For example, I need to eat 6 meals a day @ 40g protein / 40g carbs / 20g fat in each meal.
If Soylent got popular enough, it would pretty much make my service obsolete. I doubt that'll happen anytime soon, but I'm still a huge supporter of what Soylent is trying to accomplish with taking the thinking out of what I should eat. You can actually use the two in conjunction pretty well by adding Soylent as a "custom food" on Eat This Much, making it take up about 80% of your daily calories, locking it in place, and then running the meal plan generator to fill in the last 20% of your calories with real food.
Here's an example where I added Soylent similar to one of their initial recipes, each serving being 1/4 of their daily recommendation (and a higher calorie target so I don't atrophy into nothing): http://www.eatthismuch.com/diet/802429276
Don't count yourself out just yet. Some people will always prefer to eat real food.
Furthermore, all the existing makers have to do is launch another brand and Soylent is more/less boxed into an all but hipster lifestyle business. They would have to fight an uphill battle all the way as there is no real element of defensibly about it in a market where the existing players already dominate the key element: distribution.
As an example of branding nutritional beverages: as a kid, I like carnation instant breakfast because what kid doesn't like any excuse to have chocolate milk for breakfast? It's not quite the same as a complete nutrition product, but it's close enough to illustrate the point of branding. Most people dislike Ensure because it's associated with the infirm and the elderly. If one were to build a complete nutrition brand, it has to be associated with Olympians, military specops and so on.
I wouldn't count him out either. "Some" is likely going to be the overwhelming majority of people for at least another century.
I honestly hope I'm not around to see the day when actual food is too expensive for the average person to eat.
I think actual food may already be borderline too expensive for the average person to eat. At least Soylent promises to make it somewhat healthier.
Nope.
It is pretty expensive to eat good, healthy food all of the time, but I still think middle-class families can afford it (although its getting harder all the time). Sometimes the crappy, unhealthy alternatives are cheaper, but there are still meals that you can cook at home that are pretty inexpensive.
PS - Are you Louis? We had a quick email convo last year. If you need help implementing some of the marketing aspects of EatThisMuch, let me know.
The recipe, for those who are curious:
- 1/2-1 cup raw oatmeal
- 1-2 tablespoon(s) peanut butter
- 1 scoop whey protein powder (I use Gold Standard Double Chocolate)
- 1 tablespoon flax seeds
- 1 banana
- 1-2 cups milk
Blend the oatmeal and flax seeds into small bits before adding the rest, then add the rest and blend. Chocolate-banana-peanut butter taste, and a pretty good mix of nutrients.
Please keep with it. You have an actually unique and well implemented idea.
Great redesign as well. That also looks like a fairly balanced meal, I'd down the carbs and up the protein though.
I got 6 tupperware boxes each day and it was heaven, apart from the price tag.
I've been dreaming of starting a healthy micro-meal delivery service ever since. You even get the perfect distribution point for free: the gym.
It was amazingly effective and I'm glad I did it but, unsurprisingly, it was just too expensive to maintain in the long run.
The importance of meal frequency is pretty much regarded as bro-science these days.
Customizable "meals" based on your activity level, age, and weight goals (among other factors) should be a goal for the Soylent team down the road.
This is why god invented excel. So you can eat real food. Just read the labels...
Did you ever see prisoners? They get huge and they don't drink whey in prison, they don't even eat a lot of meat. All they do is rest all day and, in the limited time they have to workout, they pull heavy weights.
A lot of this stuff (very high protein, high meal frequency) is out there because it keeps supplement companies in business.
Which is that, if you don't mind my asking on matters of personal curiosity?
I have similar eating habits insofar as finding some foods off putting if I eat them too regularly.
Or it's a placebo effect. Who knows?
Thanks again!
2. Lift heavy
3. Sleep
4. Be consistent
Go on bodybuilding.com / reddit.com/r/bodybuilding and read posts about peoples diets and see what works for who. People usually post progress pictures in r/loseit, r/gainit, r/progresspics, r/brogress along with their routines and diets.
If you're looking for a more scientific approach: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/articles
Meal frequency adjustments can be accomplished with a measuring cup.