I can't speak to health benefits beyond the weight loss. But I started an IF diet about a year ago and later combined it with calorie restriction and lost >25 k

I can't speak to health benefits beyond the weight loss. But I started an IF diet about a year ago and later combined it with calorie restriction and lost >25 kg with that in total. That brought me from almost obese to smack middle of normal weight. I can say that I tried quite a few things in the last 10 years and this is the only time I had so profound success. I might be wrong, but I think the weight loss alone (of course if I can keep it) should bring some health benefits. I also didn't want to start with sports while being overweight. I know enough people who aren't even overweight having joint trouble very likely from that. I also don't like the thought of having to do more of something (anything) to account for an otherwise unbalanced calorie budget. If anything I want to simplify my life and IF and calorie restriction seem like a good way to accomplish that. I can confirm though that I had episodes where it was hard to stop myself from 'unplanned' eating. But it became more an exercise in self control, basically telling myself it is never too late to stop eating and the thought 'now it doesn't matter anymore, just continue' is illogical self-deceit. After some time it was basically during the few seconds it took to grab food that I could convince myself not to go ahead. Spitting out food and making myself puke were strictly off limits. Whatever landed in my mouth had to be swallowed. I know people that had to deal with that and it seems to be a degrading experience.