I lost about 20% of my former body weight using Atkins, and am trying to get back to losing (I had a bump in the road and regained a lot), and I’m pretty sure the foundation of it was those salads — chopped romaine, chopped celery stick (or 2), chopped radish (or 2), mesquite chicken breast (these are the fully cooked bags of a dozen or so at Sam’s) zapped and cut up, and low-carb (not low-fat) dressings (Ken’s Ranch, Buttermilk Ranch, Caesar); I generally use a small number of optional ingredients to keep it interesting. I don’t like cukes, but dill pickles work instead (not sweet pickles), chopped up, and then with Ken’s 1000 Island. :’) Prior to that, I never ate a radish, and avoided celery like the plague.
I’ll try to remember that. Thanks!