If you know chatting in the kitchen is going to cause you to raid the pantry... take the conversation elsewhere. If lingering at the dinner table makes you long for dessert... vamoose!

Don't use the kitchen table for other activities like paying bills if you know you can't fight temptation. (The cookie jar always calls my name when I'm busy crunching numbers.)

And before you head to the family room, take a brisk walk and make a pre-emptive strike against the mother of all danger zones ... anywhere near the TV!

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