How Do You Calculate BMI For Weight Loss

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What is BMI? Body Mass Index, or BMI is the customary method used to measure obesity. It’s a calculation of your weight-to-height ratio and can provide insight into risk for diseases. While BMI can’t be used as a sole indicator for disease risk, it does help. It’s one element of your wellness that helps you […]

Should I Adjust My Macros On Days That I Don’t Exercise?

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The If It Fits Your Macros weight loss diet is simple and easy to follow, and lets you eat whatever you want, event “junk food” while still helping you to lose weight. It’s a great diet, but it is not without issues. If you’re focused purely on hitting the same macro and calorie targets every […]

IIFYM Diet vs Paleo Diet – Why Not Both?

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If you’re in the health and fitness industry, chances are, you’ve heard of the Paleo diet before. If not Paleo diet, perhaps the ‘Caveman’ diet rings a bell. Call it what you want, this is currently one of the hottest diets (fad diet?) of today’s times and is one that more and more people are […]

How To Use Our Free TDEE Calculator

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Start The TDEE Calculator For Weight Loss In the battle to lose weight, many people turn to all different types of diets and exercise to get the results that they are looking for. People know that they can trust IIFYM to help them to reach their goals. This is a process that will have remarkable […]

What Is My TDEE | How Do I Get Started To Lose Weight

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How Do I Lose Weight With TDEE? The entire philosophy of “If It Fits Your Macros” is based on the foundation of TDEE. Many people start with a TDEE Calculator to determine their basic goals before they start examining in depth what exactly TDEE is. In 2019 we have seen a huge increase in interest […]

Benefits of Carb Cycling – Do They Exist?

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Similar to IIFYM, carb cycling is a hot topic in the fitness industry these days. From followers of IIFYM to people who follow strict meal plans, it seems that carb cycling as a nutritional strategy has spread its way into most sub-groups of dieters. It’s a pretty simple concept as the name says it all. Carb […]

Macro Diet and Exercise: What You Need To Know

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If you are reading this, chances are that you are either about to start the macro diet to lose weight and get healthy, or already began and have some questions how it plays out when it comes to exercising and other physical activities. Either way, good! As we have stated before, macro dieting is simply […]

IIFYM Vs Meal Plans

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This article is going to upset a lot of people, as there is no clear definition for a meal plan or IIFYM as far as contest prep goes. So, I’m going to have to take certain liberties here and write this article based on my interpretation of each method. The first step, is we need […]

IIFYM Protein Muffins – Peanut Butter Oatmeal

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1. Cellucor PB Marshmallow Oatmeal Raisin Muffins Ingredients• 3g Splenda• TSP of Baking Powder• 10g Pb Lean (powdered peanut butter from MyOatmeal.com)• 30g Cellucor PB Marshmallow Whey• 1 Tbsp Greek Yogurt• 1 TBSP Regular Yogurt• 2 Egg Whites• ½ cup Flavored oatmeal from MyOatmeal.com• 10g Complete Pancake Mix 2. Directions Simply Crack your Egg Whites […]