'I hate all of this, hate having to obsess about my food,'
Yep. Intermittent fasting (24 hours eating, 24 hours fasting) is not for everyone. But I do it because of just that - I hate having to obsess about food. Obsess all I want for 24 hours, OK, but it quickly gets old when I'm fasting. I postpone that obsessing - I'll do that when I'm actually able to eat. So I'm only doing it half the time and that IS a relief.