I tried Atkins some years back and thought it would work well because I love to eat meat.
I lost some weight, though pretty slowly after the initial big drop and then stalled out for a couple months. Looking back I'm sure i was consuming too many calories because even though I carefully stayed under my carb count, I consumed a lot of food. After awhile I got really tired of how inconvenient I found it. I didn't really have cravings for carbs but going through all the work of figuring out was in food that others prepared was a lot harder counting carbs than counting calories. Carbs were sneaky little buggers who would turn up in some unexpected places.
Anyhow the bottom line was that I personally found carb counting to be hard to do and live "normally."
And actually one reason I avoided calorie counting up until a few months ago was that I thought it would just be carb counting all over again.
But for me, for whatever reason, calorie counting is a lot easier and has tons more options. It's just more flexible and conducive to my lifestyle.
I personally am really glad I don't count carbs anymore - but I want to stress that if it works for you, then do it! As long as your doctors checkups show you're body is healthy or becoming more healthy and you're getting enough nutrients, then I think any diet/way of eating is acceptable.
EDIT: I forgot to add that my inclination is to eat fewer carbs these days because flour based products are calorically dense. I prefer to eat more meats and vegetables. When I do get some carbs it's more often from more natural sources like agave nectar or fruit. So I think getting away from highly processed carbs like in white bread is a pretty good idea in general.