Regressing

you dont have to ignore it completely. give it a little bit of what it wants so its satisfied. like, if you want cake, have cake! just a small piece. doing that makes it so that it doesnt all build up into one week of just gorging, like what happened.

Actually, that's similar to an alcoholic who tries to stop his drinking habits by only having a small drink every now and then. It doesn't work. Self-induced, complete abstinence from your consummatory nemesis is, however, a viable strategy. Cope with your withdrawal and it will eventually become insignificant. Subsequently, you won't find any need to pamper yourself with your problematic source of endorphins even when you are able to.

Personally, I have found that it takes about four months to completely get past my seemingly intrinsic desire for refined sugar.