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Whelp, negative WW update this week. Wrestling focused class 8pm last night. It's late everyone is tired but we're pushing it. I match up with an 18 year old who's a national level competitor, but I've got 70 pounds on him. I actually typically enjoy rolling with him, it's speed and skill and ferocity against sheer size and strength, like some Planet Earth clip of a Wolverine fighting a moose.
He tried to hit a pretty basic slide by and idk what happened but his elbow caught me in the upper lip and my lip cut open bad. Million to one shot, never seen it happen before. I immediately went to bathroom to look and the sucker was deep, so I cleaned up, told the coach I wouldn't be in tomorrow, and went to an urgent care. Six stitches later, I think I'm on a liquid diet for a while and a couple weeks out of BJJ.
Anyway with a huge ugly cut on my lip, what are some good quotes about scars to throw out there? I've already burned through The Replacements and Fight Club in the gym group chat, and I'm probably going to need a bon mot for everyone I speak to today.
Do you have a go-to for a liquid diet?
I find Hule Black acceptable if prepared in a blender and given a few hours to hydrate. I wouldn't say it tastes good, but it's not as offensive tasting as some of the bad reviews would suggest. The ready to drink is convenient, but has worse macros for some reason.
I've never been brave enough to try a chicken, broccoli, and OJ blender shake. I have met at least one person IRL who's tried it though, so it's not just a meme. Claimed it was fine. I imagine you can sub cooked rice or oats and bone broth for the OJ carbs.
I did soylent for a bit, always found the original flavor ("Pancake Batter") to be my favorite. Would unflavored/sweetened be the closest there?
Did you replace real food with it?
I've never tried soylent, but had a coworker who switched to hule. He's the one that told me about it. I think Hule Original is probably the closest. It doesn't have a bunch of sugar like soylent but I think does have artificial sweeteners, if that matters to you.
I replaced lunch with Hule black. For sure saves time over meal prepping, and is very macro friendly.
I thought Huel was pretty good but then they switched all their products to pea protein and just can't stand it. It tastes similar to puke.
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