I fell off the wagon big time. I have been eating terribly and just not making fitness a priority like I was when I was balls deep into it. Shit, I was running 12 or more miles a day and doing some light weight workouts. Finally had that vein that runs over your bicep and my lower abs were defined to a point where you could see crazy definition there.
A few things though...had to start taking a med that just sapped me of energy, the doc thought I tore my Achilles, and I quit smoking. I vape, but it is different.
When you get off that crazy train it is hard to pick up...your mind remembers how fast you would run, but the body cannot quite do that yet.
I'll get it back, but it fucking sucks to lose it so quickly...that is what being in the mid 40s does to you I guess.