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Health Benefits of the Macro Diet

Macro diet blog picture for IIFYM.com Health Benefits of the Macro Diet Macros -or macronutrients- are the big food groups that supply our bodies with the energy we need to function. This energy comes from the all-too-well-known calories. If you’ve ever attempted to lose weight, you are at least familiar with the term; calories in, calories out, meaning you want to lose weight, you have to eat less calories than your body needs, or use more calories (through exercise) than you eat. Make’s sense, right? Why clean eating diets fail In short, clean eating diets fail because the starve you. Many weight-loss diets are based on counting calories or drastically reducing the amount we ingest daily; and while they may be effective at first, it’s very unlikely that you’ll be able to follow them long-term. Why? Because these hypocaloric regimes usually leave us feeling hungry All. The. Time. Such is the case of fad diets. Fad diets are the weight-loss equivalent of viral content. Th

2 Macro Diet Recipes

2 Macro Diet Recipes One of the biggest advantages of the macro diet is that it allows you to eat whatever you want, If It Fits Your Macros. That’s the magic phrase. But there isn’t any magic involved in the macro diet approach. It’s pure science. You calculate your daily macronutrient needs, reduce it by 15-20% to lose weight, and prepare your meals around those numbers. Our macro calculator will handle the details for you if you want to save time. This leaves a lot of room for flexibility and no need to starve yourself or deprive yourself of the foods you love, for example. That´s the reason why IIFYM is commonly referred to as tracking macros, or more recently flexible dieting, if you will. Of course, it works better if you eat mostly non-processed food. Non-processed foods usually have one or two macros in them and nothing else. This makes it easier for you to track your daily and weekly amounts of macronutrients (macros). How so? Because it’s easier for you to weight

About Us

About IIFYM & the Best Macro Calculator You probably clicked on this page to learn more about the company that started the macro tracking trend and showed the world that you CAN eat the foods you love to lose weight. Well, in order to understand our company, you need to understand me. My name is Anthony Collova and  I’m the founder of IIFYM.com I am also the creator of the world’s first ever macro calculator. The small bit of software that changed the face of dieting as we know it today and allowed people to break from crappy, unsustainable weight loss programs and restrictive meal plans. In addition to being the developer of the world’s best macro calculator, I am also I’m a husband, nutritionist, life coach, burner (participant of Burning Man), artist, food snob, dog lover and recovering drug addict with over 20 years of sobriety behind my belt. My purpose in life is to help people. Simple as that. This is why I build the IIFYM website and the macro calculator. To empowe