Maschy, you are so excotic! Here I thought you were Italian…the last name and all.
I can see weighing in once I’m in maintainence land…cause it would be interesting to see just how much I can get away with 
But only when I want it. I’m like you Kimba and I don’t really crave naughty foods everyday, but would rather save the cals for a special occasion or for the end of the week and have as much as I want of whatever I have been daydreaming about.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Maschy, you are so excotic! Here I thought you were Italian…the last name and all.
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LoL! Not sure about exotic - but I am Italian. Argentina is an immigrant country like the US, so my mom’s side is Armenian and my dad’s side is Italian/Spanish. Mix that together and you have a Mascherano!
gives thread back to Kimba
oh I get it know!!..blond moment over with
Kimba, we just add in 1-2 scoops. You can cook with it, but sometimes the heat can change the composition, I’m just not sure how.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I just don’t allow for more than a one pound leeway on either side of 111.5 lbs AM weight before I change my eating to compensate. There might be more leeway than that in reality, but not in my headspace.
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So, given your hard work in the gym, do you not have expectations of adding any muscle? Or, do you only want to be stronger?
Country fried steak is what most people call cubed steak battered and fried and then served with gravy, white pepper gravy round these parts.
In Texas I think its brown gravy.
Maschy, my log is your log.
Greeney, oh I get it – a scoop or two added to regular pancake batter probably wouldn’t alter the batter very much but would sure up the protein content! Good idea.
giterdone, I like my body exactly as it is and am not looking to change a single thing. No need to lose fat or gain muscle. I’m the poster child for maintenance mode. Just stronger, please!
Joe, that sounds delicious in a decadent, heart-attack-on-a-plate kind of way. Feel free to make some and include pictures on your log.
Add to today’s training a one-hour bike ride. And now, off to the kitchen to make my chicken breast and salad penance meal.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I like my body exactly as it is and am not looking to change a single thing.
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Well then…looks like we are in agreement.
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I like my body exactly as it is and am not looking to change a single thing.
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Well then…looks like we are in agreement.[/quote]
yeah - what git said!
After a challenging day, its lovely to check in here and find such kind words. Thanks, gentlemen!
dang, kimba. if one leaves this log unattended for more than a few days one must read pages to catch up. great work going on here as usual.
your dedication on the food thing is pretty intense. hard to imagine that with your hard training day in and day out (+hours of bike rides) you would need food penance after that small indulgence. but this is probably why you stay lean and i’m still fightin’ my ‘last 10ish’ ha ha!
thanks for the motivation and keep up your awesomeness!
I think it is a great idea to weigh yourself every day as you “maintain.” A lot of people - mainly those in weight loss mode - say DON’T weigh yourself daily as it will drive you insane. This is absolutely true for those who obsess over the gain or loss of 1/2 lb overnight. For those people who are not obsessed about the scale moving downward, the regular recognition that it isn’t moving upward - or in your case, recognition that it has moved beyond the “okay zone” - is key to maintaining a desired body weight.
I know that when I stopped obsessing over the weight, and went into maintenance, the next time I weighed myself I’d gained a few lbs like magic. And yes, I knew enough to know it wasn’t just water. Learning how your body works, when it holds water (PMS), and what “real” weight is as opposed to “fake” weight, is key to maintaining the body you want.
If you are in fat loss mode, or new to the lifting/diet world, I would say weigh yourself once a week, under the same conditions, and no more. There’s no need to add extra stress to weight loss or training by worrying about a scale number, when you don’t really know what that scale number represents. You aren’t in that position, and I salute you!
I used to weigh myself daily when I was a teenager with an eating disorder. I don’t think it’s healthy for a lot of people. If you’re happy and secure and aren’t going to stress about a pound here and there, then that’s fine. I prefer the tape measure, personally.
I’ve been in diet mode long enough to know NOT to weigh myself everyday. Some nut heads on the RFL forums weigh every day to see the daily fluctuations…
thats where I learned about the whoosh effect…someones weight could hold for a week, and then WHOOSH, three pounds gone the next morning.
I’m using my jeans as a gauge. I take a pic in them every 2 weeks. When I can button them up (without a muffin), I know I’ve made it, lol.
T! Great to see ya! Dude, if’n I still lived where you live (the land of good food and better wine) I’d be in big trouble on the weight front. Keep on, keepin’ on.
PMPM, very articulately put. I agree wholeheartedly.
Cal, its so important to know what is healthy for oneself. The use of a scale is one of those decisions that is intensely personal.
Betty, I LOVE those jeans pictures showing off that killer small waist. Can’t wait for the next installment.
So much for the need for the penance day. There comes a point in every month where the daily AM scale weight falls markedly BELOW benchmark for reasons of hormones/release of water retention/etc. This morning was that point, and I’m adding extra mostly-clean starchy carbs in today to make up. So the scale isn’t always about monitoring weight gain, but also about stemming weight loss, the latter being just as important for maintenance.
I agree with PMPM. I wanted to say that originally but I’m too damn lazy to write that out 
Lifters especially can’t be obsessed over weight fluctuations because after hard training, the muscles will hold more water. Plus women with our bloating and whatever else that causes us have fluctuating weight.
If the general you is not obsessive and can be reasonable, then it’ll work just fine.
muscle weighs more than fat but takes up less space and all that too…
There haven’t been any pictures in this log for awhile. Since I’ve been idly asking for picture-poor logs to be beefed up over in the old folks forum, I figured it was time.
The pic is worth the double-take
