<human>: Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?

These last 8 months i have been in a deep dark pit of which I thought there was no return from. In this 8 month span I quit an amazing job I had, gained 30 pounds (i was already a bigger dude to begin with), watched my relationship of 2 1/2 years crumble to nothing, and self admittedly turned into a slob.

Im not quite sure what had happened to me but I fell into a motivation-less hole that I thought couldn't get out of. I went from a outgoing, social person, to a nothing.

This led me to being 5'11 and 280 pounds. I always hovered around 240 but was never really down on myself. I knew I was a bigger guy but I guess I was kinda able to pull it off. I had enough self esteem to get me through that. 

What led me to my wake up call was my aforementioned girlfriend breaking up with me. As weird as it sounds then next day I woke up earlier than I ever had in that 8 month slump and went straight to cleaning up my apartment, putting in job applications and eating a salad for lunch and dinner ( I cant remember the last time I had a salad before this).

Fast forward two weeks and here I am. I went to my first job interview yesterday which was a positive step in the right direction and have maintained my diet as well as going to the gym which has lost me 12 pounds in these past two weeks.

Here is the reason I am posting in this sub reddit. I need a bit of help with my diet. I in a given day have been eating around 900 calories, 30 carbs, and on average 20gs of protein a day, while taking a multivitamin, and ONLY drinking water with an occasional morning coffee. Yet some people say I am "starving myself" Am i doing this right?
<bot>: I went from being a depressed overeating slob and need some help on a diet plan that is not only healthy but not starving myself.