Mikuri forgot trash day, overflowing with bottles, and now faces diet doubts.
The episode opens with Mikuri greeting listeners and noting it's Saturday. She immediately shares a mundane failure: forgetting to take out the trash, specifically PET bottles, which is a biweekly task. This sets a tone of everyday vulnerability. She then transitions to the main topic: early doubts about her new diet. Mikuri explains she started dieting by walking 30 minutes yesterday, reducing meal portions to half, and eating twice a day. Her goal is to move to one meal a day, with boiled eggs or natto for snacks when hungry. However, she's already struggling with hunger on the current two-meal plan. She describes how reducing rice portions accelerates hunger from every 4 hours to 2-3 hours. The physical discomfort leads to constant food thoughts, like craving convenience store pasta. Mikuri emotionally debates giving up, considering just buying new summer dresses from GU or Uniqlo that fit her current body. She rejects this, deciding she must at least maintain her weight to avoid buying an entirely new wardrobe. She identifies the core challenge: the pain isn't just eating less, but the hunger itself and the inability to eat when hungry. She realizes that suppressing hunger triggers stronger cravings, making restraint a foe. Her proposed solution is to use low-calorie foods like natto or boiled eggs to slightly satisfy hunger when it arises. Yet, she confesses to drinking a large bowl of miso soup at 10 PM the previous night due to uncontrollable hunger. Mikuri mentions consulting an AI (possibly ChatGPT or Gemini) for diet menu advice, which recommended low-carb, high-protein meals with boiled eggs. However, she has practical anxieties about eggs: they're fragile, worrying her about breakage during shopping, so she's avoided buying them for over half a year. The episode concludes with her acknowledging the long-term difficulty of dieting, mentioning a goal to lose 20kg in 2-3 years feels overwhelming. She encourages listeners also dieting to persevere and wishes others a happy day enjoying food freely.
