AestheticDianasaurus trying Intermittent Fasting?

I've always seen it mentioned in the fitness world, but never really looked into it thinking it's just a hype or the next new fad. But I came upon a blog from LiveLifeActive and it was very informative and a great starting point for anyone who is curious.

I'm sorry in advance, I really think in bulletpoints and it's like a visual map for me. So this is going to look like an outline

Research I came upon to convince me 

• Fasts are everyday and your days consist of "fasting periods" and "eating periods" which is a certain amount of hours each day to eat.
• Fasts are to give your body a break
• a majority of the fast is during sleeping hours
• This is LiveLifeActive's IF schedule 16 hr Fasting/8 hr Eating
• Fast: 9pm - 1pm (skip breakfast) *take 10-15g BCAAs 15 mins preworkout
• Gym: 12-1pm (hit gym right at end of fast)
• Eating period: 1pm-9pm
• BCAAs/Protein right before the workout is to prohibit chance of any muscle breakdown during workout. Feed muscles prior to workout so they continue to grow through fasted strength training
• Contrary to popular belief, skipping breakfast does not slow down metabolism.
•  "the earliest evidence for lowered metabolic rate in response to fasting occurred after 60 hours" [Nerd Fitness]
• Physiological benefits: "fasting has been shown to improve biomarkers of disease, reduce oxidative stress and preserve learning and memory functioning" (Canadian Medical Association)
• during the fasting period, cells are under mild stress so they respond to that adaptively and enhance their ability to respond to stress
• if don't eat for 10-16 hrs, body will go to fat stores for energy, and fatty acids (ketones) will be released into bloodstream = protect memory & learning functionality, and slow disease processes in brain (VERY INTERESTING)
• After we eat a meal, our bodies spend hours processing that meal burning what has just been consumed (readily available, easy to burn energy in blood stream). Our bodies prefer to use this easy energy rather than the fat we have stored (especially if we eat carbs/sugar since we like to burn glucose as energy before other sources).
• the theory of 'fasted state' is that our body doesn't have a readily available meal to use as energy, so it will pull from the fat storage (rather than glucose in blood stream or glyocen in muscles/liver)... hmm is this information reliable?
• therefore.. doing FASTED CARDIO in the morning means without a ready supply of glucose and glycogen to pull from, our bodies can only go to our stored fat as the only source of energy.  [Nerd fitness I think this a really good read]

My POV 

• I've been doing fasted cardio during Fasting period, eat lunch when fasting period is over, then have strength training fully nourished
• My schedule:
• Fast: 8pm-12pm
• drink water and sometimes coffee, nibble on piece of bread
• Fasted cardio 11am-12pm
• Eating Period: 12-8pm
• Gym anytime in between. Usually I go around 2:30pm
• with my schedule, I still eat about 2.5-3 meals a day and also snack in between with oatmeal and greek yogurt if I'm hungry. I also occasionally eat cheese+veg+fruits platters in lieu of a meal.
• listen to your body, be nice to it. If you need breakfast, just break the fast a little earlier and feed your body.
• don't binge. of course calories are calories so still eat healthy and moderately.
• take everything with a grain of salt; authors may present only evidence supporting their point of view and ignore evidence that contradict.
• The first couple days were hard because I'd wake up early and stare at the clock continously waiting for my first meal (at 12-1pm). However, I've realized I was more productive in the morning trying to distract myself from thinking about food.

Intermittent fasting actually works really well for me because I don't have to rush myself into making breakfast. I also like to lounge around and read articles while sipping on water. And I've always delved into fasted cardio so IF supports my schedule. Therefore, the schedule of IF is one of convenience for me as well
All in all, do some research for yourself, listen to your body, and take everything with a grain of salt. Our bodies are ever-changing and I think we can learn and experiment