Preface
So I have been drinking PlennyShake Vanilla-flavor, 5 times a day (95g each) for the past 10 months.
Atleast 95% of all the meals I have eaten in these 10 months were PlennyShake. Only on very rare occasions would I eat a regular meal. Sometimes I will eat a pear or a kiwi, but that is also rare.
I live a sedentary lifestyle but do some light exercise for 20 minutes each day. I weigh about 70kg, am 175cm tall, and in my mid 20s. I do not take any supplements or medicine. I don’t smoke.
I have not done a blood test, because 1. i feel great, and 2. the videos i’ve seen of how much blood they take from you make me dizzy.
Why did I get into eating PlennyShakes only
I dislike: Figuring out what I want to eat, Going to the store, Finding the food in the store and being around a large crowd of people, Going back home with heavy groceries, Preparing the food, Cleaning everything up including doing dishes, Having lots of packaging trash and leftovers to throw away.
PlennyShake cuts down on all the time/energy spend on all of that Dramatically.
There is no other reason why I switched to eating PlennyShakes only.
My experience
I feel great, my stomach is happy and my stool is a consistent type 4 every time.
Before I switched to this diet I read people saying my jaw would start to hurt from not chewing, I don’t have this problem at all.
I do not miss eating regular meals
I have not gotten sick of the same flavor/food every day, and I know I won’t in the future.
I don’t have an urge to snack, I know exactly at which time of the day I drink another meal and that stops my head from ever even going “Should I eat something right now, or not?” which was kind of distracting before.
I tried other flavors, but:
they were harder to clean off my glassware which got annoying (I do dishes by hand).
Other flavors tasted nice, but eating them 5 times a day every day I started to dislike them, except for vanilla. I think this is because vanilla is a more subtle taste although if I could have a PlennyShake with no taste atall I think I might like that even more.
I have not tried any other JimmyJoy products because I am just not interested.
When I occasionally do eat a regular meal, as long as I don’t eat a huge amount my stomach can handle it perfectly fine, it doesn’t seem to have ‘forgotten’ how to digest other stuff and make me sick or anything.
The bad
It’s getting more and more expansive, which is getting a bit tough on my budget, however the most important thing to me is that the ingredients stay top quality.
Really can’t think of any other downsides for me.
Conclusion
Theres not much else to say except, PlennyShake has subjectively been a improvement to my life, and I don’t see myself going back to eating regular meals. If PlennyShake ever stops being appealing because of price or ingredient changes, I will switch to a competitor before going back to cooking my own meals again.
Any other people here who’s meals consist of majority only JimmyJoy products?
And what are your experiences? I would like to read these peoples reviews, so please write them. (:
98% of the time Plenny shakes and 2% for normal food.
It’s super healthy Plenny shakes because it’s packed with very good building blocks, vitamins and minerals, convenience and no food to throw away because it’s expired. I also have to go to the supermarket a lot less. I have much more energy, I have much less colds and I haven’t been sick for years thanks to Plenny shakes. Also I have no jaw pain or stomach problems when I eat normal food and I can still eat as much as before I started Plenny shakes. I have also used Jake and Huel in the past and very satisfied with them as well. It’s a beautiful world the healthy liquid food and I even take it with me on vacation, I’m addicted to it but eating normal food for once is also very tasty. I am 1.95 meters tall and weighed 58 kilos a long time ago, which is much too light, thanks to the healthy liquid diet I quickly weighed 85 kilos again, it’s a panacea! I have almost all flavors of Plenny shakes because I like variety.
Update: Today is around the 2 and a half year mark of eating almost exclusively PlennyShake.
Honestly nothing has changed from my initial post/review, and that’s exactly the way I like it to be.
Still feeling healthy, still enjoying the convenience, time saved, money saved.
Not having to think about what to eat for dinner this time, getting myself to actually go to the store, deal with all the people in the store, going back home, putting all the groceries in the fridge and cabinets, having to actually prepare the food, cleaning all the pans and plates afterwards, throwing away leftovers and packaging trash.
… It all takes so much time and energy, that I much rather spend on other things.
Occasionally I will eat some other food, like on special occasions with family, friends or co-workers at a restaurant.
And if I am in the supermarket anyway and feel like buying some tasty food; like some fruit or a salmon, I totally will! I am not in some religious commitment to ONLY eat Plennyshake. I just rarely feel the need to eat anything else.
I would love to hear from others and their experiences eating PlennyShakes or other JimmyJoy products for any extended period of time.
Thanks so much for the update, @MudkipAstronaut! Super helpful, this really shows how it’s all about making life easier while staying healthy and not breaking the bank haha
We’d also love to hear from more people with similar experiences!
The fact that you do this with only vanilla flavour is so funny to me for some reason! I order different flavours each time.
I’ve never done 100% (or 98%) Jimmy Joy for that long before, but I regularly find I’ve used it for a week or two without realising I didn’t have any “proper food”. Very similar reasons to you, I just hate all the nonsense of buying food, preparing, cooking, eating, washing, leftovers, planning. It’s actually crazy how much extra free time I get when I use Jimmy Joy. I also just really enjoy it, I genuinely like the taste. I never feel like I’m missing out or wishing I was eating something, I’m just really happy with a shake.
I have been doing this since June approximately, too (one day a week I eat something different). In my case, I have two meals of the active shake (banana) for lunch and three of the normal shake for dinner, either caramel seasalt by itself or mixed with some other not too sweet flavor (mostly pistachio, banana and coconut).
I would personally like more not-as-sweet flavor options (to me, those mentioned above feel less sweet than e.g. peach, lemon pie or wild berries): the sweeter ones taste good, but to me feel less satisfying if I’m only going to eat that.
I read the entries from MudkipAstronaut and was intrigued by his statement of drinking Plenny Shake almost exclusively. Very interesting. I started it as well. I ordered Vanilla shake and Vanilla bars. I need a daily chew, I cannot do drinks only, hence the bars. But they give me lots of gass. The taste is great though, love it. I will try to eat half a bar only and go from there.
I love the Vanilla shake, it tastes great, especially with my adjustments:
1 or two bananas
250 ml of Oatly milk
50ml to 150ml of water, depending on the quantity of naners
2 scoops of Vanilla shake
Blend with Nutribullet
That is one creamy thick and smooth shake and my breakfast.
Later in the day I take a bar or another shake and for dinner is either bar or shake. These shakes are just 2 scoops of powder with 300ml of Oatly milk.
When out and about with friends or family, I eat normal meals. Other than that, I try to stick with Plenny only. So far I feel very good and satisfied.
I tried other bars and shakes, but Vanilla is the best so far. I also tried Mac’ and Cheeze Pot, but it was really disgusting. So much pepper, no taste of cheese and not creamy at all.
I am not religous about Plenny, but I try to stick with this simple routine of mostly shake and bar. Love it.
No I havent, Like i said in the OP, I am too uncomfortable with needles and blood and other stuff so I dont wanna do it.
Maybe if I didnt feel healthy I would be more open to getting my blood tested, but since I feel great I really don’t want to do it. Sorry.
But there are some examples online of people who have been eating Plennyshakes for extended periods of time, and DID get their blood tested:
i’ve been on soylent for about 3 years straight now for the same reasons as OP
…bloodwork has always come back completely normal (annual checkups)
seems like soylent has been falling off since they sold out to that big food corp – a few months back they somehow made a mistake and didn’t add sweetener to any of the cans or bags of powder and as of last month all shipments are delayed until 2025 so i made the switch to JJ
glad this exists because i can’t do dairy or eggs and stuff sweetened with stevia tastes bitter to me…the variety is neat but i’m fine with just vanilla tbh
