@artscaping that is really good news that Jay is on board with giving it a go. I think it will be easier if you eat together on the same schedule. It's kind of a downer for me because my wife is at work at 5 am most mornings but we usually eat lunch around 12:30 which is my second of 2 daily meals. I'm doing the 20 hour fast, 4 hour eating window most days and it works well for me. I'm thinking you might want to start with a 16 hour fast and 8 hour eating window and you can fit your regular meals into the time period. Don't think you really need a calendar. Just download the Zero app on your phone (https://www.zerofasting.com/). It lets you keep track of your daily fasting schedule and you can easily change from one type of fast to a different one as well as edit the starting and ending times for a fast if you forget to do it on your phone when you stop or start eating. It's easy to use and free...but you can buy the premium service with a few more bells and whistles that I've never used.

I have not yet started counting carbs but I am trying to focus on lowering the amount of carbs and increasing the high fat intake. I have been drinking skim milk for so long that is a change but not too bad since I'm not a big milk drinker. @LeeAase has me started on making my own thick yogurt and Lavon loves it. I take one small jar of the yogurts I make and use it for 2 refrigerator oatmeal breakfasts which I really like. Lee's world's best yogurt is easy to make (https://social-media-university-global.org/2020/05/best-yogurt-ever/) and I use it as the base layer in my refrigerator yogurt. I got some 14 oz glass containers with snap on lids on Amazon and I put 1/2 of the jar of yogurt in the bottom which I think is 2-1/2 tablespoons. Then I add about the same amount of unsweetened applesauce into the glass. Next is 1/2 cup of rolled or old fashioned oats. Add milk (was using skim but now am switching to half and half) to just cover the oats. Last add some fresh or frozen fruit to fill the glass a little. Put the lid on and place in the refrigerator overnight. Mayo recipe said it's good for about a week but I generally eat it in 2 or 3 days. I had the carbs figured to be 46 g using another great app that @rjwilliams mentioned in her post earlier in this discussion. Great app for planning and tracking your food but may take a little work to input all of the info. I just used it to enter my one recipe to see how it works. -- https://cronometer.com/