Paleo diet?

My body hates wheat, so Paleo / Primal, low carb-ish, what have you works well with me. I take a mostly primal, low carb approach - higher fat, moderate protein, moderate to low carbohydrate. Little to no grains, with a focus on whole foods. I've found when I up my fat intake I tend to have an easier go of losing weight - however, this doesn't work for everyone and not everyone agrees. Anyways...

There are a lot of theories regarding paleolithic nutrition, so it's not necessarily a one size fits all approach. I'd say the best resources to check are:

Neanderthin by Ray Audette
Primal Body-Primal Mind by Lora Gedgaudes
The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain
Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson
Evolutionary Fitness - developed by Art DeVany (it's a paid website)
Lyle McDonald (to an extent...at least his work with Ketogenic diets makes sense in this regard)
the work of Drs. Mike and Mary Dan Eades, authors of Protein Power
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcom Kendrick
The Vegetarian Myth by Lierre Keith

You'll find some who advocate higher fat, some who don't, some who advocate more carbs - it all varies - generally you will find a moderate avoidance of wheat and processed foods with the majority of those resources.

Anyone tried this? I was surfing the internet and found this diet interesting and I'm gonna maybe give it a try, along with a new workout routine.... anyone done it before or heard of it?

My mom did paleo for a while.
It's interesting. I couldn't do it. I like pasta (even if it's whole wheat) and bread (whole grain) and cheese/other dairy.
The idea is to eat only what the cavemen would have eaten. If it's been processed, don't eat it.
Unfortunately in our society that is extremely difficult to do as almost everything's been processed in some way.
You can of course still do the diet with as little substitution as possible.
It definitely worked for my mom, but be careful with adding items back in once you're through with the diet... you will gain some weight back.

It's certainly a choice and way of life. Are there times when I'd like to have some bread? Yes, but they're definitely more rare these days. Will I eat bread while I'm in France later this year? You bet your sweet @$$ I will. But I won't go overboard by any means because I've lost the desire to binge on carbohydrates. Pasta seriously does taste like cardboard to me. I had some a few weeks ago when I was in Canada (Barney here had no choice - it was a customer meeting) and it really did not appeal to me. Luckily they also had salad, so I loaded up on that and ate a small amount of pasta. I also have seemingly lost my taste for pizza, too, which for someone living a stone's throw from NYC - this may be certifiably insane.

And believe me, this is sometimes insane to me because I used to be a huuuuge carbo-head.

There's some that follow the primal/paleo way extremely hardcore and don't eat any grains. Some of us do have them on rare occasion. I think of them as a "use sparingly" food group. I choose to get carbohydrates from fruits, vegetables, and tubers. Sometimes I will have quinoa or wild rice as a side (if available) in restaurants. I don't really adhere to a mentality that things are big no-no's or completely off limits. I've gotten to the point where I know what foods work for me and what foods do not. I know where I fall on the "carb curve" and stick close to it. It's been working, I feel good, and I have learned to plan indulgences (i.e. half a tumbler of whiskey on ice or something, LOL).

The biggest driving factor is that I'm getting loads of energy, no brain fog, and I'm not chomping at the bit to eat every 2 hours. I can actually fast for 24 hours and not feel like I'm going to turn into the Hulk and rip open the vending machine LA riot style.