Benny Blanco has discovered that eating pizza for every meal comes with one major problem: eventually, you really do get tired of pizza. The music producer recently documented a five-day experiment in which he ate nothing but a large thin-crust Domino’s pizza while trying to prove that losing weight ultimately comes down to calories.
Blanco, 38, started the challenge at 152.2 pounds and recorded his progress throughout the five days on TikTok. The experiment was less about enjoying unlimited pizza than controlling how much he ate, with Blanco showing followers exactly how small his daily portions were.
The pizza-only diet quickly became less entertaining for Blanco as the days went on. By the third day, he was openly sick of eating the same thing, although he continued documenting the challenge until the final weigh-in.
Benny Blanco’s Pizza Diet Quickly Became A Struggle
Blanco’s experiment started with a simple rule: pizza was the only food he would eat for five days. He chose a large thin-crust cheese pizza from Domino’s and divided it into portions rather than eating the entire pizza whenever he wanted.
At one point, he showed followers a single slice and explained that it represented 1/16 of everything he could eat that day. The strict portions became particularly difficult when he discovered that someone at work had helped themselves to his food, leaving him with even less of his carefully planned pizza supply.
Date night presented another challenge. Blanco took his pizza to the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles while Gomez enjoyed a meal at the upscale restaurant. Footage from the evening also showed Gomez kissing Blanco’s neck, giving the unusual dinner an unexpectedly romantic moment despite his very specific diet.
The novelty had largely disappeared by the third day. Blanco admitted that he was tired of eating pizza and bluntly told his camera, “I hate my life.”
His frustration continued into the final day, when he joked about how much the repetitive diet had affected him.
“I don’t even remember myself as a human being,” Blanco said. “Like, what was life before pizza?”
Despite the complaints, Blanco said he physically felt good during the challenge. He even described himself as having a “spring in his step” before reaching the final weigh-in.
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Blanco Lost 4.7 Pounds After Five Days
The experiment ended with Blanco stepping back onto the scale. His weight had fallen from 152.2 pounds to 147.5 pounds, a difference of 4.7 pounds over five days.
“I just lost 4.7 pounds eating pizza,” Blanco said after seeing the result. He then summed up the lesson he believed the experiment had demonstrated: “Nothing matters, do whatever you want.”
The result does not establish that a pizza-only diet is a healthy or sustainable way to lose weight. Blanco was documenting his own experiment rather than presenting it as a recommended eating plan, and short-term changes on a scale can reflect factors beyond body-fat loss.
The pizza challenge also arrives as Blanco prepares to release his upcoming book, Fck Failure*, on September 15. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book focuses on his approach to failure and success, with Blanco describing his experience as a producer as a series of lessons learned through mistakes.
“You want success? You gotta fail better,” Blanco said. “I fail constantly — small everyday failures and massive failures that last for years.”
Food has also been a recurring part of Blanco’s public persona. He released his cookbook, Open Wide: A Cookbook for Friends, in 2024 and has frequently discussed his interest in cooking and food.
Five days of eating pizza eventually left Blanco with a simple realization: the food he loves is considerably less appealing when it is the only thing on the menu.