Day 6

It is getting a bit chilly here in sunny Fl.  I had planned on taking the poor neglected bike out for a spin tonight, but it is super windy with the cold front blowing in.  That and since it was so overcast it seemed to get dark a bit early.  So no bike ride tonight.  I did restart the planking challenge and planked for 20 seconds.  After that I had a date with Rodney Yee's Yoga For Beginners.  I did the pose guide practice which lasts about 40 min.  I love it and feel so relaxed now.  I have other yoga DVD's, but this one is my favorite.  They give you the common mistakes people make and how to correct, which I find helpful seeing as I do not have a live instructor to guide me.

For dinner, I made Jessica's delicious Chicken 'n Dumplings.  This is the first time I have made this in the crock pot.   I put 3 frozen chicken breasts in the crock pot this morning with 2 cans of cream of chicken w/ herbs soup and a carton of chicken stock.  That cooked all day on low until I got home tonight.  I shredded the chicken, which just fell apart, and then added 3 frozen biscuits cut into fours for the dumplings.  I also added some milk because I wanted more liquid.  Next I turned the crock pot up to high and did my yoga while the biscuits cooked.  I served over white rice for a yummy comfort food dinner.  You could easily adjust this to use the healthy request soup, omit the dumplings or rice, or use brown rice to lighten this up.  It was delicious.

Tomorrow will probably be a treadmill day and I will continue with 2nd attempt of the planking challenge.