Enough is enough, it's my time to shine!!

I am a mother and grandmother who is raising my 11 year old grand daughter. I want to be around in order to see her graduate at the least. I have tried many diets before and nothing ever worked. When my husband and I got married 8 years ago I weighed in at 105 and then here we are 8 years later and I weighed 173. I have been on a diet now for about a month and joined a weight loss challenge and when I started I was 173 lbs and to this day I am 165 lbs. That is alot for me so I am going to be strong and keep doing what I am doing and I pray at the least by July 4th I will be a the least around 140 lbs. This is just a wish and I realize it may not happen that quick, but a girl can hope and dream. I am not stopping there because my goal is 125. I want to be back to this weight when I did look good. Keep praying for me. Thanks:happy: