IIFYM macros success

aimos87
aimos87 Posts: 55 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi is anyone having success from following the IIFYM macros calculator on their website? Interested to see if it brings success. I’m following 1540 cals a day plus exercising and I’m not seeing much of a loss. I’m 5’9 and 90kg and getting frustrated but I cannot survive on 1200 cals

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    What success? I have been able to stick to an appropriate calorie intake, for four and a half years now, by eating a balanced and varied diet, and food I like. If you're not losing weight as expected, first look at your expectations (are they realistic) and then look at your food logging.
  • Redordeadhead
    Redordeadhead Posts: 1,188 Member
    How are you measuring your 1540 calories? How long have you been logging your food and how much have you lost over that period?
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    aimos87 wrote: »
    Hi is anyone having success from following the IIFYM macros calculator on their website? Interested to see if it brings success. I’m following 1540 cals a day plus exercising and I’m not seeing much of a loss. I’m 5’9 and 90kg and getting frustrated but I cannot survive on 1200 cals

    How much of a loss is 'not much'?

  • aimos87
    aimos87 Posts: 55 Member
    I haven’t lost anything in 3 weeks. I’m logging religiously into mfp. Thank you for your comments ☺️ I’ll try tweaking a few things and see if that helps
  • tammie614
    tammie614 Posts: 48 Member
    i've had great success with it and when the weight drops i input my new numbers for updated macros
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    edited May 2018
    Get a food scale. Start weighing and logging everything, no skipping, cheating or forgetting.

    Weight loss is about calories, not macros.

    All macros have calories.
    Carbs and protein are 4 calories per gram, fat is 9 calories per gram.


    This is the "importance to weight loss" pyramid.
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  • mmapags
    mmapags Posts: 8,934 Member
    At 5'9" and 90 kg, you and I are the same height and about the same weight. I lose weight at about 2000 calories per day and am within 10 to 12 lbs of goal weight. Why are you only eating 1200 calories per day? That seems like a drastically low level of eating that would, in the short term, cause cortisol from the stress and water weight retention. Something in your stats and approach doesn't add up.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    mmapags wrote: »
    At 5'9" and 90 kg, you and I are the same height and about the same weight. I lose weight at about 2000 calories per day and am within 10 to 12 lbs of goal weight. Why are you only eating 1200 calories per day? That seems like a drastically low level of eating that would, in the short term, cause cortisol from the stress and water weight retention. Something in your stats and approach doesn't add up.

    She's not eating 1200 - she's eating 1540 and not seeing the results she wants, but doesn't want to go to 1200, which is indeed too low for her stats.

    I'm also female like the OP, about the same weight, shorter, and older (assuming the 87 is the birth year) and would have no problems losing weight at 1540 net. (My net is higher, so it's slower.)
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    OP are you using the IIFYM method or the MFP method? what I mean is are you using IIFYM calroies and then logging your exercise here and eating those calories back? if so you need to either follow IIFYM and not eat back exercise calories or follow MFP and eat back some or most exercise calories.IIFYM has your exercise calories built in and MFP doesnt. I couldnt follow the IIFYM amounts either as it wasnt as accurate for me as MFP. everyone says the amount of calories between the two are close but for me its not.
  • aimos87
    aimos87 Posts: 55 Member
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    OP are you using the IIFYM method or the MFP method? what I mean is are you using IIFYM calroies and then logging your exercise here and eating those calories back? if so you need to either follow IIFYM and not eat back exercise calories or follow MFP and eat back some or most exercise calories.IIFYM has your exercise calories built in and MFP doesnt. I couldnt follow the IIFYM amounts either as it wasnt as accurate for me as MFP. everyone says the amount of calories between the two are close but for me its not.

    Hey I used an online calc originally as mfp gives me only 1200 cals when I input my goals etc. at times I have eaten some exercise cals back which is why I might be not losing. Like a previous poster I am still not sure if 1540 is too low for me I know it’s all trial and error so I’ll be more consistent with no eating my exercise cals back and see how i go. Thanks so much for all the input and help
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    aimos87 wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    OP are you using the IIFYM method or the MFP method? what I mean is are you using IIFYM calroies and then logging your exercise here and eating those calories back? if so you need to either follow IIFYM and not eat back exercise calories or follow MFP and eat back some or most exercise calories.IIFYM has your exercise calories built in and MFP doesnt. I couldnt follow the IIFYM amounts either as it wasnt as accurate for me as MFP. everyone says the amount of calories between the two are close but for me its not.

    Hey I used an online calc originally as mfp gives me only 1200 cals when I input my goals etc. at times I have eaten some exercise cals back which is why I might be not losing. Like a previous poster I am still not sure if 1540 is too low for me I know it’s all trial and error so I’ll be more consistent with no eating my exercise cals back and see how i go. Thanks so much for all the input and help

    If you told MFP you want to lose 2 lbs per week, that is the most aggressive rate of loss, switch to something lower and more realistic.

    MFP gives you a lower calorie goal and expects you to log your exercise and eat back at least some. Most other calculators already include exercise. So either use your MFP goal and eat back some exercise cals or use an outside goal and don't.

    Are you using a food scale? Are you verifying that the database entries you are using are correct. Have you read the "Most Helpful Posts" thread pinned to the top of the board?
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    aimos87 wrote: »
    CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »
    OP are you using the IIFYM method or the MFP method? what I mean is are you using IIFYM calroies and then logging your exercise here and eating those calories back? if so you need to either follow IIFYM and not eat back exercise calories or follow MFP and eat back some or most exercise calories.IIFYM has your exercise calories built in and MFP doesnt. I couldnt follow the IIFYM amounts either as it wasnt as accurate for me as MFP. everyone says the amount of calories between the two are close but for me its not.

    Hey I used an online calc originally as mfp gives me only 1200 cals when I input my goals etc. at times I have eaten some exercise cals back which is why I might be not losing. Like a previous poster I am still not sure if 1540 is too low for me I know it’s all trial and error so I’ll be more consistent with no eating my exercise cals back and see how i go. Thanks so much for all the input and help

    if it gave you 1200 then you must not have a lot of weight to lose at 5'9 you should be eating more than 1200. heck Im only 5'6 1/2 and to lose 2 lbs a week it still gives me more than 1200 calories so somethings off. I eat about 1500 or more. I definitely could not do 1200 long term. a day here and there sure but not everyday. I only have about 30 lbs to lose and again for my height,weight,age and activity level I get more than 1200. but if you use the IIFYM calculator you dont eat exercise calories back as that is inlcuded in your activity level. MFP gives you a deficit without exercise which is why you are supposed to eat some or most back if doing it the MFP(Neat method) way.

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