I tend to do things all or nothing. I'm lost on how to eat if I'm not on some sort of diet, but when I'm scheduled to be 'off-season' - trying to get back on a scheduled diet is hard. Training-wise, in the past it has never been a problem - every time I walk into the gym, I want to see how much I can lift. These days, due to my boatload of tendonitis and other general wear&tear issues, I just can't do that anymore. So I'm not particularly excited to go into the gym at the moment. Needing to learn how to lift "differently" and change my motivations - for the last 30 yrs I"ve gone into the gym to "get into the zone" and test the envelope... now its like .. um ... low wt / high rep? Eh.... I'm scheduled to "drink the kool-aid" and get some kettlebell training for "core" and "functional strength" (as opposed to "lifting fucking heavy stuff").
Getting started is the hard part - once I'm in the zone, I"m generally good for the duration. At the moment I"m inside of 19 weeks out from my target show, where my goal is to dump 30-40 lb, including 10 lb of muscle so I can compete in a smaller category than BB.