I don't know if this helps, but sometimes, even when I can feel that I'm about to lose control with food, I feel better if I know that I'm still doing something that shows I haven't totally given up. Sometimes it helps me to change just the smallest thing. One time I tried to just sit down with the food I was going to eat and prepare it well and do my best to enjoy the taste. And then I got up and got another serving and did the same thing. And then I did it again and I wondered how many times I would go through this process. I was trying to be more like a curious observer than a condemning judge. Then I was OK. I knew I could get more if I wanted, but I didn't. I know three servings of this food is not ideal but i tell myself that what's important is for me to change the pattern of eating and hating myself and eating and hating myself and ....