Short background: Male, 24, 5”11, currently back up to 297 lbs. I’m a binge eater. I’ve used food in a bad way my entire life. I’m also a marijuana addict and it makes the binge eating and impulse control so much worse.

Long story short after being sober from weed for two entire years I discovered a weak spot in my sobriety and relapsed for the last month straight. I’ve been totally out of control with the weed usage and thus I’ve been totally out of control with my diet.

I had lost 60 pounds in the last 6 months eating anywhere from 1,500-2,000 calories a day and within a single month I gain a whopping 30 pounds. When I say I’ve been binge eating I mean extreme extreme binging to the point of almost being sick. 30 fucking pounds. I’m devastated. I worked so hard. 30 pounds I gained in one month… that’s three months of an intense caloric deficit.

I’m getting the weed addiction taken care of, don’t worry. I’m going to get back on track with caloric deficit as well but I’m just really struggling with the idea that I have to work another three months to get off what I already lost. Someone please offer me some words of encouragement.