Stay out of the house

I worked at home two days last week. That was bad news for the diet.

It is easier for me to stay on-track at work. First, there's the actual work -- it keeps me busy. People often stop by, I'm sitting at my desk on the phone, and so on. Second, the vending and soda machines on my floor don't hold much interest for me.

At home, nobody stops by, and the house has lots of "food" that is very tempting -- cookies, ice cream, bagels, and so on. I tried not to cheat, but it was so easy to get up from the desk, walk to the fridge, and take a "pinch" of something. (Another thing you can't do at work -- colleagues generally frown on you taking bits of their food.)