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With my DIY Soylent I was actually surprised by how filling it was. The first day I felt bloated from drinking too much too fast, and had to cut back my serving size, so based on my experience I have to say feeling constantly hungry is not normal. I notice…

Hello, my name is ruipacheco and I'm a soylenter. I'm taking baby steps with a DIY formula I found. It tastes terrible but that's because of the quality of the ingredients I've sourced. I understand that if I want to have a full meal replacement I need…

So after determining that official Soylent would take, at a minimum, 1/5 of a football field to grow the macro-nutrients, I started looking at different yeast, bacteria, and algae as nutrient sources. Vitamin B-12 is the hardest to get, in my estimation,…

I'm not giving up "normal" food at all. Don't see why anyone "has to". Soylent is between 30% and 70% of my intake (the range is because it depends on a few things) All this fuss about giving up normal food seems extremely silly & binary, to me. I'll…

From the research I have been doing, anything you eat is going to make you extremely healthy and also kill you, this is why I hate nutrition, for every "its good" article, there is a "its bad" one... I think I will go with vanclute's blend with canola…

I add about 3.25 Tbls. to each full pitcher.

Yes I would like to know this too. How much canola oil do we add?

I'm loving this thread. Things I'll never give up:1) Carnitas2) Chile Verde3) Tops BBQ - pork sandwich4) Central BBQ - dry ribs5) Alex's Tavern - burger and wings6) Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen - A|M Breakfast, their pastas and their "No Menu" Mondays7)…

Soylent is a quick healthy meal replacement drink which can be used to replace as many meals as you like, at least thats how I see it. I dont plan on ever giving up food. 2000 calories a day is not near enough to sustain me so I will still be eating lots…

The only thing I am going to miss is my fast and easy flat bread cheese pizzas I can make and cook in 10 mins, anything on her list would take me ages to cook, and the money to put it together, well i don't have it. Edit: I am planning on going 100%…

That's what weekends with enough time to sit down and enjoy food are for! Planning on hitting the grill every saturday this summer 1) Bacon2) Steak3) Burgers4) Hot italian, kielbasa, chorizo, etc.

When I started with nootropics I started with CDP-Choline and it was definitely a lot better than choline bitartrate, but a lot more difficult to afford (and somehow I got a kilo of choline bitartrate, so I couldn't justify the cost of CDP-Choline, as…

I have been getting lots of quality exercise lately but I'm still short on nutrition as I am about a month or two short of switching to soylent. I don't do the adrifinil often because I worry about the effects on the liver when my whole stack is likely…

I could probably spare the time to cook, but not the money, which is depressing and turns it into a hassle. If food had no cost, I'd probably cook more. Though, when I'm back in school (starting summer classes soon and then full-time in the fall) and…

If person is a movie star I wouldn't follow advice unless doctors and such have same advice.

I can't live without spareribs once in a while

Corrine said: This is one of those things that I always immediately think of when I think of pleasure with food. Damn is it good. I feel like Soylent will fill the void of eating at home, but I won't turn down eating out. I love social eating and…

BriBy said: Rolled on a Soylent forum! Dang, that was ninja! As I was typing that I thought "I know I have heard these words before..." the rest is history. BriBy said:

Rolled on a Soylent forum! Dang, that was ninja!

Oh Julio,Here's what's been haunting me ever since I started DIY.

There really is "no such thing as bad publicity". Martha Stewart's article is telling thousands of people that Soylent exists, most of whom have likely never heard of it. If anything, I'm betting Soylent sales increase due to this article.

More clicks. Even the very FIRST Soylent article was "This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again" News corps are a business, and like every business, they'll do whatever gets the more customers, and unfortunately people in general want more sensational…

I don't eat a whole lot of "fancy" foods. The list of things I don't eat is a lot longer than the list of things I do. I certainly won't be giving up pizza and burgers, but I'm hoping to cut back on them and only have really good ones when I do have them.

Definitely seconding the tortilla chips. Like popping bubble wrap.

The meal that I'll never use Soylent instead:1. Salmon cooked in a packet with ranch dressing, lemon pepper, and brown sugar2. over a bed of Lion House rice pilaf, 3. with a Normandy vegetable blend (or fresh sauteed green beans) on the side.

