Weight loss and perseverance

I'm gonna join in on this one I know I'm a little late to the party lol but here's my story.
About 3 years ago in January 2016 I got sick just a cold but I couldn't get rid of it so I decided to go to the dr and get some antibiotics or whatever. Well during the exam they weight me I have never (had) never worried about my weight or anything i always ate when I was hungry and said the hell with it. I knew I had put on some weight since my early 20s but i figured I'm married with 3 kids and 31 years old I'm not trying to impress anyone so screw it I'm gonna be happy and eat what i want. Well on this trip to the dr I weighed 278lbs I'm around 6 ft tall (5-11-1/2ish lol ) I was blew away how much I weighed. Now just for reference my nickname was wormy (in my early 20s) because I was so skinny around 180lbs I wrestled @ 171 in high school. So from 2002 to 2016 I had gained 100+ pounds I was blew away. I went home and told my wife I have to do something and do it now! I was determined to make a change.
So I started eating better no junk foods no pop ,candy, honey buns, donuts ,ice cream, etc (you know all the good stuff) I started doing perfect pushups and resistance workouts. I did really well at it. I got down to my goal weight of 220 in about 7 months.
Unfortunately that is not the happy ending.
After I got my goal weight I started having cheat days and I upped my calorie intake to maintain. And started having a pop here and there. Then that turned into more more. Then next thing I know my cheat day turned into a cheat month then a year etc ( you get the point) well sadly it took me 2 years to undo all the hard work I put in! It took me a year to lose it and now 2 years later I am 17 pounds away from my original weight. :BangHead:
I'm at 260.
So last week exactly (7 days ago) I decided I'm getting back on the diet and this time no cheats I don't care what anyone says that's a horrible idea (for me anyway because I obviously lack self control)
In 7 days of not drinking any pop no candy or junk food and a 2000 calorie diet I am weighing 256 today I will find some picks of before and after.