Hi Thats pretty much what I did - I was feeling that the diet was too heavy and basically started by making more palaeo carb choices (eg no more sugar free jelly!) and finally cut out the processed meats eg bacon, ham, sausages and the dairy. Atkins was invaluable for me as a transition stage - otherwise stright to palaeo would have been disastrous for me. It made me realise I could enjoy eating freely under a new paradigm / framework and that elimination is far from deprivation. And as mentioned, the exclusion of fruit means that fruit can be reintroduced as a delicacy rather than a healthy alternative to the chocolate you really want - fruit becomes the sweet treat it always was and should be. Caroline _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.