Low Carb Vegetarian?

So in the past, I've been incredibly successful on a low-carb diet and since I've been doing a low calorie, I've been feeling worse and worse (mood-wise) when I eat breads, pastas, etc.  Plus I've been talking to one of my friends and just found out she lost 80 pounds recently on a vegetarian style Atkins diet.  I'm thinking about doing that.

When I did the diet before, I never counted calories, etc.  I just ate a lot of meat substitutes, cheeses, etc., and I lost 20 pounds a month for 3 months.  The low carb lifestyle was good for me because eating a lot of carbohydrates never made me feel good.. Unless it's brown rice or a piece of wheat bread (I don't even like the taste of wheat bread), I get moody for some reason when I eat white flour.  I kept it off for a few years until I started a new medication and got sent away to a boarding school where I was required to eat 90% of everything on my plate (they served the same thing to everyone, no choosing what we were allowed to eat), which is partly the reason I am at the weight I am now, even two years later.

My question is, is anyone doing a vegetarian low carb diet?  If so, do you count your calories or just your carbs?  How are you doing on the diet?  What are your opinions of low-carb diets and lifestyles?

im trying a low carb during the day thing. having grain/legume,etc high carb for dinner & its also after the time i workout. your body sucks up the nutrients from carbs after a workout, its one of the best times to eat carbs, so they say. we'll see how i go. i don't like carbs at lunch time anyway as they make me sleepy, altho everything makes me sleepy according to my husband. there's also the carb cycling people, where they eat very low carbs for a few days and then have carb meals for a day & so forth. i don't think i can do that tho.