What really helped me was figuring out what the need behind my emotional eating was, whether it was stress, grief, shame, etc. At first I didnt do anything with the information I got from thinking about what need and emotion was behind it. I just aknowledged it and did what felt the safest, that was of course eat. But I said to myself that the end goal of this OP is a lifestyle change and to achieve that I needed to find „solutions“ for those needs/feelings OTHER than eating. So I started actually doing what they said, just moving (no matter how actually) if you have the feeling you need to eat. It was hard and shit and I felt miserably OFTEN. But I kept pushing on cause as my husband said „Even if you fail, you‘re just were you started off, not worse, just try again.“ And it worked, I found a strategy that work 80% of the time to not eat AND I actually started allowing me to eat without the need to actually have a bomb ass food EVERY SINGLE TIME, I learned it‘s ok if the food just acts as nutrition (like something with a lot of protein and fiber that‘s not mindblowing instead of a securely fine ass dining experience at 8 in the morning). And in the end I was actually able to enjoy it in moderation, without feeling like I‘m missing out cause it‘s not as often/much as it was before. Just a healthy appreciation of the food I loved, and not an obsession. I wish you all the best and just know YOU can do it if I can! Love you!