![fitinfun You can do it if I did! sharon before and after.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmQfEGo495TfgkkisQivRsCJh8acYHbMC9jZZnKcrEsHwk/fitinfun%20You%20can%20do%20it%20if%20I%20did!%20sharon%20before%20and%20after.jpg)

When I first lost "Half My Size" everyone I knew wanted to know how I did it. 

I always answered, “Eating right and exercising like crazy.”  

People laughed.  

They always said, “Well, that’s how it’s supposed to be, right?”

And I would say, “Right.”

Then the conversation would end. My obese friends did not want to know more. My thin and healthy friends already know the answers.

= = 
But my answer was simplistic and bothered me.  It doesn’t tell the effort I put in at all. So I started blogging about it, then [wrote a book about getting over excuses](https://www.amazon.com/Sharon-French/e/B00E8IJZQ0/?tag=viglink23646-20) and just doing it. This was really the key, I think. My excuses were what kept me fat. Getting over them, facing them, allowed me to take action. 

I look at this photo from the time my son @bxlphabet took a trip to Ireland and know how much my weight hurt him. I know his eyes are closed, but I want you to notice how I could barely cross my arms in front of me. I look at that now and remember such pain. 

![Mom and Son at the airport.JPG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXW3Miurdo2zZqp8EvpgMg9rTmqvxi4iZYeDvagoxLHyb/Mom%20and%20Son%20at%20the%20airport.JPG)

<center>And this one when he was so happy and proud of me for being thin.</center>

<center>![Sharon and Caleb Selfie.PNG](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXUjTRMGch7iBntHoFNurYQ5Pr2Cg2vHsQRkuP38P7dDD/Sharon%20and%20Caleb%20Selfie.PNG)</center>

He kept wanting to pick me up because I was so small and he was now so much bigger than me. He would see a break in a fence and tell me "Mom! Go over there and walk through that gap. I know you can fit!"

We had really hard times after I lost weight. Everything changed, but no matter what, he was always proud of me. Here is a video I filmed at that time and I know you can here the pain in my voice. 

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AgW6vVehuoA" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This is one of the first videos I ever made. I want other moms to hear me and get healthy now - not when your kids are older  - not when you have more time. Now. 

Today, we are again in a rough spot. I have worked every day since I lost weight to help others and I have. But it is not enough. I'm not supporting us. My son has PTSD from the trauma he went through with my weight. 

Nothing I'm doing is good enough, and something has to change. 

I've been looking at the work I have on weight loss. Most of it is unpublished because it is "dense." My work is packed with information and I need to make it easy to digest. 

Anyone can do this if I did, but they have to know how. 

![Before and after later that same life fitinfun.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmRQMNFCLL7vdXWqqiGEmrehR7dez8rSuBjkPZsXAWvjbS/Before%20and%20after%20later%20that%20same%20life%20fitinfun.jpg)

#### Help Us Stay on Steemit
If you would like to help my son @bxlphabet and I stay on steemit, but your upvote is just not enough, here are my wallet and PayPal addresses where I will be so grateful for any help. You can check out my Ulogs for details of our situation. Any input or ideas will be so welcome.


##### BitcoinCash	- BCH	
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##### Bitcoin - BTC	
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##### Dash - DAS	
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##### PayPal Thailand: 
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##### PayPal US: 
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