[insidious]

I'm a lazy ass mf so I recently decided to scrap real food and just eat soylent for the next few weeks and see how it goes.

I'm currently a week in, but have been eating one additional 'real-food' meal a day. It's super convenient; I just mix up my meals for the day for 20min in the morning and thats it. There's a bunch of derivatives of Soylent (IE: Schmilk, DIY, lots of other shit). Wondering if any of you have ever tried it.

[Ecks]

I have never tried Soylent, but I watched this video on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8NCigh54jg , as for food replacement, the idea has been around forever and I have done several of them over the years and while the idea sounds appealing on paper, I could never just make the switch from solid to liquid. Other popular food replacement drinks have been trying for years to make their shit taste good, so far the two best are probably (imho) Carnation instant breakfast (now called Breakfast Essentials) and the pink "strawberry" Slimfast (vanilla and chocolate always tastes of soured milk) but if you enjoy it, keep on doing it.

[Drako]

I personally have never even heard about this product. Since I enjoy cooking I never really look into that kind of stuff.

[BurritoBeans]

I'm a cook myself, I love food, but I had tried Soylent for a bit over a month in the middle of last year... it was odd, but actually enjoyable.

Pretty much, a friend of mine lives off of Soylent and maybe a few berries now and then - I never believed them that it was a solid diet, but because they seemed to be doing alright and hadn't had issues in the months of doing that I decided to try it myself.

Starting the whole "Solyent only" bit was tough for me - it's just about the opposite of what I usually go for, I prepare meals packed with flavor and generally involving a good bit of meat or eggs, while Soylent was just a bland smoothie with no flavor in comparison. The first few days were a little rough - I was a bit more hungry than usual and had horrible gas, but it could've been worse.

Apart from just being generally bland and not being able to have anything that looked really good, it at least felt filling enough and I was able to keep up with most of what I usually did just fine - the one exception was that I took a bit of a hit after a couple days with weightlifting and running, I found myself unable to do half of what I was able to, but I was able to work back up to the same point within a matter of weeks without my body going crazy.

I will say, one thing I noticed was that I had an extra hour or two every day by just going with Soylent and the like - this is because generally I'd wake up an hour and a half before I needed to get to school so I had time to make breakfast, get myself lunch prepared, eat, and then take another hour at work to go on break and find myself dinner. Running off of these little twenty minute pre-prepared meals in the morning that I could take wherever, this meant I got a nice bit of extra sleep and had more time to get stuff done at work, so that was really cool.

The one big issue I had was coming off of the stuff to my usual diet - I probably should've been smarter with how I did this as I have had the same experience in the past with a high-carb diet in which having something not related to the diet would make my gut flip, making me feel like crap the rest of the day. What I ended up doing was after I ran out of the stuff (It ended up being about 34 days if I remember right) was that I went to a steakhouse with coworkers and had a nice sirloin with mushrooms, onions, and fried pickles... waking up the next day my body felt horrible and I probably threw up everything inside me, so I had to slowly progress from lighter and lighter food until I could get back to the usual.

So yeah, it wasn't that bad - sure I felt like crap at the end due to a mistake, but honestly I wouldn't mind substituting a meal or two now and then with it as it frees up time and gives me what I need. I think also having a plain meal every day would've helped, as instead of getting really sick from having something my body just wasn't used to like it had. Sure it was a bit bland, but hey, it worked, so I can't complain.

[mothered]

Provided you're also getting nutrients from a non-meal replacement food, I don't see any harm In Including Soylent In your diet.

I'm pretty similar to you, whereby I'm somewhat lazy and not the type who spends an hour or so cooking a meal. I got better things to do with my time, hence opt for quick (but healthy) preparation of meals.

[zorrophreak]

I tried Soylent about a year ago after talking with a friend about it. It definitely takes getting used to, but I certainly didn't have the mood and relationship decline reported by several people. I definitely love FOOD too much to give it up completely to this, although I could definitely do this if necessary.

Good luck with it!

[insidious]

I personally have never even heard about this product. Since I enjoy cooking I never really look into that kind of stuff.

yeah, i've been following Soylent since it was on Kickstarter back a few years ago (before i even joined this forum I think). I've been wanting to try it since, but haven't had the money or, frankly, willpower to go for it until now.

I'm a cook myself, I love food, but I had tried Soylent for a bit over a month in the middle of last year... it was odd, but actually enjoyable.

Pretty much, a friend of mine lives off of Soylent and maybe a few berries now and then - I never believed them that it was a solid diet, but because they seemed to be doing alright and hadn't had issues in the months of doing that I decided to try it myself.

