Thanks for the tips! What we're having trouble with are the meats. We've been getting by on Adkins by eating chicken thighs and the cheapest ground beef-chicken breasts and lean ground sirloin are way more expensive!
We may try a modified plan...stop covering everything in butter and cream, only have fatty cuts of meat one or two nights a week, switch to lowfat cheese, stuff like that. I'll let y'all know how it goes!