I naturally have done 14/10 - 16/8 fasting most of my entire adult life. Now what I did naturally is a huge fad! It was just my natural pattern after I turned 23.
Once I finally realized I didn’t have to force feed myself when I first got up when I wasn’t hungry at all, I haven’t looked back (I was afraid of losing weight if I didn’t eat a big meal first thing. Eventually, I learned I could still maintain my weight without losing much, and just wait until I was actually hungry.)
It’s always funny to me when people say “skip breakfast”. It’s impossible to skip breakfast because that this the first meal that breaks your fast from the previous day.
I spent much of my teen years of life trying to gain weight. I used to keep a log and the goal was at least 4000 calories a day. I actually had a type of eating disorder actually. If I missed a meal, or a weight lifting day, I was devastated.