
Thanks!

The thing I don't see mentioned is calorie consumption. Keto isn't magic - so if your eating habits changed to increase your calorie consumption (even though your carb consumption is steady), you may need to also count calories.

Subbing to thread bc bloating/firmness/generally distended abdomen (even w/empty stomach) has been an issue for me for years, hope you can find a resolution.