Cheat day

Be Happy (1)

Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

I started the broadcast with Muk Eun-ji and Park Ha-im.

Park Ha-im, with his arms crossed, glared at the camera, showing determination, while Muk Eun-ji, wearing a paper mask that revealed only her chin, sat motionless.

Thanks to Park Ha-im’s appearance, even though the broadcast had only been on for 30 minutes, the viewer count, which usually hovers around 20,000, had nearly reached 40,000.

“May blessings descend upon your skinny arms. Though the beginning may seem trivial, the end shall be great. This is a broadcast about eating until the grace of high-end side dishes settles in every part of your body. I am Ha Chan-han.”

“Wooaah!”

At the opening remark, Park Ha-im cheered.

“…Wow.”

Turning my head to look at him, I saw Muk Eun-ji displaying a similar reaction.

“Let’s start by introducing the two of you. Ha-im?”

“Hello!”

Park Ha-im waved at the camera.

“Is that it?”

“Do you need more?”

It felt like the implied “Isn’t it obvious?” was left unsaid.

I wondered if there was anyone who didn’t know Park Ha-im.

“Then, PD-nim.”

“Hello. I am Muk Eun-ji, the PD of the side dish store.”

Ha-im, please gain some weight ㅠ

Why are both of you so skinny?

I look so sturdy between the two skinny side dishes, lol.

PD nuna!!!

Ha-im

“How have you been lately?”

Many people would be curious about Park Ha-im’s current situation.

“I started the diet plan that my brother suggested. Oh, and the hospital said I could start eating regular meals.”

“I wasn’t feeling well after dieting so hard, but now I’m okay.”

“Yeah.”

“So now I want to gain some weight to build a healthy body?”

Park Ha-im nodded.

“What was your weight at your lowest, and what is your target weight?”

“The lightest I’ve been was 58 kg. My goal is 63 kg.”

“Five kilograms to gain. Sounds good. Honestly, if you set your mind to it, it’s possible within a week, so don’t worry.”

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“Huh?”

“What about you, PD-nim?”

Ignoring Park Ha-im’s question, I turned my head.

“I’ve been eating regular meals for about three months after suffering from an eating disorder.”

Muk Eun-ji, who had insisted on body correction, skin care, wearing lenses, makeup, and wearing normal clothes, showed significant motivation when I mentioned the payment for participation.

“My lowest weight was 34 kg, and I currently weigh 40 kg.”

Since my digestive system was extremely weak, I have been consulting with my doctor regularly about what and how much to eat, progressing slowly.

I set a goal to gain 1-2 kg per month, and although I have gained 6 kg from my initial weight, I am still too thin.

“Sounds good. First of all, gaining weight is really easy. Just keep eating simple carbohydrates. But you need to gain weight healthily.”

“Yeah.”

“Exactly.”

“And that’s why today’s menu is chicken.”

Isn’t it supposed to be healthy? lol

One chicken per person?

This is too hard from the start, lol

“We need to gain weight healthily. But more importantly, we should first enjoy the act of eating. You both have very small appetites. It’s ridiculous.”

“No way. I can eat all of this.”

“Are you saying you want to eat all of this?”

“No, today is just a test. So, why chicken? What do you usually eat?”

“Oats. Chicken breast. Cabbage?”

“I eat konjac jelly.”

“See? Since you eat such unappetizing food, it’s no wonder your appetites are so small. But if you eat something delicious? Naturally, you’ll want to eat more. What is delicious? Chicken.”

└That makes sense.
└Can’t argue with that.
└Chicken is delicious.
└If you suppress your appetite in front of chicken, you have to suspect if you’re a monk.

“So today, we will eat chicken and see how much each of you can eat. By the way, for a normal adult, one whole chicken is one serving, and this chicken is a sponsorship.”

This guy.

So it was sponsored after all, lol.

He just slipped that in there, lol.

Oh! Back sponsorship!

He said it, so it’s not a sponsorship, lol.

What a bad guy, lol.

“When Ha-im joined, the price went up, you know. I couldn’t help it.”

“…Give me some too.”

“I want some too.”

“Of course, you should get some. Now, please eat.”

Muk Eun-ji and Park Ha-im began eating a piece of chicken placed in front of them.

“Please listen while you eat. This chicken, you know, it’s not just about what kind of chicken you eat, but how you eat it is even more important. So how should you eat this chicken leg? Look.”

I picked up a chicken leg.

I bit the thick, blunt end of the thigh, separating the bone and cartilage.

“After separating the bone and cartilage like this, you can suck it in.”

I took a bite of the chicken leg and sucked the separated cartilage and meat.

“At this point, thin bones will come along. In human terms, the thick bone is the shinbone, and the thin bone is the calf bone. That part should be spit out.”

└??????
└Where did all the meat go?
└No way, lol, this is absurd, lol.
└Look at Park Ha-im’s expression, lol.

“Now for the lower part. There is cartilage here too. If you chew it, the bone will be left clean.”

“Wow.”

Park Ha-im clapped.

Both of them held up the chicken legs and tried to follow me, but soon their expressions turned sour.

