Please help me get to my goal!

I am within 10 days of completing my first BFL challenge in over 10 years.  I sat around and got fat for 10 years until I decided to get back on the wagon.  Am I glad I did!

The problem:  I need to lose 3 more pounds of scale weight by the end of next week (10 days).  I set a personal challenge goal to lose 20 pounds of scale weight during these 12 weeks.  This is the end of week 11 for me (it's Friday).  For the past 2 weeks and so far this week, I'm stuck at 17 pounds lost.  No matter what I do, I can't seem to break through this plateau.  What can I do?

OK, before you all begin to tell me that it's not about scale weight, it's about body fat %, muscle gain, and how absolutely great I'm looking and feel... 

You must know this:

I'm stubborn!  I set some specific personal challenge goals for these past 12 weeks.  I will feel like a failure if I don't lose these 3 pounds off the scale within 10 days.  Now, I realize I'm not a failure on this.  (You ain't gonna believe how much I've transformed (both physically and mentally) in 11 short weeks).  During one of those weeks I had the flu.  However, I still tried to workout until my wife absolutely forbade me to continue till I got well.  I lost 4 workouts because of that.

I'm trying everything I can think of - less carbs, more protien, more sleep, more water.  I realize I'm overly worrying myself on this but I've worked so hard I'd hate to get to the end only to say I "almost" made it.  I've been doing that this whole challenge by setting workout goals that left me unable to lift that last repetition or keep concious till I got off the treadmill - ha ha but rather true.  I've worked very hard.  I've eaten very clean (and am better for it). 

Thus, HOW CAN I TELL MY METABOLISM BURNERS TO TURN BACK ON AND GIVE ME THOSE 3 POUNDS?

Signed,

RedDawg

(Aka Desperate in Texas - ha ha)