I keep falling off the wagon after doing so well :(

how about making them at home yourself? they are pretty easy and nothing particularly high calorie : flour, eggs, milk.
make your own syrups using a little maple syrup mixed with pureed fruit. i've also heard of people on here making protein pancakes with protein powder mixed in the batter.

I know right? I can totally understand where you are coming from. I do that too and get so frustrated with myself later. Why is willpower so hard?

I am really struggling to maintain compliance with the amount of calories I am supposed to be eating. I will do great for 4-7 days, but then get horrible cravings to overeat. There is a diner place right by my work that has great pancakes. They are my weakness. I never want to go there again but it's hard. The craving is really strong, and it's right by my work.

I did this today after a number of perfect days. Today was particularly stressful at work and I know this is why I ended up going to the diner. I wanted those pancakes for comfort from stress.

If you fall off the wagon, just get back on it. Then drive it around the block several times as penance.

Are you constantly telling yourself that you cant have certain things??

do you have a lot of stress around you or are you stressing about what you eat??

Stress can bring on a maternal instinct to suckle or in our case consume food, yes comfort eating is a true phenomena.. also it brings on a hormone that puts you in starvation mode and conserves calories..

the root cause could be your release mechanism to stress, could you not take 10 mins to wind down after your day in work, take a stroll around and chat to people? i used to change my shoes before leaving, making it a routine to leave the stress in the shoes, THAT WORKED!!

failing that leave all your money at home so you cant buy any!!

You don't have to give up the pancakes, and it doesn't have to stall your loss.

Plan for it once a week, this way you won't feel deprived and will make it much easier to continue. So even if your favorite pancake meal is 1500 calories - workout the day you have them, eat those and something else smaller later in the day and you can still maintain a small deficit.

Now if you are eating just because of stress, then to find a new activity for relief. Biking long distances and lifting work great for me when I need to get rid of some stress, or I hit the punching bag for awhile

I agree with this.

If you're comfort eating, and eating to cope with emotions, or to stop feeling emotions, or to change your state of mind etc, then that is something that you will need to address in order to be successful long term. However, it doesn't happen overnight. In the meantime, completely cutting out foods that you really enjoy can be a recipe for disaster, and is completely unnecessary to weight loss. Honestly, I would try to incorporate a trip to the pancake place once a week. Obviously, if you can make choices that are lower in calories, then it will be easier to fit them into your daily intake. For many people, as soon as they tell themselves they can't eat something, they start craving it even more. Reassure yourself that you can have your favourite foods on a regular basis, as long as you fit them in, and you'll probably find the cravings reduce.

It may be that you want to cut down on how often you eat them, in order to get a better nutritional balance, but again, that doesn't have to happen overnight. Focus first on portion control and hitting your calorie goal (which ideally shouldn't be excessively low) and make whatever other changes you want to make in due course. Weight loss is hard enough, don't make it harder than it needs to be.

Stop getting on wagons of strict dieting and deprivation, and you'll stop falling off them.

How many calories are you eating? Are you actually eating enough? Are you eating a proportion of your exercise calories back. If you have your settings set to lose 2 pounds a week and are struggling with this set it for a lower loss that way your calories will be higher and it may be more substainable for you.

^^this. I get big cravings for stuff when I have been undereating.

Eat the pancakes once in a while by fitting them into your calorie plan. You're giving them power over you by making them forbidden.

i eat my ice cream everyday, not one scoop but 3-5. dont give em up. as long as it fits your daily or weekly cals and on deficit 5x/week, you all good!
your allowed a cheat day.

I think it's just really hard for me not to use food to self medicate my feelings of stress, loneliness, etc.

What is your average daily caloric intake (ignoring the pancakes)

You did it on the 21st, then again on the 29th. That is 8 days. If that is your only binge, have the damn pancakes, and know you are doing better than many others. Maybe making modifications to your other days might make things easier and the pancakes more enjoyable.

I am really struggling to maintain compliance with the amount of calories I am supposed to be eating. I will do great for 4-7 days, but then get horrible cravings to overeat. There is a diner place right by my work that has great pancakes. They are my weakness. I never want to go there again but it's hard. The craving is really strong, and it's right by my work.

I did this today after a number of perfect days. Today was particularly stressful at work and I know this is why I ended up going to the diner. I wanted those pancakes for comfort from stress.

I've been where you are at, just don't give up. Keep trying, plan a pancake meal or something.
I have weight loss meditations I listen to most days to help me with stress.

the key to this is moderarion ~ you have to know you can have the pancakes and not feel guilry later© otherwise you are srtting yourself fpr a stumble as your feeling guilty etc which is setting you up with a negative mind set. i myself had the same problem i changed my weight loss plan to 0.5/1lb a week because you have to remind yourself this isnt just a diet its a lifetime chamge and you dont want to be feeling crap for eating pancakes all your life.

however nice it is to see the numbers decrease at a faster rate it might be a good idea to start it of slow and steady and incooperate some new eating habits and then slowly increase to a number hat is sustainable by you.

Make sure you are eating enough and drinking enough fluids to keep the cravings at bay, remember portion controll you can always just have the one pancake instead of 2-3.

Plan a pankcake day in advance if you have to maybe every week to begin with and then maybe every 2-3 weeks later. That way you can enjoy the pancakes you obvs Love as they are your weakness. You also make the pancakes healthier ine - add some fruit et

remember a winner picks himself up one more time than he stumbled, this is your journey, there will be good and bad days there will be obstacles, but you can do this, its all about Mindsrt!

I would suggest you look into practicing "mindfulness". My place of employment offered it as a free short course for employees and it was excellent for me. GIven that I am high stress and anxiety it helped me practice being 'present' instead of constantly worrying about the future. I think something like that may not stop you "bingeing" but will help you understand that it is only a moment in time so you don't carry around the guilt of it.

I also devote 200 calories a day to eating basically whatever food I want. All my other calories are devoted to my basic meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner and a healthy snack (like fruit, or carrots with hummus etc)). I usually have a cookie or two. It stops me from obsessing over junk food and sweets - which I love! I try and do at least 200 calories worth of exercise everyday which I dont use towards my basic meals.