Flexible Dieting (IIFYM)

_Miyuki
_Miyuki Posts: 17 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I was just wondering how many of you guys practice flexible dieting!
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I follow IIFYM, its worked for me so far!
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    edited July 2015
    I do too. I think it's great!
  • stephxo1
    stephxo1 Posts: 191 Member
    Yip! I've both bulked and cut using this method and loved the flexibility I had with food choices.
  • Gianfranco_R
    Gianfranco_R Posts: 1,297 Member
    _Miyuki wrote: »
    I was just wondering how many of you guys practice flexible dieting!

    That's an interesting question.
    If you check the "popular groups" here on MFP, you will find out there are at least 18,000 clean eaters, 17,000 low carbers, 9,000 vegans/vegetarians, 8,000 primal/paleo, while the IIFYM group has only 1,004 members.
    On the other hand, the IIFYM way of eating seems to be quite mainstream on the main forums, and likely that's why they don't need to join a specific group, but it is not clear to me if they represent a majority or simply the most "vocal" minority (in the latter case, the owner of this website should rethink how to run these forums).


  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    _Miyuki wrote: »
    I was just wondering how many of you guys practice flexible dieting!

    That's an interesting question.
    If you check the "popular groups" here on MFP, you will find out there are at least 18,000 clean eaters, 17,000 low carbers, 9,000 vegans/vegetarians, 8,000 primal/paleo, while the IIFYM group has only 1,004 members.
    On the other hand, the IIFYM way of eating seems to be quite mainstream on the main forums, and likely that's why they don't need to join a specific group, but it is not clear to me if they represent a majority or simply the most "vocal" minority (in the latter case, the owner of this website should rethink how to run these forums).


    I think there are a lot more flexible dieters, that just don't subscribe to that name. There is also a very vocal (and annoying) minority of IIFYM people that give the rest a bad rap.
  • bellaa_x0
    bellaa_x0 Posts: 1,062 Member
    I follow IIFYM and love it!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    I just eat what I like and make it fit my calorie goal.
  • mitchelsimps
    mitchelsimps Posts: 151 Member
    starting this in 3 weeks following my LDNM Cutting Guide! So excited!
  • _lyndseybrooke_
    _lyndseybrooke_ Posts: 2,561 Member
    I've been doing IIFYM for a little over a year. As Martha Stewart would say, it's a good thing.
    zyxst wrote: »
    I just eat what I like and make it fit my calorie goal.

    So the answer to the question is no?
  • mitchelsimps
    mitchelsimps Posts: 151 Member
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)
  • mitchelsimps
    mitchelsimps Posts: 151 Member
    to the people following this technique strictly, how do you plan your meals?
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    IIFYM and 83 pounds lost.
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    I follow it very loosely. I'm mindful of my macros, paying particular attention to carbs, but I don't eat to them specifically. I focus on eating the foods and meals that I love in amounts I find satisfying instead. So my macros are never going to be spot on with that approach but at the end of the day they're usually in an acceptable range of where I want them to be.
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    Considering many people have different macro goals, I think a lot of people do IIFYM, including people who low carb.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    to the people following this technique strictly, how do you plan your meals?

    I usually plan/log my dinner, and then plan my breakfast/lunch/snacks around the remaining macro #'s. I'm not perfect at it, though.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)

    umm IIFYM is eating to your macros = If it fits your macros...

    protein is about .65 to .85 grams per pound of body weight; fats are .45 grams per pound of body weight; and you fill in the rest with carbs.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    ndj1979 wrote: »
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)

    umm IIFYM is eating to your macros = If it fits your macros...

    protein is about .65 to .85 grams per pound of body weight; fats are .45 grams per pound of body weight; and you fill in the rest with carbs.

    Don't be coming up in here making all kinds of sense and stuff!

  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I think I do that.
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Just as an aside whilst the term "flexible dieting" is often used as being synonymous with IIFYM the term derives more from various different approaches many of which Lyle McDonald outlined in his book aptly titled "A Guide to Flexible Dieting".

