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Benny Blanco Says He Lost 4.7 Pounds After Five Days Eating Only Pizza

The TikTok stunt, timed to promote his Sept. 15 memoir, prompted media and health experts to warn that short-term weight drops from fluid shifts and undisclosed lifestyle factors limit its meaning.

Overview

  • Blanco posted a TikTok that documented a five-day experiment in which he ate one large thin-crust Domino’s pizza per day and recorded his progress.
  • He showed an initial weigh-in around 152.2–152.5 pounds and a final weigh-in of 147.5 pounds, which he described as a 4.7-pound loss.
  • Blanco used the video to promote his upcoming book F**k Failure, and the footage includes brief cameos of his wife Selena Gomez during a Sunset Tower Hotel date.
  • News outlets and health commentators noted important omissions in Blanco’s video, including whether he changed exercise, hydration, or scale method, and cautioned that short-term weight changes often reflect fluid, glycogen or digestive shifts rather than fat loss.
  • The episode fits Blanco’s public food persona—he released a cookbook in 2024—and reporters framed the pizza challenge as a promotional social-media stunt rather than evidence of a healthy or sustainable diet choice.