and except for a few snacks and heavy dinners

I could be wrong but maybe its the "heavy dinners" that are turning you off

Atkins says not to overdo your eatting at one meal to space it out and NOT to eat too much just enough to make you full not stuffed

try cutting down on the HEAVY DINNERS and snack every 3 or 4 hrs instead

I also find that I do not want food - this presents a problem because from what I have read I need to eat at least 3 meals every day and it is important that my calories don't drop too low. But when you don't feel like eating what can you eat?

I love raw vegetables and happily nibble away at them during the day - but they are low in calories. Is my body happy that I am eating all day even though the calorie count is low or do I have to change the food I eat to make the calories add up so that my body doesn't think it is starving.