Snowman said: Filet mignon, medium rare. This is one of those things that I always immediately think of when I think of pleasure with food. Damn is it good. I feel like Soylent will fill the void of eating at home, but I won't turn down eating out.…

Our current fulfillment status:All 16+ week orders shipped.Shipping 12-15 week orders currentlyUpdates will be posted when we begin shipping each major pledge level (2 month, 1 month, 2 week, 1 week).  Inquiries about individual order ship dates will…

My general opinion is no. Rosa Labs should not be under any obligation to teach people how to eat. That being said, the majority of people are dumber than a bag of hammers. The product label perhaps ought to be worded such that an average consumer…

Matt88 said: If, a big IF, there is something missing that does cause a deficiency, and doesn't show up for years, Soylent may be the only way to discover it. Of course we may be able to be turned into androids or cyborgs by then so it could also be…

vanclute said: They knew that it was way beyond what it needed to be for a good hot cup of coffee, and was in fact downright dangerous. That would seem to me to be an issue with the machine, and whoever made the machine. I would think it would be a…

OK, @soylentnoise has asked for 14 bottles which is exactly half, so looks like you can have the other half. PM me an address and I'll put it together for ya both.

Sounds like a plan, if @soylentnoise needs a little more that's fine too, so see how many pouches he has left and I'll take what's left over. I kinda expected some of the folks that made the switch to vegan to get an earlier shipment would have come…

Matt88 said: Isn't a supertaster a person with an abnormally high number of taste buds? Seems to be the premise. They have a test for it now, find out more here. Matt88 said: Was that the show that showed the guy who ate light bulbs, nuts, bolts,…

Matt88 said: If they [were] missing anything, it would have shown up in the tests long before now. You are confusing test results with long term effects of deficiencies. The "optimum" levels in the test results are based on a number of assumptions,…

Matt88 said: Its hot coffee, of course its going to be hot, and whose at fault for spilling it? I doubt the employee threw the cup of coffee on their lap. I say remove the warning labels from everything and let natural selection take its toll. For…

casssax said: Didn't Rob and other beta testers have a lot of lab work done to monitor their health on a more than just anecdotal level? Yea, blood tests and any other test anyone could think of to make sure they weren't lacking in anything or risking…

gannas said: This same show introduced me to the idea of Supertasters; people who taste differently than most. So tell us, just exactly how do people taste anyway? (couldn't resist!) gannas said:

On this note, it is surprising how bad some folks diets can be and they live "normal" lives. This is part of the reason I feel okay about trying Soylent for a long period of time, mixed with occasional traditional meals. A TV show really brought this…

i promised to post all communication...this is what i replied back to the last email before julio chimed in..was bugging me not to post this...felt like i was hiding something. sorry im weird "No it did not...these 2 messages today are the only ones…

charles_anthony said: If you want to believe the research the Soylent people say they have done, that makes some sense. But not Rob's (or anyone else's) anecdotal reports. Didn't Rob and other beta testers have a lot of lab work done to monitor their…

OK then, we have two winners! =) According to the USPS website, the small flat-rate box (which I suspect may fit 14 bottles) would be $5.80 inside the US. If they won't fit, the next size up is a big jump to $12.35. As long as that's OK with you,…

The coffee was incredibly hot, it caused serious burns, and McDonald's had been warned repeatedly, and ignored the warnings. Just FYI.

I'm a backer of Soylent, and I applaud their attempts and reported values. But to say, "... @rob consumed Soylent and nothing but Soylent for more than a few months, as have some beta testers, with no negative side effects. Due to this, it is highly unlikely…

Fantastic! (thanks for splitting it with me @kennufs) I'll gladly take 14 of them. PayPal is cool by me.

Thank you very much for the clarrification... A race between my initial order and new order...who will win...anyone care to place a wager? I hope this thread and my latest post here isn't going against the new policy of the official shipping/fulfillment…

VadimGod said: If you have placed a new order through our website prior to receiving your shipment, it will not be considered a "reorder" jsiegel said: Yes, for some reason they are thinking of me as a new subscriber instead of a re-order. This…

just got a response to my new inquiry for clarification...looks like my new order will be 10-12 weeks...however...being that my current soylent is still probably 8 weeks away (just a guestamite) might just hold onto my new 10-12 week order..unless i get…

Oh yeah good point about the flat rate boxes, I forgot about those. The bottles aren't real big, so yeah... you guys tell me how much you want and I can figure out what it'll cost to ship em (which size box is needed) and let you know the cost. Paypal…

Got a reply (almost a week later) "Hello Vadim,For an order to be considered a reorder you must have received your Soylent product first. For now, all orders placed prior to your initial order's arrival will be considered a new order and subject to…

@vanclute, the USPS offers pretty cheap flat rate boxes in various sizes. Whatever you can fit in it ships for a set price, may be appropriate since they are fairly compact, you would just need to see what size box is needed. If @soylentnoise wants…

