I don't want to discourage you, but your medications could be a problem...

I spent 7 years on various anti-depressants and gained about 10-12 pounds a year...diets of ANY kind did not work. Atkins talks about medications in his book (I think Ch. 20) and tries to get you to go "natural" . That may not be realistic for you.

I recently got off my meds and have started LCing for the 3rd time and am doing much better in my success.

I hope I'm wrong, but I think your meds will hinder your progress.