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OUCH, I say as the memories come back, or as they did out in the park this afternoon.

Some jackass that was mowing the grass today decided to dig a hole in the grass where it was long and never mowed it, but ended up mowing everywhere except for that.

And I just so happened to run there, and fell down in a NASTY manner on my left ankle.

CREEEAAAK, I heard my tendons go.

The foot was bent at an almost 90 degree angle, and it would probably have rendered me unable to walk if I hadn’t done some “patented” stretches and squats for it which got the blood flowing (along with a deep tissue massage I did on the area as well).

Right now it’s sore as heck, but that’s it, and I’m pretty sure I’ll be jumping rope tomorrow. Probably won’t be running sprints, but who knows!

Anyway , it reminded me of a time a few years ago when I was OBESE.

And one fine day, when I woke up, my ankle was SO SORE and SWOLLEN that I gaped at it in wonder.

I had done nothing to it. No excess exercise. No running. No sprints. No sprains. No twisting it.

NOTHING.

Nada, zilch, zip, buttkiss, zero!

And yet, there it was, a right ankle so sore to the touch I’d SCREAM OUT LOUD in pain if someone touched it.

The pain was about 100x times worse than it is for me NOW (yes, it’s hurting, but I can be a tough SOB when I want to! Hehe).

And when we went to the doctor and I tried to show it to him, he wrinkled his nose in disgust when I took my sock off.

“Keep that sock away from me!” (and no, I wasn’t bringing it near him). He was simply one of those frustrated guys that hated his job and for whatever reason didn’t like the look of me.

Much like “Uncle Bob”, who went to an Indian doctor (so did I) with a case of the cough, and she literally pulled a face and wouldn’t come near him!

Gotta wonder what these nutzos were thinking, hehe. After all, a doctor acting that way???

Anyway, it was excess fluid build up in that case – – caused most likely by my obese status.

And it (thankfully) drained out itself in a couple of days.

But I had other issues back then.

I kept getting a version of athlete’s foot back in the day.

Yucky, crackly “green” stuff occasionally between the toes.

I’d wash my feet galore. Spray galore. But there it was, my friend.

And ALL of this went away once I got in shape. I have no more foot (or any) problems now, and as a long time reader once said (I’m paraphrasing, but there it is) it truly does pay to be in shape because you never know what lies around the corner.

It pays to be in shape. Hmm! Maybe I should title the email that way! ?

Nah.

I’ll leave it as it is.

Because that’s the point of the email.

If I was fat as heck then I’d NOT be walking around now without a stick.

Regardless of stretches etc that I did, but right now, I’m walking around. Can’t promise I’ll be hitting it hard again tomorrow, but I have a feeling I will.

It pays to be in shape!

Best,

Rahul Mookerjee

PS – That’s why I laugh at people that tell me my products are too expensive and ask me why. They truly don’t have a clue! Hehe.