“You didn’t just lose five pounds—you lost nearly twenty! That’s incredible. Did you follow my instructions exactly?”
She beamed. “Every single detail.”
Impressed, the doctor leaned in. “That third day—wasn’t it hard going without food?”
She sighed, exhausted. “Oh, doctor… I thought I was going to collapse. Not from hunger,” she paused, “but from all the skipping.”
The doctor blinked. Then burst out laughing.
Turns out, she had taken his advice quite literally—spending every third day hopping and skipping around instead of eating, convinced that was the key to success.
Her innocent misunderstanding became one of his favorite stories—a reminder that even the simplest instructions can be hilariously misinterpreted. And for her, it was proof that a little determination (and a lot of cardio) can go a long way.
