Day Four

Introduction

So I'm on my forth day of Soylent. I'm back on track as of today. All of my meals today were Soylent only. I got the salt content just right now and everything tasted great. I made a pitcher before bed last night and let it sit in the fridge overnight.

I took a full 20 ounces to work today with me. I started sipping on it slightly throughout the morning and finished the rest of it (probably 3/4 of it) at lunch time. When I got home, I had a small "snack" serving size. Then around 8pm or so, I poured myself another 18 ounces for dinner. I haven't felt hungry or anything all day and I'd say my body is fairly well adjusted to the Soylent diet by now.

Impressions So Far

So what do I think? I think Soylent is a great product, but it sure won't be for everyone. As I mentioned before, I don't particularly like eating, cooking, or dealing with food in general. But even I have had a desire to just chew some real food. Mostly, I'd say I've had a desire to snack more than I have to eat a regular full meal, though. Still, I don't mind the texture or taste. In fact, I quite enjoy how it tastes at this point. At this point, I'm thinking that while I could see myself replacing my meals with Soylent, I don't really like the idea of having a small serving of it as a "snack". If I'm hungry between meals, I want to snack on some real food. Or I could just sip on a meal-sized serving for longer so I don't get the urge to snack.

Side Effects

Again, nothing to really report here. All the initial (trivial) issues I had when I started are gone and can be attributed to my body adjusting to the new diet. I have no more headaches after adding the 1/4 teaspoon of salt to the pitcher as the directions included with the product recommend. Nothing else to really report here, but I'll be sure to keep you updated if I do see any side effects over the last few days.

Day Four Wrap Up

Overall, I think it's going well. I can definitely see this as a great thing to have for lunch while at work even if I don't end up replacing all of my meals with it. But I'm not saying I wouldn't consider it as a complete meal replacement, either. I'll have to wait until the full week is up to come to any conclusions, but the further into the week I get, the better the experience has gotten so far. That's it for tonight. If you have any questions, you can leave them in the comments section below.