Shann

I know, what a title hey? So this post isn’t related to weight loss at all but I thought I would share this with you.

For a long time my clothes especially sweat shirts and towels / faceclothes wouldn’t smell like they were clean after laundering. I used liquid soap and liquid fabric softener but still when the towels got wet they had an almost mildew(y) smell to them. So I switched detergents but still the smell was there. When hiking if it rained my sweatshirt would have a wet dog smell to it, so gross.

I looked online and saw that the detergent I was using caused many of these problems, the soap wouldn’t get rinsed out well enough and that combined with liquid fabric softener was a double whammy. They would stay in the fabric causing a bacteria build up of sorts. I even used vinegar with the soap to help rid the odor. 

I then saw a lady who switched to powder detergent and used the dryer sheets, voila, like magic my clothes and towels are fresh smelling and stay that way even after they get wet. (I had to use a fresh towel after every shower before and that’s alot of towels in a week with 4 of us in the house). Also I read that the liquid fabric softner can cause a build up in the dispenser in the washer and this leads to mildew. This lady also pointed out that most of our moms used the powder variety when we were growing up and the smell of our clothes was so fresh, true.

I now use powder and will stick to it. Many of those liquid varieties are so concentrated that in time they just build up in the fabric, powder rinses out so much better, for me anyway.

Anyhow, thought I would share this little tid-bit of info…Happy Monday buddies….work out, eat clean, stay positive and smile cuz your WORTH IT!!!!!

Hi buddies…Hope spring is in your neck of the woods, it is here. (I mowed my lawn a couple days ago!!!) So far I’ve been on 3 hikes in the last week, yay hiking season is here again. I think out of all the cardio this is my favorite, get to be in nature, see beautiful scenery, gets the blood pumping and an awesome workout for the legs and butt!

BUT I’m still eating at night and sabatoging all my hard work. I don’t do it every night but enough so I’m not dropping the lbs like I should. I eat so well during the day, get in sometimes 2 workouts, and still do this to myself. It’s like I’m in such a state of denial when I’m doing it, don’t know what the hell I’m thinking. Stupid is as stupid does! Is this some deep down physcological thing, am I bored, need some comfort, what the HELL is it? I’m thoroughly disgusted with myself in this, this in the ONLY thing holding me back. During the day I don’t even think about food, I eat to live during the day, but night time comes and I go off the wall. I feel pathetic. How do I dig down deep and get the strength to fight this?

My weight has gone up 15 lbs since last year and thank God I’ve done weights for 12 years so it doesn’t look like I weigh as much as I do but when I see those numbers on the scale I cringe. I don’t want this summer to be a repeat of last summer where I wouldn’t even wear shorts or take the kids to the waterslides. Ok I just needed to vent. Thanks for reading this and if any of you have the same dilema, would love to hear from you!