It all started in front of the mirror. I was 27 years old and out of shape and I did not do any physical activity. I had been unaware until then of how my lifestyle had harmed me, because the physical changes took place so slowly that a great deal of damage had been done before they became visible. I remember that day very well, as everything happened very naturally. I was in a clothes shop to buy a new pair of trousers, the last in a long line recently. I was in the changing-room trying on a pair which, no surprise, were too tight for me.
I looked at myself in the mirror to see how they looked on me. I saw an awkward and overweight person looking back, trying to get into clothes which were too small for him. I felt sick. It was the first time I realised how my body had changed. In my mind, I heard the words spoken by a doctor just a few days before, during a check-up: “Loglisci… accept my advice as a friend rather than as a doctor: you should play sport.Go swimming, it would be good for you”. It was a knock-out blow, which left me reeling, I almost fell over, but managed to stay on my feet. I actually stood up and straightened my back. I looked at myself in the mirror again, looked myself straight in the eyes and said three simple but important…
