IIFYM or MFP Recommended settings?

BrittneyJ2006
BrittneyJ2006 Posts: 70 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I just did a comparison of daily goals using the IIFYM calculator and my current settings on MFP. They are completely different. Here's a quick list of the differences.

IIFYM(left) Vs MFP(right)
Calories:2492, 1940
Carbs: 81.5, 243
Fat: 114, 65
Protein: 285, 97
Fiber: 57-71, 25

Do you manually enter yours using the IIFYM numbers or use MFP goals?

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  • Health_Temple
    Health_Temple Posts: 93 Member
    Idk what iifym is, but to me it looks like your goal under it is to maintain weight or lose slowly while gaining muscle and losing fat, while Mfp is more on losing fat altogether not concentratin on muscle.
  • KarenJanine
    KarenJanine Posts: 3,497 Member
    With MFP you eat back exercise calories, with TDEE you do not. Therefore both methods give a similar overall intake, but with TDEE your exercise calories are averaged over the week so you eat the same amount everyday. With MFP you eat more on workout days.

    I set my macro goals manually on MFP.
  • BrittneyJ2006
    BrittneyJ2006 Posts: 70 Member
    It's a website. It has different calculators that allow you to enter your info. BMR, TDEE, BMI, etc. My goal in MFP is the max 2lbs a week. Thanks.


    Idk what iifym is, but to me it looks like your goal under it is to maintain weight or lose slowly while gaining muscle and losing fat, while Mfp is more on losing fat altogether not concentratin on muscle.
  • BrittneyJ2006
    BrittneyJ2006 Posts: 70 Member
    Thanks! That makes sense. I saw where it said you don't eat the calories back for the TDEE. I'll probably switch to putting it in manually.
    With MFP you eat back exercise calories, with TDEE you do not. Therefore both methods give a similar overall intake, but with TDEE your exercise calories are averaged over the week so you eat the same amount everyday. With MFP you eat more on workout days.

    I set my macro goals manually on MFP.

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