I noticed someone on this board was doing the Drinking Man's Diet. I googled and found an informative website, which outlines the diet's rules and gives a sample menu:
http://www.forbes.com/health/2004/0...f_0421feat.html
Sounds somewhat similar to the Banting diet, described in the preface to Taubes' "Good Calories, Bad Calories". I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has tried the diet. Does it work? Did you keep the weight off? Did you find it necesary to count calories?