What is IIFYM?

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I ingested fairly young mussels.

i love flexible dieting. BRB fitting a beer or 2 in my diet.

i love flexible dieting. BRB fitting a beer or 2 in my diet.

I did that last night actually. Believe it or not, I've used one as a protein gram to put myself on a good number before. That's so fun when the numbers work out perfectly like that.

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But do you have an IIFYM shirt SS?

I sure do. Most people have no idea WTF it means though. I did get a few comments at powerlifting nationals though :laugh:

thank you op for posting this

Recently there's been an increase in threads where someone posts about IIFYM with the assumption that IIFYM is a specific calorie or macronutrient setting.

This is happening because one of the websites promoting IIFYM also includes a calorie estimation tool and recommended macronutrient settings.

I'm only posting here to clarify some misconceptions at to what IIFYM actually is. I'm well aware that this has been done several times before on MFP but I'm doing it again because of the recent stream of threads that seemingly claim that IIFYM is a certain number of calories.

Suffice it to say, it's a philosophy about food selection and the strategy of looking at the diet as a whole rather than at individual food items.

You can read more here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/817188-iifym

I read your link. If I am understanding it right, seems like IIFYM was a concept that made sense, but people decided to interpret it in a way that they get a loophole that they think they can fill with junk food. I personally do not agree with the ones who spend most of their allowances majorly on junk food, as far as nutrition goes, I think they are fooling themselves. Yes they might be able to get away with it, but it will affect the body in a negative way. Now I do believe we can allow some junk food - MAYBE - but rarely, and more as an exception rather the rule to follow good health.

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It's amazing how many people seem to think you 'have' to eat poptarts all day to follow IIFYM.

What people do not realize also is that you can apply IIFYM to other dietary choices. For example, vegetarian, low carb etc etc. You just set your macros or pick your food choices according to those dietary choices.

Recently there's been an increase in threads where someone posts about IIFYM with the assumption that IIFYM is a specific calorie or macronutrient setting.

This is happening because one of the websites promoting IIFYM also includes a calorie estimation tool and recommended macronutrient settings.

I'm only posting here to clarify some misconceptions at to what IIFYM actually is. I'm well aware that this has been done several times before on MFP but I'm doing it again because of the recent stream of threads that seemingly claim that IIFYM is a certain number of calories.

Suffice it to say, it's a philosophy about food selection and the strategy of looking at the diet as a whole rather than at individual food items.

You can read more here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/817188-iifym

I read your link. If I am understanding it right, seems like IIFYM was a concept that made sense, but people decided to interpret it in a way that they get a loophole that they think they can fill with junk food. I personally do not agree with the ones who spend most of their allowances majorly on junk food, as far as nutrition goes, I think they are fooling themselves. Yes they might be able to get away with it, but it will affect the body in a negative way. Now I do believe we can allow some junk food - MAYBE - but rarely, and more as an exception rather the rule to follow good health.

I do not think people actually interpret it in a way that they have a 'loophole'. You will find very few people actually eating junk food all day and actually managing to hit their macros. What you will find is people eating food that includes 'junk' food (whatever that is based on your definition) but also eating whole foods. Now, the amount of 'junk' i.e less nutrient dense foods v nutrient dense foods will vary, but much of that, assuming they are applying IIFYM correctly will depend on your calorie allowance.

If I am on say 1,500 calories, I have less 'wiggle room' for pop tarts if I am to hit my macros, hit my fiber and get a few servings of fruits and veggies in. If I am on say 2,500, then there is far more room for latitude in my food choices.

There are very few foods that are bad for you (medical conditions aside)...just ones that are less nutrient dense.

Back in for all day pop tarts.


To further demonstrate Sara's point in a previous post...on my cut diet of 3,000 I easily have room for my 440 calories (pint of slow churned) ice cream every night. While hitting (crushing) my macro and micro needs. That's a commonly over looked issue, context of total calories and diet.

Jelly I'm still in cutting mode, so my macros are a bit lower. But I do get a re-feed day every fourth day and I go crazy lol

I've never eaten a poptart. Am I missing out? :laugh: