Goals

As we get into the start of 2024 there are always a few things that I would like to work on so I guess you could call these New Year's resolutions but I don't see them as that I see them as goals for the year.

There are a couple to a few things that I am going to focus on this year to help better improve my physical health and my mental health so that I can be around for a long time especially for my family.

So let's get into what these goals are for 2024 and I will be going into a little bit of detail of why I am choosing these goals.

So the first goal has to deal with that first timer up in the top right corner as I have decided to officially quit smoking but my goal is I need to find things to replace the old habit obviously quitting this habit is definitely good for my physical health and mental health as I have struggled with quitting smoking for the last few years especially since I started smoking when I was 16 years old and I just turned 40 in December but I am also doing this goal because obviously I need to quit for my physical health but I also want to quit it because it's an expensive habit. That's all I can think for for this goal.

My next goal is to start eating better and to lose weight because I am definitely overweight because I am 6'1 389 lb and that is definitely not healthy so I want to start eating healthier meals and finding ways to work out other than just walking everywhere since I am not able to get a gym membership and I guess I could definitely write about my weight loss Journey on here when I decide to start it and I have actually kind of started the process already because my primary care physician recommended me for non-surgical weight loss and I'm going to fall through with it this time as I will try to track everything I eat with a site like MyFitnessPal and that's it for this goal.

I would say this goal is kind of embarrassing but I need to be accountable for myself I am not the cleanest person on planet Earth and if you entered my apartment you would say how can you live like this and you would think I would not be able to live on my own but this is where I'm going to teach myself to keep my apartment clean and smelling good and definitely get on a cleaning schedule for my apartment because nobody else is responsible for the mess in this apartment other than me and I am the one that has to take care of it. And that's all for this goal but it kind of leans into the next one

My next goal kind of leans into the goal above like I said and that is to become a lot more organized and to know where everything is at all times so when I start getting a cleaning regiment or I do laundry or whatever the chore may be I'm going to organize everything instead of just putting stuff say in a drawer or just leave the stuff in my laundry basket or when I have trash I need to take it out or if I have dishes in the think I need to do them Etc because like I said above I am not the cleanest person in the world and that is definitely going to change and that is all for this goal.

I think that's all the goals for now so I hope everybody has an amazing year and I hope everybody reaches all their goals and don't be afraid to chase your dreams I will see you all in the next one

--Skye

Truly Disgusted.....

 

As we come close to 2024 I make this a goal every year but it always fails and that goal is to lose weight I had my 6 months check up with my primary care physician yesterday and let's just say I am truly disgusted with my current weight at the moment when I last saw him 6 months ago I was 389 as we move up 6 months I am now 402 which is unacceptable ain't done right disgusting.

I am definitely going to be moving forward to get more healthy and I think I am going to look into intermittent fasting to help me lose weight lose weight and I will do a lot more walking and definitely drink a lot more water.

I think my goals for losing the weight as of right now are just to watch what I eat and do a lot of walking and drinking water because actually 6 months ago when I left saw my doctor he did refer me to non-surgical weight loss and I'm currently working on the paperwork to get into that hopefully sometime next year which I think will definitely benefit me and when it definitely comes to the walking if I can hit a goal of 5,000 steps each day that would be amazing.

I am also writing this blog post to make sure I keep myself accountable so I can reach my weight loss goals in the future and become more healthy so I can be around for family and to better my health.

Thank you everybody for taking the time to read this and I will see you all in the next post.

-Skye

Is 40 really the new 20?

I guess you could say that we've all heard this saying that 40 is the new 20 but is that really true? I guess I am going to find out since I just turned 40 on December 8th.

I feel like that I'm at a point in my life where I'm starting to slowly think about things before I do them yes I still have all of my same bad habits but they can be worked on and I feel I am learning to take things a lot more serious especially when things do not go my way and with whatever the consequences may be but I feel like I am definitely starting to head in the right direction because I finally got a but I do plan on making my goals now for the future and that will be the next post that I make I'm sorry I don't post as often but I do try and I think everybody who comes here to read all my posts and especially my reviews or comes and hangs out in my twitch stream packet from Summa non-surgical weight loss to go through with to make sure I can lose weight so I can live a long and healthy life and be here for my niece and nephew and my family.

As most of you know from the one countdown timer on the blog that says smlc that stands for since my last cigarette and the one before the one I just put up that was over 100 days that was actually a lie I never quit smoking because of stress but the current one that is up is correct and I am forcing myself to stop because I need to stop that expensive and disgusting habit.

I'm just at a point in my life where I need to take care of myself and be me whether if you disagree with me or not I need to be who I am and I need to take back control of my life before it gets out of control especially now that I just hit 40.

I also want to do this for my life like I said so I can be around for my family and also so I hopefully done the line won't have a midlife crisis LOL

So my next post will be goals that I want to accomplish now that I'm 40 and I am sorry that I don't post as often as I usually do but I am trying and I do think everybody who comes here at least to read my reviews and my post it is so much appreciated you don't understand so is 40 really the new 20 I guess I'm going to have to find out before I hit 50.