They looked for tissues, turned their heads, covered their mouths, and spat out the cartilage.

“What is going on right now?”

“This feels unpleasant.”

“This isn’t eating.”

“No, you can eat everything from a chicken. The skin is fried, right? Chicken breast, what we call the shoulder meat. Wings. Chicken thighs, which we call the lower leg. Chicken feet. Gizzards. Hearts. Bones are used for broth, right? The remaining meat is ground up to make nuggets.”

└I’m sorry, chicken, for what humans do ㅠㅠㅠ
└Don’t we not eat the head?
└Eat it reasonably, lol.

“There really seem to be no parts of the pig or chicken that people don’t eat.”

“Head? People eat the neck. In China, they eat chicken neck skewers, and in Japan, it’s very popular as ‘seseri.’ Wow. The cartilage. I hope you both show some respect for the chicken.”

“Did I do something wrong?”

“Of course! You did something very wrong!”

“…I’m sorry.”

Park Ha-im bowed his head and apologized to the chicken.

“You too, PD-nim.”

“Is there really a reason to eat the cartilage when there’s already so much meat?”

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“There’s only one chicken, you know. Just one. It’s far too little to satisfy a hungry stomach. We have to eat it wisely.”

“I’m already full.”

I was surprised and looked around, noticing I had only eaten the breast bone and one leg bone.

“I can eat one more.”

Turning my head, I saw Park Ha-im picking up the remaining chicken leg.

After eating a total of three pieces, he set his hands down.

“No. This is an advertisement, everyone. If that’s all you eat, it might seem like it’s not tasty.”

Hahaha!

In the midst of all this, it’s an ad, haha!

But seriously, are you full after eating just 2-3 pieces of chicken?

Maybe your stomach has really shrunk.

It’s amazing to see people who eat so little.

Even in front of chicken, they say they’re full and don’t eat.

“Everyone, this chicken is really delicious. Don’t misunderstand; it’s because these two have such small stomachs. Just watch me eat.”

Fearing the advertisement might be cut short, I began to eat eagerly.

Park Ha-im was communicating while looking at the chat, and Muk Eun-ji was puzzling the pieces of chicken together for some reason.

“PD-nim, what are you doing?”

“I used exactly one chicken. I used a size 11 chicken, so there’s quite a lot.”

“Oh.”

It seemed like a conscious effort to be mindful of the advertisement.

“…Um.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Should I get you a Diet Coke?”

Noticing my strange reaction, Muk Eun-ji and Park Ha-im began talking to me.

“No, …this can’t be happening?”

“What is it?”

“Is there a part that’s missing?”

“No.”

I was so taken aback that I could only stare at the chicken box, unable to speak, until I finally looked up.

“I’m full.”

“Eh?”

Park Ha-im held up the box with a few pieces of chicken left to show the viewers.

Oh, don’t lie. You really can’t eat a whole chicken?

Hahaha, how much advertising money did you get for that?

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Oh, you’re trying to emphasize that there’s a lot?

Seriously, who would believe you can’t eat a whole chicken?

Right? Someone who used to eat at least two whole chickens.

Wow! This side dish store employee can’t finish a whole chicken by themselves! Is that right?

“No, I’m really full. I feel like I shouldn’t eat anymore.”

“Representative, awkward acting will only negatively impact the advertisement.”

“No, it’s true. I’m really full!”

I could probably eat more, but I felt like something bad would happen if I did.

“Are you really not able to eat anymore?”

“Looks like I’ve finally reached a normal portion size.”

“Is that so?”

Thinking back, it did feel like I was quite full even when I only ate one serving these days.

I used to feel dissatisfied after eating one pork cutlet and would always add udon or buckwheat soba as a single item, but recently, after finishing one set meal at a Western-style restaurant, I felt like I was about to burst.

Is that true?

Whoa.

Looks like the side dish store employee has to stop doing eating broadcasts now.

Seriously, they’ve really shrunk.

Hahaha, but the truth is that it was the brother who was the glutton all along.

Where did the side dish store employee go who used to eat five servings of pork belly, water cold noodles, soybean paste stew, and two bowls of rice?

But looking at their figure now, it doesn’t seem like they would eat a lot, haha.

“This is so surprising. No, is this all I can eat?”

“What do you mean by ‘this is all’?”

Park Ha-im laughed heartily.

“Usually, isn’t a whole chicken eaten by 3-4 people? That’s how it was in my house. If we ordered one, there would be leftovers for my mom, dad, and me.”

“It was the same in my house.”

“Eh?”

I was so shocked to hear that a family of three ordered one chicken that I had to ask again.

Both of them nodded as if it were obvious, and similar testimonies popped up in the chat as well.

“No, no. Chicken is supposed to be ordered according to the number of people, right? No, more importantly, why am I full?”

I kept saying “no” in surprise.

Still struggling to accept becoming a normal person.

But it really doesn’t make sense for a healthy guy not to be able to finish a whole chicken.

What a pig, haha.

But why did they even bring three if they’re saying they can’t eat one? They could have just had one together, haha.

Looks like the ad flopped?