substitutes for fatty foods?

Hi folks -

Fairly new to low-carb.

Here's the deal, before going low-carb I had been an on/off vegetarian
and generally already ate a low-fat diet. When I wasn't veggie, I
always liked the leaner meats. I hated a lot of foods in which I could
taste the fat.

I've never gone out of my way to eat highly fatty foods... now that
I've been l/c for a month I am finding that the novelty of eating lots
of fatty foods, is burning itself out.

I'm already burned out on heavy cream and chicken skin. Forget pork
rinds, the idea sounds gross to me. I like cheese, but I'm even eating
less of that.

But, I know that I need the fats to keep my blood sugar stable - when
I do low-fat AND low-carb, I'll just constantly have the shakes. The
thing is, I don't like a lot of these foods. I was adding peanut
butter and avocados to my diet, but if that's all the fats in my diet
I'll get sick of those too.

How can I add fats back into my diet without eating lots of cheese and
bacon?? I enjoy veggies, fish and chicken breast... lots of butter,
fat on meats, bacon, sausage etc. have just always grossed me out. Can
I eat veggie fats like olive oil and avocados to do the trick?

I'm looking forward at some point to adding lentils and brown rice
back into my diet for variety, but for the most part I just don't miss
other carby foods. I am finding I exercise lots more just because I
want to, because I have way way way too much energy!! I don't know if
it's dropping the carbs that's helped me lose the weight, or just that
my sugars are stable so I have lots and lots of energy to burn off the
flab with, but hey it's a good thing and I'm going to keep doing it.

I've already lost one dress size. I would like to keep going and
hopefully by July 31 my wedding gown will need major alterations

___wilson___
do-it-yourself style l/c since March 2, 2004
January: 180 lbs, dress size 16
Now: 170, dress size 14
Goal: dress size 10