I play 'mind tricks' on myself. If am ready to reach for something on impulse, before I put it in my mouth I visualize it as something totally different. For example a pretzel might become a pitch fork; a piece of bread might become an old musty mattress; a piece of hard candy transforms into a rock; a scoop of mashed potatoes becomes cotton batting! Any RIDICULOUS mental image that will make me stop, laugh and break the cycle just long enough for me to change my mind!!!

I actually sat down one day and took all of my favorite foods...those that triggered over eating in me. I made a chart of those foods and picked the most outrageous things I could think of to take their place mentally. It is becoming second nature now to 'see' those foods as the transformed objects. I guess it is my own personal diversion program!!