Is the glass half full or empty

Worked out with Sara in Friday...almost on the verge of blowing it off. We stretched lifted weights and did cardio on the bike and treadmill. I have been running my heart rate a little high so I will slow it down a bit next week. The workout was excellent and so was the conversation with Sara. The buddy system really works and is helping me in this challenge. Sara, the only thing I need are our before pictures for motivation. January 1st I weighed 179, the beginning of our challenge 178, the beginning of the fitness challenge 176 with tennies on. The pictures are all I have to keep me going because I have not lost one pound on the fitness challenge this week. I have hit some sort of plateau. The only thing I have to go by is looking at how my body is changing...and I can't tell that either so I am getting discouraged. I know you keep telling me to wait two weeks, but this blog is to dump how I am feeling. I am feeling hungry and tired with sore muscles.

I am with Sara on how this challenge is making me examine my life closer. Saturday I took a break from all exercise. Yesterday I took a 4 mile walk with my husband and dog in the fresh snow before sunrise. I was wonderful and invigorating. We came home and cleaned the whole house until it was spotless and relaxed all evening. Today we are getting ahead on stuff we have to take care of for the week. I am going to workout today at the gym and finish it off with a massage.

I have reduced my calories to 1500-1600 per day. I am very unhappy with my weight and am wondering if I will be able to lose it and keep it off. I wonder if there is something deeper making me hold on to it. Since the beginning I have been very strict still:
No caffeine
barely any sugar
Limited dairy
no butter
eat throughout the day
taking needed supplements
drinking water
getting plenty of sleep
no alcohol
not cheating
exercising very regularly
limiting stress
keeping up with family friends, and limiting stress
I honestly think that everything is great in my life except for my weight and pain I have within my body. I have been doing really good but I am still having a hard time being proud of myself, I somehow feel like I am not doing enough or that I am weak.
-Annie