When I stop intermittent fasting, my weight shoots up again very quickly. How to keep the weight off?

Hi /r/losit.

I'm after a little advice to help me achieve some consistency and longevity weight loss.

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Currently, I'm probably only 5 or so kg's above where I want to be.

Intermittent fasting feels like the only thing that works for me. If I try to eat healthy during the day, I tend to eat too much and can't stop myself.

I find that if I do intermittent fasting, I can drop 4kgs in 4 weeks and get down to around 75 kgs.

However, I have a couple of weeks not fasting and I shoot back up to around 80. Is this my "happy weight"?

It annoys me how strict I have to be and as soon as I have a week or so where I am not fasting, my weight goes back up so quickly. Like literally, I spent 4 weeks of skipping breakfast and lunch for 4, 7 days a week and was seeing results. Then had a few "average" (not terrible, just a bit of overeating and not fating) and now those 4kgs go straight back on.

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So, is it a mindset change that I need to work on?

Or do I just accept that my happy weight is ~80kgs?

Or do I just need to be strict as long as I want to be at that weight?

Any tips for keeping it off?

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