Most People Don’t Change… But Some People Do.

I first heard those words on a country music station while driving back to New York on a recent Sunday afternoon. They’re the title of a song by popular country band Old Dominion, and those words instantly resonated.

The guy in the song is owning up to some rather serious shortcomings, and he’s hoping the woman to whom his words are directed will find a way to forgive him.

I know you’re hurt, I know it’s my fault

But I’ve kept “I’m sorry” locked in a vault

I know that time just keeps going on

And words by themselves can’t right all the wrongs

In a world that’s gone crazy, you don’t know what’s true

Most people don’t change, but some people do.

I’ve had many conversations, and a few heated arguments, about whether people can truly change, and this song got me thinking.

As someone who struggled to control my weight for more than three decades before finally finding a solution, I had almost given up hope.

I had some limited success losing weight, but I always faced the same challenges on calorie-restricted diets. The more I lost, the harder it got. As I would approach a “normal” body weight, I started feeling as if I were trying to push a car up a hill that kept getting steeper.

For more than three decades I failed. And I blamed myself, as most people do.

But what if it’s not your fault, or at the very least, what if fault doesn’t matter?

What if one could change? What if sound nutrition information existed that, if followed, could change one’s results for a lifetime? What if there were doctors who knew exactly what you’ve been through, and knew exactly how to help?

You may find this hard to believe, but there’s a place where you can find both. A corner of Twitter that most people have never seen. A little known alcove where there are hundreds, no thousands, of people who have discovered life-changing nutrition information and found these forward-thinking doctors.

…a community of people who became sick (literally, in many cases) and tired of the rule that most people don’t change. With help, they finally broke free of the chains that bound them to a life of obesity and a future of metabolic disease.

I know how ridiculous what I’m writing sounds. If I had read these words just two years ago (when I weighed 278 pounds), I would have already clicked out of this article by now…

But since you’ve read this far, give me just a few more moments to show you how serious I am…

First, consider reading this heart-wrenching article by an incredible woman who I first met on Twitter. Amy Eiges was two weeks away from her scheduled bariatric surgery date when she decided to try one last ‘diet’. She was fortunate to have stumbled upon the keto diet, just in time to start seeing positive results before her surgery date. She cancelled the surgery and has lost 135 pounds (and counting). She still bears scars, both aesthetic and psychological, from 40+ years living in a broken medical system, but she has finally come to the realization that SHE is not broken.

There are countless more stories…

Listen to this great YouTube interview with Jake Centra, who I also met on Twitter. Jake is a personal trainer, and fitness and nutrition specialist, who lost 20 pounds and got jacked going from hour-long gym sessions, calorie counting, bingeing, and cheat meals, to less than 30 minutes in the gym a day by changing his diet. More importantly, he turned his mental and physical health around, and got off his prescription medications.

Or you could read this almost unbelievable Gannett article about Dr. Tro Kalayjian, still another person I first met on Twitter. Just four years ago, Kalayjian weighed 350 pounds and he was plagued with fatigue and painful joints. He went back to the medical literature and learned about the benefits of low-carb eating. and subsequently dropped more than 150 pounds. He finished first in his age group at last year’s Orangetown Recreation Santa Claus 5K Run in an amazing time of 19:01. Kalayjian is a Board Certified Obesity Medicine physician and runs a medical weight loss and direct primary care practice in Tappan, NY.

I could go on and on—and I will in future articles — the success stories are endless. But my point is simple. Most overweight and metabolically sick people never discover the path to wellness. But some of them do.

There is a path. There is reason for hope. I urge you to find it.

Most of you won’t. But some of you will.

If you have questions, feel free to send me a message on Twitter. If you’d like to send me a DM, and I’m not following you, just let me know. If you have a Twitter list you think would be helpful to readers looking to make a change, please post in the comments section.