I took a two-month break. Not dramatic. Refills, travel, work crap. First week back was humbling. Night shifts wreck my appetite. I ate cereal at 3am twice. Not a crime, just dumb. The meds aren't magic.
My old habits did the heavy lifting before. I dropped most of them. Now I'm rebuilding the boring stuff: protein shake before work, eggs at 6am, water bottle on the desk, no gas station snacks. Not weighing daily yet.
Just logging meals and walking after shift three days this week. The scale can wait. Anyone else had a gap and had to rebuild the basics first?