Mamavation Monday Motivation

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Krissyar

I woke up this morning and my first thought was “It’s Monday already?” It seems like just yesterday I was writing my Monday post, and trying to set my goals for the week. How fast a week goes – especially with work, kids and everything in between.

What I’ve noticed is that I set these GREAT goals for the week – I have a meal plan in place, I have my work out’s handed to me thru the awesome Bob Harper   site, yet by Tuesday I’m already struggling to keep up with it. My mind gives up before my body even tells me it has!

It’s not that I’m new to this weight loss thing – I’ve struggled with it before, my entire life in fact. But in the past I was successful.  So what is the difference?

I have allowed absolutely anything and everything take precedent over my work out and weight loss goals. I lost my mojo…,  how and why???

 Motivation is defined as:

mo·ti·va·tion/ˌmōtəˈvāSHən/

Noun:
  1. The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
  2. The general desire or willingness of someone to do something.
As I started to look deeper into what motivation really means, I realized that I had lost my desire, my will, my determination to get back on track. Am I scared? Do I really have what it takes? Am I staying positive? Am I speaking positively?I was talking myself down soo much (I can’t do this, I don’t have time, and so on..) that I had literally convinced myself that I wasn’t worth it , that I couldn’t do it.

A friend of mine recently asked me to tell her 3 things I LOVE about myself. I thought, and thought, and I honestly had a hard time coming up with anything. I didn’t feel that any part of me (physically or mentally) was soo overly wonderful that I could even mention it. I had spoken so much doubt and negative thoughts to myself that I was literally starting to believe them.
So I have decided that I WILL change that. I will THINK and SPEAK positively about myself, and others.
Tell me something you love about yourself!!
This post is sponsored by Bengay Zero Degrees and hosted by Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway
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Holiday Junction – Cincinnati Museum Center: Duke Energy Holiday Trains

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Krissyar

A beloved local holiday tradition, the Duke Energy Holiday Trains began in 1946 in partnership with the Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad.The portable model grew, as the railroad grew, through the 1940s, ’50s and into the ’60s. In 2011, Duke Energy gifted the trains to Cincinnati Museum Center to ensure the trains and beautiful historic displays will stay in the Greater Cincinnati area for all of Duke Energy’s families, friends and customers to enjoy.

  • Since 1946, more than 9 million people have come to see the Duke Energy train display.
  • The display is one of the largest portable models in the world, measuring 36 1/2 by 47 1/2 feet long.
  • More than 300 miniature rail cars and 60 engines run along 1,000 feet of track.
  • The trains are authentic “O” gauge in which a quarter inch on the model is equivalent to one foot on a real train; rail cars, tracks and buildings are 1/48th actual size.
  • During the holiday season, the trains will travel more than 100,000 scale miles.
  • While these trains may seem to travel slowly, they are traveling at actual scale speed. The basic three-track loop is 1/48th of a mile around, representing a full mile of real track. If a model train travels that loop in one minute, it is traveling at 60 miles per hour – not at all slow for a real train.
The Holiday Junction runs from November 2nd thru January 6th. Hours of operation are:
Monday – Thursday  10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
        Friday & Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
        Sunday   10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tickets may be purchased in advance  here or in person Museum Center’s Box Office. An All Museums Pass includes admission to Holiday Junction featuring the Duke Energy Holiday Trains and costs $12.50 for adults 13 and older, $8.50 for children and $11.50 for seniors 60 and older.

 

Have you visited the Holiday Junction/Cincinnati Museum Center in the past?What’s your favorite part??

 

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Pardon my dust…

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Krissyar

Just picking up the house before company arrives.  I’ll be ready shortly..

Thank you for your patience.

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