Greeting from a fellow 39 year old male.

Ken has summed things up pretty well. The very fact that you've done this before proves that you can do it again.

Just don't ever stop this time; make this your new normal. I too put a little back on last year after treating myself a little too often and am currently working on shaking the last of it back off. That was something of a lesson learned for me, that this really has to be my new normal too. So be it.

Hope to see you stick around, and maybe start a journal?