IIFYM....plateau

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    erojoy wrote: »
    What you guys are saying does make a lot of sense. Bad thing is like 80% I take right off of food labels. I wish I had the time to make everything fresh, but I don't even have time for a prep day. It is so frustrating. I just want to figure this out, because I work so damn hard at the gym. Ok, I'm going to have to take a look at those calorie to carb/fat/protein ratio, if you guys really think that I should be a lot closer to hitting them then something is wrong.

    Also @vismal is there a way to turn that off even? The whole negative calories net calories thing always confuses me.

    you're going to have inherent rounding errors for starters. secondly, it's great to be aware of your macros...but obsessing about them to this extent is a bit ridiculous...there's nothing magical about hitting your macros bang on. IMO, you're worry yourself a lot for nothing.

    Agreed. In fact, just hitting your calories and aiming for a nutrient dense, well rounded diet would probably be enough. The macros are not going to make or break your weight loss.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    edited June 2015
    erojoy wrote: »
    Lets say you eat all of your calories for the day but your macros are all still short.

    That can't happen. Your calories derive from your macro goals - if you hit your calorie target you *have* to hit at least one macro goal. Unless you do something screwy, or have unusual macros, you're probably going to hit two of them.

    ETA: Good catch the earlier poster - I hadn't considered alcohol. Yes, that could screw things up.

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