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Ahhh ok, that makes a lot more sense. Seemed really odd that an official campaign would've not been announced prominently in the forum! =) Thanks for the clarification!

antiman77 said: an email saying that if i got a previous email saying that they were shipping that it was error and they would be shipping later That's correct, the first email was sent in error and should be disregarded. vanclute said: WTF?? The…

Hmmmm... if I were to miss a deadline, do you think the client would understand?

1) Good call on the potassium. I do take about 3g supplemental now on top of my regular diet and it's done wonders for muscle soreness but it's good to be careful with that one. 2)The o6 the o3 is just really tough. I have no idea how much o6 is in the…

Yeah I could see my getting up earlier as being related to the sun... but I've always been a night owl regardless of season. If I get up early, it just means I got less sleep. But not lately!

Yes and no. I've noticed that I've been waking up earlier. But even before soylent this tended to happen to me in the summer because of the sun coming up. It has been EASIER to get up once I'm awake though. There's been a lot less snooze button action.

Tagging @JulioMiles and @ana. They'll be able to officially answer this.

That hunger phase is commonly referred to as the "Keto Flu"http://www.reddit.com/r/keto/wiki/faq#wiki_what_is_.201Cketo_flu.201D_and_how_long_will_i_have_it.3F

I know.. Its so damn funny. I give it to her once a month with a little toy.. She goes crazy, then zonks out...lol

HAHAHA catnipped kittehs are wayyyy too much fun. We grow our own and bring them entire branches from time to time, they go absolutely bonkers over it, it's hilarious!

I just started DIY (based on People Chow) Monday night and breakfast/lunch on Tuesday while I wait for my 2 week pre-order to arrive. I have 3 small kids and very much enjoy the dinner time experience, so aside from days (like Mondays) where dinner time…

vanclute said: Are you on DIY or official? I've been on official for about two weeks now vanclute said:

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I'd have bought one if I knew about it.

Very interesting. Are you on DIY or official? I would imagine that the specific recipe being consumed, could have a lot to do with it, not to mention individual chemistry...

LOL! We have our first official death by cuteness! Score! But come now, surely there must be more cute cuddly carnage out there!

Too. Cute. I'm dying.

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I've actually had the opposite happen. For the last 2 years I've always gotten tired around 10-10:30pm, then knocked out by midnight. Since starting Soylent I don't even start getting tired till midnight and can usually stay up till about 2am. At this…

Has anyone else (on DIY or otherwise) noticed their natural sleep patterns changing? All my life I've been a total night owl, frequently operating on something like a 28-hour day, where I would gradually stay up later and later until I'd actually not…

Yeah a log is probably the best way to get to the bottom of it (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?? AND TWICE!! HAR HAR HAR ) * Are you able to drink while you head to work? If so that might be a handy way to both slow you down a little, and not take up any additional…

I did DIY Soylent last year for many months with no issue. I used Whole Oat Flour by Muscle Feast. I didn't have issues with gas past the first week. Drinking 16oz before I head to work would be most convenient for me on my half-days. I'm keeping a…

Hi Riupacheco. apart from the quality of the ingredients, also, keto tastes worse. it has bearly any sweetness that could come from the maltodextrin, and a shit load of saltyness from the fats. The first day I did it, I wasn't able to finish off my daily…

Incoming!!

WTF?? The campaign was short by a whopping 30 shirts??? I didn't even know there was a Teespring campaign going. I'm sure a lot of others probably didn't either, and if they had could probably have easily tipped it past the 500 mark. Who the heck…

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I'm also someone who doesn't eat much during the day. I found that mixing up a half meal (for me, about 300 calories worth) and adding some fruit/veg on the side made it an easier goal. I am nursing that over breakfast/lunch. Like today I packed 300…

I use Bob's Red Mill Oat Groats ground in a Nutrimill for my DIY soylent. It's based on @BriBy's recipe. I have no excess bloating or gas, I've been doing DIY soylent regularly for about 2 weeks now. I cannot find on the website if they steam or treat…

I'm not sure how much they were selling t-shirts for. If you really want one, you can get a one-off for $24.75 - http://www.customink.com/lab?PK=04604&cid=bet0-0011-6f21 (i'm not affiliated, it just happened to be the first company to pop-up in a duckduckgo…

got an email this morning saying that they did not meet the required orders for the tees and would not be making or shipping them? said 466/499 then later got an email saying that if i got a previous email saying that they were shipping that it was error…

