Fast Track is a custom intermittent fasting solution developed for someone who needed a super simple way to log their last meal time without having to track times manually. If I were to use AI to write this, I’d mention fancy terms like bridging the "memory gap" and the "mental wall”. Fancy fancy.

Anyway, rather than building a more traditional app (boring, so 2015), I eventually settled on using the Telegram Bot API, allowing the user to log data and receive status updates through a streamlined chat interface. That way, no need for a separate UI and it makes it much easier for logging. I wanted to use iMessage but it seemed pretty locked (or I needed to have my own server) and WhatsApp did not have a free tier, so Telegram it was.

Here is how it works:
1- You text the bot when you finish your last meal. When you break your fast, you text it again. The app uses timestamps to calculate your fasting time so you don't have to. It also tells you how great you are and all.

2- Once you hit the 16-hour mark, the bot stops being only a passive tracker and starts acting like a coach. It uses automated, escalating hourly "stretches" to encourage you to stay in a fasted state for "just one more hour," helping you push the fast longer and maximize health benefits (autophagy mostly at this point).

That’s it. If you want to try it out, let me know and I’ll send over the name of the bot.