Personally, if I know it's going to be a day like Christmas, when there is a chance I will stray from my normal food plan, I don't take the phen.

I eat what I want, but I limit my portions. I don't go for seconds. I put my fork down between bites and use a small plate. These tactics may help you re-focus. For me, this is not a "diet" I'm on. I want to be able to eat in the real world without alerting everyone to the fact that I'm "dieting". However, I have a food addiction, so I'm trying to fix my brain too so that I can stop the cycle. Being on a "diet" automatically makes me feel deprived and brings on binges. Since I've started using these tactics, my binge urge has almost completely disappeared.

Good luck, you can do it! Get back up on that horse!