Be careful with the potassium, depending on your current diet. Unless your already getting that much regularly it could give you some grief. Slowly increase the amount over about a week if your getting less right now, it will give you some killer headaches,…

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So @axcho was kind enough to sell me a week's worth of his custom People Chow Premium which fits my caloric target and macros pretty well. I've had some troubles with incorporating it into my daily routine and have written this to ask everyone for some…

Awesome!1) Heh, taste I'm not worried about too much It's based of tortilla perfection people chow. With the drastic increase in whey and decrease of masa I'm expecting a watery milk consistency being thrown in the mix. I'm not too scared but I sure will…

Possible considerations: Just because you hit all the greens doesn't mean it will have an agreeable taste or texture. You may need to tweak the ingredients to get it to something you like. If you're not used to getting that much fiber in your diet,…

I finally finished my "masterpiece "http://diy.soylent.me/recipes/muscle-chow-v3-wpcmpi-ppi-premix-cutting-accurate-pricing (Updated formula, really epic. Right now I'm down to 9-10% bodyfat and still steadily losing. 1/2 -> 2/3's of my meals are Muscle…

lol thanks, I try. I'm just a "forum addict" when it's something I truly care about (which frankly is rare, but when it happens... watch out! heh) Plus I work from home at a computer so, it's trivial to keep tabs on most threads pretty much all day…

@vanclute you should work with @JulioMiles as a community manager. You're so helpful in every forum response!

except when word of mouth works too well and your shipping queue gets all clogg-- I mean, yeah, Soylent! (I kid, I kid -- delays or not, 10+ times projected interest is hardly a bad thing by any measure )

JulioMiles said: They do look a lot like Soylent ads, but we have spent $0 on advertising to date. That is a really good way to do it: make a product so awesome, it advertises itself. Well, word of mouth from customers JulioMiles said:

ceronomus said: I had seen about 9 ads cross my Facebook feed in the past four months. I thought it pretty poor taste to be advertising for more orders while not fulfilling the original orders. True though, it isn't like I'm seeing commercials for it.…

Not to mention it's the ultimate in recycling!

Also don't overlook the extremely common tactic of advertisers using a different product to promote their own - especially when soylent (lowercase) has become its own thing. Perhaps what you saw were people advertising a homemade alternative to Soylent…

I think some Facebook ads were confirmed a while back to be the ones Crowdtilt puts out on various successful projects, and not run by Rosa itself. Not sure if those are the same ones you saw, but it's certainly a strong possibility.

Glad to see there are others who did this. I guess we should just wait...

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I had seen about 9 ads cross my Facebook feed in the past four months. I thought it pretty poor taste to be advertising for more orders while not fulfilling the original orders. True though, it isn't like I'm seeing commercials for it.

ceronomus said: ...the company has been heavily advertising for more orders... I don't know that I've seen much, if any, advertising effort from them. All I have been seeing is the ongoing word of mouth advertising and journalistic review and/or opinion…

Aha! Now we only have to find a way to somehow catch that gas, and we can live on it forever!!

discourse.soylent.me Offical Soylent: Should it be producing Mustard Gas? "When used in impure form, such as warfare agents, they are usually yellow-brown in color and have an odor resembling mustard plants, garlic, or horseradish, hence…

If it has, I haven't read it. Surely, even more people would be sceptical about a gaseous Soylent than about a liquid one - though I would still be interested.

My arguments for it were equally in jest.

Yep that's the one I tried. I didn't like the flavor but others might.

Soylent already converts itself to gas post-digestion anyway. Hasn't that been covered in depth in another thread?

One thing that I have seen that has consistently irked me, is that the company has been heavily advertising for more orders, prior to shipping anything. Having been waiting for my product for over a year, having experienced delay after delay, I must say…

Use this! It's a nut based and fish free omega oil blend it's also available in a DHA blend, I use this in my post workout smoothies and it adds a subtle but pleasant nuttiness. (as long as you don't have nut allergies)It's also available at whole foods…

I got an email so all looks good here.

@lebel Is there anything that we need to do if we did a campaign with the soylent promo code?

If you haven't heard of Soylent, be afraid — very afraid. This nutritionally complete compound has been called “the end of food,” and after a successful Kickstarter campaign, it's now being mass-produced and sold online. Disturbed by the thought, we asked…

Nice, will be waiting to hear how it compares for you. I looked at sunflower and safflower oil, but the omega 6:3 ratio was not comparable to fish oil, so it looks like I better just go straight flax and not know what other things taste like

People Chow uses soybean oil -- is this not good enough for vegan use? Is there maybe another ingredient contributing fat that gets the omega balance wrong?

