I agree with you so much, adkpam, that LCing gives you control over food.
As far as emotional eating goes, I have to go back to my early experiences with Weight Watchers. I was very young (13), and that's probably why I took it so to heart, when WW taught me to choose other sources of gratificaiton over food.
Whenever I felt I wanted to reward myself with food, or I was bored and wanted to eat to fill the time, or I was stressed and felt I had to munch, I would consciously find an alternative. For rewards, I started to identify things I really wanted to do or have, for being bored or stressed, I found ways to distract myself instead of eating. I made lists of non-food rewards so when I wanted to turn to food, I had a ready source of alternatives. I also made a list of things to do when I was bored or stressed (deep breathing, BTW, really works for stress).
So I've been very lucky I think to have learned early not to rely on food for emotional support. The hard part, until I found low-carb, was dealing with the constant hunger caused by carb-overload and wow did I overload
. Now that I'm satisfied with what I eat, I can say no to the candy and the breads and the rice and potatoes, and yes to the avocados and artichokes with mayonaise that I always wanted to eat without guilt and all the luscious meats and seafood and butter in my eggs and chorizo for breakfast. And the vegetables I eat now are so much more satisfying with sourcream or butter and wonderful full-fat salad dressings than they ever were when I was overeating carbs and avoiding fats, especially butter.
Now I eat for sustenance and enjoyment, but not for comfort.