Thursday workout

Core and booty work today! 

Day 1 yesterday at the new gym for me. 

I swear it's the quietest gym ever!  The equipment Is great but finding everything and getting used the layout will take some time.

Super fun to workout with a friend though!! 

Grab a friend and it the gym! Go for a run, do some yoga, whatever, just do something fitness related together. 

It really is a whole different experience when your pushing each other!

Have A great Thursday! 

Wednesday workout!!

Give this workout a try!  It's a at home, in the gym, in the yard or in the grocery store kinda workout! 

Add weight if you have it and your fitness level allows you to do so.  Take your time or move fast, it's your workout at your pace! 

Have fun with good form! 

Happy Wednesday!! 

Oh hey!

Going to give this whole blogging thing another go... 

Check out my Facebook page for a fun April challenge going on right now.

https://m.facebook.com/CreatingAFamilyOfLettuceHeads. 

Workouts, recipes, and motivation! 

Excited for John and I, we joined a new gym! We will be using both our current and the new one.  The new gym is nationwide so perfect for John and his travels and the new gym has friends for me!! Lol a couple girls that I know who workout use the new gym. Exciting for me to have someone to workout with!

Bonus of the new gym is that we also have the kids signed up!  They will start working out over the summer. Yoga for katelyn and lifting for Jacob.  He wants muscles. 😉

The kids are almost done with school which is great for all of us, we much rather enjoy our time with each other and out doing things. Or playing video games for some of us! Lol

We will soon be parents to a 11th grade, 9th grader and 6th grader.

Where has time gone? 

(First day of school 2014)

(Spring break 2015. April)

First Family Fun Challenge

**If you click on the calender it will get larger**

Okay, so here it is! I decided to do this, because my kids have really started to show a huge interest in fitness lately.  Wanting to be my running partner, showing me abs and biceps and saying how they "need to workout more because they get tired from doing jumping jacks at PE"! Thats just crazy to me but I guess thats what happens when you stop playing a sport like soccer and start playing tennis. (smaller kids dont move around that much at tennis matches, I'm not bashing tennis. lol)

So this is it.  Follow along with each day for the entire month of April.  Modify as needed for little kids and older kids can do more rounds of the Monday and Friday if they wish.  You can do whatever you like for the FAMILY ACTIVITY day, just get active.  Come back and let me know what you did together.

**IF you come back to my blog and comment about how things are going, post the times  and such for your kids, I will enter you into a drawing for a special something!! **

**I will enter your name into the drawing once for everyday that you come back and comment**

**Drawing will be done via raffle copter and will be held on the first day of May**

Have fun!!  If all goes well and we have a lot of participation, I will be doing more of these challenges!

Tank or Tshirt giveaway!

Last week I was lucky enough to get this super sweet tank from Abby over at Fittd Brand Clothing. 
Let me tell you, this tank is so comfy and soft, I just LOVE it and the saying on the tank is awesome, "Stonger than yesterday"!!  She has some really fun stuff in her shop and a bunch of styles to choose from.  I love this style of tank and I think I'm going to order a "one more rep" item! Love it!

Abby is so sweet that she has decided to do a giveaway for you Lettuce Head fans!!
ONE lucky winner will get to choose a Tshirt or tank of choice from her shop.  And anyone who would like to go ahead and order something from her NOW, can use the code "LETTUCEVIP" at checkout and recieve 15% off!! How cool is that??

Good luck everyone!!  And THANK you so much to Fittd Brand clothing for such a great giveaway!


http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/fe6ec71/" rel="nofollow">a Rafflecopter giveaway




Good Luck everyone!!  Don't forget to SHARE on Facebook and also Check out the shop to use the LETTUCEVIP code for 15% off!!

***UPDATE**** This contest is now OVER and you can see above that a random winner has been picked!! CONGRATULATIONS Tracey!! :)

Clean chicken chili

I seriously LOVE Sundays.  Its the one and only day of the week that I get to sleep in, John cooks and everyone just kind of chills ALL DAY!

This past weekend John made us some clean chicken chili.  A dish that we have not had in about 4 years because the original recipe calls for 4-6 cups of cheese! I know, it could be worse, but thats a lot of cheese and I honestly havent even looked at the recipe because I wasnt sure what else was in it and I am not the one that ever cooks it.  SO, when John said he wanted to make it I cringed a little but then he said he would clean it up. OKAY!!!
The reicpe originally came to use from one of the kids preschool Teachers  (Mrs. Karen) and I just know that she would not mind one bit, me sharing it with you all.  She is really cool like that!
I am giving you our cleaned up version which turned out great and really didnt require a lot of changing to th recipe.  The main change up was the cheese, and we didnt miss that cheese one bit.

I really had a hard time just eating this one bowl, but go past the temptation by knowing that I was going to be able to have some of the leftovers for lunch the next day.

This recipe makes a BIG O pot.  We used to have a ton left over but with the kids eating so much these days, we only had 3 single servings left over. (we are a family of  5)

*6c low sodium organic chicken broth
*2 16oz cans of low sodium northern beans
*2 16oz cans of low sodium pinto beans
*9 cups of shredded boneless skinless chicken breast (about 3lbs boiled) (worst part of the recipe and why I wont cook it! takes forever.  Like more than 5 minutes ha!ha!)
*2-3 4oz cans of green chiles or 2-3 fresh jalapenos chopped and seeds removed
*1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
*1 tbsp fresh garlic chopped
*2 large onions diced
*organo, cayenne pepper, white pepper, and cumin to taste (about 1 tsp of each more or less)

Saute up your onions and garlic then add all the rest.  Simmer on a lower heat to mix in all the flavors and let the liquid get into a thinker state.  (about 2hrs)  
The kids topped with a sprinkle of shredded monterey jack cheese and ate 2-3 bowls each!! WINNER!

In other news, the kids are really getting into the LETTUCE HEADS!  Found this picture of a "healthy" breakfast on my phone from EM!!

The bowl of strawberries is her "proper portion" being put into action.  Ive been really trying to teach the kids that just because something is healthy does not mean that they can eat loads and loads of it.  WHY?  Because it costs a crap ton of money, thats why!
Em will litterally eat a entire carton of fruit in one sitting, J would eat a whole box of kashi granola bars in one day and K would drink an entire carton of OJ in a day.  Momma cant be runnin to the store every day for more food. We have a budget and helping the kdis to realize the budget and set limitations is a good thing.

Its Giveaway time!

What a better time to have a giveaway? February when everyone is starting to rethink those New Years resolutions. Maybe starting to think about summer and vacation plans.
Just wanting to get back in the groove of fitness and good healthy food!
Well I have something awesome that will hopefully help you with a little motivation!
I recieved this super cool bracelet in the mail from WORDS TO SWEAT BY.COM  and  I tested it out the other day at the gym. I RAN FAST!! :)

Its seriously crazy soft and comfy to wear at the gym and how cute is it? The shop has some super great items like this and has many other items with words of motivation to get you going!

Please enter this giveaway!! WORDS TO SWEAT BY.COM has been awesome enough to let one winner be picked to recieve a $25.00 gift certificate to her shop!  This would allow to to purchase maybe two towels or even two bracelets!!  ENTER below for a chance to win one for your self and for someone special of your choosing!

a Rafflecopter giveaway


How awesome is that? Huge thanks to Words to sweat by for this great giveaway!


***UPDATE!!***  Please see that this giveaway is now closed and a random winner has been picked.  CONGRATULATIONS MOLLY!!  Thanks so much to everyone who entered!!