My two cents:
It's hard for me to answer the question, because I'm on day five, and I already went off two days for the flu, so I'm not exactly a poster girl for Sticking To It! right now
But whenever I go on diets and get
serious, it's not so much a specific reason that can keep me away from the chocolates and other temptations as flat-out distractions. Get up, leave the house, and go somewhere. Curl up with a good book or movie. Putting the moves on Mr. Relly is always useful
Sometimes I'll lie to myself if need be. "Those chocolates actually fell on the floor, and the cats got sick ALL OVER them. I don't want chocolates that still have cat sick on them." And I KNOW that I'm lying, I'm cracking up while I'm thinking it, but somehow it switches that little lever in my brain that says "Oh! Can't have that." and I stop obsessing over "OOoooooh, I
NEED that..."
"That box of Ritz crackers is
empty. I just forgot to throw the box away."
It sounds stupid, I know, but if it gets me through the momentary crisis of "MUST HAVE", then maybe it's not all that stupid.
Good luck coming back to the Beach!