I’m curious to whether or not people doing IF have regular schedules so they are able to fast at the same time every day? Is it only beneficial if you fast at the same time every day? I work in food service and we don’t have a set schedule, it’s different every week. Some days I close, some open, some mid. It’s totally random, so I have to fast and break fast at different times in a day. Does that defeat the purpose?
Some folks certainly manage it or choose to switch it up day to day, like say a longer fast during the week and shorter on weekends. The important part is keeping the fast length to where you’re targeting as much as you can, ie rather than breaking early try to go a little longer.
Working your way up to OMAD+ might be helpful for your scheduling, if that’s something you’d be comfortable with. This would put most of your calories into one meal that you could time whenever, with an additional flexible small meal/snack to help cover you when your work schedule would put too long between meals.