Easing into it, but feeling hampered by stress

I am on day 3 and although I feel I am slowly easing into it all, the last couple of days have been a bit hard. One of the reasons I eat is as a reaction to stress, and the last couple of days have had their stress points! Yesterday I received the sad news that Uncle Bill died. This was sad news indeed. The desire to pop to the shop to buy some comfort food started to rear its head. I then had a slight misunderstanding about my transport to my evening SPCA event which almost had me in hysterics as I thought I was going to be late....(I'm probably banned from calling our local taxi service now!) However, once I was at the event, I was far too busy to think about eating comfort food.

Today I have been quite stressed at work. I am in a flux situation where I have the benefit of a new member of staff to assist me with my workload, but the initial training actually puts me backwards and causes a bit more stress, albeit on a temporary basis. The days at work will be hardest as that is when I most want to eat. However, I was a good girl and didn't eat junk food (I purposely didn't buy any) and stuck to my bananas and coconut yoghurt.

Part of problem with my system is that I am a grazer (as my Pop says), meaning I need to eat all day, but small portions. This doesn't encourage sticking to 3 meals a day so I have to decide what will work best for me. My body asks for food every 3 hours, and if I ignore the request, it takes revenge by producing a large amount of gas. For anybody who knows me well, this wont come as any surprise at all. However, I combat excessive wind by eating every 3 hours, and this usually does the trick. So, another challenge is to work out what to fill the gaps inbetween meals with. So far today, I had a banana at 10.30am but then didn't eat anything at 4.30pm. I am now waiting for my steamed veggies to cook and I am absolutely starving (not to mention full of wind as I missed the 4.30pm snack).

Oh the joys of listening to one's body and learning to fulfill its needs, rather than desires. I guess I will have to treat it like a child - 'I wants, don't get' as the old saying goes.