What works best for me is calculating my protein requirement based on my lean body mass using:
http://www.getrolling.com/orbit/zoneCalcFemale.html
(ignore the Zone recommendations, just use it to calculate LBM & protein, which is what Protein Power does).
My protein requirement is 77-81g, as opposed to the USDA recommendation of 48-54g for me. So PP/Zone protein levels would be considered high by the fodder-pushing US government. I ate the USDA levels for decades while following various low-fat low-cal diets and always felt weak and tired, until I switched to Protein Power levels of protein (and 20-30g/day net carbs) and felt good on it for several years, dabbled around for a couple of years and ultimately returned to these levels which are optimal for me.
Then (mid-2000s I think) Mike Eades blogged about a Swedish study of middle-aged women who had a hard time losing, who ate more protein (~100g/day for sedentary/light exercisers). I tried it for a few months and did lose a bit more weight each week (1 lb instead of 0.5), but I think it was mainly water since I felt weak, tired and was constantly thirsty and spent a lot of time peeing. I also got the dreaded dragon breath and very dry skin. Despite drinking up to 3 gallons of fluids a day, I was peeing 1-2x per hour and got so dessicated that my eyelids would stick to my eyeballs! (I made sure I got enough potassium, but I wasn't hip to the need for NaCl too back then). So I went back to the 81g/day of protein and felt great again and lost more slowly, but I was losing fat.
I also dabbled with less protein, more fat, slightly more carbs (~50g) following Kwasniewski. But that led to carb cravings and not feeling as energetic as on Protein Power. The one thing I kept from Dr K's plan was the increased fat, since I was never hungry.
My advice is to tweak your diet to find what level of protein works best for you, logging everything you eat and how you feel and stick with each change for at least a week, preferably 3-4 weeks to evaluate it. I found +/- 20g of carbs, protein, or fat (changed one at a time) made
large differences in my feelings: hunger/satiety, agitated/calm, tired/energetic, etc. I also found I felt best when I ditched all grains, legumes and most dairy.