Day 1- Partial mix

So I mixed up a day's supply last night with the materials I have already. I'm still waiting on the choline, Five Alive! and monosodium phosphate. I wanted to try out the flavor and, honestly, I was just too impatient to wait for the rest. I blended together the Serious Mass, light flavored olive oil and matcha green tea powder with a small amount of cold water in my Ninja cup. It took some time to thoroughly blend together, but in the end it came out pretty smooth. I mixed in less water initially thinking I could make a base batch and add more water at each meal to the appropriate amount of concentrated slurry. After it was all blended together I separated it into thirds (roughly) with a bit more in the breakfast cup. I stored them all overnight in the fridge and went to bed super excited to already have the whole day taken care of.



I woke up and got ready for work. It was nice not to worry about finding time to feed myself sufficiently for the day. I packed a bag with a mason jar of Soylent for lunch, a banana in case of hunger emergency and applesauce because it had already been living in my lunchbag for the past two weeks. I took my iron and calcium supplements and grabbed my breakfast cup as I headed out the door.
That first sip was strong and only mildly gritty. I had heard horror stories about the general sandiness of the finished product but this was totally tolerable. I waited through the aftertaste and decided to just chug it. As I gulped it down, I realized it wasn't as bad as that first taste seemed. The matcha flavor came through and it had a slightly vanilla aftertaste. The consistency reminded me of an almost completely melted milkshake. It was still cold and slightly thick but not heavy.
I only had about a third of a cup though, it didn't seem to fill me like I expected from various reviews. I panicked. I remembered the banana and gave in. I hate working while I'm hungry and I was almost there. Half-way through the banana it hit me, I was totally full and couldn't eat another bite. By the time I got started with work I had energy, I was full and I felt pretty great overall. About 3 hours later I started to feel hungry again. I was annoyed. Matcha was used in my mix specifically as an appetite suppressant. I kept working, helped a few customers and, when I could stand it no more, I went to the break room and drank the rest of my water. That was exactly what I needed. I came to the conclusion that I need to add more water to my routine to keep the full feeling going.
I've had nothing but (semi)Soylent, water and pickles today. No adverse effects to report and I'm not digging through the fridge. I'm pretty satisfied so far. Tomorrow, we try hot chocolate mix.

Beginnings

Hi. My name is Audrey and I have a horrible relationship with food. I've started this blog to follow my trek into the world of food substitution. Hopefully it will be successful or, at the very least, interesting. So, here we go!

I recently read an article about a blogger's first taste of Soylent. She was generally pretty neutral on the whole thing, but hearing about the product piqued my interests. I have had a rocky relationship with food, my weight and the act of cooking since I was a preteen. I was raised with healthy eating habits. Every morning was at least cereal, lunch was well-rounded and dinner was hearty. I was active like most kids and also participated in cheerleading. Then, in the fifth grade, I was told that I was "chunky" by a boy I didn't know and I never felt confident in my body again. For years I felt like I ate too much and that I needed to lose weight when, in reality, I was average and even on the small side. In the meantime, I learned to cook the basics but wasn't really interested in fending for myself. The result was way too much reliance on fast food, things I could pop into the microwave and a litany of unhealthy, but easy, food choices.  So just managing to make it through the day with enough calories to survive started to become a challenge. Oh, and did I mention that I also became lactose intolerant? Because, yeah.
 Fast forward to my first job. Ye Ole Fashioned Ice Cream and Sandwich Cafe... I could go on and on about the greasy food, the ice cream I forced down despite myself and the liberal coating of Ranch dressing on everything I ate, but let's talk about the speed eating. It's at this job where I developed a need to eat quickly and in front of an entire restaurant of people. Until this point I absolutely despised eating around other people and now my lunches were on display for all to see. I had been promoted to management which meant that I had to shove food down in record time. This habit is still with me today. I can't slow down and enjoy food. My brain just won't allow it. During my years at Ye Ole I also started getting "the shot" or Depo Prevera. I gained more than thirty pounds in my first three months. I became exhausted and docile. I slept more than a twenty year old should. I didn't have the energy to get up and go to work, let alone exercise and my sudden weight gain and stretch marks made me angry at myself. This was the nail in my coffin. Up until this point I could have fought, I could have changed...
By the time we make it to today I have developed and tried to fix some terrible habits with food. I speed eat, I hate cooking, I cannot commit to grocery shopping, I'm picky and I'm addicted to caffeine. What I hope to have found in Soylent, a questionable looking product full of vitamins and nutrients, is an end all to my suffering through poor food choices. I hope I can look back on this initial post and see that everything has panned out. I hope that my experience turns out positive and that it helps someone else make a necessary change in their life.


Below is my first part of three shipments of my Poor Man's Soylent from amazon. They all smell suspicious on their own. Let's hope they mix well.