IIFYM Dieting

IIFYM (IF IT FITS YOUR MACROS) dieting is becoming very popular as of recent. It is a fairly straight-forward approach to losing weight that is very common amongst athletes and bodybuilders. The basic outline of the diet is that you may eat almost whatever you want, AS LONG as you have hit your targets for your macro-nutrients by the end of the day. These macro-nutrients are protein, fat, and carbs. How to determine your target numbers for these macro-nutrients depends on things such as your specific goals and activity levels.

Take into account: 
a gram of fat is 9 calories
a gram of protein is 4 calories
a gram of carbs is 4 calories

For example, when I tried this diet, I set myself the targets of 200 grams of protein, 75 grams of fat, and 175 grams of carbs. Using the given values above, this would amount to approximately 2175 calories. The goal is to eat what you like but track your intake of these macros. Once you hit any of these gram goals, you must then ONLY consume foods that will allow you to hit the remaining goals.

IIFYM has proven to be an intellectual approach to dieting but the problem is that you may lose focus on things such as vitamins and minerals, which are also important. Therefore, it is suggested to take some sort of multi-vitamin and BCAA supplement aswell.