I've found blogging very helpful as well. During September I fell off of the wagon in a big way, and in particular I ate everything in sight when I was out of town (September is a busy month where I work, so I was out of town for at least one night a week).
I found it very difficult to get back on track, so I set some rules for myself, bought a journal, and carry it with me all the time. I record what I've eaten, how many calories, how much water, how much exercise, and how many of my rules I've managed to stick to for that day. I've found it's kept me from having anything extra when I normally would have given in, if I know there's going to be a record of it.
It's hard to eat something and then pretend it didn't count because of whatever reason (crappy day, out of town, don't want to cook) when you have to write it down.
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