1. Don't habitually eat your favorite sweet at the same time of day, in the same mood, or in the same place.
2. Don't eat your favorite treat when you're hungry. Research shows that we're more likely to crave a food when we come to associate it with fulfilling hunger.
3. Don't make the object of your desire taboo. Forbidding yourself to have it at all, or allowing it only on very special occasions, may make you more likely to binge when presented with an opportunity. "The worst thing you can do is say, 'There's a food we shouldn't eat,' " Have them every now and then and enjoy what you're eating.
