Welcome to IIFYM.com - If It Fits Your Macros
IIFYM is not only the most simple, and easiest plan to follow, it is truly, the only concept that makes sense. Unlike all the other "Fad" diets out there, IIFYM is built on the one simple truth that others fail to address. The one simple truth that all diets reply to work, yet hardly any of them adress up front. Usually, the truth to how most fad diets work is hidden deep in the details. IIFYM.com is here to expose that truth, and bust the fad diet industry one reader at a time!

IIFYM.com is here to help you do 1 thing and 1 thing only: Burn fat without sacrificing the foods you love to eat.

Eat what you enjoy, burn body fat, and leave your cravings at the door.
IIFYM is not a diet, and IIFYM it is most certainly not a lifestyle change. Put simply, IIFYM allows you to eat the foods you love, while burning fat and killing cravings.
There is no magic to IIFYM. No confusing IIFYM program to follow, no IIFYM memberships, dues or fees, and unlike most diets, IIFYM is not designed to confuse you and keep you a slave to fad diets. IIFYM is different because it is the fat loss truth. IIFYM is the reason why all other fad diets work, but not the reason why they fail.

IIFYM is the easiest and least complicated system for burning body fat you could imagine. In fact IIFYM Is the only method that puts your body in perfect alignment with its natural nutritional needs. Once you know exactly how simple IIFYM is, you might slap yourself for not creating IIFYM on your own!

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IIFYM = If It Fits Your Macros.

Please redirect your attention to this thread if you don't know what macros are. http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981

IIFYM. If you're new to the nutrition section of these wonderful forums, you've probably already seen this saying multiple times and may be wondering what it means. Let's further explore it's true meaning.

The majority of the new (even some of the old) members on these forums see the IIFYM slogan in a number of signatures and don't like it, so they jump to conclusions and turn to their broscience. "You can't eat carbs that late at night, you can't eat junk food and expect to see the same results as someone who has has clean diet, you'll get fat eating ice cream on a daily basis, stop telling people to eat as many brownies as they want, etc."
The list goes on further than the energizer bunny can walk. Before you jump to conclusions, do everyone a favor and familiarize yourself with the basic knowledge the forum has provided you with in the sticky's. This being said we can now begin our journey.

First, I'd like to point out that no one in the IIFYM crew is telling you to eat a 4 gallon pail of ice cream, 30 big macs, 50 brownies, 5 large pizza's or any other hyperbole you can think up, because that's just ridiculous and it wouldn't fit your macros. All they are trying to say is it's okay to Indulge in your favorite foods as long as you're putting your macros first. Generally what you may want to do just to get a feel for the diet is hit 80% of your total caloric needs for the day, usually filling your protein and fat requirements first, using the remaining 20% for any food of your choice. Personally I would use a food that contained mostly carbohydrates but it's up to you. Obviously depending on your diet regimen the remaining 20% of your macros may vary. Please note, 80/20 is simply a guideline for beginners. Once you can fully grasp what IIFYM stands for, you can start taking it further. ---> If It Fit Your Macros <--- If you have to read this 1000 times before it sinks in, do so now. Please understand. You can quite literally eat anything you please as long as it fits into your macros. There is no exaggeration here folks, If It Fits Your Macros, eat it.

Second, I know some of the members in the IIFYM crew may seem a tad cocky and obnoxious at times but believe me when I tell you, 99.9% of the time they're only looking out for your best interests. The way I see it, if you can't indulge in the foods you love, you're just gonna be miserable. By walling off your favorite foods, all you're doing is releasing the parking brake of the Bugatti Veyron that is your will power and thus enabling the inevitable, colossal binge that is the tree at the bottom of the hill you're on. From now on instead of thinking of IIFYM as something that may negatively impact your diet, think of it as as a blessing sent from above, Because let's be real, I know everyone must be tired of eating Chicken breasts and rice by now. =)

Remember, everything is good “in moderation”

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