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Tracking macros / IIFYM
Also known as
iifym · if it fits your macros · macro tracking · myfitnesspal macros · flexible dieting
Community talk. May contain inaccuracies. Not medical, training, or diet advice. Sharp pain, fainting, or disordered-eating concerns need a clinician.
In brief
Tracking macros / IIFYM means logging protein, carbohydrate and fat toward a daily range.
The common picture
A log, not a meal planNumbers on foods they chose.
Protein first in most talkThen the rest of the calories.
Not a cut or a bulk by itselfThose cards set the direction.
Flexible-dieting talk weighs food, hits protein first and still eats chosen foods. A cut or bulk sets the calories; this is the log.
Good to know. Eating-disorder history. This is not a promised body. Food-scale is the Self neighbor.
What people say
- The job: hit macros without a grocery identity.
- r/flexibleDieting and r/fitness still fight weighing rice.
How it may feel
- Tedious, then automatic — or they quit.
How people do it
- They log for a stretch, then some stop weighing everything.
Amounts people use
- Daily protein + calorie range is the object.
How people keep it
- An app they actually open.
How long
- A cut or bulk block.
The longer notes
- A cut / lean bulk set the calories. This is the logging method.
Good to know
- Orthorexia-shaped logging. A clinician, not a tighter spreadsheet.