Yoga and brown rice

Sounds like I am starting a new mantra.  Well kind of I am doing cardio to hopefully decrease some back pain.  I have had an amazing 2 weeks with my kids.  I have not been this happy at home or work in a long time.  Justin(the hubby) and I are doing Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.  I feel like all the wheels are moving the in the right direction.  I am taking a minor break in my day to do this update.  I have made dinner for 2 nights, studied for my nursing school entrance exam, folded a load of laundry did some yoga, and worked with Jenna on some Kindergarten home school.  I sit here typing this as my youngest is passed out on a Boppy on my dining room floor, my sink sits full of dishes and I finally just got done devouring leftovers with Asian Chicken with brown rice. This recipe is inspired by a pin on my pinsipirational-success-tried-it-loved-it board.

Asian Chicken with Mandarin Oranges

Hands-On Time: 25 minutes
Ready In: 10 hours (LOW) or 5 to 6 hours (HIGH)
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients

2 pounds boneless chicken breasts
1 small onion, thinly sliced
1⁄3 cup soy sauce
1⁄4 teaspoon salt, reduced sodium
1 small green bell pepper, sliced
1 head bok choy, cleaned and chopped
1 can (5 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained
1 can of baby corn, drained
2 tablespoons corn starch
1 can (11 ounces) mandarin oranges, drained and syrup reserved
2 cups chicken broth
 6 cups brown rice

Directions

1. Heat a non stick pan.  Add chicken ( clunked), in batches if necessary, and cook, turning to brown all sides. Transfer to 4 1⁄2-quart  slow cooker as it is browned.
2. Add onion to same skillet. Stir over medium heat until softened. Add next soy sauce, salt, ginger, green pepper, bok choy , baby corn and water chestnuts and cook until bok choy is wilted, about 5 minutes. Spoon mixture over chicken.
3. Whisk together corn starch and reserved mandarin orange syrup in medium bowl. Stir in chicken broth and pour over ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook on LOW 10 hours or on HIGH 5 to 6 hours or until beef is tender.
4. Stir in mandarin oranges. Spoon steamed rice into shallow serving bowl and spoon beef over rice.

So so still a slacker...

I hate to say it like that.  I have been working 4 to 6 days a week at the office on a new system at work that has had me stressed me out.  I am preparing to take my Nursing Admissions Competanty Exam Again, the hubby has worked a steady 60 to 70 hours weekly until the last 2 weeks, and my son's behavior(he was diagnosed in September with ADHD and ODD) is hit or miss, my middle daughter has been sick on and off since December, and I have a teething 6 month old.  That is right 6 months old!  I find myself still scale suck but I have done nothing to make it move.  I haven't worked out, and trust me of have a list of excuses.  Really I am not stressed about the scale but how I look, now my soft curves aren't from pregnancy they are from lack of physical agility, and I say it again NO MORE.  Today will be short because I still have things on my list that need to be done and one of them is work out. I love everything about my life and I am so happy that God has given me the talents he has given me, and I am even more passionate about finishing my Nursing Degree so I can become a lactation consultant.Off of the internet so I can focus on how badly Jillian Micheals is going to whoop me into shape!

2013 25 pounds heavier and one more head in our house

So 2012 brought lots of changes for our family.  I went back to work part-time which turned into full-time.  Johanna Elizabeth was born! Today I weigh in at 174 pounds nearly 25 pounds from my pre pregnancy weight.  It is time that I shed that, but I struggle I would rather write this blog track my food fold laundry than to work out.  I am baffled I thought it would be easy getting back in the swing of things.  I spend too much time on Facebook so I made a NEW YEARS Determination to spend less time there.  I have but I replaced it with games and pinterst and even this blog! I am going to take charge by simply putting it all out there the good the bad and the UGLY.  You know what I mean like yesterday I had a blue cheese burger and Texas Fries ( what about Bacon cheese and Ranch make them Texas is beyond me), goodbye WW flex points, but then today I wanted to enjoy a glass of wine and I am over.  I still have laundry to fold and I still haven't done cardio in 4 days.  I will say goodbye because as I type this I am again procrastinating on my health which is not COOL.