Starting the whole "Solyent only" bit was tough for me - it's just about the opposite of what I usually go for, I prepare meals packed with flavor and generally involving a good bit of meat or eggs, while Soylent was just a bland smoothie with no flavor in comparison. The first few days were a little rough - I was a bit more hungry than usual and had horrible gas, but it could've been worse.

Apart from just being generally bland and not being able to have anything that looked really good, it at least felt filling enough and I was able to keep up with most of what I usually did just fine - the one exception was that I took a bit of a hit after a couple days with weightlifting and running, I found myself unable to do half of what I was able to, but I was able to work back up to the same point within a matter of weeks without my body going crazy.

I will say, one thing I noticed was that I had an extra hour or two every day by just going with Soylent and the like - this is because generally I'd wake up an hour and a half before I needed to get to school so I had time to make breakfast, get myself lunch prepared, eat, and then take another hour at work to go on break and find myself dinner. Running off of these little twenty minute pre-prepared meals in the morning that I could take wherever, this meant I got a nice bit of extra sleep and had more time to get stuff done at work, so that was really cool.

The one big issue I had was coming off of the stuff to my usual diet - I probably should've been smarter with how I did this as I have had the same experience in the past with a high-carb diet in which having something not related to the diet would make my gut flip, making me feel like crap the rest of the day. What I ended up doing was after I ran out of the stuff (It ended up being about 34 days if I remember right) was that I went to a steakhouse with coworkers and had a nice sirloin with mushrooms, onions, and fried pickles... waking up the next day my body felt horrible and I probably threw up everything inside me, so I had to slowly progress from lighter and lighter food until I could get back to the usual.

So yeah, it wasn't that bad - sure I felt like crap at the end due to a mistake, but honestly I wouldn't mind substituting a meal or two now and then with it as it frees up time and gives me what I need. I think also having a plain meal every day would've helped, as instead of getting really sick from having something my body just wasn't used to like it had. Sure it was a bit bland, but hey, it worked, so I can't complain.

Totally see where you're coming from with the bland thing. However, I kind of like that it's bland. I've had things like Ensure before which is kind of like Soylent but mass-marketed, and it's full of sugar and other shit which just ends up making people crash (haven't tried it myself, but i observed it in my brother while he was using it as a meal-replacement). The blandness is reassuring in that aspect, at least. Also, love the extra hour/2 I get a day from this stuff. Haven't had many dietary issues though, if anything i feel better than usual. Might be a by-product of being at University and subsisting mostly from Ramen and Chick Fil' A, though.

Provided you're also getting nutrients from a non-meal replacement food, I don't see any harm In Including Soylent In your diet.

I'm pretty similar to you, whereby I'm somewhat lazy and not the type who spends an hour or so cooking a meal. I got better things to do with my time, hence opt for quick (but healthy) preparation of meals.

Yeah, definitely. I have reservations about going full Soylent, just because I would miss 'real' food. Stuffs too good to pass up.

I tried Soylent about a year ago after talking with a friend about it. It definitely takes getting used to, but I certainly didn't have the mood and relationship decline reported by several people. I definitely love FOOD too much to give it up completely to this, although I could definitely do this if necessary.

Good luck with it!

Mood and relationship decline? Damn I gotta hear more. Haven't heard about this aspect much.
I've heard some people become a bit more sluggish on Soylent (not really my experience) but are you saying there have been reports of people who have had 'relationship' trouble? (Like, are we talking not getting erections here or just not wanting to socialize. Those are two very different sides of the coin)

[mothered]

I have reservations about going full Soylent, just because I would miss 'real' food. Stuffs too good to pass up.

I definitely see your point. I too, enjoy my food and there's certain types I eat daily and will not give them up for any meal replacement product.

I don't know much about Soylent, and whether there's any long-term effects with prolonged usage. If you have a change of mind and thinking of solely taking Soylent, It's probably a good Idea to look Into It.

[Slacker]

I would not be able to do it sadly. I was in jail for some time (not little time either lol) it is still partially real food and when I was released I did three things....ate REAL FOOD, pooped on a real shitter and went and bought some REAL CLOTHES every talks a big game about getting Chickas asap and shit but it ain't like that



Long story short I wish you luck if you go that route but sadly is never be able to

[Blink]

I've been wanting to try it (replacing lunch, which I often don't eat).

It seems cool, but I've heard that the flavor takes A LOT of getting used to. They now have the Cafe Coffiest flavor, which is probably what I'll get if I do get any.

You can make Soylent yourself if you want, it is suggested to add peanut butter into it.

I'm definitely gonna keep an eye on this thread.