IIFYM Macros

Michael190lbs wrote: »

That is what I use and a lot of other people on here.. If your going to build Muscle use .8 x body weight protein .4 x body weight Fats fill the rest of your caloric intake with what ever you want.. Decrease Protein by .2 if your just trying to stay in shape or if you have issues getting that much protein in your diet.. My 2 cents

cwolfman13 wrote: »

drewmaczko wrote: »

Are the IIFYM macros pretty reliable and widely accepted? They differ pretty significantly from MFP, but IIFYM gathers more information to make the suggestions.

keep in mind that the website is just capitalizing on the concept...there is no universally perfect macro ratio. the concept was brought up on bodybuilding.com ages ago and was just a stock answer by a particular user to questions like, "will eating X or Y kill my gainz brah?"....answer..."If it fits YOUR macros".

the concept is simply one that allows for flexibility in dieting by paying attention to your macros, rather than particular foods that make up those macros...essentially it removes the demonization of certain foods so long as those particular food items aren't throwing off your macro ratios.

to that end, a lot of people have bastardized the concept to mean, "eat all the junk" which was never the intent of the concept.

also keep in mind that the "Y" in IIFYM is important...a marathon runner is going to have an optimal macro breakdown than, say, a bodybuilder.

the website puts a premium on protein to the extent that one of the options is 1 gram per Lb of body weight which is excessive IMO. A very overweight individual does not need to eat their body weight in protein. my guess is that they do so because the concept was basically born out of the bodybuilding industry. beyond that, it's just a TDEE calculator.