Really struggling to get back on it after Christmas :(

It may be a combination of letting yourself eat more and maintaining. I know when I first upped calories all the sudden I was starving! It lasted a couple months of riding it out but it hasn't been easy. I was getting real discouraged as I thought I'd be able to up calories more, was still not eating many exercise calories, and my weight was going up every week. It bugged me enough that I took a break from weighing.

As you already know motivation comes and goes, it's staying with it through the hard times. Things that've helped me is not having trigger foods in the house, having a planned meal, making new recipes, and trying new foods. I recently started switching up my workouts and it's helping with wanting to exercise. I've also been adding in different playlists. I just saw a bullet journal for the first time and copied the idea for a weekly exercise journal with boxes to check off when meeting daily goals. The example I saw had rewards for boxes checked. So far this week I checked everything, two boxes to go. I want a Fitbit and an air fryer but those are bigger rewards, not sure how I'll do it yet so I'll check out more bullet journals on Pinterest. Good luck!