I seem to have missed a good bit of the discussion, but I wanted to chime in 
with a thought or two of my own.
 Why anyone would want to go to all the trouble of counting calories, or 
grams of protein, or carbohydrates, or fats is totally beyond me. I'm being 
facetious, obviously, when I say this, but I don't think it would be 
stretching the truth too much to say that any weight loss that occurs 
because of such diets only occurs because of the excess brain power that's 
expended in having to COUNT everything all the time.
 What a waste of time...UNLESS you are actually training for something. If 
you are training for a particular sport, very unpaleo, I would think, then 
in that case it makes total sense not to eat a paleo diet. Normal people 
(whatever that means) shouldn't have to count anything.
 Paleo is really simple. REALLY. You eat the acceptable foods. You eat until 
you're sated, which is generally much less than most modern adults. If 
you're overweight, you lose weight. If you felt like crap before, chances 
are you'll feel better if you stick with it.
 What other diet can promise those results with virtually no effort? 
Honestly, all the effort I put into my diet now happens at the store, and it 
consists of having to constantly withdraw my hand from all the crap that 
I've been conditioned to want even though it's not good for me. If I can get 
home without any of it, the thinking part of my diet is over.
 That way I can dedicate the rest of my energy to things that really 
matter...like family, friends, becoming a better person, having fun.
 Don't quite know why I felt like saying all this now, but it seemed like 
the thing to do.
 Mike W.