I know how you feel! Often I feel like eating alllllll the time and sometimes I can't stop either. However, I discovered how my body reacts to different conditions and modified my diet accordingly. My main points are:
1. I can never let myself get very hungry - when my blood sugar drops too low, the cravings will begin and often I'm unable to stop myself from overeating then.
2. I can't stuff myself too much at mealtimes or I will lose control again.
3. Eating sugar or too many carbs makes me more hungry and unscontrollable.

Therefore, what works for me is to eat small nutritious (but relatively low cal and low carb) meals all through the day to keep my energy levels constantly 50-90% full. I have tried fasting in the past but I find it's very detrimental for my health. unsustainable and eventually I will compensate by overeating...

I did full on alternate day fasting (what you're asking about) for a little over a month. I didn't find it hard to stick to. For me, not eating at all is sometimes easier than controlling a portion of food; so it worked. I lost weight at about the same rate I am now on 1200-1300 cal/day, because you're stomach actually seems to shrink up a bit on the fasting day and on my "feasting" day, I didn't want to eat double the amount I usually would. I actually ate probably just a little more than I would on a normal day, so I was cutting my intake by just under half.

From my personal experience, the diet does not throw you into starvation mode. My weight loss was steady. Side effects: you will have headaches on the days you don't eat.

I had to give that plan up because it aggravated a pre-existing stomach condition, but it does work. I think it's fine to give it a try if you can make yourself stick to it.

To be honest, it sounds to me like something my anorexic/ED friends have done before. Not that that means I think you have an ED, but it reminds me of how they have eaten. I try to avoid those styles on eating myself because I sometimes abuse myself via my own eating habits. I guess it depends on how such a diet overlaps with your mental health. If it is done in an otherwise healthy manner and it works....it works!

This has helped me. I periodically stuff myself, and I am learning to appreciate feeling sated but not sick!

I stayed thin until college by eating very small breakfast (one piece of whole wheat toast or one hard boiled egg) and lunches (protein bar) and normal dinners (usually healthy, but would go for the occassional pizza/burger) , or not eating anything until dinner. I did the same thing for the first part of my weight loss journey, and it seemed to work. I'm not sure how healthy that is or isn't. For whatever reason, it seemed to have killed my need to binge, especially at night. Like for good. I haven't had night time binge in 2 years! I have changed my approach to counting calories, which also works but seems to be more difficult for me. I didn't even realize there are actual diet plans that recommend similar practices. Maybe I'll try it again! I seem to have plateaued hard and really want to be at my goal for my wedding next year.

I know that no diet is as good as one's own, but as to IF, I wonder if it succeeds at teaching us how to eat. One of our problems is that when in front of food we lose control, right? So wouldn't it be wise, for the sake of our health, to learn first to keep our sanity in the presence of food, and lose weight as a consequence of a new relationship with it, rather than because of fasting, then bingeing, then fasting again, etc? Maybe we are after different priorities: I prefer to take longer to lose weight and not gain it back, changing my habits for better ones, than losing weight fast but regaining it as soon as I stop dieting.
Love to all!

OP - I understand what you mean about wanting that huge meal. It's something I crave all the time. I want to be stuffed, not just quaintly satiated. It's weird that I don't crave a particular food necessarily but the feeling of eating a huge meal.

It's something I do struggle with and at this point during my weight loss journey, can still afford to have every once in awhile. I just eat far less for the rest of the day, but I want to get away from wanting that.

Someone mentioned waiting after eating. It's what I've been trying. Fix my plate with my 500 cal meal. Eat it. If I still have that empty feeling, I make myself wait 20 minutes. It can feel like an eternity! But most of the time if I make it past that time frame, I'm ok.

Also, just a small something sweet after a meal helps me for someone reason - whether it's fruit or a fruit popsicle or even a small fudgesicle. It's like I need it to signify the meal is done.

Thanks everyone for all the links.