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I don't honestly think it is the meat that makes you lose weight on Atkins, it is the low carb intake.

I've been vegan on a low carb diet and lost weight quickly and easily.

It just doesn't make sense to eat high fat meats, butter, cream, etc. all the time though. If you are eating 3,000 calories a day in fat, you won't lose weight, no matter how few carbs you take in. Lean protien is healthy for you, just as fruits and vegetables...

this isn't rocket science, people just want a 'quick fix'.
Moderation, rational, and health is easy.

It just doesn't make sense to eat high fat meats, butter, cream, etc. all the time though.

Why? Because the strawman says so? I'll agree it doesn't make sense IN combination with carbs. However, you seem to suffer from the common anti-Atkins misconception that low-carb is necessarily synonymous with high-fat. Atkins is not high-fat as much as it is not-fat-averse. The are even a few vegetarians who are able to successfully folow an Atkins regimen - but it much harder to do.

If you are eating 3,000 calories a day in fat, you won't lose weight, no matter how few carbs you take in.

Wrong-o. That's what all the anti-Atkins people try to hang their hat on when explaining the success of the diet, but it just ain't so. The most recent research indicates that the Atkins dieters eating more calories still lost MORE weight than the more traditional dieters. This would be comparable to my own experience, where some days in excess of 4000 calories still didn't seem to put a dent in the weight loss.

If you are eating 3,000 calories a day in fat, you won't lose weight, no matter how few carbs you take in.

That's just it: you CAN'T eat that many calories on a meat-rich diet. After a week of following Atkins' induction plan, your appetite starts to drop off dramatically. You don't really want to eat much.

And having all of that protein means you won't burn any lean muscle tissue when you being to burn through your fat stores.

I don't honestly think it is the meat that makes you lose weight on Atkins, it is the low carb intake.
I've been vegan on a low carb diet and lost weight quickly and easily.

I agree. The meat & fat are there more for keeping you satisfied. If you don't need lots of protein and/or fat to keep yourself from feeling like you're starving between meals, then it should still work for you. (Not for me, though.)

It just doesn't make sense to eat high fat meats, butter, cream, etc. all the time though. If you are eating 3,000 calories a day in fat, you won't lose weight, no matter how few carbs you take in. Lean protien is healthy for you, just as fruits and vegetables...

Well, one recent study found that low-carb dieters were able to eat 300 calories per day more than low-fat dieters for the same amount of weight loss.