My advice DA, and this is something I have to live with as well - stick to what you're currently doing and slightly augment.
If you're on 2500 calories a day, consider the average chocolate bar is only 200-250 (normal sized) or same with the average bag of chips. It can be the large course meals (ie a homemade pasta, which can run you heavy on the calories for the day.
Plan it out - maybe eat your normal lunch / breakfast and have some snacks during the day, but have a later, lighter dinner. Or build one snack into your daily routine (even cut it in half and have it a couple times through the day). I find it is so much easier to stay with it, when you've just had a 'taste'.
I have been on the other side too though - you have to say no to that 3rd slice, because too easily it can become 4.
Anyways, that is one of the ways I cope - I've fought it all my life too.
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