So I will see you all next time

-Skye

Gobble Gobble

As I write this I know I'm a day late but I still want to wish everybody a happy safe and wonderful Thanksgiving
 

Culver's Review

I was coming into this review as I have never had culvers in my life up to this point in my life because it was just just too far from where I live but I decided to make the journey down to Canton, Ohio (Belden Village Area) to go and try culvers because I keep seeing advertisements for them. So the score would be a bit higher on my rating but I'm a dummy when it came to finding this place as I got on sarta bus number 45 at 1015am as it departed from the belden village transit center as I was thinking it was going to go by the restaurant and it didn't so I did not get to the restaurant till almost 12pm but I'm putting this on me I'm a dummy and after I finished basically walked all the way back to the belden village transit center but enough of this let's get on with the actual review.

I arrived at culvers just before 12pm and well and hungry so I decided to get the classic butter burger with all the toppings that usually come on it and added sautéed mushrooms and raw onion and the burger was fantastic all of the ingredients were fresh and the burger was extra buttery and delicious and as my side igot the Wisconsin cheese curds with no sauce because I was not sure if I was supposed to use sauce and they were nice and warm and fresh from the fryer and I would definitely get the cheese curds again and as for desert I decided to get a chocolate chip cookie dough concrete made with chocolate ice cream and boy I wish I had gotten a second one as it was that good. 

Now back to the burgerit was so fresh warm and delicious the only thing I could compareĺ it to would be is if I made it at a backyard barbecue  with family it was that good.

As for the restaurant itself it was very clean, net and tidy and looked amazing.

The staff was very friendly and greeted me as soon as I came in and the young lady who was on register was very polite and helpful as this was my first ever time here and had answered all of my questions if I had any.

I think my meal was also reasonably priced it came out to a total of $16.50 which I think is a good deal I think the only thing I would change next time is I would get a single Patty instead of a double.

Let's just say if I'm in the area again I will come back to Culver's because I had an amazing experience and I would definitely recommend this list and on a scale of one to 10 I would give my experience about an 8 out of 10 it would be higher but I'm taking points off for me being a dummy and not being able to find the place.

Quitting Smoking

 

As of today July, 20th 2023 will be the first day for the rest of my life because the decision I am making is not only better for me and my future but I want to be around for my family in this decision is that I am quitting smoking. 

I will need all of the assurance and keeping me accountable for this to work because I know I cannot do this by myself but I got to do this for me, myself, and I and especially for my health in the future as I will be the big forty in december and just like I said I especially want to be around for my family.

I know in the long run that I can do this I just have to stay focused and keep myself busy and I feel this decision will definitely be better for my mental health in the long run as my attempts in the past just did not work. 

Thankfully I do have motivation for doing this and that is my niece and nephew and the rest of my family.

2023 Goals

I know I am late to making this post but better late than never right?

This will be my annual yearly goals post and where I go into more detail on each goal.

I have set a few more goals then I usually do because  I wanna be transparent and also have long term goals and short term goals and I think I have 11 goals for the year so far so fair warning this will be a long post but thanks  for being here and reading this and the goals are in no particular order so lets get into it.

1.) To be organized

The reason this is a goal for the years because I am not a very organized person when it comes to anything I am actually a very messy person and I want to work on knowing where stuff is or when I have certain appointments and I feel if I was more organized I would hold myself accountable.

2.) Be less cluttered

This is a goal for to feel more clean and the idea for this goal is like to clean my apartment before I go to bed so I wake up to a less cluttered apartment in the morning no matter how clean or dirty the apartment is and I also feel this goal goes along with number one in being more organized.

3.) Walk 25,000 to 50,000 steps a month for the whole year and this goal is self-explanatory it will lead into goal number five and number nine.

4.) This goal is self-explanatory and I have this on my list every year and that is quit smoking but nothing ever ends up working and I just keep putting it on my list every year but I feel like this could be the year hopefully where I finally stopped smoking.

5.) This goal is also self-explanatory and is also on my list every year in that goal is to lose weight as I said before goal number three coincides with this one as it gets me out for exercise and I also want to lose weight because I will be turning 40 at the end of this year and I want to be around for my nieces and nephews and they are what the motivation is and with this goal I'm going to take it one day at a time.

6.) This goal is just to drink more water and this one is self-explanatory.

7.) To be positive at all times 

I know this goal may seem farfetched but I feel I need to learn how to be positive at all times no matter what life throws at me and the curve balls I get with life because we only have one life to live and need to live it to the fullest and can't live life angry

8 ) Work on Mental Health 

This is the goal I have paid the least attention to over the past 4 or 5 years and it is time I start working on myself and my mental health and taking it seriously my mental health is also why I want to try to become more positive all the time no matter what life throws at me.

9.) Get out and Explore More

I decided to make this a goal for this year because I have not really gone out over the last 2 or 3 years even for walks and I want to get out to explore more because it would be good for my mental health it would also help me get steps in to help me lose weight which are three of my other goals for the year and it's also good thinking space and it's good for fresh air.

10.) Return to Church

I made this a goal because I do want to return the church and make my relationship with Jesus Christ even closer and I have not been to church in about 3 years.

11.) Read some Books 

Out of this whole list this is probably the most far-fetched goal I have for this year but I feel like I should put it on here because I feel I could read some books that can help me with all my goals on this list and maybe I will keep track of them as well on like Goodreads or something

These are all of my current goals for the moment but if I think of any more I will make another post in the future with those goals and I know I did not list it on here but I will also try to start posting a lot more here as I do like blogging because I do find it very therapeutic and I feel I can definitely express myself a lot better when I write or type something down so I want to thank everybody for taking the time to read this and I'm sorry that this post is very long and I will see you all in the next post.

-Skye