Is there an emotional, thought, attitude, and lifestyle element to eating well?
Definitely all of the above! LOL. Eating healthy will bring up all sorts of repressed emotions (now that you are being healthy and making it safe for those feelings to emerge) and a healthy questioning about the assumptions of what is normal. This emotional detox can give rise to long-buried feelings of all kinds. Anger, guilt, confusion are not uncommon. Try to accept and show love to those feelings like you would a hurt child. Dont try to eliminate them or supress them just make it ok to have them and be with them, then keep on with your goals. Don’t lose focus!