If he can enjoy life,why wouldn't you?

Today was the last day of the competition... tell you the truth I SUCKED... I swam terrible.. I was pretty disappointed! As always I tried to hide the disappointment but behind the wide smile I was feeling pretty bad... I left the pool and went to a park, where I had a long walk and thought a lot about everything that is going on.. than I had to go to the hospital and pick up my grandpa who just had a surgery on his leg. There in the room there were three more people and two of them just had their legs amputated... when I walked through the room and saw them I felt a little frustrated. Than one of them -a really skinny guy, with a wrinkled face- smiled so wide and said a joke... I smiled back and told him something..he was talking how when he gets out of the hospital he is gonna go fishing, he shared some other stuff he was planning to do when he gets out of there... and in case you have not understood yet-HE JUST HAD HIS LEGS AMPUTATED! ... well if that guy can smile and make plans on LIVING ... why should I get down from one bad competition or some other disappointment? I should be thankful I was there, all healthy and competing... so next time you feel down or disappointed... remember that if he can enjoy life, why wouldn't you?

Why we tend to binge eating...

Why we tend to binge eating...I bet that everybody asked themselves that question at least a couple times in their lives, no matter if they are those kind of people that always say- " I don't care how I look, I love my body the way it is, I think that we live one life and we should not restrict from the food we love...". But excuse me for being rude and interrupting them, is it really the food you love, or is it the feeling hidden behind it that you love more? Think a little bit, and you will find out that behind every food you "love" there is some past feeling, or event decoded... doesn't matter if it is the nice talk you had with the neighbor over a hot chocolate and french croissants or the nice feeling of security in your grandma's house accompanied with a pumpkin pie and a strawberry cake... is it possible that when you see that croissant or that pie, your mind goes unconsciously in the past and connects you with that happy feeling and that is why you feel that pleasure eating it...
I think that is the reason most people feel pleasure eating sweets and all that junk food... I think it is a mistake that since our early childhood we are stuffed with all that junk when we do something nice and our parents and relatives want to reward us with JUNK food... that means that they decode this habit from the beginning of our lives, and that is why most of us find it impossible to deal with it.... but hey, come on... do you think it is really an impossible thing...remember the nike commercial- "Impossible is nothing" ... so next time you feel you need to experience that happy feeling again...why not find something in the present that will make you that happy... remember? - "Never look back to the past, because you may trip over in the present and fall in the future"... so if you don't wanna trip in the present... just find something else that brings joy in your life....

Just going for it is what matters now...

It's a cold day in December...as usual I woke up at 05:00a.m. had a breakfast and drank coffee. Today I have a swimming competition. I am really happy about the possibility to take part in this event. I' ve been practicing for less than two years and I was sure I wasn't gonna swim today, when a week ago while I was practicing the coach told me I am swimming the 50,100,200m breaststroke... I can't explain the happiness I felt when I understood I was swimming...
Lately I did not get enough sleep, I practice twice a day, go to work, and study in college so I get really tired but don't get the rest needed... yesterday at practice I felt terrible, and felt like I do not have the strenth to swim even 25meters, and this morning since I woke up the only thing on my mind was-" How am I gonna swim the 200m breast today, when I don't have the strength to get up from bed" ...
I headed to the pool listening to one of my favorite songs(Tupelo Honey-Make me believe(it always brings good memories to me) ), than when I got there I saw my teammates-they are all really great and support me so much and always give me courage... they are simply amazing- they are the reason I got back up after the injury put the end of my basketball carreer, they showed me that there is a lot more to life than just basketball so I am really thankful to them...
As the time for the start was coming I got more nervous and felt like my heart was gonna explode... the coach talked to me told me that there isn't anything to worry about and to just go and swim the way I can and be calm... I went to the starting block and in no time the starter whistled and I was on the swimming block ready to jump... and than a little later I got out of the water feeling happy that I had pleasure while swimming... it was such a great feeling...
I made my best time at the 200m breast at the 25m swimming pool...I am not gonna lie I could have swam it a lot faster but I am still happy... it's been two years since I can't play ball anymore and I understood that everybody should get to the stage in life when going for it is a lot more important than winning or loosing... so I am going to swim 100m breast in 4 hours... and I should keep in mind that whatever happens... JUST GOING FOR IT is what matters.. :)