Well, the latter is certainly healthier than the former.

If I really want to, I eat - but only some. Like, I'll be good all week and decide that THIS weekend - I'll have a COKE! (That's *a* coke, y'all). That way, I never do the whole 12-pack because all week I can think, well, this weekend I can have ****. Or whatever it is I'm craving.
I try to crave only one thing a week. That's the hard part, not lasting from Monday to Friday night.

About mood swings, I'm very lucky to have a LARGE kith/kin group that is spread around enough that I can lean on several, really, before the rest hear about it and I start feeling like a burden. I used to have a larger one, bloody layoffs *%)#%&($.

However, I can ALWAYS come to the Mudcat. I got great support here when I didn't get full custody of the twins, or when my niece died, or whenever my dad's death was getting to me, or what have you. Please PM the anonymi that they can PM me, anytime!