I've been doing intermittent fasting for years now, on a not-so-typical schedule: first meal late in the day (5PM-ish) and the second (final) one within a couple of hours.
What I love:
* Total mental clarity during the first half of the day, can focus fully on work or life responsibilities without a single thought about food.
* Freedom to not have to organize the day around food (making choices, planning logistics, "wasting" time). Pays off big time when traveling.
* Never inconvenienced or slip into grumpy mode when for whatever reason I don't get food.
* Eating a lot of high-quality home-cooked food - as I love cooking (when I have time) and I don't depend on eating out / ordering food / quick-prep meals as much.
* Bonus: great ROI of the occasional first alcoholic drink of the day (on a more or less empty stomach). Not a health advice!
What I love:
* Total mental clarity during the first half of the day, can focus fully on work or life responsibilities without a single thought about food.
* Freedom to not have to organize the day around food (making choices, planning logistics, "wasting" time). Pays off big time when traveling.
* Never inconvenienced or slip into grumpy mode when for whatever reason I don't get food.
* Eating a lot of high-quality home-cooked food - as I love cooking (when I have time) and I don't depend on eating out / ordering food / quick-prep meals as much.
* Bonus: great ROI of the occasional first alcoholic drink of the day (on a more or less empty stomach). Not a health advice!