IIFYM Help

candacedianne
candacedianne Posts: 47 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How long should I give IIFYM for me to see a difference on the scale? I workout 5-6 times per week (burn roughly 2900 calories between cardio/circuit training/strength training) and I have really cleaned up my eating. I had my goal set at 1848 but I just adjusted it to 1638 based on my goal weight on the IIFYM calculator. I was down a few lbs late last week and now I am back up, which I am not understanding. Feel free to look at my diary. I do measure 90% of my foods, so maybe I need to measure EVERYTHING?

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  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    It's normal to fluctuate. You're going to need to give it about a month. The first few weeks your body is adjusting to the new diet and exercise.
  • maizerage66
    maizerage66 Posts: 367 Member
    Yes you must weigh everything because you might have more than you think you have in that other 10%. And unless that's a typo, that's a lot of calories to burn daily through exercise 5-6 days a week. You should take a couple days off every week and let your body recover because that's a lot of stress to put it through...
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Your sodium levels have been very high since Sept 4. My money is on this as your problem. When mine is high, I drink plenty of water and increase my potassium and magnesium. The water weight goes away after a couple of days.
  • candacedianne
    candacedianne Posts: 47 Member
    Your sodium levels have been very high since Sept 4. My money is on this as your problem. When mine is high, I drink plenty of water and increase my potassium and magnesium. The water weight goes away after a couple of days.

    I agree and I am working on trying to keep that lower. Thanks :)
  • candacedianne
    candacedianne Posts: 47 Member
    Yes you must weigh everything because you might have more than you think you have in that other 10%. And unless that's a typo, that's a lot of calories to burn daily through exercise 5-6 days a week. You should take a couple days off every week and let your body recover because that's a lot of stress to put it through...

    Thanks I think weighing/measuring every little thing will help. my calories burned are accurate as per my HRM (except on my walks because I walk at lunch and don't bring my HRM to work). I usually take 1 full day off each week.

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