This may sound silly, but I quit smoking at the beginning of this year, and I employ a lot of the same tactics to quit snacking with abandon. The main one was to change my habits. If I always snacked while I was watching TV, for example, I started doing crunches or playing with my dog while watching TV. If I always had a snack when I curled up in bed with a book, I started drinking water or tea instead then, or snuggling with my dog. Changing the things I felt like I was automatically doing, doing without thinking about them, helped me be more conscious about my decisions, and stop the mindless snacking. The important part, and it was the same for smoking, was to already have a plan in mind. You can't come up with what you'll do instead when you already have the cheezits or the smoke in your hand. You have to know in advance what to do in that situation.
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