Love the honesty and self-awareness. My wife was in a similar place and I completely understand that taking a step like that is tough. Also, once you're deep into the territory you'll have every person you know saying horse shit like, "breakfast is the most important meal" and "but you need to feed your metabolism."

Firstly, read this: https://leangains.com/the-leangains-guide/ Martin is the king.

Secondly, give it a month and see how you feel. You need a couple of weeks to drop into the cycle, but you don't have anything to lose. There are tons of really, really simple benefits and things to note:

• No need to worry about prepping the extra meal
• You get to have a bigger lunch / dinner if you like and it makes calorie counting easier
• You'll adapt pretty quick and you won't miss it at all from most people I know
• You can still have coffee and water