I'm not one to ask for special consideration but that's just me. I've been eating keto for a non life threatening medical reason (neurological movement disorder) for about 10 months and have always managed at various functions outside the home.

I'm guessing there will also be salad at your function. Eat salad loaded with the fattiest dressing available. Add olives or other keto friendly condiments if available. There may also be bread and butter. If so, slip a couple pats of butter on your plate and eat it for the satiation of fat if you feel you'll need it.

I often eat just the toppings off pizza. If you don't have a need to balance your carbs and protein with your fat intake throughout the day, you can just eat a salad. You could call ahead and ask what the pasta offerings are. Perhaps there will be something that is more protein heavy with larger chunks of meat (though not likely).

There is a shelf stable mix in for making a BP Coffee variation that is a mix of coconut oil, ghee, cocoa powder, and some form of safe sweetener. You could do this and use a battery operated milk frother for blending. That could be used as any meal swap.

I firmly second the pizza toppings only. I've done this so many times! Just avoid getting any extra sauce, and you should be golden.

If they offer sandwiches, load up with extra mayo and mustard and eat the innards of the sandwich, ditching the bread.

Single packs of coconut oil, nut butters, and pats of butter can be your best friends... And the other suggestions above are fabulous. Walnuts, pecans, and/or macadamias can be packaged in snack sized bags for emergencies. But just think outside the box.

Just ditch the bread or carby sides in any meal. With the pasta bar, there may even be chicken breasts or some meatballs (be wary of fillers) and things that you can use to bulk up your pizza toppings...

A George Foreman grill can also be taken in checked luggage, and used in at hotel room upside down to cook bacon and eggs and such - though these will most likely be offered at buffets in the AM anyway. Just be careful of scrambled eggs, many are from powder or mixed with pancake batter to provide volume, etc. Even if they provide bagels and toast, swipe some butter or cream cheese to add to WHATEVER you need to "fat up" later...

There were some threads about a year ago about ways to do this/travel, etc. I don't know if they are linked in the sticky post, but it's probably worth checking for. @Baconslave - since I imagine we'll get good responses here, maybe we could add this to open thread links, too?

@swezeytba is totally right. And even if you do get some unwanted attention don't let it get you down! You're making the right choices for you, even if they're "weird" choices to others who gives a ......fudge. Be proud you're taking care of you!

I travel a lot for work too and always manage to find something to eat, even if some days I may eat a bit less than normal (which isn't a bad thing for me). I'm in the UK where they put low fat milk in their coffee, but I always ask the staff to go into the kitchen to get me some double cream, so that I can at least start my day with a good cup of coffee.

As others have mentioned, just eat the pizza toppings and I'm sure there will be some kind of meat you can pick out of your pasta so that you're not hungry. Just throw some almonds in your purse so that you have a snack if you need one. Fill up on breakfast, it seems to be the easiest meal to eat out low carb.

Most important thing is to just be confident in your diet choices, don't worry about people thinking you're weird. I sit in conference room meetings all the time eating the insides of my sandwiches with a knife and fork leaving behind a little pile of bread. I think everyone is used to it by now, but this is how I want to eat for life, if that's how you feel too, don't worry about what others might think or worry about appeasing people, just remind yourself that your health and wellbeing is your priority and it's okay to put yourself first.

Good luck

@lpeltenburg careful with the MCT Oil if you decide to go that route and have never used it. Disaster Pants.

suzc11 wrote: »

Hey PaleoInScotland - speaking of UK travel food - Tesco express have started doing omelette (instead of bread) wraps! Today I grabbed a BLT in an egg wrap as part of the £3 meal deal.

Ooh that's awesome!! M&S is always my go-to when I'm travelling (unless I'm rural). I grab a pot of hard boiled eggs or a pack of meat, a single serving of cheese and a bottle of water an I'm sorted. I love their spicy pepperoni and chilli salmon

EbonyDahlia wrote: »

I will not derail my eating and put rubbish in my body for any reason.

A line for the ages.

RalfLott wrote: »

I had a bird's-eye view of breakfast at a conference last year.

Here's what was set out on the breakfast buffet to help us hapless attendees jump-start the day. It would have hit the pre-LC Me like a handful of Ambiens.

• Bagels,
• apple pastries,
• healthy, low-fat, fruit-flavored cream cheese,
• healthy low-fat fruit flavored yogurt,
• packets of jam, apple butter, and honey,
• sweetened fat-free fake coffee cream,
• coffee,
• 2% milk,
• orange juice,
• cans of Arizona tea-colored sugar water,
• bananas, and, uh,....
• prunes.

This reminds me of the friend who, when I mentioned how happy I was with my LC lifestyle, proudly informed me that she also eats healthy, starting each day with a life-giving smoothie. Based on her description of the ingredients, I later calculated the thing at 150-175 carb grams per smoothie. She did add that for some mysterious reason she didn't seem to be losing any weight.