I never updated this in the end.
I did the full 30days without food and did the blood test after, which I will share later as I dont have a scanner at home. Everything in the blood test was healthier after 30 days of huel. So I can say it was a success.
Here is a picture of me eating my first bit of food:
What happened between day 17 to day 30?
I stayed at 2500 calories and had to stop working out. I started adding coffee powder in the morning to make it taste nicer. There was not much change really. My energy levels where absolutely fine, apart from working out. Taste wise, I was happy with the vanilla. It didnt really get boring, but I can eat the same meal everyday for a week and it doesn’t really phase me.
What did I learn?
The hardest thing for me was the social side. I am 27 now and a lot of social gathers are around food and drink. If you head out for the day, at some point your going to have to get food and this is were this experiment was hard. I feel Huel is fantastic as 50-75% of your food. Personally I don’t care what I eat for breakfast, lunch but sometimes I do want to head out for dinner or I want to make something nice. So this works perfect.
Cost
I live in London, going to get sandwiches and crips at lunch is at least £4-5 and they are full of sugar. Huel is sub £2 and its actually nutritious. It’s changed the way I eat lunch.
Did I lose weight?
Yes. I never planned or wanted to. I made my way up to 3000 calories (see the post here for why that was a bad idea), and then had to go back down to 2500. I did have to stop working out while doing this. It made me lightheaded and I was weak. I tried this about 5 times and everytime it was the same so I am pretty sure it was down to the 100% huel. I lost 5kg in 30 days. Because I stopped working out, some weight loss could have come through losing muscle but a lot of friends were commenting about how much skinner my face and neck looked. I would be interested in knowing if this has anything to do with it being a liquid diet?
Would I do it again?
This was an experiment and I can only assume Huel are not making this product to be consumed 100% of your meals so the aim here was not to see if I could convert to 100% Huel, but more to see the effect on my body. I could do this again, but I would probably not. Would I recommend it? For people looking for a change in lifestyle or a reboot, then 100%, it was hard work but it was something challenging to do for yourself.
Do I still take Huel 2 years on?
Yep. I have been taking it ever since. Literally with no breaks. I normally take:
2 scoops for breakfast (with coffee)
3 scoops mid morning
I hope this update has helped someone even though its 2 years late haha.