Welcome! We'll be trying out this approach together. :)

I am far from experienced at this, but here's my two cents on salad.

I have always loved a good salad, and I always buy premium baby greens to maximize my enjoyment. Now that I can add a generous dollop of EVOO (which I used to be stingy about) and some grated parm along with fresh ground pepper, I am not anxious to find alternative lunches. But on Atkins, there is no reason you couldn't beef up a basic salad up with ham, hard-boiled egg, chicken, shrimps, and/or cheddar cheese to make an awesome chef's salad. Or you could make chicken/turkey/tuna/crab salad with mayo and serve it a bed of salad greens.

If this still doesn't do it for you, you could move your salad to dinner time and try some other Atkins-friendly lunches. I would recommend that you try to incorporate one of the other allowed veggies if you are moving the salad to dinner.

BTW, you might want to consider joining the folks on the V-Day challenge thread or the carb count thread for ongoing support. Good luck to us both!