    In short, what was suggested is a person would follow a "standard" diet for example Zone, Atkins or whatever but deliberately introduce a day where they ate contrary to the diet (so a high carb day on Atkins for example) or a free day to eat whatever the person wanted at maintenance an so on to break the pressure of dieting.

    IIFYM is a good way of adding flexibility into your diet and is certainly worth a bash if it suits a person's preferences though.
  • AlabasterVerve
    AlabasterVerve Posts: 3,171 Member
    msf74 wrote: »
    Just as an aside whilst the term "flexible dieting" is often used as being synonymous with IIFYM the term derives more from various different approaches many of which Lyle McDonald outlined in his book aptly titled "A Guide to Flexible Dieting".

    In short, what was suggested is a person would follow a "standard" diet for example Zone, Atkins or whatever but deliberately introduce a day where they ate contrary to the diet (so a high carb day on Atkins for example) or a free day to eat whatever the person wanted at maintenance an so on to break the pressure of dieting.

    IIFYM is a good way of adding flexibility into your diet and is certainly worth a bash if it suits a person's preferences though.

    In that case I loosely follow IIFYM and routinely flexible diet.

  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Yes and lost 121 pounds and been maintaining for 10 months now.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)

    Uuummmm....that's what IIFYM is.
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)

    Uuummmm....that's what IIFYM is.

    I think he was responding to the person above him :)
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    TheVirgoddess wrote: »
    Serah87 wrote: »
    mitchelsimps wrote: »
    its a big NO, should be eating to your macronutrients :)

    Uuummmm....that's what IIFYM is.

    I think he was responding to the person above him :)

    Ohh ok, lol. He should have quoted. ;)
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
    What do you call the diet where you log in MFP and just count calories?
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  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,002 Member
    rybo wrote: »
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    _Miyuki wrote: »
    I was just wondering how many of you guys practice flexible dieting!

    That's an interesting question.
    If you check the "popular groups" here on MFP, you will find out there are at least 18,000 clean eaters, 17,000 low carbers, 9,000 vegans/vegetarians, 8,000 primal/paleo, while the IIFYM group has only 1,004 members.
    On the other hand, the IIFYM way of eating seems to be quite mainstream on the main forums, and likely that's why they don't need to join a specific group, but it is not clear to me if they represent a majority or simply the most "vocal" minority (in the latter case, the owner of this website should rethink how to run these forums).


    I think there are a lot more flexible dieters, that just don't subscribe to that name. There is also a very vocal (and annoying) minority of IIFYM people that give the rest a bad rap.
    +1 to the bolded. No need to give your diet a name, it's just food...
  • edwardetr
    edwardetr Posts: 140 Member
    Be mindful of your micros. Skinny does not equal healthy. If you regularly eat junk but small enough portions to give you a calorie deficit, you are not likely getting nutrients you need.
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    rybo wrote: »
    Gianfranco_R wrote: »
    _Miyuki wrote: »
    I was just wondering how many of you guys practice flexible dieting!

    That's an interesting question.
    If you check the "popular groups" here on MFP, you will find out there are at least 18,000 clean eaters, 17,000 low carbers, 9,000 vegans/vegetarians, 8,000 primal/paleo, while the IIFYM group has only 1,004 members.
    On the other hand, the IIFYM way of eating seems to be quite mainstream on the main forums, and likely that's why they don't need to join a specific group, but it is not clear to me if they represent a majority or simply the most "vocal" minority (in the latter case, the owner of this website should rethink how to run these forums).


    I think there are a lot more flexible dieters, that just don't subscribe to that name.

    I don't find the IIFYM posters here to be annoying at all, but that aside I think this sentence is true.

    I don't self identify as IIFYM, but what I do could likely be described as flexible dieting, and I do watch and experiment with macros somewhat.
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