Weekends. Anyone else fall off the wagon?

You could try to eat a bit less M-F to try and save up a few hundred extra calories. I don't really have a "trick" for not going off the rails on the weekends, it just comes down to how committed you are to reaching your goals. Not a very helpful answer, sorry.

Kind of. My husband and I are empty nesters and are both working on losing some weight right now. During the week is easy because we have a defined schedule (work, gym, dinner at home), but weekends are a little trickier because we run errands, do work around the house, watch some college football... By the time dinner time rolls around I have no urge to cook so we will go out... We have started doing just 2 meals a day on Saturday and Sunday--breakfast at home and then an early dinner out--so that we don't go way over on calories. Seems to be working well for us.

I don't consider myself on a wagon, really, largely because 'falling off' of a wagon frames an action as a failure. So I try to work hard to understand what it is that I want, and how what I want will affect my long-term goals. In this way, I try to make sustainable changes for me while balancing want (living/enjoying/etc) with what I need (counting/exercising/etc) to be healthy.

I generally want to have more flexibility on weekends, so I try to balance that with stricter limits during the week on average. Some weekends, I will have that delicious caramel popcorn at the movies without having "purchased" it from the week's savings, and that's okay. That is also not failure, that is a conscious choice I make that this one day I am going to go over my calories. In the grand scheme of losing weight, it is a small blip, but it makes me happy.

Ultimately, my goal is to be able to balance enjoying life with being responsible in regards to my intake and health. I do my best to frame everything I do as a choice that I make. I have the power and I have no intention of giving that power up.

But, no matter what, I log everything. Historical data is a good indicator of future trajectory.

There is no wagon; there are no rails, no tracks. You can't fall off anything. You can be at a stage where you haven't quite figured out how to accomplish all your goals - weight management and social life together, for instance.

Averaging calories for the week (calorie banking) is one strategy. Hard thinking about your true goals, and how to accomplish them realistically is another.

Are you willing to sacrifice nutritition for weekend treats? Accept a higher maintenance weight? Switch to lower-cal drinks (like vodka/soda instead of beer, say)? Drink less alcohol? Prep some easy to grab foods? Research the nutrition data from your favorite fast-food (or restaurant) web sites to find some alterative grab'n'go options that better support your goals? Prep some easy-to -grab foods and keep them in the freezer for when things get frantic? Do some extra workouts either during the week or on the weekend? Just be more active as a social activity (which might involve making some new friends in addition to old ones) rather than eating/drinking as a social activity?

There are lots and lots of options, of which I've listed only a few. But you're the one who's going to have to do the planning and accomplishing, so you need to find an option that works for you.