It's happened to me many times in my life as well. At least you recognize it before it gets out of control and take some initiative to change. I tell people that when their clothes start to get tighter to not make the mistake of going out and buying new, larger ones.... instead, recognize that you need to make changes to your life.
Good on ya for taking initiative.
It's just so frustrating to have 'done so well' in the past, and then I take a break for a week and completely lose all momentum. The same thing happens with exercising too. I ran a half marathon back in Feb 2021, and then took a couple of weeks off to recover, and promptly lost interest and stopped. Now I'm almost back at square one again...
I need to work on consistency... and like you say, the first step is to be aware of the problem in the first place.
Thanks for the support!