Soylent

I wanted to try this futuristic Soylent thing. But the Soylent company does not yet ship from USA to Europe. However, a quick search gave me Soylent Life, a company in the Netherlands that makes it based on the D.I.Y. recipes of the movement around the original makers of Soylent. I love open source.

Anyway: I ordered one of their 1 month variation packs, which is 90 meals in 5 different flavors. I got it today and was struck by the size and weight of the package... It was big and it weighed around 20 kg.

A LEGO Mindstorms SPIK3ER for size reference... because... reasons.

I should not have been so surprised as I actually remember calculating the mass of the things you needed to eat to around 600g per day already 20 years ago after having a discussion on the possibility of taking a pill to replace eating. And just as the Soylent product, that calculation was "just add water".

It filled the entire base of of one of my cupboards:

I'm about to tear out the kitchen(it will be done this year, I swear), thus the lack of cupboard doors...

So the plan is to start "eating" only Soylent (nearly only, because: beer, steak and friends) , beginning breakfast tomorrow. And to answer the questions I have, like: Will I feel full? Does it taste dust flavored dust and chemical fruit? Will I have the energy to keep up my exercise schedule? Will I hate it? Is it the shiny Sci-Fi future or the dark one where it always rains?

And also the question a friend of mine had: What will my poop be like? I love the brain on that one.

I'll keep you posted.

Or just myself posted I guess. ;)