This is sage advice - I've been health coaching for a few years now and a huge dietary up-ending is not the way to go. Does that feel like it would be sustainable to you? Heck no. Especially when, as you said, food is a major source of comfort.

Take baby steps. Find what tastes good to you. Put butter on all your veggies if it means you'll enjoy and keep eating them. Crowd out the "not so healthy" with healthy food that tastes BOMB.

Some of my favorite healthy comfort foods are: homemade hot chocolate with organic milk, coconut milk ice cream (with sea salt, almonds and chocolate/cacao nibs on top), loaded oatmeal, avocado with everything... mmm, getting hungry over here.

LOVE that you're sharing this journey with the world... and being so REAL about it. We need more of that!