Anyone else do flexible dieting (IIFYM)?

Yep I agree. None of those fad diets are sustainable long term

I'm loving it. Hit your protein and fiber goals, then carbs and fats can be changed around to meet your needs. I typically strive for the macros I've been prescribed from Avatar but if I find I had a fat heavy day I'll steal away carbs..and vice versa.

I thought hitting the fiber goal was gonna be tough, but if I'm eating well most of the time it just kinda falls into place for me.

he is even using avatar now rocket.

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he is even using avatar now rocket.

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How is that avatar site? Is it worth the $10?

avatar will not only adjust your macros on a weekly basis, its charts your progress. As you begin to slow down in the progress department and start getting into really low calories, it will adjust and tell you its time to start reverse dieting and it will spit out the macros for that.

essentially its a coach, not just a macro formula. And yes it is worth it if you don't have a complete understanding of how, why and when to adjust yourself. Also gives tons of info to chart and track progress.

Avatar is a great app.

Ive read a ton on different guys in that industry and think Layne Norton is one of the good guys. they worked on that site for 2 years.

Its really neat.

Reverse dieting is a method of very slowly increasing your caloric intake to help speed up your metabolism. For example, my previous weigh-in I was compliant and gain .25lb, so it increased my macros very slightly.. like 8g carb, 2g fat, 1g protein. It sounds like a little but over the course of 6 months, people can significantly increase the amount of calories they're eating without putting on a significant amount of weight.

I started reversing after I weighed in and Avatar decreased my macros and said that it doesn't recommend I continue eating so little. It sounds counter-intuitive to stop trying to lose weight for 6 months when I still have about 60 pounds to lose to reach my goal, but I was eating so little I was starting to feel really bad. If I can slowly increase my macros for 6 months and lose 1lb/week at 2000+ cals it'll be worth the pounds I may gain during the course of the reverse.

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does it specifically tell you what you need to eat or makes recommendations or just gives you amounts to eat? does it account for your workouts?

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Gives you calories and macros, including fiber. Weigh in weekly and it adjusts macros (or doesn't adjust)based upon results. Takes the guesswork out of adjusting your macros.

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i just dont want to weight and do BF every week because it messed with my head.

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I actually weigh and get bf% (from my scale.. not gonna be really accurate but it gives me a # to track at least) every day and put it into a tracker spreadsheet. My spreadsheet averages out my weekly weigh-ins and bf%, and I put that into Avatar.

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Reverse dieting is a method of very slowly increasing your caloric intake to help speed up your metabolism. For example, my previous weigh-in I was compliant and gain .25lb, so it increased my macros very slightly.. like 8g carb, 2g fat, 1g protein. It sounds like a little but over the course of 6 months, people can significantly increase the amount of calories they're eating without putting on a significant amount of weight.

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This sounds like a fancy term for deficit eating vs. maintenance eating. No?

For example, I eat at a 300-500 calorie deficit because I'm still 5lb from my goal. When I reach my goal, I will re-calculate my TDEE and eat at that (which is my maintenance intake level). It is a slight increase, but I just refer to it as eating at maintenance. How is reverse dieting different from that?