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I did a DIY soylent diet for ~6 months last year. I had maybe 1 regular meal every 2 weeks during that time. Honestly, it fucking kicked ass. I'll list some of

I did a DIY soylent diet for ~6 months last year. I had maybe 1 regular meal every 2 weeks during that time. Honestly, it fucking kicked ass. I'll list some of the pros and cons Pro - Easy to make - Portable - Little mess/no cleaning - More time to do other stuff - Most insane regular shits. 2pm everyday, sit, shit, 2x wipe, done in 30 seconds. Every shit was exactly the same. - Never any indigestion, gas, diarrhea, sick feeling - Never felt hungry. Like I would go weeks without feeling that sensation - Felt really good overall - Skin disease cleared up for the first time in over a decade - Perfect control over calories and macro composition - Cheap(ish), $7 a day. Cons - Bland/bad taste and texture - Gets old fast (like "Ugghh, not this again") - Must drink lots of water with it. (really only a con because I had to carry a water bottle too, but water is good for you) - Takes a while to drink, at least for me. - Piss is neon yellow (from vitamin B, not really a con, just odd) - People are kind of freaked out by it - Doesn't store well in liquid form, so must be made each time before drinking or at least daily. - Needs some time to sit (~30 min) after making or else it has a really bitter taste. - First 2 weeks were brutal. Felt all manner of sick and uneasy from it. My body felt all out of wack. Intense headaches too. Others had warned of this so I pushed on. I was about to give up but on day 13 I woke up feeling great and it was smooth sailing from then on out. Guess it was my body adjusting? I had a really shit diet before that. Right now I am still drinking them but way less, maybe 6 a week down from 21 a week. Regular food is just so good. But I plan to go back to it in the near future.

LordHumungous 10y ago
Armies have mutinied over bad food and here you are voluntarily subsisting on gruel. The 21st century is weird.
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- JauntyHatAngle 10y ago
  Well yeah, armies didn't really have much else to entertain them back in the day. We have enough other stuff in our lives to look forward to that we can sacrifice one part of it. Not that anyone should if they don't want to, just saying I can understand it.
matthewwiese 10y ago
Care to share your recipe?
- Itsdijital 10y ago
  https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/seans-lean-mass-gainer https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/seans-lean-mass-gainer I use a different protein (NOW dutch choc isolate) and a different oil (smart balance). I also dropped the choline because it has a bad interaction with nicotine and I use an e-cig. When I went full soylent though I used it because I stopped using my e-cig during that time. I also added in 5g creatine. I should note that this is a mass building recipe and meant for use while lifting. It has way more protein then you need for regular day to day. You can axe the protein down to ~60g daily and use it. Also if you want to try it, get the corn flour from the grocery not amazon. It's waaaayy over priced on amazon.
  - rosstex 10y ago
    >I use an e-cig Why bother getting healthy in one aspect of your life if you're going to trash it in another?
    - Nursie 10y ago
      How is using an e-cig trashing your health?
      - Lynolix 10y ago
        I''ll bet my money on the misconception that cigarette = nicotine [0] And that health is a zero-sum game. It's not. [0] gwern.net/Nicotine
      - CydeWeys 10y ago
        There have been many studies showing that they are harmful to your health. Not as bad as cigarettes, but still bad.
fryguy 10y ago
Why do you have "Never any ... sick feeling" under pro, and then under con "First 2 weeks were brutal. Felt all manner of sick and uneasy"?
- kup0 10y ago
  Probably because he intended to mean for that Pro to generally cover the remaining 5.5 months after what one could call the "induction" period. Once he was consistently on the diet and past the transition, having no sick feelings is a good sign that he adjusted to it, and that the initial uneasiness was only temporary, not an ongoing, permanent byproduct of the new diet.
- TheGRS 10y ago
  Not sure what the sick feeling they had was, but any diet for me usually takes my system a little getting used to, especially if the food makes you more regular. You and your gut aren't used to all the fiber and it will not feel good at first, but I would bet its fine after awhile.
- Itsdijital 10y ago
  Ok fair enough. After the 2 weeks of hell I never felt sick or anything. Throughout my entire life I always would get get some form of indigestion pretty regularly. It had gotten to the point where I just accepted it as what it is to be human. Nausea was by far the most common and happened all the time. Once over that two week hump though, everything went away. It was awesome. Now I still get some indigestion since I eat more much regular food now, but I eat a healthier diet so it's not so bad.

LordHumungous 10y ago

Armies have mutinied over bad food and here you are voluntarily subsisting on gruel. The 21st century is weird.

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JauntyHatAngle 10y ago
Well yeah, armies didn't really have much else to entertain them back in the day. We have enough other stuff in our lives to look forward to that we can sacrifice one part of it. Not that anyone should if they don't want to, just saying I can understand it.

matthewwiese 10y ago

Care to share your recipe?

Itsdijital 10y ago
https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/seans-lean-mass-gainer https://diy.soylent.com/recipes/seans-lean-mass-gainer I use a different protein (NOW dutch choc isolate) and a different oil (smart balance). I also dropped the choline because it has a bad interaction with nicotine and I use an e-cig. When I went full soylent though I used it because I stopped using my e-cig during that time. I also added in 5g creatine. I should note that this is a mass building recipe and meant for use while lifting. It has way more protein then you need for regular day to day. You can axe the protein down to ~60g daily and use it. Also if you want to try it, get the corn flour from the grocery not amazon. It's waaaayy over priced on amazon.
- rosstex 10y ago
  >I use an e-cig Why bother getting healthy in one aspect of your life if you're going to trash it in another?
  - Nursie 10y ago
    How is using an e-cig trashing your health?
    - Lynolix 10y ago
      I''ll bet my money on the misconception that cigarette = nicotine [0] And that health is a zero-sum game. It's not. [0] gwern.net/Nicotine
    - CydeWeys 10y ago
      There have been many studies showing that they are harmful to your health. Not as bad as cigarettes, but still bad.

fryguy 10y ago

Why do you have "Never any ... sick feeling" under pro, and then under con "First 2 weeks were brutal. Felt all manner of sick and uneasy"?

kup0 10y ago
Probably because he intended to mean for that Pro to generally cover the remaining 5.5 months after what one could call the "induction" period. Once he was consistently on the diet and past the transition, having no sick feelings is a good sign that he adjusted to it, and that the initial uneasiness was only temporary, not an ongoing, permanent byproduct of the new diet.
TheGRS 10y ago
Not sure what the sick feeling they had was, but any diet for me usually takes my system a little getting used to, especially if the food makes you more regular. You and your gut aren't used to all the fiber and it will not feel good at first, but I would bet its fine after awhile.
Itsdijital 10y ago
Ok fair enough. After the 2 weeks of hell I never felt sick or anything. Throughout my entire life I always would get get some form of indigestion pretty regularly. It had gotten to the point where I just accepted it as what it is to be human. Nausea was by far the most common and happened all the time. Once over that two week hump though, everything went away. It was awesome. Now I still get some indigestion since I eat more much regular food now, but I eat a healthier diet so it's not so bad.