I have noticed that a pattern of failure for me starts with poor sleep. Once poor sleep domino falls it triggers a cascade of not wanting to workout because of how tired and down I feel. Then mentally failing starts to creep in, that fail feeling is evil it promotes seeking comfort from poison.
That poison is always coming from self talk of “Just a little, the day is lost anyways, you will start tomorrow and get back on it.” This leads to digestion going south. This will make me down mentally and the compound horrible sleep into now days in a row.
That chain of events is very hard to get back out of and it spirals. I think this series of events is what has most people trapped! It is chicken and egg and for me, the way out is to remember digestion. When the nostalgia of processed foods and over indulgence hits, I am training myself to immediately remember digestion.