Coming back from 8 months of alcoholism
First picture is from December (157 lbs), and second pic is now (140 lbs, 5’5, 22 y/o), the rest are my current lifts. I’ve been struggling with casual drinking and heavy smoking for the time period in between and even a bit before, and I’ve basically lost all I’ve worked for. I stopped drinking and I’m weening off smoking, i miss how healthy and strong I felt a year ago, and I’m tired of letting my external problems pull me away from taking care of myself. Before then I was weight lifting consistently for a little over a year. How do I slowly build myself back up? I know muscle memory is real but I want to do it properly enough to not inure myself. Im going to start doing 100 pushups a day alongside 50 pull-ups (spaced out appropriately ofc) to get myself in a groove again. Is it ok if I start cardio again or should I just focus on building my muscle back for the time being? I’ll take any type of advice from switching up some of my workouts, any meal advice, or exercises to start doing to keep maintenance. Anything will help, thank you guys 🙏🏿