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This article seems to make sense. Thoughts?

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  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    So, the science around food seems spot on although I can't fact check all of it. His initial premise though is b*ll*cks - he plays into the "clean eater" rhetoric that IIFYM is an excuse to live off twinkies, and uses this to justify an article on what IIFYM isn't. There isn't a person in the IIFYM community who really believes the twinkie diet is acceptable, and as for the "can't think for themselves" thing, that's just insulting.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    I think IIFYM can always get taken to the extreme end where it is all Twinkies, Pop-tarts sprinkled with protein powder to hit the macros. Not the way it was intended to be at all. It was meant to have a bit of flexibility in the world of strict macro and food sources, a way to make fat loss less miserable and more adaptable for everyday life. Have a Birthday coming up? You can fit a slice of cake into your macros without the guilt of feeling like you ruined your progress, etc.

    I don't have the links to it, but wasn't IIFYM created as a joke response to someone on a BB forum? IIRC, it was a thread about "Is it okay if I eat *insert food here* while on a cut?" and someone replied with "IIFYM".
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    sardelsa wrote: »
    I think IIFYM can always get taken to the extreme end where it is all Twinkies, Pop-tarts sprinkled with protein powder to hit the macros. Not the way it was intended to be at all. It was meant to have a bit of flexibility in the world of strict macro and food sources, a way to make fat loss less miserable and more adaptable for everyday life. Have a Birthday coming up? You can fit a slice of cake into your macros without the guilt of feeling like you ruined your progress, etc.

    I don't have the links to it, but wasn't IIFYM created as a joke response to someone on a BB forum? IIRC, it was a thread about "Is it okay if I eat *insert food here* while on a cut?" and someone replied with "IIFYM".

    It wasn't a joke. It came into being because the guys got sick of responding to "can I replace rice with potatoes or will it wreck my gainz?" threads. At least, that's where the acronym came from. Obviously, the concept has existed for as long as man has understood nutrition, even slightly.
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