I know I’m not the OP, but that is, to some extent, how I try to eat too (doesn’t always work!). Any chance you could hook me up with some decent recipes, or point me to some sites? 
Bonus points if they don’t make the SO run away in terror because there’s no grain options!
The link I quoted above has some recipes–you have to scroll down a little. The MDA site also has forums, and one of them is dedicated solely to recipes.
Health-Bent
Nutty Kitchen
Paleo Food
Shamless plug for my food blog, which is pretty new: Eat Evolved
Primal Palate
If you google for Paleo or Primal recipes, you’ll find a lot of these sites. Feel free to peruse. If there’s something specific that you love, let me know–I probably can come up with a way to make it healthier.
My own diet was nowhere near as low-carb as most of the ones posted here (as you can tell from the menu I posted upthread), but I do agree with everyone else that the basic idea is you need more fat and more protein to keep sated. I had good success eating moderate levels of carbs (probably 40%-50% of total calories) while keeping the hunger at bay with fat and protein. The nice thing is, I haven’t been actively dieting to lose weight for over two years, but I still eat this way, so it’s sustainable for me. (And I haven’t gained any weight.) You have to find what works and what is sustainable for you. Just don’t be afraid of those fats.
Often it was just a (small) handful of nuts, a couple ounces of cheese, a yogurt, or a piece of fruit (these were my 1100 and 1500 snacks, not exactly meals). I think the part about cutting myself off after 1900 was what really did the trick for me.
BTW, I based this on the book, “You on a Diet”.
(maybe I should have said I ate five times a day, rather than five meals a day)
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Okay. I’m sold. I’ve been working my way through the links posted by Drain Bead’s up-thread here as well as Stoid’s thread (phew! that was exhausting!) and I think I’m getting it.
Eggs, meat, cheese, fat. No crackers, no bread, no more boxes of chocolate-covered almonds.
Thanks, guys!
Do you find pineapple filling enough? I tried it for breakfast a couple of days last week, and even six pineapple rings at 7 left me hungry by 9:30. I ended up eating pancakes the rest of the week and not feeling like I was starving hours before lunch.
Not on their own, no. But if I add in a pot of vanilla) Greek yogurt (14g protein, 10g carbs, 110 calories) and a few almonds, it leaves me nicely full.
An easy way to remember it is: “Generally nothing white.” Chocolate covered almonds aren’t white, of course, but there’s the sugar… Can you find carbs that aren’t white? Certainly. Can you think of white foods that are not starchy? Probably. There are always exceptions to every rule, but this is a good rule of thumb to use as a starting point.
Congrats on becoming a nonsmoker!
Helena
Today was busy, which always helps me eat less, but here’s what I’ve had so far (how am I doing?):
7:00 am
A good-sized serving of egg casserole (whole eggs, green onions, bacon and cheddar)
8:30 am
4 oz. Cheddar cheese (20% milk-fat)
10:00 am
1/2 cup Celery pieces (at work – didn’t have any peanut butter to slather on them)
12:00 noon
1 cup Leftover stir-fry (greens and some lean chicken)
2:00 pm
Deli rotisserie chicken leg and thigh
3 hard-boiled eggs
1/4 cup deli “oil and vinegar” coleslaw
Like I said I was busy, and by 2:00 pm, I’d gotten pretty hungry, but didn’t eat any Fiber One bars or a box of chocolate-covered almonds, so that’s progress at least. I’m feeling fairly sated right now, so am hoping I can continue this way (assuming it’s on course).
For dinner, I’m thinking of slicing up some of the deli rotisserie chicken and tossing it around with some romaine lettuce, parmesan cheese and (bottled) caesar dressing. (Again, am I doing okay here?)
This, by the way, confuses me:
You eat pineapple and berries, but when I eat grapes and an apple, I end up feeling ravenous and am told it’s “Nuthin’ but sugar. Sugar, sugar, simple carbs, simple carbs”. You eat 20gm of carb in your bread, but my flat rolls are a comparable 24gm carbs for two slices.
** Don’t get me wrong: I am not going to eat grapes or bread — I’m going to stick to all the low carb stuff I’m reading — but I’m wondering what the difference between the two meals might be.
This is what I was trying to do with my lean-chicken-leafy-greens stir-fry. But it’s not the same? I don’t understand.
(BTW, went to the doc today and got a requisition for blood-glucose test tomorrow.)
Check out www.glycemicindex.com for information on the difference in fruits and other foods.
My understanding was that Angua is having fruit (either pineapple or berries) AND yogurt. The yogurt is a source of protein and fat, neither of which is present in most fruits alone. Similarly, Angua is eating the low-carb bread as a vehicle for meat and cheese, not by itself.
Also note that Angua is eating Greek yogurt which is packed with protein and has no added sugar (when plain). This is miles away from a sweetened Light 'N Lively cup or whatever. Not to say that you are eating Light 'n Lively, but I didn’t want you to think all yogurt is created equal.
Just wanted to chime in and say your new menu looks good, but keep in mind it might take three or four days for your hunger to really completely go away. So hang in there and just keep eating like you are!
Also, major props for giving up smoking. That’s awesome!
One thing that might work for snacks is to choose things that take time and effort to eat - pistachios and in-shell sunflower seeds are common examples. You can’t just inhale a handful. Bonus points if you can crack and separate the sunflower seeds in your mouth and just spit out the empty shell - as a now-ex-smoker 
you might enjoy the oral stimulation.
(Get yer minds outta the gutter. I couldn’t think of a better way to phrase it…)
Essentially, what GilaB and ZipperJJ said. I don’t eat grapes at all, or an apple without cheese or peanut butter. Heck, I use apple juice as a means of raising my blood sugar rapidly. All have medium glycemic indices, but berries in particular have about 7g of carbs/100g of fruit. Which means I can eat quite a lot of strawberries without so much carb. Plus, I never eat the fruit alone – I always eat it with Greek yogurt – a pot is about 10g of carb and 15g of protein, and fat (I never buy “low fat” anything; the fat in “low fat” foods is replaced by sugar.
The bread is high fiber bread, and a vehicle for meat and cheese. Two slices of bread will have ~6 slices of deli meat and two slices of cheese. Your bread roll had:
No where near enough, IMO, protein and fats to help temper the bread.
The stir fry is good – you just need more meat in it. And try to make sure there’s no high-carb sauces in it. Personally, I would have eaten more at lunch, and left the 2pm thing as a snack, just personally.
Re dinner, sounds good, make sure there’s enough chicken there, and that the dressing doesn’t have sugar, or HFCS etc in it.