Monday, April 26, 2010

Thank you for voting

We just got word and P and M won the Sweetest Siblings photo contest!!! Thank you for voting!

Time to revamp...

the diet and exercise.

Last week the mister and I started following the Max-OT training.
♡♡♡Love it♡♡♡
It's a 12 week plan that gets you back to the basics. Basically forget everything you know about weight lifting because you're doing it wrong. Now start over and learn it the right way. Like I said, it's a 12 week program and you do 5 days a week, working a different body part each day. Week one was awesome and I can't wait to see what week two brings. If you're interested in weight training you should check it out.

Now for my "diet" which really isn't a diet, but more of a meal plan. I've decided I need something more structured than just eating when I want and *trying* to count calories.

Starting today my daily menu will be an idea from Chris Aceto

Days 1-5: Low carb days
Meal 1: 44.5 grams of oatmeal, 72 grams of Gaspari Nutrition Myo Fusion Vanilla flavored Whey Protein, and 1 hard boiled egg white
Meal 2: 2 packages no-drain tuna, and 5 hard boiled egg whites
Meal 3: 7.75 ounces grilled chicken breast with fiberous green vegetable
Meal 4: 7.5 ounces grilled round steak with fiberous green vegetable
Post workout meal 1: 72 grams of Gaspari Nutrition Myo Fusion Vanilla flavored Whey Protein with 16 ounces of water
Post workout meal 2: 30 grams of carbs and 55.6 grams of protein
Meal 7: 1% cottage cheese with flax seed oil, Stevia, and cinnamon

Day 6: High carb day I haven't done the math on portion sizes yet, but it will look something like this
Meals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 will have 83.6 grams of carbs and 22.2 grams of protein. Meals 5 and 7 will remain the same as days 1-5.

I've also decided that my long term goal is to compete in a fitness competition. Obviously I have a looooong way to go, but I have the willpower, the desire, the support, and the knowledge (aka Mr. Tankersley) to reach my goal. Trish Warren is a great example. Check her out, that's Branch Warren's wife. As of right now I don't have a time line for this goal, as stated before I have a long way to go so I'm just going with the flow for now and we'll see where I am in a few years.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Making progress

Image and video hosting by TinyPic03/23/09 265 pounds
Image and video hosting by TinyPic12/24/09 263 pounds
Image and video hosting by TinyPic02/06/10 225 pounds
Image and video hosting by TinyPic03/28/10 215 pounds

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Time to vote again

pretty please???

http://www.whattoexpect.com/index.aspx?puid=728C1111-E65C-4FCB-8767-F31D08FBDAEA&contestId=28&contestantId=17078

RIP baby Jonathan

I am a member of www.whattoexpect.com and one of my fellow January moms (even though M came in December) just lost her little Jonathan to Spinal Muscular Atrophy yesterday morning. This breaks my heart beyond words. I am asking my readers to please take a moment and think of or pray for the Finlay family as they are going through this difficult time. May God bless them and wrap them in his arms.

Jonathan Finlay-- 01/14/10 - 04/19/10
briefly in our lives...
...forever in our hearts

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

That's a whole lotta man

Last weekend Mr. Tankersley took me to my first bodybuilding show. It was amazing. The women inspired me to continue my journey and the guys were pretty nice to look at lol.
We also got the chance to meet Branch Warren. He's a great guy and really easy on the eyes. We both got our photos taken with him and I got his autograph. Here are some of the photos I took. We were about 15 rows back but because I have that amazing new camera with a super nice lens it looks like we're right there.
Branch Warren, this was my favorite pose of his.
Mr. Tankersley and Branch and that's Trish Warren in the background.
Me and Branch, my face says OMG Branch Warren has his arm around me. LOL
Just one of the many photos we took that night. Think this was the over 30 category or something.
Trish Warren with some of the ladies. I think this was the fitness category
Can you say holy back muscles?
Pretty niice if you ask me
Andy Haman!!!!!



Thursday, April 8, 2010

Traveling with children

We are gearing up for a trip to the DFW area this weekend, followed up with a trip back home to see the family. We are leaving tomorrow and will return on Monday. Who knew it was such a task to travel with two small children. I have already started packing their stuff. I nearly have their whole wardrobe packed just in case it is chilly, in case they get sick, in case they get dirty. Then there's blankets, spit rags, and bibs. Let's not forget diapers, wipes, sippy cups, bottles, formula, cereal, baby food, toddler snacks, and toys. Oh yeah and the stroller, Bumbo, car seats, swing, and bouncer.

Oh, but wait I'm not done yet I still have to pack for Mr. Tankersley and myself. Traveling clothes, gym clothes, going out clothes, toiletries, and pillows.

Done now? Nope now we need laptops, laptop cords, camera, battery charger, and phone charger. Don't forget vitamins, supplements, whey, and shaker bottles.

Oh and what's that Mr. Tankersley? You want to pack a cooler of food so we can eat healthy on the road?? Sure we can totally do that!

Did I mention that I am the lucky one that gets to pack all this crap??? Can you tell how excited I am to be traveling??? Just kidding, I am glad we are getting out of this crap hole for a couple of days, I just DESPISE packing.

In other news the boys are in day three of the photo contest so please click on the link and vote for them. It only takes a minute and you don't have to sign up for anything. I'll be back between the 20th and 25th to ask for votes for the final round since they one day one semi-finals. Thanks to all of you!!!

http://www.whattoexpect.com/index.aspx?puid=728C1111-E65C-4FCB-8767-F31D08FBDAEA&contestId=28&contestantId=16915

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sibling Contest Day 2

New photo, same handsome boys. If you can spare a minute will you vote again please??? Thank you all so very much.

http://www.whattoexpect.com/index.aspx?puid=728C1111-E65C-4FCB-8767-F31D08FBDAEA&contestId=28&contestantId=16893

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Can you go vote please?

P and M are entered in a sweetest siblings photo contest and we sure would appreciate all the votes we can get. This is a daily contest so this photo will only be available to vote on today. Thank you very much.

http://www.whattoexpect.com/index.aspx?puid=728C1111-E65C-4FCB-8767-F31D08FBDAEA&contestId=28&contestantId=16859