It can be really rough at first - it's also easy to relapse in the future - but the best thing to do is make a pact with yourself to not eat over what is stressing you and just deal with it without the using of food. Examine what you are really doing by using food. Are you trying to avoid something? Hide something? Swallow your feelings by eating instead of allowing yourself to feel them? Not saying something you really want to say? Allowing someone to make you angry and then soothing yourself by eating?

A couple of phrases I've used on myself is "Am I operating from the strongest part of myself?" and "Is this the hill I want to die on?"

You're making a good first step by trying to find the answers and you will find what's right for you. Don't give up!

Karen