Vacation ended up being a disaster

So I was five and a half months in when I left for vacation last Sunday. I had lost 66 pounds since early February with the weight loss breaking down as follows:

Month one - 20 pounds
Month two - 15 pounds
Month three - 13 pounds
Month four - 6 pounds
Month five - 9 pounds
Month Six (first half) - 3 pounds

I went on vacation to the lake. I had things planned out to where I could take a break from my strict workout regiment and be a little more relaxed with my eating. That very quickly just fell by the way side. I remained active and continued to drink a lot of water but I was eating pretty bad. No binging or anything like that,but I was snacking a lot and eating stuff like Pizza, burgers and fries, etc. The last day of the vacation I went off. I had a baconator from Wendys and fries for lunch with a huge coke, and then pizza for dinner with soda. I also had two king size peanut butter cups and a half gallon of milk before I went to bed. I knew I was going to be up some weight when I got back but I was astonished when I stepped on the scale. I had gained 8 pounds.

Yesterday was the most difficult day I have had since I started this journey in early February. I got a big time case of the "**** its" and just wanted to give up. I managed to fight through it it though and had a good day. I even tried to turn this around and make it something new, make it a brand new challenge. Since I started this I let my beard grow. Besides some small trimming and shaving my neck I let that son of a ***** go full on mountain man. Yesterday I shaved it off and shaved my head with a straight razor. I kind of felt like I needed to reinvent this whole thing and myself at this point. I have already lost 1 pound back and i am bound and determined to (if nothing else) lose 4 more pounds by next Sunday which would end the 6th month and get me back to where I was at the start of the month and then I can go from there.

I am a sports fanatic and one sports cliche I have always held onto is "you learn more about a champion not with how they respond when things are going well, but how they respond when things go bad". I have worked so hard and come so far and I won't let this get away from me. For the time being I am back to the basics of taking this one situation at a time, one meal at a time, and one day at a time.

I honestly believe I can make this a learning experience and positive and that I will be stronger for this. I have had some weeks along the way where I only lost a pound, even a couple where I maintained my weight. I haven't gained any weight since I started this up until now and I am really going to be tested here. Any kind words, encouragment, etc would be greastly appreciated.