IIFYM Diet
Bcmuscle
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Has anyone had great success with the IIFYM Diet??
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I lost 20lbs using IIFYM. I've tried too many other things to list but this way actually worked for me.1
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Success in losing, maintaining and purposefully gaining, yes3
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63lbs and counting.4
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I'm all about macros!
So yes I've lost 27 lbs IIFYM ... but i also take a multivatim for micros2 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Success in losing, maintaining and purposefully gaining, yes
Yup, same0 -
Right on! Thanks everyone1
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burntoutphilosopher wrote: »I'm all about macros!
So yes I've lost 27 lbs IIFYM ... but i also take a multivatim for micros
Yes! 6 weeks, lost 8.6 lbs. And 36.25 total inches!5 -
21.2 pounds down iifym0
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It's not a diet, it's the opposite of a diet. You set your macros to suit your needs and then eat whatever you want to hit those goals. It's just like MFP. I had success with doing just that - I lost 50 pounds and have kept them off for 2 1/2 years now. Was never able to do that after a diet.3
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i love IIFYM, though as kommodevaran says, more of an eating style than a diet.1
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More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.4
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leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
pretty much this. iifym is really just regular living while understanding the energy balance and how to use it to meet your particular goals.4 -
mrsnattybulking wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
pretty much this. iifym is really just regular living while understanding the energy balance and how to use it to meet your particular goals.
Amen!1 -
leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
That's just calorie counting, not IIFYM. With IIFYM you can't just eat whatever you want, it has to y'know .. fit .. your .. uhhh .. macros.
IIFYM also involves not eating something if it doesn't fit.1 -
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leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
That's just calorie counting, not IIFYM. With IIFYM you can't just eat whatever you want, it has to y'know .. fit .. your .. uhhh .. macros
He does specify to eat within your calorie range which by definition is what IIFYM is. When you add the protein, the fats and the carbs...the total gives you the number of calories you need to hit.
I know they're just 2 expressions of the same practical end. Yes it's easy to convert between calories and macros. But IIFYM also involves maintaining macro ratios, not just counting calories.
Sure 200g Carb + 100g protein + 50g Fat = 1650 cals . but iifym doesn't mean "Just eat 1650 calories without regard to where you are on your macro numbers."3 -
leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
That's just calorie counting, not IIFYM. With IIFYM you can't just eat whatever you want, it has to y'know .. fit .. your .. uhhh .. macros
He does specify to eat within your calorie range which by definition is what IIFYM is. When you add the protein, the fats and the carbs...the total gives you the number of calories you need to hit.
There are plenty of things I don't eat because they don't fit my macros. They would fit my calories just fine.... But I do IIFYM not calorie counting. Yes, I get to the same calorie endpoint, but take a different road.1 -
Jumping on this thread, I've been trying to do this for well over a month now and not seen any changes, weight wise or inch wise. I've gotten to the point where I pretty much quit trying to do this. Just started back up and hoping to see some changes.0
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mattbirchfield wrote: »Jumping on this thread, I've been trying to do this for well over a month now and not seen any changes, weight wise or inch wise. I've gotten to the point where I pretty much quit trying to do this. Just started back up and hoping to see some changes.
Do you weigh everything on scales? If you're not losing weight, you're not eating in a deficit.1 -
No, I dont have access to scales. If anything, I try to overestimate the oz of whatever I'm eating
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leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
That's just calorie counting, not IIFYM. With IIFYM you can't just eat whatever you want, it has to y'know .. fit .. your .. uhhh .. macros
He does specify to eat within your calorie range which by definition is what IIFYM is. When you add the protein, the fats and the carbs...the total gives you the number of calories you need to hit.
May I ask how much did you have to pay to join IIFYM? Thanks.0 -
runner1130 wrote: »leanitup123 wrote: »More of a lifestyle than a diet. Just eat what you want in your calorie range - honestly people look too much into it.
That's just calorie counting, not IIFYM. With IIFYM you can't just eat whatever you want, it has to y'know .. fit .. your .. uhhh .. macros
He does specify to eat within your calorie range which by definition is what IIFYM is. When you add the protein, the fats and the carbs...the total gives you the number of calories you need to hit.
May I ask how much did you have to pay to join IIFYM? Thanks.
It's free...0 -
It's free if you understand it. There are a lot of people that are trying to make money off of it.
Let me make sure I understand the process, here is what I got from a common IIFYM macro calculator:
Protein Grams: 162
Fat Grams: 72
Carbs Grams: 131
Fiber Grams: 29-39
Now, if I exercise, my garmin logs that data in MFP, and my macros go up. Do I eat to MFP level or the previous macros. How about my calories? What if I go over on Cals in order to hit the macros?0 -
My trainer set me up with macros. It takes a while to get used too but it's still amazes me how much healthy food you can eat within your range. Junk food is okay, but you don't get to eat as much then.0
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mattbirchfield wrote: »No, I dont have access to scales. If anything, I try to overestimate the oz of whatever I'm eating
This is exactly why it's not working. Your overestimating your serving sizes. You can crab a kitchen scale like $20 at Walmart or Amazon.1 -
mattbirchfield wrote: »No, I dont have access to scales. If anything, I try to overestimate the oz of whatever I'm eating
You are not overestimating, you are doing the opposite. A scale is 15$; get one!0 -
mattbirchfield wrote: »It's free if you understand it. There are a lot of people that are trying to make money off of it.
Let me make sure I understand the process, here is what I got from a common IIFYM macro calculator:
Protein Grams: 162
Fat Grams: 72
Carbs Grams: 131
Fiber Grams: 29-39
Now, if I exercise, my garmin logs that data in MFP, and my macros go up. Do I eat to MFP level or the previous macros. How about my calories? What if I go over on Cals in order to hit the macros?
You always wants to hit your protein within +/-5g. Same on carbs and fats but protein is the most important. Also, don't eat back your calories, the IIFYM setup should assume your overall activity level. Focus on the macros, you may go slightly under or over on calories but it should be close.
If you have Facebook try looking up the IIFYM page and read through their info, or Reddit's IIFYM page.
A scale is important, until you actually know what 100g of chicken looks like you may be over or under eating, they're cheap on Amazon or at Walmart and Target. Also track alcohol by grams, most of it can be found already in MFP. So if you have 100 cals of vodka you will divide by 4 (calorie per gram of carb) = 25g carbs for your entry. If you want to use grams from fat instead then same concept but divide by 9 (100/9)=11.11g fat.
I'm not an expert, I just started last month but had a coach give me a surplus of info and my macros.
Good luck!1 -
mattbirchfield wrote: »It's free if you understand it. There are a lot of people that are trying to make money off of it.
Let me make sure I understand the process, here is what I got from a common IIFYM macro calculator:
Protein Grams: 162
Fat Grams: 72
Carbs Grams: 131
Fiber Grams: 29-39
Now, if I exercise, my garmin logs that data in MFP, and my macros go up. Do I eat to MFP level or the previous macros. How about my calories? What if I go over on Cals in order to hit the macros?
If that happens, you're doing something wrong.
All macros are worth calories
Protein and carbs = 4 cals per gram
Fat = 9 cals per gram
If you drink alcohol, that is 7 cals per gram
(fiber isn't a macro, if you're adding it on top of your carbs somehow, that's a mistake. It's just a recommendation for good health)
If you're hitting protein, fat and carbs but severely under or over your cals, your entries are wrong and need to be checked0
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