Chelle: I used the BFL guidelines and Eating for Life as my approach to weightloss. It took me a year to lose the first 50 pounds. The following ten plus pounds the following year and now I just kind of chip away at it in maintenance mode.
Eating for Life was the book I used for food ideas. However, during the first five, six months my foods were pretty much the same. I was very critical of how many calories this might turn into as well. My solution was to plug everything into Fitday. It's a free online program. Basically, I just kept my macronutrients at 40/40/20 and then ate four meals a day. Five if I stayed up past 10:00pm.
Your going to become very hungry between feeds but just hang in there. It means that your metabolism is working and you just have another hour or hour and half before the next "fueling"
Hot tea, lost of water, helps at these moments.
I still basically eat this way. That is, four small meals a day and making sure that my protein and carb intake are equal. Lots of veggies too.
Good luck!