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…