Article: Figure out which foods you most want to get out of your diet. Keep a food journal to see what exactly you are eating, how much, and how you feel afterward (both mentally and physically). It might surprise you. The foods you most want to cut out might be the ones that you turn to most, or they might be the treats that are the least healthy for you. Start with just one food that you want to eliminate from your diet and work on not eating that for a week. Do not replace it with another food, or eat more of other foods you crave to make up for its loss. Try drinking a glass of water instead. It certainly won’t be the same, but it can help fill you up and get you on a path to better eating. Try to note which foods cause you to overeat or which you have difficulty resisting. If you have a long history of giving in to food cravings, it’s going to take time to break yourself of the habit. You might need to just work on cutting out one of your naughty foods per week. Be patient as you learn what works and does not work, and most importantly, be gentle on yourself – slip ups are an inevitable part of changing what is, essentially, a bad habit. If there are places or times where you’re more likely to eat naughty foods, steer clear of them. If you can’t see a movie in the theater without your chosen candy, don’t go. If you and a friend always eat cake when you go to a certain restaurant, change it up and go somewhere that doesn't serve cake. Make it harder for you to indulge in your cravings. Aim to eat regular, small-sized meals throughout the day that are healthy and well-balanced. This will help to maintain your blood sugar at an even level and prevent craving spikes. Avoid refined carbohydrates as much as possible. As delicious as they are, they stimulate cravings by making your blood sugar spike and then drop dramatically. A big reason why many people cannot make food changes is that the alternatives seem "too hard". When breaking a habit, use the time to retrain this mindset by finding all of the ways to make it "too easy" and replace those naughty foods. Some ways to help yourself include:  Purchase pre-cut nibbling vegetables. Or prepare a large amount of vegetables for snacking on over several days and leave in the fridge for the weak moments. It's much easier doing the effort in big batches than hurdling the "I don't want to prepare it" excuse at the time you need a snack. Great veggies to keep ready to snack on include: celery, carrot, sugar snap peas, radishes, bean sprouts, etc. Always keep low-fat, delicious dips on hand. Create separate rationed portions with the acceptable calorie/sugar/fat, etc. content per serving. Know that when this portion is consumed, that's it! Read how to choose healthy snacks.

What is a summary?
Make a plan. Go slowly. Stay away from situations that might make you eat. Eat regularly and practice portion control. Make it really easy to eat foods that aren't naughty.