I'm usually very aware of what I eat.

After struggling with constant dieting, bingeing, and body image issues for most of my childhood, in recent years I finally feel like I've gotten to a place where I feel okay with myself...so long as I eat foods that are good in quality, and nutritional substance.

Lately I've been feeling like I'm slipping a little. I take a lot of comfort in the vegan diet, and although I haven't relapsed on meat or dairy, I feel I've been, in short, eating like total and utter crap. Peanut butter sandwiches, sesame noodles, loaves of bread, and more glasses of Very Vanilla Soymilk than I can possibly keep track of have begun to dominate my eating habits.

I'm not necessarily obsessed with losing weight, but I'm not entirely thrilled with the idea of gaining a ton of it either. Basically, I'm just really eager to get back to a place where I'm not chasing down carbs for comfort.

Does anyone have any tips for getting back on track? Or am I just completely off base here? I'd really love to hear if anyone has felt this way, or had a similar experience.

I think this happens to all of us every now and then, so don't beat yourself up over it.

My only tip would be that I now order a box of organics veggies that get delivered every week ... not only does it save me time and energy at the grocery store but it also saves any extra temptations at the shops AND it forces me to use up the veggies/fruit each and every week.  The weeks I skip it I find I always end up eating fast, easy and generally indulgent foods, which is okay now and then but I'm now happy to get back to my box after a week's break. 

I second the above suggestion. Don't keep vegan junk food in the house if you can help it.  Maybe save the calories for a really piece of vegan chocolate? Something you can savor and eat mindfully.

But yeah, eating well this time of year is really difficult--cold weather/short days send me right into hibernate and eat mode--so don't be too hard on yourself.