I know I posted on the Atkins thread but something occured to me while reading this thread. The reason I do not get bored on this lifestyle is that I can eat a large part of " soul food" that I had when I was growing up. I can have fried chicken and chittlins without blinking an eye. I can have fried or baked fish. I love greens cooked southern style. One of my favorite dishes that my mom made when I was a child was cauliflower with cheese sauce. How perfect! Low carb fried chicken, collard greens and cauliflower with cheese sauce. Plus other great foods such as 3 bean salad made with black soy beans instead of kidney beans. BAR-BE-CUE oh my! What's nice is, I never like a thick sauce on my ribs. Thin low carb BBQ sauce is fabulous.I really think of my low carb lifestyle as nothing new. It is from back in the day but without the cornbread.