Gluten-free and trying to lose weight.

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I am on the lower end of the Autistic Spectrum and when I was thriteen years old my Mom and I got tested for gluten-intolerance, much to our dismay we both came out positive. Whether either of us have full blown celiac disease is unclear. In the beginning I didn't care and went on eating gluten filled food; at the time I was also pretty overweight (not morbily obese but enough to make any thirteen year old insecure) and not very happy. I ate all the time and exercised very, very little. Before the 6th grade I had been taking adoroll/ritalin regularly and choose to get off the meds; I started gaining weight gradually due to puberty and eating alot more because the meds weren't keeping my appetite low anymore.
High school I stopped gaining weight and for the most part stayed in between 150-170 for all four years(I'm 5'5). I also was on and off a gluten-free diet; not until now at eighteen have I really began to handle better control of my body. I say "better" because although I have been gluten-free for the most part in the last year I'm 169.5 lbs at the moment. I had previously lost and then gained back twelve pounds; the most weight I'd ever lost due to my own efforts. I did it in a very healthy way; I changed my lifestyle, ate more fruits/veggies, went on regular walks, did video exercizing two-three times a week, and also became more productive socially & academically which was great because I've isolated myself from others most of my life. But then when winter came I suddenly stopped and slipped up back into my old ways; then became very, very depressed. Anyone who has read my very first post on here have already witnessed this sad display I had out of desperation. I'm feeling a lot better now and have been trying to get back to that awesome person I had been for three months. I set up myself a health journal yesterday; I took "before pictures" of myself and will be taking them every other week(I want to lose thirty-five pounds). But then...after going for a walk with a friend I was trying to get back in touch with I went online and got absorbed into watching movie reviews on thatguywiththeglasses.com for three hours.
I know it's normal to make mistakes and no one is perfect but I'm still very unsure of why I slipped up so bad that I let myself regain all the weight and then fall behind in everything in my life. I even failed a class that I have to repeat now in order to complete the program I enrolled into and then also lost ALL contact with friends. I don't know why I don't have the same fir eof motivation I had when I was doing so well. I'm very confused with myself.