Man documents his dramatic body change after living on baby food

Daily Mail​

6 hours ago

A San Diego man who ate nothing but food and drinks designed for babies has revealed the huge amount of weight he lost in the process.
Michael Alves, a former college football player, tried the so-called 'baby food diet' in a self-imposed challenge posted to his YouTube channel, Killdozer.
The video documents the 26-year-old surviving on pouches, purees and formula drinks for the best part of a week.
Before starting, Alves lays out strict ground rules: everything he eats must be made for babies or toddlers.
Drinks must come in child-sized bottles, and all meals must be consumed using baby utensils -including a novelty cow-shaped 'spork'.
By the end of the experiment, Alves claims he dropped from 254lb to 248lb - almost half a stone - adding that the experience made him feel constantly hungry, demoralized, and at times physically unwell.
'This challenge sucks,' he says in the video at one point. 'I really don't want to eat any more baby food.'
Alves, who has gained more than 500,000 subscribers for his humorous gaming and lifestyle content, appears shirtless at the start of the video for a weigh in and 'physique check'.
He is optimistic, claiming baby food 'must have loads of protein because children need protein... I think.'
His enthusiasm quickly dissipates: 'There's no protein in anything here,' he says in disbelief while shopping the baby aisle at Target. 'Do babies not need protein?'
Alves samples everything from toddler snacks to infant formula and squeezable meat purees - with mixed and mostly negative results.
Many of the meals left him visibly recoiling. The mashed carrots, he said, were 'diabolical,' adding: 'Zero flavor at all. And they almost melt immediately in your mouth.'
The macaroni and cheese fared little better: 'The noodles immediately disintegrate... and the cheese? Not very flavorful.'
Even the infant formula drink he chose proved unbearable. After one sip, he grimaced: 'What the hell are we giving our kids? This tastes like poison.'
Only one dish - mashed potatoes with beef and gravy - earned faint praise. 'It still tastes like baby food, but it also does taste like beef. So it's a double whammy.'
He added: 'These meals taste like they were made by aliens.'
Alves did, however, enjoy toddler crisps, including a packet of garden salsa puffs which he awarded 9.2 out of 10, calling them the best thing he ate all week.
To supplement the low-calorie meals, he also added regular exercise - taking part in hikes wearing a weighted vest, gym sessions and long walks, often with his wife Jessica, 27.
Although the final weigh-in confirms he's 6lb lighter, Alves says he suspects much of the weight loss may be water rather than fat.
He adds that the sheer lack of flavor in most of the products he consumed made it impossible to overeat.
'I'm starving,' he says at the end of day five.
He gives the overall experience a score of 3/10, noting: 'If I didn't have the snacks or Pedialyte [baby formula rehydration drinks], it would've been a one.'
Nutrition experts would be unlikely to recommend the plan.
Baby food is designed for small children with developing digestive systems and contains limited salt, spices and fiber - not to mention little in the way of protein, unless fortified.
Alves notes that even the baby yoghurts he tried were labelled as 'not containing live cultures,' meaning they were shelf-stable and lacked the gut-friendly bacteria found in regular yoghurt.
'I really thought this would be better,' he says. 'Even the formula tastes like poison. What are we giving our kids?'
The challenge ends with Alves rewarding himself with a burrito, saying: 'We've got to start giving these to babies.'
Alves has seen a rapid rise in fame over the past year, transitioning from sport to streaming.
As a former offensive lineman for UCLA, he began posting gaming content and challenge videos under the name Killdozer in early 2025.
His fanbase – known affectionately as 'Dozer Purists' – have praised the video's humor, but even die-hard supporters seem unlikely to replicate the diet themselves.
'Please do not do the baby food diet,' he says. 'I'm so glad I only did five days and not seven.'