Is this an impossible task?

What makes you think you've hit a plateau? Weight loss isn't linear and it takes time for your body to get used to your new weight, even if it's only after 7 pounds. If you were eating at a deficit, then I doubt you actually hit a plateau. Just keep with what you were doing. You lost 7 pounds so clearly it works! The weight will come off eventually. Just be patient. Lowering your calories to an unsustainable goal is not smart in the long term...

Hi. No, this really is not impossible. It is easy to get discouraged when we don't see changes with the scale and when we're discouraged, it's easy to throw in the towel. Really though, it took a long time for you (all of us) to put that weight on and we should all expect it to take a considerable amount of time to take it off. Recently I was lamenting to a fitness trainer that it has taken me over 8 weeks to lose 11 pounds and he told me that that was actually a lot to lose in that amount of time. I, too, want instantaneous results. In the past I have given up when I've hit a plateau but really, what does that do? I regained the weight, my clothes got tight on me again and worse than anything else, I beat myself up psychologically and emotionally. This time I have committed to exercising 6 days a week and eating properly. The weight is coming off, albeit, slowly. I have reconciled myself to the fact that it will take months to lose the 17 pounds I still want to get off and I have committed to losing it in a sustainable manner. I encourage you to do the same and we will both get there. Don't be hard on yourself but also, don't give up!!!!