Hey Guys i made my mind up for iifym and trying to see how it goes for me but sometimes my carbs are way off and are diff one day i hit 200 carbs amd others 100 im on the same calorie intake everyday but will my macro changing ruin my hormones or is it ok

im 80-90 % bro foods everyday

each day my carbs are diff but i make sure i hit 170-200 protein a day

I don't think it will mess with your hormones @Mortalblood, a lot of people carb cycle...

...A whole bunch of crap food could potentially mess with them in the long run though. If you are doing IIFYM, you have to realise you probably won't get all of your micronutrients, therefore your macros won't be properly absorbed and won't work properly.

Jordan

the only reason i do iifym is because i really crave food and apparently if u crave it alot and u still wait thats an unhealthy thing might as well have one to two bad things than have something than an eating disorder lifestyle

Think more of your nutrition as "weekly calorie and macro intake" and not so much as "daily calorie and macro intake".

Once you start thinking like this, you ll see it doesnt matter.

What matters is that you eat an average of 150grams of carbs a day. This is about how your body thinks :)

Kostas

i just found out i mostly go between 160-190 carbs a day and still loose 0.1 kg a day so 0.7 kg a week so im not goiing catabolic :)

also would my fats and protein being 10 grams off 10 grams on diff every day affect my hormones i dont mostly go under for protein i need to take 170 grams i mostly hit 180 than 190 and changes every day same as my fats.will this have any change on my hormone balance or its safe ?

Bojan,

It is more important to know what you crave. Cravings are the result of the body being undernourished at either the macro or micro level. A healthy appetite, especially due to lifting, is not craving food. Are there specific foods or types of foods you find yourself craving? IIFYM can lead to cravings because as I have outlined before it may meet caloric and macro counts but it rarely if ever meets micronutrient and nutrition counts.

As for your hormones, too much processed foods and simple and man-made sugars will affect both your insulin and growth hormone levels. It will also interfere with optimum testosterone production. Having these foods occassionally, and I emphasize "occassionally, will not cause any harm.

John

Sweet the thing is when i do iifym i eat everything clean the only non bro food that i eat is a penut butter sandwich funny thing is when i started adding that my diet has been more fun and i crave less food

Nothing wrong with a peanut butter sandwich @Mortalblood!

If you are doing IIFYM with clean foods, well...that isn't really IIFYM haha. IIFYM is where you use things like donuts, pop tarts, chocolate, lollies, soda etc. etc. to fill your daily macros. Basically all the yum food that is bad for you would be IIFYM :P

If you think peanut butter is bad, you have nothing to worry about! I LOVE PB, and have you seen this article? http://muscularstrength.com/article/Four-Reasons-To-Eat-Peanut-Butter ... Sounds like your diet isn't as bad as you think...

As for your protein question, 10g more or less than your target is fine. It's no big deal at all. If you really want to, eat 10g extra carbs if you miss 10g of protein or something.

Jordan

The penut butter i use says 90% penuts vegtable oil and salt and the bread i use is processed bread but has alot of fibre

thats the breads nutrition

Bojan,

Again, this is how processed food and simple carbs sneak up on you. You want to eat 100% peanut butter. The ingredients should say "peanut butter" and nothing else. Vegetable oils are high in Omega 6 fatty acids which are pro-inflammatory. Unless you are eating an equal amount or more of Omega 3 fatty acids from oily fish, flaxseed,or whole eggs, you are going to damage your cardio-vascular system as you age. The fiber in the processed bread has been processed. They usually use guar gum or some other ingredient as opposed to the natural fiber in the wheat. You can't take something out of the whole wheat then throw it back in later and expect the same nutrition. Processed bread, regardless of what fiber they say it has, is still processed which means it gets converted to sugar in your mouth and spikes your insulin. Better to get 100% peanut butter and eat it with 100% whole wheat bread. The stores have it if you look for it. They will be a bit more expensive but your health is worth more than skimping on price :-)

John

Sweet the thing is when i do iifym i eat everything clean the only non bro food that i eat is a penut butter sandwich funny thing is when i started adding that my diet has been more fun and i crave less food

Sweet the thing is when i do iifym i eat everything clean the only non bro food that i eat is a penut butter sandwich funny thing is when i started adding that my diet has been more fun and i crave less food