Udo oil is a Flax oil blend to get the 2:1 ratio, and I believe the 2nd biggest oil ingredient comes from sunflower seeds. It ends up having a very nutty, grainy buttery flavor which I don't mind especially given the health benefits. I haven't tasted…

I tried some Udo oil that @NoFlames was kind enough to let me have, which I believe is a Flaxseed derivative. I found it did indeed impart a fairly strong flavor, which I wasn't real crazy about. It wasn't terrible, but I prefer it "straight" with just…

Ok, so, I am looking at flaxseed as my oil. @vanclute I wasn't sure from your post, but did you actually try it with soylent? I know you said flavoring soylent is really hard to do, so would this help with not getting the unwanted taste from flaxseed…

Of course, Marx had never met Rob Rhinehart, the entrepreneur recently featured in a Lizzie Widdicombe New Yorker piece for his efforts to replace food with a grey slurry he calls 'Soylent'. Rhinehart's Eureka moment came while he struggled to launch…

I don't mind sharing at all, but please keep in mind that diabetes is a very individual disease. Every person reacts differently to treatment so my results and numbers will be unique to me. I've lost 10lbs in 2 months. My glucose readings have fallen…

I haven't received my Solylent order yet, but when I do, I am going to try my flavor enhancers by Capella. They have many flavors and I have alot of them. You might check these out.

Let's see... Based on yesterday's wedding, I'd have to agree with @smeggot - Beer. Also, alcohol in general. And beef. In any form factor.

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...mistake that is worth people being angry about, and that's the decision to ship the orders in a different order than they were received. Definitely worth it - same with the other flip-flops. I will also say that there's too much hyperbole in this…

snowboardutah said: I have my entire day of DIY in the fridge and just pour a small glass every 3 hours. I use to drink more but was bloated. This has kept me from any hunger pains. This. Since Soylent is nutritionally complete and in liquid form,…

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing your deep-dive in such detail so the rest of us can benefit from your research.

There would have to be bubblers to keep the correct level of CO2, fertilizer input to keep the water chemistry right, and provide the nutrients the algae needs, and so on. GMO and altered growing conditions (heat, nutrition, light, light frequency) could…

The biggest side effect of my first DIY soylent - was gas.Then I got tired of the grits. Third - heart-burn feeling because the fiber consumed all the water. But step by step I polished my formula. I wish you luck on your way @ruipacheco I think you…

Well according to those who follow alkaline/acid lifestyle/diet it's the end result of digestion that determines whether a food has an acidifying or alkalizing effect on the body. Natural sodium (not salt), potassium, calcium, and magnesium are all said…

@rob your posts about the health of the product have greatly increased my faith in Soylent and consuming it. I wonder if, in addition to the current FAQ section, it would make sense to place a consolidated medical facts section to address common health…

jrowe47 said: If efficiencies and yields could be substantially improved in a controlled environment, you could reduce the entire equation of macronutrient production to a matter of the cost of electricity and fertilizer. Yields can be improved, the…

I've been wondering the same thing. I've been racking my mind trying to think of any issue with cutting out actual food and PH was one that concerned me. However, at this time I am unaware if it has been addressed or not. When I get my soylent I am planning…

Hi Sharkerty: Do you mind sharing your results? (lost weight, better glucose numbers, etc.)? How many carbs are you consuming per day? The reason I ask is because my husband is in a similar situation as you mentioned. We're alson thinking about DIY...any…

That's really impressive calculations you are doing there, but practically speaking at least on the market algae-derived protein is actually very expensive. I couldn't tell you why, maybe it's just not mass produced or just sold at ridiculous markups?…

ruipacheco said: So, what's your opinion? Is it supposed to be this way? Will my stomach get used to being empty and my body to receive calories from liquids? I've played around with a couple of my own keto recipes. I have found the that a good tasting…

Hey @JulioMiles 2 things regarding the website: @rob had mentioned in his fireside chat that you all would consider giving discounts on one time bulk orders of 3mos, and I was wondering if a decision was reached on that, and if so when it may (or may…

But is it filling? Do you feel hungry when you're done or not?

Last August, I spent five days eating nothing but Soylent, the provocatively named liquid food product created by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rob Rhinehart. Five days wasn't anywhere near enough to gain more than the briefest glimpses into how the stuff…

I have my entire day of DIY in the fridge and just pour a small glass every 3 hours. I use to drink more but was bloated. This has kept me from any hunger pains.