Sure thing, nobody has taken me up on any of it yet so, it's all up for grabs. I'm fine with shipping it wherever, just need to figure out what it will cost to ship these things and I don't know how much a bottle weighs.

soylentnoise said: (way back when I ordered, I was trying a vegan lifestyle) I thought that when Soylent went 100% vegan, I could do that. Then I remembered that leather shoes and jackets are really convenient, and I'd not be able to eat cake if it…

If @kennufs doesn't take it, I'll happily step in. I started with the vegan blend (way back when I ordered, I was trying a vegan lifestyle), but have decided to move to non-vegan for my reorder and have two weeks of vegan sitting here that could use some…

This horse has been beaten past death more than any other on the forum.Here's Rob's response to the sucralose concerns. The entire thread has a discussion on it. rob said: The overall level of sweetness is extremely low. Imagine (or try) adding 19g…

Mystify said: Unsweetened soylent is supposedly extremely bitter. I just went back through the extensive previous discussions on the judicious decision to add sucralose. I understand now why it was important to add it, and I am less concerned about…

Unsweetened soylent is supposedly extremely bitter.

When I subscribed, I ticked a box for "ship to non-billing address" and it says I've also ordered 1 Ship to non-billing address? We'll email you for details! Add On It's the same email that I used to order to a US re-shipper address on the Backerkit…

So. This is sort of funny. I realized that I have a lot of DIY soylent ingredients sitting in my kitchen, and I don't want them to go to waste. So I added them to the spreadsheet, so I could mix them into my new non-soylent soylent diet and use them…

I would also be interested in Soylent without sucralose. I just ordered a one-month supply and the sucralose was my one hesitation. I have been drinking Ensure Plus, which has a lot of sugar. I am looking forward to getting away from the sugar when…

I haven't tried it myself, but have heard that flax eggs work well.

There is so much I like about Soylent: the research that has gone into making it a solid product, the beautiful design of each element (as a designer, good design is important to me; it's pleasing to the eye and also infers quality), and while the flavor…

That'd be @nickp Last I heard, he had some degree of interest in something along those lines. I'd find and link the appropriate thread/quotes, but I'm on mobile discourse and... not gonna do that

I'm really digging those graphs. Nicely done. Time to track down my test results from last year and graph them out like that so I can compare to the tests I will be getting 1) when my Soylent finally ships and 2) after some time on Soylent. I can't remember…

Got the blood results back, and figured out another experiment to do before I start soylent. Will post the results for you guys, will have another plot once I go back in after my first month of soylent, this is the best way I could come up with charting…

Have you heard about Soylent? It's a liquid food substitute developed by a Silicon Valley guy whose motto is "free your body." The basic idea is that you dissolve the stuff in water, shake it up, slurp it down and dinner is done. You've gotten all the…

The 25-year-old San Francisco-based entrepreneur claims to have spent the past year living almost entirely off a drinkable "food substitute" of his own invention called Soylent, a sort of Ambrosia for millennials, if you will. The 25-year-old engineering…

rob said: Surely day-to-day consumption would vary but we expect month-to-month to roughly average out. As for bulk orders, if there is demand for larger orders surely we'll offer it. How about a discounted 3 month option like we had during the campaign?…

I've mentioned this elsewhere, and it's a nice to have. I'm an international (Canada) customer who decided to go with a re-shipper. The only way I could place the order is to make the billing and shipping address the same because it would not allow…

naturalist said: EDIT: I also use HTTPS Everywhere. I tried it with disabling HTTPS for Shopify, and the site now works. Please fix this... casssax said: I had the same problem with HTTPS Everywhere. I have to disable it to see the site in Chrome.…

I had the same problem with HTTPS Everywhere. I have to disable it to see the site in Chrome.

The site doesn't work in Google Chrome. I'm on Windows 8.1, running the latest public version of Chrome. I use Adblock and Ghostery, and I also tried the site with them turned off and it's still not working. I had to use Firefox to use the site. EDIT:…

I am also completely for this. Any chance of something like this being in the works, @JulioMiles?

Yep, sounds like applesauce is the way to go... http://chefinyou.com/egg-substitutes-cooking/ Not great English but... If chocolate in the brownies overpowers the flavor of applesauce so it can be safely used, and is in fact, one of the best egg substitute…

You could try 1/2 cup applesauce.. I've used it as a oil substitute but not for egg. I was hoping some of the vegan folks could give a good substitute.