If you already rely on your phone to plan and prioritize your week, you’ll feel right at home using an app to help you track your fast. There are two that seem to be more popular around our office and in the Real Salt fasting group. 

Life Fasting Tracker
Record all kinds of fasting, connect with friends, and track details like ketones, carbs, and moods. Learn more at lifeapps.io. 

 Zero Fasting app
A minimal interface that tracks custom or preset fasts and boasts the largest community of people fasting anywhere. Learn more at zerofasting.com.

Our friend Thomas DeLauer has a great YouTube video on fasting and sickness, and we encourage you to do your own research on this one, but here are a few quick ideas to consider. 

Fasting when you’re sick: 

• If everyone around you is getting sick but you’re not, fast. 
• If you feel yourself getting sick, don’t fast. 
• If you have a viral sickness, don’t fast. 

• If you know you have a bacterial sickness, fasting may help. 
• If you’re recovering with just a lingering cough, fast.
  

If you’re asking about fasting while sick, this video will be worth your time. 

Your body will be sensitive at the end of a sustained fast, and a lot of us have learned the hard way that jumping into a big meal or greasy burger is a sure way to feel sick.

Start slowly with bone broth or a small amount of protein to nudge your digestive system back into gear. After an hour or two you should be able to enjoy a regular meal.

This is a common misstep when people start fasting, and there’s more to learn. Read our guide to breaking your fast without messing up your gut.

Your cells need sodium to maintain fluid volume and keep your muscles and nervous systems functioning properly. When we fast our kidneys excrete more sodium and extra fluid, and since we can’t make sodium on our own it helps to supplement with unrefined sea salt.

The answer depends on a lot of things, but we recommend you start with 2 grams (½ teaspoon) of Real Salt per day and adjust from there. If you experience headaches, lightheadedness, dizziness, fatigue, and muscle cramps, add more salt.

Most of us don’t carry 2-gram containers around, so here are some popular ways to use Real Salt during a fast. 

• -Swallow Redmond Re-Lyte capsules
• -Make and mix sole water
• -Carry and lick Real Salt Crystals
• -Add Real Salt to your water bottle

Rule 1: Hunger comes and hunger goes in waves.  

Rule 2: It is ok to feel hungry. (See rule 1!) 

Rule 3: Re-read the benefits that come from fasting. (Autophagy is your friend!) 

Rule 4: Distract your mind by drinking water, tea, or coffee. Or lick a salt crystal. 

Rule 5: Engage your soul with service, a project you’ve been planning, long walks, intentional breathwork, or socializing with like-minded friends. 

Rule 6: Avoid the places and patterns your brain associates with food. (Especially on day 2!) 

Rule 7: Remember it’s all practice. If you reach your goal, that was excellent practice for next time. If you don’t go as far as you had planned, that was excellent practice for next time!