Record producer Benny Blanco is sharing the outcomes of an unconventional dietary challenge in a newly published video on TikTok. The 38-year-old creator set out to eat exclusively pizza for five consecutive days to evaluate its effects on his body weight and energy levels.
Blanco stated the underlying thesis of the experiment was “to prove you can lose weight eating literally anything.” Starting the challenge at an initial baseline weight of 152.2 pounds, Blanco selected a thin-crust cheese pizza from Domino’s as his primary food source.
On the second day of the experiment, Blanco accompanied his wife, actress Selena Gomez, to a dinner outing at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles. While Gomez dined from the venue’s menu, Blanco stuck strictly to the protocol, eating discreetly from his brought pizza box under the table.
By day three, the repetition began to take a toll:
“I’m tired of pizza,” Blanco admitted during his daily check-in. “I hate my life.”
By day five, he reflected on the psychological effects of the restricted menu:
“I don’t even remember who I am as a human being. Like, what was life before pizza?”
Despite the boredom, Blanco reported feeling surprisingly energetic toward the end of the run, describing a “spring in my step.” Upon stepping on the scale at the conclusion of the five days, his weight registered at 147.5 pounds—a net drop of 4.7 pounds.
“I just lost 4.7 pounds in five days eating only pizza!” Blanco concluded. “Nothing matters. You can do whatever you want. F–k failure. F–k everything.”
