I got really into IF about 6 years ago. It was a pretty good way to drop about 30 pounds of fat. That said - at least for me - I'm not sure it helped my eating

I got really into IF about 6 years ago. It was a pretty good way to drop about 30 pounds of fat. That said - at least for me - I'm not sure it helped my eating patterns in general. For some background, I got up to about 305 lbs when I was ~19 (about 9 years ago), then lost a bunch of weight over a year and a half or so. Got down to about 180 (way too skinny). I really like food. I eat way too fast, and I eat way too much, and I love eating junk food. So, for me, IF was kind of a way to compartmentalize what was essentially binge eating. I'd push my fasting periods further and further into the evenings, sometimes going til 4-7 PM, then having an absolute blowout meal. Eventually I stopped doing IF. Well, kind of. I still don't eat breakfast. I got less extreme with it.