Plateaus and Headphones

Godaddy has completely changed the look of the blogging page again and I am trying to figure it all out.� In trying to figure it all out, I realized that this post will be my 976 blog entry, so I am thinking there may have to be a give-away for�the 1000th post as way of a celebration.� I just have to figure out what to give away.



I have been on the same freaking plateau for almost a year which translates into my still being in the VERY low 200s which is pissing me off.� My�problem area is my abdomen and I know you�cannot target a specific area with exercise and I know that�this is not all loose skin, so what the hell people?� Something has got to help!� I just want that 199 on the scale and I will never wish for another pound off again!� EVER!� I�want to weigh under 200 pounds; all I want from life at the�moment.



I�am having�headphone issues with my running.� My mega-short hair (which I love) allows for lots of sweat while running to run all around my ears, which makes my ear buds freaking fall out and that is highly distracting while running on a treadmill because one of these days, I am going to�try to grab this thing as it slides out of�my ear and wind up flying off the back of the treadmill and splattering up against the back wall of the YMCA and there goes my running career right out the window�off the treadmill.� I have been asking opinions on�DailyMile and of course, everyone has one and no one swears by the same pair, which still leaves me trying to decide.� But the slippage has got to go and I'm not sure duck tape will do it.�I wind up yanking them off for the last quarter mile because I am tired of fighting it, but it makes the last part of the run endless because I am tired by then and I can hear my breathing which makes me feel bad for the poor buggers near me who aren't wearing headphones.� I prefer oblivion when I can't hear myself, so I can think of how even my breathing is the whole time as opposed to those moments of gasping for breath and even emitting the occasional groan.



Ya know what else is funny?� When I was starting out with the C25K program, I wrote on here that I would cover up the display on the treadmill as it helped me to not have to see how much further I had to go.� That was during like 10 minute running intervals.� Now that I am running two miles, I cannot bear to cover it up because I HAVE to know how much longer I have to run and sweat before I can stop.� Welcome to my contradictory world.