Hi Tina. I think the more important question is, "what makes peaple cheat?" We all have to figure out why that is, and it's a little different for each of us. It can be as superficial as peer pressure or "the junk food is there," or as complicated as using junk food as an emotion crutch when you're lonely and sad. We each have to figure out what the junk food means to us (if anything) and find better ways to deal.

Then, NOT cheating becomes easy. For me, it's the negative concequences of cheating that keep me from doing it. The sugar hangover is rarely worth the slice of pizza or candy bar. Neither is the unbearable PMS. Note that I said "rarely": every now and then, I go ahead and have a cheat, and deal with it with a little extra exercise and water.

My most important factor that keeps me on the straight and narrow is the fact that I *love* the food I eat. Never eat anything you don't like. There's no need to, on this WOE.

Best of luck to you, Tina, and hang in there!