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I know this is how things were for me and I am guessing that it is the same for many other people.

I knew I had to lose weight, I told myself constantly that I had to, that I couldn't keep going on my current path. Yet it never seemed to happen. I would always end up following the same path, the same habits, at the time I would never think that I shouldn't be doing it, it was just habit. I would hit the McD's drive-thru, or eat a full pack of crackers with soup without really considering whether I should do that or not. Then, later in the the night I would see myself in the mirror and again tell myself that I need to make a change. To stop eating the garbage. Yet, the next day I would do the exact same things, again without thinking. This would go on for months.

Even now, even when I am eating clean it is still a challenge to avoid those familiar, comfortable habits and try to forge new, clean habits. So what are some of the tricks you use to break yourself out of your habits?

For me, I write in my blog daily about everything and keep a track of foods in CalorieKing. I have a little reminder beside my computer on a Post-It reminding me to eat every couple hours because when I get into something on the computer I can lose several hours at a time. On our fridge my girlfriend has pictures from our trip to Mexico for a friends wedding. They aren't up there for this purpose but I use them to remind myself of how I look and how much I never want to look like that again.

So what are some of the little things you do to keep you on track?