Hello Lauren, welcome to the board. I am newer here myself, but been doing Atkins on and off for the last two years. I find this forum to be very helpful and very inspiring.

First you should take all of your measurements and not put much emphsis on the scale. I measure once a week and am seeing some good results. I am heavier than you, so I am going to lose faster than you for a while.

Next, don't give up, we all have our up and down days, that is just how it goes. On the down days, find something positive about yourself to think about and focus on.

Next, you might want to try fitday.com to enter your daily food intake and see just how many carbs and calories your getting each day. Sometimes we are getting more carbs than we should and don't even know it. Same with calories, might not be eating enough.

Have you started an exercise program yet? This is going to really help to get the weight off. You can lose without it, but its not the healthy way to eat.

Next you might want to go to the boocamp/journal section and start a journal of your own. http://forum.lowcarber.org/forumdisplay.php?f=36

Be sure to read others journals as you go through the above link, some of the stories will get you so excited, you won't know what hit you.

Here are some other good links I have found here, I am sure there are many more though:
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=28939

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...?threadid=15909

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=175492

http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=167955

I don't think there is any fruit allowed during induction. Its best to get the book and read through it. You can try www.atkinscenter.com, it has all the induction stuff there. Good Luck to you, feel free to stop in my journal if you need anymore help.