79 pounds down in 8 months.. getting closer every day! Pic heavy!

It has been awhile since I have updated everyone.. I started my journey in January for the last time! I am down 79 pounds and have plans of getting to 100 down by 1 year. I have changed so much with going from eating whatever I wanted to changing to a clean eating diet. I joined a challenge group which helped a lot with accountability and I started going to a workout group with a few of my friends. Now I help run the class, and I ran my first 5k last week with a time of 37.02. I can't wait to continue to beat my time..
Today was a rough day.. I tend to be my worst critic as most of us are to ourselves. I often hold my emotions in and show nobody my pain. Well I know I have been doing everything right for my health as far as eating right, working out, lots of water, sleep. I also know that our bodies will plateau....as much as I hate it!!! And I have been trying to lose these same 2 pounds for a bit now and it had me frustrated. But there comes that aha moment that you sometimes have to have with yourself.
This morning I had it. I took a pic and compared it to a pic from March, (which I have done in the past, but I seen something different this time) and that is when I realized.
I realized what I was. I was so unhappy, I was so weak, I didn't like the person I was becoming. I felt horrible, I didn't care what I ate or what it was doing to my body. I didn't care. I didn't care about ME..... My mom is sick and there is nothing the doctors can do for her and that became my motivation. As much as I would love to fix my moms health, I can't. But what I can do is try to fix mine and my families health before it gets any worse. I was already having blood pressure spikes and even though I was not a diabetic my sugar was dropping more often. I didn't like the person I was anymore. And this is when I looked over to the pic I took today.
The pic of a strong and determined person, a person who wants the best for herself and her family. The person who no longer sits at home and watches tv on the coach on a nice day. The person who does what needs to be done and lets nothing and nobody stop her.
I have come such a long way since the old me. I can look at the old pic and not believe that I was that person. I can't believe I let myself go. It brings me to tears and breaks my heart to think where I was then. I didn't realize then how angry I was with myself until now..

This has been an amazing experience so far and even though I am not finished with my journey, I know that I will get there someday.. Anyone can do it, and there is nobody that can do it for you.. You have to find the determination within yourself to do it;) YOU CAN!! Believe in you!!