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New Soylent Website
- geekam 12y agoI have been thinking of trying out Soylent. Are there folks here you have tried it consistently for more than a few weeks? If yes, then how do you feel about yourself?
- ripter 12y agoMost of us are still waiting for our shipment to arrive. I did a DIY Soylent for a month. It was alright. So I'm excited to try the official thing.
- astrowilliam 12y agoI'm interested about what your diet was before your DIY project. I'm a meat eater, love a proper steak. Did you notice any drop in energy, fatigue, etc? Did you feel full? Thanks!
- ripter 12y agoBefore I tried the DIY Soylent I ate a typical american diet. Hamburgers, fries, pizza, popcorn, etc. I tried two of the popular DIY Soylents (for a month each). I didn't feel stuffed like after a big meal, I just didn't feel hungry anymore. I often didn't finish the day's worth. Despite getting less calories, I felt great and made some great progress at the gym. It made me very excited to try the real thing. So why did I stop? A few reasons. Eating with friends is a lot more about the social interactions than the food. I actually noticed friends drifting away because I didn't go out to eat. The DIY Soylent also didn't taste very good. I had to chug it down. And I missed chewing. That sounds strange but I actually had cravings just to chew on something. Gum helped a little but it wasn't the same.
- astrowilliam 12y agoOut of everything you wrote, "I missed chewing" definitely wasn't the strangest thing. I think I'd miss it as well. Thanks for the insight.
- sukuriant 12y agoFeeling full is a hugely important part of this. I'd be interested in that part as well.
- sukuriant 12y agoI haven't tried Soylent; but, its price range and ease of use is making me start to consider it for nights / weekend times that I'm not working and don't feel like going out to eat. How does it taste? Do you still feel hungry after eating it? And, is there a way to supplement it with other foods, like ... 2/3rds a regular portion + oatmeal, or something? Or maybe flavoring like those syrup pump bottles?
- darkstar999 12y agoThey don't address how it tastes, but from the articles I have read, it isn't super tasty. That's not the point though. As long as it's palatable enough to get down, it's good enough for me.
- jameshart 12y ago"Soylent Me"? No, no I don't want anybody to "Soylent" me. Of all the TLDs to choose, this one? really?
- mentos 12y agoIf you could snap your fingers and never have to worry about eating food again, would you? I've always been more of the 'Eat to live, don't live to eat' mindset, but thats not to say I don't enjoy eating, its just at times I find it to be a chore. I think I'm going to try Soylent to substitute a majority of my meals, dropping in a few real meals here and there, and see how I fare.
- taylorwc 12y agoInteresting. I think about it in the reverse. I'm more interested in eating the majority real meals, but dropping in Soylent for the times when eating is a chore, or is inconvenient, etc.
- namlem 12y agoThis is what I do. I eat a slightly modified version of the People Chow 3.0.1 from the DIY site for breakfast every day. I don't think I could stomach it for every meal, but it's an excellent breakfast food that leaves me feeling energized, and I have no problem eating it with my normally poor early morning appetite.
- davidcollantes 12y agoAlso interested on feedback from someone already using it. Any biological changes (stool, urine, sweat, etc.)? Still hungry after using it? Using Soylent only? If so, how are your energy levels?
- dominotw 12y agohttp://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_... More here. http://www.reddit.com/r/soylent http://www.reddit.com/r/soylent
- Zarathust 12y agoNice page but back doesn't work. Scroll down, go to FAQ, then hit back. Blank page with header on top
- quickpost 12y agoIn case you're curious, here's a great article giving a nice history of the development of this company / product: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_widdicombe?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/05/12/140512fa_fact_...
- joshstrange 12y agoReally wish they would focus more on SHIPPING Soylent instead of redesigning their website. I am aware that these tasks are not mutually exclusive but still it's been a ridiculous length of time and often without clear/timely updates from the Soylent team. If I knew what I knew now I doubt I would have pre-ordered it.
- enraged_camel 12y agoYeah, same here. I ordered mine back in... October? November? I don't even recall, it has been that long.
- joshstrange 12y agoI ordered mine in May of last year, the day their crowdfunding campaign launched [0] and before then I lurked their Discourse forums [1] and even went the DIY route in June [2][3][4][5] thinking I could keep that up until the official Soylent launched (Hahahaha). I ended up ending my DIY Soylent after 3 days due to how I felt on it but that was back before the DIY community was anywhere near as strong as it is today. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5745707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5745707 [1] http://discourse.soylent.me/ http://discourse.soylent.me/ [2] http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-1/ http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-1/ [3] http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-2/ http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-2/ [4] http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-3/ http://joshstrange.com/soylent-day-3/ [5] http://discourse.soylent.me/t/just-started-soylent-today/3572/35 http://discourse.soylent.me/t/just-started-soylent-today/357...
- nlh 12y agoI have to agree. I've lost interest, which is disappointing. I was really psyched to try it out when they announced what now seems like ages ago. Then the ship date kept slipping and slipping and slipping, until the magic moment was "end of March". And now, I see it's 10-12 weeks for new orders. So it's another 3 month wait, which is just sopping any interest I had in it. I'll try it eventually - and I'm still looking forward to that - but not until I can order it and it'll arrive a few days later.
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- itsravi 12y agoPrices seem to be going up. I ordered a week supply yesterday off of their crowdtilt for $65 (3 meals/day => 21 servings) and the same is now $85 on this site. It is still available[1] so may want to save money while you can? [1]https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body https://campaign.soylent.me/soylent-free-your-body
- jack-r-abbit 12y agoI think that should have been expected. Don't a lot of crowdfunding campaigns work by offering a slightly lower price for people willing to put up the money to get things started?
- bryan_rasmussen 12y agoHmm, according to the article in the new yorker the food costs for doing it oneself is 50 dollars a month and it was a significant time saving from making food or going out to eat, now if I figure out that it actually works as advertised - why wouldn't I just do what the original inventor did instead of buying it?
- Jtsummers 12y agoPrep time? I like to cook a large pot of chili or a stew for the work week. It's still a tedious thing to procure the ingredients and make it, even if all the prep is one afternoon and 2 minutes of reheating each work day. If there's no single source for the ingredients you need to establish a purchasing routine and a time every week or month to mix up a new batch. Compare to just ordering it if the markup isn't too high.
- h4tch 12y ago"We know what we're made of, and that's what Soylent is." Hilarious. Did anyone else catch that? At 1:10 in the video.
- ademarre 12y agoThe site looks nice, but the loading indicator is disappointing. I expect they will lose visitors whose knee-jerk reaction is to back out instead of wait one more second.
- brandoncapecci 12y agoIt's odd how they have no mention of how it tastes...
- bradfordarner 12y agoWhy would anyone want to use this? I'm a maniac about time management and do everything possible to not waste even a moment of the day (e.g. if I'm doing any trivial physical activity, I'll be listening to an audiobook at 2x speed). However, I would never want to get rid of eating. Since marrying a French woman, I've come to understand the importance of enjoying what you are eating...we aren't simply machines that need to be fed. $4 dollars per meal is expensive!! My wife and I eat for the 2 of us on less than that in a day...and we eat fresh tuna, organic rice and loads of great vegetables. Just walk through the fresh produce section of your local supermarket...the cheapest stuff in the store and the healthiest is in the produce section. What time has wasted in all of this exposure to inexpensive, healthy nutrition? None. One of the biggest wastes of time in one's life is being sick and the other is early death. While I can't speak much about the latter, I'm sick once per year at the maximum and I have not had a debilitating sickness for the past 4 years that has prevented me from working, studying or coding for even a moment. I attribute much of this to my wife's refusal to eat food that is crap. Maybe that is why the French are healthier...they don't try to reinvent the wheel and replace the thousands of healthy, inexpensive and delicious items that already exist for our pleasure...food!!
- mikegioia 12y agoI can't tell if this an ad for France or not! First of all, $4 per meal is not that expensive. Are you saying you eat for < $4 a day? Or < $4 per meal per day? Either way, have you ever lived or visited any major American city? $4/meal would be welcome by many people who live in NYC. The whole point of Soylent is to ENCOURAGE healthier eating. This is a meal replacement with all the vitamins and nutrients you need to live a healthy life. There are plenty of people outside of your worldview who are looking for a $4 meal that takes no thought or preparation time. I don't think Soylent is trying to eradicate home-cooked meals, but they are trying to create a healthy meal supplement for busy people.
- bradfordarner 12y agoIt has next to nothing to do with France in and of itself. I'm utilizing a stereotype to make a point. Yes, I've been living in Paris and London, 2 of the most expensive cities in the world. By the way, I've also lived in Mali, where it was not as easy as one would think to eat for less than $4 per day. Soylent's tag line is "What if you never had to worry about food again?" If their goal is to focus on healthy eating, then they need to rethink their messaging. The entire message is about the speed of eating. "Eat quick...eat cheaper". "...never had to worry about food again..." Where in that statement is there any ambiguity about their desire to take market share away from home-cooked meals? Don't get me wrong, if they can make a business out of it, that is great. However, it strikes me that it would be far more profitable, on an individual level, to buy cheap food from the produce section of a grocery store, and healthier.
- ToastyMallows 12y agoIs anyone else having trouble with this site on Chrome? All of the content is behind a slightly transparent white foreground, nothing is selectable.
- ihuman 12y agoWorking fine for me on Chrome v34
- ToastyMallows 12y agoUhg, I found the problem: HTTPS Everywhere. This is probably the 3rd time posting on here to say this extension is the problem. Thanks for making me double check.
- orthecreedence 12y agoHappened to me with FF 29. I wonder if one of their stylesheets/scripts didn't load fast enough because of the traffic. A reload fixed everything, but it drove the point home even more that I really hate the latest trend of having things zip around and animate as I'm scrolling down a page.
- DotSauce 12y agoClick on "Fiber" from the list of ingredients at the bottom. I think something might be wrong with that picture. LOL.
- pouzy 12y agoIt looks very, very disgusting.