How can you stay motivated and resist temptation while dieting?

Just guts: And self control with the anticipation of better health.

Outlined in a book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0692496157/ Self control has an over 95% failure rate. avoiding the situation, substituting other foods, or having everything the same but changing the circumstances or various brainwashing techniques. Putting a gold star at the spot you overcame an impulse, or rethinking a context in which you had an urge and putting negative associations onto it. book outlines better