Desire

Reading the second Sutra, I must apply it to something with which I am currently struggling: my desire to eat animal crackers with chocolate chips in large quantities. I want them. I eat them. I want more. It's a cycle that is hard to break. Why is this bad? They are not very healthy. I think it is OK to eat them in small amounts. Like little rewards or tasty celebrations of flavor in my mouth. But to gluttonously keep going back to the bag of chocolate and jar of cookies...this is certainly allowing my desires (manas) to be in control of my mind and body. I would like to be able to control this desire as part of my yoga training. If I can successfully control my manas thoughts, I can be on my way to a yogic path of controlling my world.