shavedape
Well Known GateFan
I'll have to talk myself into the coconut oil. It's never been one of my favorite flavors. I'm more of an olive oil kind of girl (always have been). I don't do diet sweeteners. It doesn't matter which one I use of them, I can taste their presence in food. It's sad, but true.
I'm not a huge fan of how coconut tastes either but recently I started buying coconut oil (Trader Joe's Virgin Coconut Oil) and find the coconut essence to be fairly mild. In fact, the taste is so mild that it disappears when I add other ingredients to whatever recipe I'm using it in. It's a great fat to saute things in, everything from veggies to chicken, etc. Properly seasoned you shouldn't smell or taste the coconut part of it.
Years ago I did try to eat coconut oil by the tablespoon and it was just not pleasing at all. It wasn't until I actually started cooking with it in recipes recently that I learned to really like it a lot. Now the only time I take it even close to "straight" is when I use it in coffee (decaf) instead of cream. It's weird at first because it's so oily on top of the cup but now I'm fairly addicted to it. Wonderful stuff!
As for the rest, I direct you over to "Mark"s Daily Apple" which is one of those "primal" or "paleo" sites. Whatever it's called they are very very low-carb over there. The forums are very user friendly and you don't even have to be a member to use the search function. There are forums on nutrition and recipes and fitness and "odds and ends", etc. And the blog articles are interesting too.
At any rate, here's the link direct to the "Primal Blueprint Recipes" page. You should find lots of ideas and instructions for low-carb meals there.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/forum/forum7.html
Good luck on everything and don't get discouraged during the change over to a low-carb regime. It will all be worth it when you start to see and feel results, which should come quickly hopefully.