Fitness Friday #5: Motivation

This week I have had zero motivation to workout! I don't know why, but I have just felt like being lazy and lounging. Here's some good motivation:

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Weekly Gratitude

Weekly Gratitude

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• I am so grateful that once this long-term assignment is over, I have another one lined up to last through the school year!

• Thank you to my church's worship team for being so dedicated and putting in all the hard work for Good Friday service next week! (Practice was fun!)

• Thank you to my students who are working hard and are going to do great on the state test this week! :)

• Thank you Casey for being an inspiration for women/girls to be happy and content with their bodies and for being so open about past struggles!

• Thank you pinterest for giving me this great idea for my students!

This week has been rough, so it's great to sit back and reflect on all of the many blessings God has given me! Have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

Weekly Gratitude

Weekly Gratitude

• I am thankful for my spring break this week! And for gorgeous weather during my spring break!

• Thank you to my husband for taking a day off to go to the beach yesterday, we had such a fun time!

• Thank you friends for having a Just Dance night, I had a blast!

• Thank you Forever 21 for the cutest dress for me to buy! :)

• Thank you to my sister for helping me out at a stressful time this week, she's always here for me even if she lives far!

• Thank you, April, for coming so quickly! I can't wait to celebrate Good Friday and Easter!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Fitness Friday #4: Raw Recipe

A couple of weeks ago I was looking online, trying to find some new dinner ideas and stumbled upon this blog. I found a recipe for thai lettuce wraps and just had to try them. They were delicious!

Raw Thai Lettuce Wraps

Ingredients:
½ cup zucchini, diced
½ cup Champignon mushrooms, diced
½ cup red bell pepper, diced
½ cup fresh cilantro, minced
½ cup scallions, minced (greens only)


Sauce:
½ cup raw wild honey
¼ cup nama shoyu
1 clove garlic, minced
2 teaspoons fresh ginger, grated
2 Tablespoons sesame seeds, hulled
2 Tablespoons sesame Oil
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes


Garnish:
1 head of lettuce, Butter, Bib, or Romaine
2 cups mung bean sprouts
1 carrot


Gently pull-apart lettuce leaves wash and let dry on paper towel. Prepare the sauce in a food processor fitted with an s-blade by adding all ingredients and pulsing 3-4 times. Add diced vegetables to processor and pulse 3-4 more times until all ingredients are incorporated. Place 2-3 lettuce leaves on plate, scoop 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable mixture onto each leaf. Garnish with mung beans, and grated carrot.

*I did change this a little bit, I didn't use any walnuts, just veggies (the recipe calls for 2 cups to mix into the veggie mixture, and I forgot to get green onions! But it was still amazingly good!