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For a while I was skipping lunch or eating junk food due to work pinning me down for 80 hours a week. I wanted something fast but healthy and not expensive. Prepared meals cost too much, delivery apps only raise the price.
I had heard of soylent before and found ready-to-drink was available at Target. Not bad, but not good. Too sweet for me. After looking into these things more I eventually settled on Mana as they seemed to be the most focused on nutrition and constantly improving their product. I've been getting their powder by subscription ever since to replace one meal a day (usually breakfast). Comes out to less than 5 minutes and $2 a day. It's borderline bland, which makes it easy to have fun with. Add chocolate powder, some mango juice, or leftover coffee from the French press, whatever to break out of the "I'm only eating this for sustenance" monotony.
There's really a product called soylent? What color is it?
Not green. ;)
I apologize if this isn't right to ask, but what issue did you have with skipping lunch? Some cultures practice intermittent fasting anyway, and I'd argue that many people in modern day don't necessarily need 3 meals a day. If you're doing something active or physically demanding like a manual labor job or getting in a workout, sure, you'll need more energy. But if you're sitting in an office all day and don't work out or anything that day, I'd argue a lot of us out there really don't need 3 meals a day.
I'm not trying to say that you, personally, should be skipping meals. I don't at all know you or your situation. I was just curious about it.
It wasn't lunch. I just couldn't eat on any regular schedule at all.