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A cruise built around low-carbohydrate eating has expanded from roughly 30 passengers on its inaugural sailing to more than 360 on a recent Alaska voyage, building a quiet argument that shared accountability — not nutritional prescriptions alone — is what makes weight loss stick.
The Low Carb Cruise, now 20 sailings old and drawing attendees from Iceland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Europe, was founded by Debbie Hubbs, a 73-year-old Arizona resident who traces her own low-carb commitment to the Atkins diet in the 1970s.
Hubbs says the approach is "the only thing that ever worked for me" across five decades of trying.
A Chat-Room Idea That Found Its Audience Hubbs launched the concept in 2008 after connecting with another woman in an online weight-loss forum.
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