Here's how I approach hi-carb foods: If I can find a way to keep the carb count down near the protein count, then I'll indulge the food.
For example: A slice of Pizza Hut's standard pan pizza w/pepperoni has ~ 13/26 (grams protein/non-fiber carbs). Not good! But if you get a thin-crust meat-lovers pizza, it comes in at a better ratio of 14/20. Then just make sure you don't eat all the crust, and that'll bring the carb count down towards the 14g of protein.
That's my idea of a balanced diet. :-)
BTW, some Atkins dieters insist on ordering hamburgers with a lettuce "bun" & they swear by them. I think that's just too obsessive. I rip the excess bun off as I eat the sandwich, and I figure I end up eating 1/2 the bread that I would otherwise.
I still wouldn't eat pizza or other fast food several times a week, but it works great as an occasional indulgence.
I have to eat burgers this way because I am gluten (wheat) intolerant (celiac disease). A 99-cent Wendy's Bacon Cheeseburger sans bun is reeeally good 8-) YUM!