Thank you Cheeky (we have had to learn just to say thank you to a compliment on this diet, rather than bat it back or rubbish it - it's about self esteem!).
I didn't really answer your question before about control around food. The answer is Yes, I do - I have little psychological tools I have learned. The principal one is about "coming into the adult self". Often, we we are over eating, there is often a rebellious child element at work. For me, if someone tried to tell me I shouldn't eat that extra portion of chips, it would make me eat double what I had intended, just to say "screw you for telling me what to do". They also teach you to beware of "I'll just..." There is no "just" when you are a food addict. So in short, if biscuits are your downfall, you may ultimately decide that you aren't a person that can eat just one, so maybe biscuits are only something you have when offered one round at a mates, rather than buying them in, IYSWIM.
There are so many things said on this thread which ring so true of what we have all admitted in this group, and then worked on. They call it "Crooked Thinking". I'll start tomorrow - if noone sees me, it doesn't count - if it's off the kids plate, it doesn't count and on and on and on!
I have had days when I've felt myself going under - old patterns of behaviour around food - especially when stressed, unhappy or overtired. We mostly use food as a sedative -to avoid dealing with what we are really feeling. If we're tired, we eat, we're unhappy, we eat. We're celebrating, we eat, we stressed, we eat. We use it as a band aid for everything, and as such, we fail to deal with real issues in our life...or to properly prioritise ourselves. Instead we get fatter, more miserable about it, and turn to the hamster wheel of food again. It's a pretty terrifying cycle to be on, and at least this diet gave me a chance to step off it for a moment, and taking a f-ing breath!