Sound a bit ridiculous? Bare with me.
Often a large part of why we can't stick to lower calories or eating a certain way is because our emotional coping mechanism is to eat. So many of us regularly eat our feelings.
What if you had a place you could let them out? Because ultimately, talking about them isn't always easy or welcomed - but that doesn't mean you should bottle them up!
This doesn't mean you have to sit and get all teenage girl about it, "dear diary today I got upset at...". It also doesn't mean you have write pages and pages for it to be valuable.
The simple act of taking 1-3 minutes to write down what's going on internally allows you to get it out of your head and tormenting you into emotional over stimulation.
It means that you can process the thought it feeling, name it and move on.

For example, you're mad at someone, you're unhappy about a decision you made, you disappointed in something. Sweet, write about it.
This could be thing that stops your mental health from depleting and allows you to stick to the targets and ways of eating that make you feel good, instead of being pulled toward the biscuit tin for emotional support.
This doesn't need to wait until the end of the day either - although it can be a super easy way to habit stack (brush teeth, journal, lights out for bed). You could do it when your boss sends you into a fit of rage about a last minute deadline. Because ultimately those 1-3 minutes are going to be better spent process than flapping, being mad, bitching or eating the stale office snacks.
Give it a go this week - each night write freely and openly about how you're feeling, how the day went, the good things that happened.
Good luck!
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