Getting back to it!

Hello again /r/loseit! I'm back with a success story - sort of. I went from 330 lbs down to 227 back in 2017. It felt awesome! But slowly, gradually put the weight back on over the years and now I'm back over 300 lbs. Covid didn't help. I was virtuously doing my civic duty by staying at home and not going out. I've held on to some of the good habits I established during my successful weight loss. But obviously it wasn't enough to prevent back sliding.

One thing that I found really helped was frequenting this subreddit, so that's why I'm posting today. It helps to keep my head in the game mentally. I remind myself about my goals and that helps me remember to pass on that second helping of supper or bed time snack.

I try not to think of it as a failure that I regained all this weight. The fact is, I did successfully lose 100 lbs, so I know it can be done and I know I'm capable of doing it. But I think I cut myself too much slack because it feels like something I've already accomplished. I've been thinking about trying to get back to losing weight for the last 5 years. And I haven't made any real progress, so I really don't have anything to show for that accomplishment other than a set of data points and some unflattering shirtless photos.