My doctor has put be on a very low carb diet. I am struggling to stay away from my beloved pasta today. I made a stew with lean beef, tomatoes, green beans, and carrots. No potatoes in sight

I have a list of foods I can have and cannot have for the first two weeks, and then I can add a few more the next two. Apparently he wants me to dramatically change my eating habits.
Do any of you have any tips, recipes or encouragement? Today is day one, and I already want a piece of chocolate which I cant have. Oh boy! Its gonna be a long two weeks....
Last year, I did a no carb thing. Did it for almost eight months and lost close to 25 pounds. I have no particular romance of food, so it was not that hard (after a week or so). Focused on chicken, fish, steak, turkey, cheese, dark chocolate, eggs, and spinach. After a week or so, got a whole bunch of energy. Then, on Thanksgiving, I threw caution to the wind and ate some of everything. It actually made me feel a little sick.
When I was single, I was limited on what I was willing to spend time cooking. I use to make about 5 pound of crabmeat salad and kept it in a large container. I would come in from work, stick a large cup into the container, and eat that. I would do that for weeks on end and it never bothered me or got old.
We actually eat very little meat; using mostly chicken and turkey. Also avoid rice or pasta. Instead of rice, the wife makes something that looks like rice but kind of sucks. Instead of pasta, the wife makes something that looks like pasta, but really sucks. I also do not do salt. No particular reason, aside from the fact that I do not like the taste.
However, I am all about bread. I love the stuff. I can take down a whole pack of Hawaiian rolls in one sitting. Also, those "blobs" of sourdough bread. That is my weakness. I also like uncooked biscuit dough, but that's a whole other story.
Come this new year, January 2nd, I am doing it again and aiming for about 30 pounds. The advantages of no or low carbs are many and well forth the agony. The wife and I have agreed that we need to start doing more stuff together, since we tend to do our own thing most of the time. We have joined a gym and will start working out together.
Ray