HI Welcome to the Lowcarb forum. I'm sure you'll find lots of friendly support here.

Glad to hear you're picking up a copy of the Atkins Book, the forum is great, but having a copy of the Lowcarb Bible at your fingertips is important too. You'll find you refer to it many times.
I've been lowcarbing 1.5 years and still check back at it.

Good luck, keep us posted of your progress.