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I try to avoid lunchmeats because I tend to keep eating and eating until I'm overfull lol. I do love pepperoni, though.

Some of my favorite meals, though are:

*Meatza (essentially, make meatball without the breadcrumbs, spread on a cookie sheet, bake 10 min at 450, then spread with toppings and broil until cheese is bubbly)

* Stir fries with chicken, shrimp or chunks of steak, whatever veggies I have on hand, with soy sauce & chili garlic sauce

*Roasts made in the crock pot 

*Veggies roasted in the oven with minced garlic & olive oil or butter until the veggies caramelize

*"Salsa chicken": chicken breasts dusted with taco seasoning, topped with salsa, baked for 30 minutes, then topped with cheddar & a dollop of sour cream

*"Carrot fries": carrots sliced thin like fries, tossed in oil (I use bacon grease, but you can use EVOO) & salt, baked at 450 for 15-22 minutes. I usually serve these with horseradish mayo

*Julienned cabbage or zucchini, sauteed, then stir in red sauce, homemade ground sausage, and a little parmesan for "pasta"

*Bunless burgers with gourmet toppings

*"Fish sticks" or "chicken nuggets" made with almond flour (there are recipes online) and served with homemade dipping sauces

I love to try new recipes, and I like that finding something lower in carb is a challenge but usually ends up being delicious!

Oh, just thought of another thing! We love making dips like guacamole or bacon cream cheese dips & using carrots/celery/sliced radishes instead of chips...that was especially helpful during the superbowl :) Sometimes we even do that as our "meal"

I love, love, love to make my own ceaser dressing (practically zero carb) and have big chicken ceaser salads. 

Also, I love a blue rare triple A Alberta Beef steak.  But then again, I'm Albertan. 

Crockpot chili - brown the beef, put lowest carb tomato from a can you can find, cut up some pepper, some onion, and pout a cup or two of water in.  Cook on low all day, and it's perfect when you get home! 

I also LOVE salmon  - I put very very thin slices of lime and lemon on it, some scallions, lots of butter, and cream.  Practically zero carb. 

These are all very Atkins type meals though, which have higher fat. 

There's a lot of good Paelo recipes out there!

@shambley:  Biochemically speaking, and just in practice for myself, higher fat works.  If I go low carb, and low calorie (and low fat), then all I'm eating is lean protein and lettuce.  

Fat can actually help your body lose weight, because once you get into ketosis with low-carbing, your body can be reluctant to use up the fat you have.  If you eat fat to "show" your body that there is a source of fat available, then it can help your body be more likely to get rid of excess fat. 

Tons of people I know that are into bodybuilding follow a high protein/moderate fat/low carb diet.  It seems to work for them. 

I have had success while on it.  I just need to STAY on it!

Paleo is very interesting, probably because I study evolution.  But basically it states that our bodies haven't adapted to process the high-carb diets of the last 200 years (agricultural revolution).  Which makes sense!  So they only eat things which would have been present in prehistoric times, when our bodies were being shaped through evolution and natural selection. You only eat the foods that we have evolved to eat. 

It's very interesting!  (and hard). 

@shambley:  And thats okay!  Just try not to ignore saturated fat. :)  Those ones are bad.

I've been snacking on homemade slow roasted grape tomatoes... Not sure exactly how many carbs there are but definitely less than my usual junksnacks :p make em with oregano and they taste like pizza! Otherwise I stick to a lot of the things people on here eat - I do eat brown rice or whole wheat buns maybe one meal a day but otherwise try to eat meats, cheese, nuts and veggies without caring a whole lot about fat content.

@eagle:  

I'm surprised you've read up on paleo diets but still avoid saturated fats. I thought even cordain had changed his mind about that!

@les105:  I'm not smart at dieting, haha.  I meant trans fats, not saturated fats.  Pretty much every food I said I eat (like steak, salmon, butter, cream) has saturated fat.  

(now correct me if I'm wrong) but it's TRANS FATS you need to avoid!