Dr. John A. King shares how finding a supportive doctor transformed his decades-long struggles with weight and sleep. He went from sleeping 1-3 hours a night to 6.5 hours, and argues hopelessness, not lack of resources, is what stops people from changing. He urges building a community around your goals.
Hey folks, one-shotters. Um, well, more of a personal reflection than anything else. As I mentioned, I, um, you know, as you know, I've been having trouble with some of the weight stuff and some of the sleep stuff. I found a doctor recently, um, to help me with some of the health issues, and it's, uh, you know, for the first time in many, many years. There's a returning emotion called hope. I'm a hopeful person by decision, but to wake up with a sense of, man, you know, there's a possibility, a genuine possibility, is a feeling I haven't had for a long, long time. And what I've noticed is that, you know, and I think that's tied in with some of my weight loss stuff, I've been able to lose weight, I've been able to sleep. I slept 6 and a half hours last night, which, you know, I normally get 90 minutes to, you know, maybe 3 hours. But to go from having absolutely no hope and being told for years that this is just how it is and decreasing timelines and life expectancies and all the other ailments sort of ramping up, I've been just surprised at the profound— Results. Just sense of possibility that it's brought. And I started to reflect on how often in our life it's not our— even our time, talent, or treasure that we have available in some form or another that inhibit us from our dreams, but rather our— but rather our sense of hopelessness, or lack of support, or lack of possibility. So even though we've got all the things that we need Available to us, we still don't achieve or go for it because we are hopeless. We don't have the support. We don't believe we can. And you know when you spend so many years doing that simply decisional by by just tenacity. Today I will get up. Today I will breathe. Today I will go one more time. And then all of a sudden I have this sense of feeling of man, I want to get up. I desire to move. You know, I've got some tools in my bag that I didn't have for a long, long time, or never had in my case. It's an incredible feeling. So I want to encourage you that if you're— as you start to pursue your One Shot, as you start to go down that path, make sure that in your bag of tricks you have the support network you need. And, you know, reach out to those that have started to join us on One Shot. Join our community. You know, drop me an email. I'll talk. All the responses you see on Facebook or in the blog site with my name on it are my responses, uh, 'cause I wanna help you get to where you wanna go, 'cause you have been an incredible support to me, and I thank you very much for it. Thank you.
