Monday, May 3, 2010

4 months!!!!

My little Skeeber is now 4 months old. He got his shots today. :(
He did really good, he only cried for a minute and then went to sleep. We finally got to see the actual doctor today. That made me feel better about the practice. He is 15 pounds 6 ounces and 25 inches long. He's gained 3 pounds in 2 months and is nearly 7 pounds more than birth. I was expecting him to be much bigger than that as much as he eats. Dr. T said to give M more solids and less formula now.

Other than that not too much to report on. Just the same stuff different day. The Tankersley family sure does lead an exciting life huh? :/

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!!!!!