carbstarve,

One thing that I would add to the above comments. . . . .. . all of the people that I have spoken with who have been successful with atkins almost always share one thing in common: routine.

Find a groove which works for you and stay on it. Long, sustained periods of effective habits are what drive this thing.

Find out what is okay for you to have, and also not to have. Some people are okay(or not) with diet sodas, aspartame, caffeine, nuts, etc.

The first six months that I did this and was really losing weight, I would spend an average of 3 weeks on a fairly strict induction style plan. Then I would go nuts for one weekend to recharge myself(pizza, mcdonald's fries, peanut M&M's, beer) and then go at it again for a few weeks. Worked like a charm.

TC