My stand-up material is mostly my portion sizes now

2026-10-06 1590 views 2 posts

Three years in, down about 70 lbs, and the funniest stuff is invisible to anyone outside this forum. Last weekend a friend asked me to "do the thing" about being on a GLP-1, and I blanked — the real material is too small to perform.

The fork I carry around a party for twenty minutes and never use. The soup that stretches into two sittings.

My dog, who has quietly accepted a fifty percent tax on anything I cook. I keep a running list in my Notes app just so I don't forget them — nine entries so far, mostly about leftovers outliving my appetite.

I remember an old thread here about what to say when someone asks why you're barely eating, and honestly the answer is usually "I forgot to." No punchlines, just a quieter relationship with food that looks bizarre from the outside. Anyone else collect these little moments?

What's the one that only makes sense to people here?

Budget dorm edition: a five-dollar rotisserie chicken is currently my five-act tragedy. Thigh with rice, shredded into ramen, cold over the sink, Greek yogurt chicken salad, thn the carcass boiled into broth like I’m honoring a fallen soldier.

My roommate calls it “ship of Theseus, but poultry.” The invisible stand-up bit is me microwaving half a zucchini and guarding it like a tiny treasure. Genuine question: what’s your smallest portion that still counts as dinner?

Mine is one egg and a pickle if I’m feeling lavish.