Congratulations on your wonderful start! It's really obvious that you are excited and committed to doing this! You're doing great.
A few hints -
1. You get the weight loss tracker thing from
www.tickerfactory.com . You make your ticker and then cut and paste it onto your signature (which can be accessed by going into User CP on the toolbar).
2. I REALLY suggest you start journal. You go into the Journal section and start a new thread. That thread is your journal. People will visit you in your journal and post support and you should do the same for other members. It's the best way to make your on-line friends and wil really make you feel like part of the gang.
3. MOST PEOPLE have a week 2 or 3 stall. I'm not saying it will, but if it does happen to you, DO NOT get discouraged. It's normal. It doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong. Your body is just adjusting.
4. I find it helpful to keep track of my carbs and calories on
www.fitday.com
In order to get truly accurate counts, you will need to input "custom" foods, but I find that their selection of foods is pretty comprehensive and you can get fairly accurate results as long as you are honest about the portions you are consuming. I count calories as well as carbs, but not everyone needs to do that. If you are going to count calories, a helpful guideline (for me) is goal weight x 10 or 12 (depending on level of activity). So on days I work out, I try to stay under 1800 cals. On days I don't work out, I try to stay under 1500. Fitday is also good because it helps you to see when you aren't getting ENOUGH calories. It's important not to eat any less than 1200 calories a day (as a rough guide). It can slow your weight loss. Since the state of ketosis acts as a natural appetite surpressant, some people find it hard to get enough calories. If I were to criticise your menus, I would say that some days it looks like you may not be eating enough.
5. You are SO GOOD to exercise. Most people will see results even without exercise, but if you do put the time in at the gym, your body will really firm up and you will lose INCHES much more quickly. A lot of people find that lo-carbing helps them be smaller at a higher weight, because unlike very low cal/low fat diets, lo carbers don't lose a lot of muscle mass while they are losing weight.
6. Although you can initially lose weight really quickly on Atkins, for most people the losses slow to a much more reasonable 1-2 pounds per week. This is still great progress and you shouldn't get disappointed if the losses really slow down. So if you really stick to it, by September, you should be able to see about 170ish. But with all your exercise, you will look like you weight 20 pounds less than that.
Good luck, Jules. You so have the right attitude! Start a journal so we can follow your progress!
Good luck to you and me! 
Is there a limit as to how much bacon you are allowed during induction? I want to make sure I am not going over my 20 carbs a day! 
Oh well, I am not going to give up. I even made my fiance pancakes without temptation, which is a good thing.
I hope I can make it down to 190 by Friday. I felt so good this morning and I am excited that the weight is coming off. Thanks to all that have given me words of encouragment, you have no idea how it has kept me on track and gives me something to actually look forwards to everyday!! 
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