Binging after work

I struggle with the same thing. If you can get yourself to microwave a pack of California blend veggies and eat that first it might help.

I can also relate to this.
Try keeping a high fiber or high protein snack in your car for the commute home. That has worked for me in the past. Greek yogurt w/crunchy granola or a bag of air-popped popcorn.

so i totally took an all or nothing approach to the leftover xmas crap.

i ate it all. in one weekend. figured i was going to eat it anyways, and the sooner i got it out of the house, the sooner it would no longer be a temptation.

that pan of fudge was divine, by the way.

and now its gone. and im sad. but not really. cause now ... its no longer there for me to obsess about.

FWIW .... the weight gain was about a pound and a half. no biggie.

I have a bad evening eating habit as well...one approach that helps sometimes is just to decide that i'll have it for breakfast instead. I try to shake up my day by staying out a bit later (going swimming, usually ;-)) and then when I get home just resisting eating long enough to get into bed and fall asleep early...and then its morning, and i'm up early and hungry enough to have a decent breakfast (rather than skipping it, as I usually do) but the junk food binge crave is usually gone. It's not a perfect method, but it works for me pretty often.

Can you eat dinner right when you get home to fill up, then have a snack later in the evening if needed?

I cannot, because I wait for my spouse, so I have a 100 calorie bag of popcorn and a piece of fruit to hold me over.

Tell your roommate to hide the junk?

I have the same problem though...even "healthy" foods can be detrimental in excess. I am a big fan of the frozen veggies that you can microwave - some of the green giant ones in light sauce you can eat the whole bag for ~100 cals and its enough volume to keep you full for a bit.

Another possible strategy - delay the decision. Don't tell yourself "NO" just shelve it, go for a walk, tell yourself that "if I still really want it in an hour I'll have some" - sometimes delaying the decision makes it easier to say no later.

1. Plan your food. Either make dinner immediately when you get home, or have a snack right when you get home to hold you over until dinner.

2. Keep yourself busy. It sounds like you're eating more from boredom/habit than because you are hungry. Fill your evenings up with fun things to do and distract yourself from wanting to eat. Build new habits.

It helps me to eat another meal mid day (around 3-4pm) like chicken veggies and sweet potato. If I'm going to the gym before supper I'll have another snack after this as well (toasted english muffin with peanut butter is my favorite). Then I eat a large meal for supper, and if I still have calories left, I will have some sweets then. Sometimes I'll plan sweets ahead, but I always wait until after my other meals are done first.
Rather than just trying not to think about food, I eat lots of volume food through out the day to prevent that "starving need snack right now" feeling that I also get.

If you want to eat right when you get home, you need to plan for it to make sure you have the correct foods. Perhaps having a container in the fridge that will hold your portioned snacks will help. I find a sliced cucumber, sliced apple, maybe some celery sticks will provide the munch and crunch that I need but with few calories. Again, weigh and log your snacks. Just remember, if you didn't buy it, it is not yours to eat so the roommate can have her junk food and it will not be a temptation to you. That said, you can have a serving (check the package to see what a serving size is and weigh it out and log it) once in a while. There are no forbidden foods as long as what you eat fits into your daily caloric goal. You may need to take a walk around a few blocks to get some exercise points so you can fit treats in.