Just simply taking action to know your TDEE and caloric intake is in my opinion, the most important lifestyle change you can make in relation to weightloss. Motivation comes and goes, days are bad and good, life happens. These are part of the human experience, and tend to be beyond your control. The brain has a threshold for cortisol (the chemical in the brain associated with stress) before you inevitably crack under pressure. Excuse the title, but watch this if you're the "If I just try hard enough, I can power through anything" type: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Wcu6aGyz8. To paraphrase this video, all sources of uncertainty good or bad, raise cortisol levels. Your brain has a literal threshold for cortisol before you lose control of your physical decision making capacities. Body will beat the mind, and there's little to be done about it. You won't make good decisions at higher stress levels, and that's a fact. In this case, all you can do is wait for the body to flush the chemicals after the causal uncertainty in your life has been resolved. You have to wait on your motivation and willpower to return. It's natural, out of your hands, and what you're experiencing is normal. Be okay with waiting. What you can control though is knowledge. Knowing your calories eradicates uncertainty surrounding the effects of your eating. I mean, that's the singular and chief concern of weight loss dieting to begin with -- "the effects of food on your weight". What's so important is that you know where you stand so there's no uncertainty. You will have days of higher motivation, and those days are awesome, enjoy them. On your bad days try your best, but if you fail it's okay, just don't stop counting. Knowledge is the only real power your body can't arrest from you in times of high stress. Let that ground you, it'll help you understand there is still a way to accurately perceive your situation and prevent a negative spiraling mindset. Be the person who always googles how many calories are in the meal they're about to eat. It doesn't matter where you do it, when you do it, or why you do it, even if you do it after you've already eaten the food. Build the habit to just own that one thing about yourself so you can always say, "I know what's happening to me".
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