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I was vegetarian for 2.5 years in college, then switched immediately to atkins, a year ago on the 24th of this month. A vegetarian diet is much more open, so gaining or losing weight is completely dependent on how much you eat. Atkins is more restricted in what you can eat, but looser in the amount. I never cheated on either diet, and really didn't find them very difficult. Because of the restrictive nature of the atkins diet, you are much more likely to have health problems on the vegetarian diet. Vegetarians can eat potato chips, after all ^^ Much more cholesterol in those than in lean meat, low-carb veggies, etc.
Often the problems people have with the atkins diet are for very obvious reasons. "I ate bacon 3 meals a day for a week and got diarrhea, omg!" which is obviously not the intent of the plan =p Much like eating only figs on a veggie diet =)
Any way, both diets work, but on atkins you will rarely gain weight without cheating, even if executed poorly.
Also, the weight gain after ceasing atkins, it should be noted, follows the rules of normal caloric intake. You will not suddenly gain weight without over-indulging on calories, same as any diet.
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