I need some ideas

I agree with the post above but I have just started to be healthy myself. Also I need to lose around 50 pounds.
Anyway, that is besides the point. This past week I went to my local farmers market and I splurged on all things delicious and healthy. Especially veggies!
Dark greens are really low in calories but super high in micronutrients so I can basically eat all I want.
For example steamed asparagus (steamed in a fry pan with some fresh garlic) and red bell pepper was a snack for yesterday and if filled me up. If I am not mistaken I had about 100 calories worth but it filled almost a dinner plate.
Be creative! I have fixed a few things I didn't like but it was fun messing with food. If you have a free hour anywhere look up vegetarian recipes for awesome salads and veggie recipes. This seems a little weird for me because I definitely love my meats, but I feel like vegetarian/vegan recipes (and they really help me to ease into portion control) really spruce up an otherwise meaty diet that may be too heavy at times.
The problem with society today is that all of this processed food that surrounds us is calorie dense but they are starving us nutrient wise. It's hard, I totally admit that but once your body recognizes that it is actually getting what it needs you won't want to slow down. I have been eating healthy for three weeks and I barely have cravings anymore.
Add me as a friend if you want and we can share more recipes, but if not keep working and eat like a bunny!!

don't forget to address the mental challenge! I found my body is perfectly happy with smaller portions and fewer snacks, but my brain doesn't want to cooperate. I have to have a strategy to keep from eating out of boredom (tell yourself you can have a snack, but nor for another 20 minutes. often you turn to something else to cure the boredom), wanting to see the plate full (use smaller plates), drinking a cup of tea or water before you eat anything to fill you up or see if you're actually just thirsty. These types of things work quite well for me, and I'm not the type that has very much willpower. You can do it! Use a scale for portion control and start off by telling yourself you can eat anything, as long as you weigh out one portion at a time. Look to see how big or small portion sizes actually are on the plate. That's what my brain most needed to see. Even when I thought I was being good, I was way over. your brain's going to say "you're kidding me!" for a month, but when you get used to it, it'll make all the difference. Good luck!

So much of the whole thing is mentality & habits. If we're truthful with ourselves, the physiology of losing weight is dead easy... whatever your activity level from totally sedentary to ultra marathoner, your body will burn a certain amount of calories each day. Your body is gonna get those calories one way or another or if the calories truly aren't available then your body is going to not do some of the activities (extreme example being starving to death where the body ceases all activity for lack of calories). If you want your body to "eat itself", you've got to take in less than you burn. If you think you're dieting but no weight is coming off then you're only fooling yourself about having created a calorie deficit, because if that were actually the case then your body would in fact be sourcing it's calories from its "storage" and you would see the proof in the form of weight loss. There are only 2 paths, eat less or burn more.

So back to mentality and habit... we're extremely intolerant to hunger, which for most animals on the planet is a pretty natural state since food needs to be hunted/gathered/etc... lions don't have supermarkets. It's not easy but mentally you have to get happy when you're hungry and realize it's no reason to panic and run for the fridge, that means you're body is depleting it's own storage to do what you're asking of it. To do that you'll probably have to break a lot of habits around eating. No one size fits all there, but my approach has been to pick the worst (and I think we all know our own issues) and totally break them down one at a time. For example I gave up soda 4 years ago and not one drop has passed my lips since, man the first 2 months of breaking 30 years of habit was hard! Along the way I've learned I'm no good at moderation, so I need to accept it or go all the way to none, others may have the willpower to manage the "some" road but not me. Current self challenge... haven't had one bite of candy or desert in close to a month. Will I go the rest of my life without ever eating another piece of birthday cake... maybe, but I've come to enjoy the challenge of testing my own limits at least.